Hall of Fame Members

1964

Bill Diddel

well-known golf architect, who was a long-time member of Woodland Country Club in Carmel, a course he also designed. He is a five-time Indiana State Amateur Champion, winning the title in 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910 and 1912. He was also runner-up in 1918, 1928 and 1930.

1964

Robert L. Resener

a veteran of World War I and graduate of Manual High School. He was a 19-time club champion at Kokomo Country club and held the course record there for 35 years. In 1949, he served as president of the Indiana Golf Association. He was the Indiana State Amateur Champion in 1913, 1914 and 1920 and was runner-up in 1912, 1915 and 1925.

1964

Clifford E. Wagoner

a veteran of World War I and a graduate of Butler University. He served as Chairman of the United States Golf Association Sectional Affairs Committee and as secretary of the Indiana Golf Association from 1938 to 1959. He was one of three founding members of the Tri-State Golf Association in 1940. To this date, a sportsmanship award is given annually in his name by the Indiana Golf Association.

1964

Gilbert A. Young

served as president of the Indiana Golf Association in 1938. He also was the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Purdue University for 43 years after receiving degrees from South Dakota State College, Purdue University and Harvard.

1965

Robert T. Hamilton

won the 1944 national PGA Championship and was a two-time winner of the North-South Open Championship. He was a member of the United States Ryder Cup team on two occasions and was a three-time winner of the Indiana State Open.

1965

Edwin L. Lennox

is one of the golf pioneers in Indiana. He served as president of the Indianapolis District Golf Association from 1929-1937. In 1938, he first presented the Lennox Trophy for yearly ownership by the district champion.

1965

Jesse J. Mossler

was appointed treasurer of the Indiana Golf Association from its inception to his death in 1937. Mossler's passions were for the development of the game and he supported the growth of the Indiana Golf Association.

1966

Dale E. Morey

won the 1974 United States Senior Amateur Champion and 1953 United States Amateur runner-up, is a seven-time Indianapolis District Golf Association Champion, a four-time Indiana Open Champion, a four-time Indiana Amateur Champion and an Indiana Boys State Junior Champion. In addition, Morey was a member of the 1955 and 1965 United States Walker Cup Team, the America's Cup Team in 1954 and the United States World Team in 1954.

1966

William D. Fox

was sports editor for the Indianapolis News and was a graduate of Notre Dame University. He received the Grantland Ride Award which is presented annually to a writer who carried on the Rice tradition. He was a long-time supporter of junior golf in Indiana, as well as a supporter of amateur and professional golf in the state.

1967

Bernard Lehman

was a charter member of Broadmoor Country Club in Indianapolis and a long-time associate and promoter of amateur golf in Indiana. He was one of the men responsible for the re-establishment of the Indianapolis District Golf Association and three times served as its president. Lehman committed 40 years of his life to working for and promoting the Indiana Golf Association.

1967

Burr S. Swezey, Sr.

was a founding member of the "Soap Box Gang," which promoted the furtherance of golf and friends through the sport. He is a two-time Indiana State Amateur champion and a two-time runner-up. He was a golf enthusiast and promoter of golf early on in the Indiana Golf Association. He was also a member of the Olympic golf team.

1968

John K. David

is a past president of the Indiana Golf Association and a four-time Indiana State Amateur champion, a nine-time Meridian Hills Country Club champion and was a World Long Driving Champion. He also served as the director of the Western Golf Association and the 500 Festival in Indianapolis. H is a past recipient of the Clifford Wagoner Award and earned the nickname, "Mr. Golf" in Indiana. He served as secretary of the Indiana Golf Association for more than 30 years. The Indiana Golf Association's annual Player of the Year award is named in his honor.

1968

William A. Heinlein

was the 1930 Indiana Boys State Junior champion, the 1931 Indiana State Amateur champion, the 1934, 1935, 1944 and 1958 Indiana State Open champion and a five time winner of the Indiana PGA Championship. He qualified for the national PGA Championship 21 times. He was the long-time golf professional at Woodland Country Club in Carmel.

1968

Cecil Weathers

was a recipient of the Clifford Wagoner Award in 1961. He served as president of the Indiana Golf Association and was on the IGA Board of Directors from 1942 to 1977.

1969

Joe E. Campbell

is one of only two men to win the Indiana Boys State Junior, Indiana State Amateur and Indiana State Open Championships in the same year and he did it twice. He won the State Amateur in 1954, 1955 and 1956, the State Open in 1955 and 1956 and the Boys State Junior in 1955 and 1956. He was a member of the America's Cup Team in 1956 and he appeared in three Masters tournaments. He once won $50,000 for a hole-in-one in Palm Springs, California.

1969

J. Clark Espie, Jr

won the United States Senior Amateur Championship twice, in 1957 and 1959. He was also runner-up in 1956 and medalist and semi-finalist in 1958. He is a two-time British Amateur participant and a six-time Indiana Senior Amateur champion.

1970

Noel Epperson

served as president of the Indiana PGA twice and was named its Golf Professional of the Year in 1964. He was the long-time golf professional at Broadmoor Country Club in Indianapolis.

1970

John Milton Simpson

won the Indiana State Amateur Championship three times in 1915, 1921 and 1926 and was runner-up five times. He was the first amateur to win the Indiana State Open Championship, when he captured that title in 1920. He attended the University of Illinois where he was captain of the golf team.

1970

Wayne A. Timberman

was the first recipient of the Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year award in 1955. He won the 1940 Indiana State Open Championship and was a three-time winner of the Indiana PGA Championship.

1971

Donald Padgett

was president of the Indiana PGA from 1959 to 1961, in 1966 and from 1969 to 1970. In addition, he served on the Indiana PGA Pro-Am and Tournament Committees. He was a delegate to the PGA of America annual meeting eleven times and he served as president of the PGA of America from 1977 to 1978. He was named the PGA of America Golf Professional of the Year in 1961.

1971

John D. Harrington

started playing golf at the age of 12 and was competing by the age of 16. He served as treasurer of the Indiana Golf Association in 1959 and president from 1967 to 1968. He received the Clifford Wagoner Award in 1967 and earned the title of "Best Dressed Golfer" in 1929.

1972

Phillip S. Talbot

was runner-up at the Indiana State Amateur Championship in 1931, 1932 and 1937. He was the Indiana Elks Champion in 1951. He was the captain of the Indiana University golf team and is an 11-time Bloomington City champion.

1972

Fred Wampler, Jr.

won the Indiana State Amateur Championship in 1947 and 1949 and was runner-up in 1946 and 1948. He won the Indianapolis District Championship in 1950 and was a section PGA champion in Colorado and Missouri. He also won the Long Island Open in 1952 and the Los Angeles Open in 1954.

1973

Samuel Harrison Carmichael

became the second person in Indiana golf history to win the Indiana Boys State Junior, Indiana State Amateur and Indiana State Open Championships in the same year, when he won the trio of championships in 1960. He competed in his first Boys State Junior at the age of 10. In all, he won two State Amateur titles, two State Open titles and one Boys State Junior title. In 1961, he was defeated by Jack Nicklaus at the United States Amateur in the quarter-finals. By advancing to the quarterfinals, he earned a berth in the Masters. He now is the Women's Golf coach at Indiana University and was named the Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 1999.

1973

Edgar M. Tutwiler

competed on the United States Walker Cup team in 1965 and 1967 and on the World Cup team in 1964. He won the West Virginia Open three times, the West Virginia Amateur 11 times and the Indiana State Amateur in 1966 and 1967 after moving to Indianapolis in 1964 with his new Cadillac franchise.

1974

Vern Dimond

was a long-time supporter of junior golf in Indiana. He won the Indianapolis Double Tony award in 1972 for outstanding contributions to amateur golf. In 1951, he secured Purdue University's South Course as the site of the State Junior and the championship stayed there for 11 years. Dimond wrote a weekly golf column for the Lafayette Journal and Courier.

1974

Earl W. Ensinger

dedicated much of his time and energy to young golfers. He was a one-man staff for the State Junior for 11 years through 1959. He brought the Indianapolis City Junior into being in 1950 and inaugurated the Indiana Young Men's Championship.

1974

Jim Guinnup

was an Indiana PGA champion in 1955, 1958, 1959 and 1966. He was also named Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 1965. In 1972, he was finished second in the Indiana PGA Championship, three weeks before open heart surgery. He served the Indiana PGA as its president and vice president.

1975

Elizabeth Dunn

was the first woman inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame. She won the Indiana Women's State Amateur Championship eight times between 1926 and 1938, with an unorthodox baseball grip.

1975

Herman Uebele, Sr.

was featured in Robert Ripley's "Believe It or Not" column after firing a round of 13-under-par 60. He won Indiana Senior titles in 1954 and 1958 and was named Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 1957.

1976

Alice O'Neal Dye

reigned as the "Queen of Indiana Golf" for 25 years. She was the captain of her golf team at Rollins College in 1948 and played on the 1970 United State Curtis Cup squad. She won the 1978 and 1979 United States Senior Women's Amateur Championship, she won 11 Indianapolis Women's City titles and nine Indiana Women's State Amateur Championships. She won her first City crown at the age of 18 and her first state tournament at the age of 19.

1976

Paul "Pete" Dye

has built many of the nation#&39;s most honored golf courses, including Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel. He competed in five United States Amateur Championships and qualified for the 1957 U.S. Open. He won the Indiana State Amateur Championship in 1958 and won the Indianapolis District Championship in 1954. He and his wife, Alice, have won the amateur division of the Haig and Haig Two Ball twice and he is a three-time semi-finalist in the Western Amateur. Some of the more renowned golf courses designed by Dye include The TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra, Fla., The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, S.C. and Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, S.C.

1976

Ralph Stonehouse

won the 1937 Indiana Open Championship, adding that title to his six State Open runner-up finishes. In 1934, he became the first Hoosier native to win a national tournament when he won the Miami Open over such golf greats as Gene Sarazen and Tommy Armour. Stonehouse was invited to the inaugural Masters in 1934 and hit the first tee shot.

1977

John W. McGuire

worked throughout the 1920s and 1930s to promote golf in Indiana and later worked with juniors to convince state organizations to reactivate. In 1928, he organized efforts which sent the first golf team to represent Indianapolis in the USGA Public Links tournament. He was the Indianapolis City champion in 1933, the Indiana State Amateur champion in 1934, the Indiana State Senior Champion in 1957 and he won an Indiana State Four Ball Championship.

1977

Jimmy Scott

was the Kentucky Amateur champion in 1937, the Indiana Amateur champion and the Fall City Amateur champion in 1938 and the runner-up in the Indiana Amateur Championship in 1947. He won the Indiana State Open Championship in 1949 and 1954, the Indiana PGA Championship in 1956 and the Indiana PGA Senior Championship in 1969. He qualified for the 1976 national Club Professional Championship.

1978

Dorothy Ellis Balch

won five Indiana Women's State Amateur championships and was runner-up on three occasions. She won 10 club championships at Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis and seven Indianapolis Women's City championships. She served as president, treasurer and secretary of the Indiana Women's Golf Association.

1978

Don Essig III

won the 1957 United States Public Links championship, becoming the second youngest winner of the event at the age of 18 years and eight months old. He owned The Hoosier Links in Shelby County for many years and has won 18 amateur and professional tournaments. He won five Indianapolis Junior titles, the first in 1954. He also won the Western Junior Championship.

1979

Charlie Harter

qualified for five United States Open Championships and three United States Public Links Championships. He won the Indiana PGA Championship and recorded runner-up finishes in the Indianapolis District Championship, the Indiana Amateur Championship, the Midwest Amateur, the Indiana Open and the Indiana PGA Championship.

1979

Sandra Spuzich

won the 1966 United States Women's Open Championship. She was the runner-up in the Indiana Women's State Amateur Championship in 1958, 1960 and 1962 before turning professional in 1962.

1980

Eugene S. Pulliam

captained the Depauw University golf team in 1934 and 1935. He was a club champion at Ulen Country Club in Lebanon and the Country Club of Indianapolis on numerous occasions and was a runner-up in the Indianapolis District Championship. He played on several winning Tri-State Championship teams. He is a past president of Crooked Stick Golf Club and CCI and served as an Indiana Golf Association director and as vice president of the United States Golf Association.

1980

George Thomas

turned professional in 1951 and served as head professional at Long Beach Country Club and Elcona Country Club. He served as a director, secretary, vice president and president of the Indiana PGA. He won the Indiana PGA Senior Championship in 1976 and 1977 and was named Indiana PGA Player of the Year in 1970, 1973 and 1977.

1980

John C. Watson

moved to Indiana from Scotland in 1920 and later coached the Notre Dame golf team. He hosted free clinics at the YMCA in South Bend for golfers in the area. He won the Indiana State Open in 1930 and was runner-up in the Indiana PGA championship in 1940. He was vice president of the PGA of America for four years and was named Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 196.

1981

Dr. William H. Daniel

supported the golf industry since 1950 serving as executive director of the Midwest Regional Turf Foundation. His work resulted in the development of research programs in many states. Since 1952 more than 250 turf management students have studied and developed their careers under Dr. Daniel's guidance.

1981

Mal McMullen

long-time professional at Kokomo Country Club. He served every official position on the board of the Indiana PGA, including being chairman of nearly every major committee including education and club relations. He was named Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 1966 and he received the national Bill Strausbaugh Award for his efforts in club relations. He won the Indiana PGA Horton Smith Award in 1975 and 1976. He gave more than 10,000 lessons in his life.

1982

Ed Knych

began his career in golf at the age of 10. He turned professional in 1955 and received a PGA apprenticeship in Rome, New York. He won the Indiana State Open Championship four times in 1963, 1968, 1971 and 1976 and the Indiana PGA Championship four times in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967. He also won two Indiana PGA Stroke Play Championships and he participated in two U.S. Open Championships and five national PGA Championships.

1982

Jerry Schreiber

won nine Evansville City Championships and finished as runner-up eight times. He won five Tri-State Open titles and four Fendrich Open titles. He qualified for numerous United States Golf Association championships and in 1964 advanced to the final 16 of the United States Amateur Championship. He was the qualifying medalist in 1965 and 1967 at the Indiana State Amateur Championship.

1983

Paul Gross

served as head professional at Sarah Shank Golf Course in Indianapolis, Noblesville's Forest Park Golf Course and the Lafayette Municipal Golf Course before retiring in 1979. He won the first two Indiana PGA Stroke Play Championships in 1968 and 1969 and won two Indiana Senior PGA championships, the Valley View Open and the first Indiana PGA Player of the Year award in 1969.

1984

Richard McCreary

completed what, at the time was considered Indiana's "Grand Slam of Golf," in 1937 when he won the Indianapolis District Championship, the Indiana Amateur Championship and the Indiana Boys State Junior Championship. He was considered Indiana's finest shotmaker in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He added Indianapolis District Championships in 1942 and 1946.

1985

Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller

became just the third player to win the Masters in their first appearance, when he captured the title in 1979. He went on to win the 1984 United States Open Championship. He was a member of the 1979, 1983 and 1985 United States Ryder Cup teams. He won the 1973 Indiana State Amateur Championship.

1986

Mickey Powell

started his "career" in golf as a caddie at the Country Club of Indianapolis in the 1950s and 30 years later became president of the PGA of America. In 1964, he was named head professional at Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus and later helped build Golf Club of Indiana in Zionsville with long-time friend and fellow PGA Professional Drex Newsom. He was runner-up at the Indiana State Open Championship and twice runner-up at the Indiana PGA Championship. He has gone on to win two Indiana PGA Senior Championships, an Indiana PGA Senior Open title and two Indiana PGA Senior Player of the Year awards. He was a founding member of the IGA-PGA.

1987

Jim Flick

has taught at hundreds of golf schools and given lessons to thousands of students in 18 countries. He won the Joe Graffis Award in 1982 and the National Golf Foundation Award for contributions to the sport of golf in 1974.

1988

Dr. Jack Leer

served as president of the Indiana Golf Association from 1976 to 1977 and won the 1963 Indiana State Amateur Championship and was runner-up in 1964. He is a graduate of Indiana University where he captained the golf team from 1951 to 1953. He received the L.G. Balfour Award for bringing honor and distinction to IU athletics. He founded Wold Run Golf Club in Zionsville in 1988.

1989

Donald Padgett II

was a prominent junior player on the local and national level. At Indiana University, he won the Big Ten individual title, was an All-American and captured the Indiana State Amateur Championship. He played on the PGA Tour before working as a PGA Professional at Woodland Country Club in Carmel and later at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. He won the Indiana PGA Player of the Year Award in 1975 and 1979.

1990

Kent Frandsen

is a three-time winner of the Indiana Amateur Championship. His first title came in 1974 at Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus when he set the State Amateur scoring record with a 16-under-par, 272, total for a 16-shot victory, both records that still stand today. He is a past president of the Indiana Golf Association. He added an IGA Mid-Amateur title to his State Amateur titles in 1983.

1990

Nancy Fitzgerald

won the 1997 United States Senior Women's Amateur Championship. She has won seven Indiana Women's Golf Association Championships and three IWGA State Amateur Championships. She also has won 11 Indianapolis Women's City Championships.

1991

Cookie English

has won 14 Country Club of Indianapolis championships, the Indianapolis Women's City Championship three times and the Indiana Women's State Amateur Championship in 1973. She completed the career "Grand Slam" in 2000, when she captured the IWGA Mid-Amateur Championship. She has been a USGA official for the United States Girls Junior Championship. She has held clinics for women's and girl's groups and is a long-time supporter of junior golf in Indiana. In 1999, she received the Indiana Golf Association's Clifford Wagoner Award.

1991

Bill Schumaker

won the 1984 PGA of America Club Professional Championship and was named the PGA of America Club Professional Player of the Year. He is a five-time winner of the Indiana PGA Player of the Year Award. He has won the Indiana State Open Championship three times, was runner-up at the 1968 Indiana State Amateur Championship, has won three Indiana PGA Section Championships and won three Indiana PGA Match Play Championships. While attending Miami (OH) University, he was named to the All-American team on two occasions and earned All-Mid-American Conference honors three times. He is the head golf professional at Crooked Lake Golf Course in Columbia City.

1992

F. Boyd Hovde

served as president of the Indiana Golf Association in 1976 and 1977, during which time he won the Indiana Amateur Championship in 1976. He received the 1979 IGA Clifford Wagoner Award. He has qualified for a United States Senior Open and two United States Senior Amateur Championships. He has been a member of the IGA Challenge Cup team six times.

1993

Phil Harris

a native of Linton, was a noted actor and entertainer and entered the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame for his life-long enthusiasm for the game. He was instrumental in the development of the first professional golf tournament in Palm Springs, California. That tournament would later evolve into the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. He teamed up with Dutch Harrison in 1952 to win the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. He was also critical in the formation of the Liberty Mutual's Legends of Golf, as well as the Colgate Winner's Circle.

1993

William "Billy" Kratzert III

was member of the PGA Tour for 17 years and accumulated more than $1 million in career earnings. He is the youngest winner in the history of the Indiana Amateur Championship at 16 and the Indiana State Open, at 18. On the Tour, he won the 1984 Pensacola Open, the 1980 Greater Milwaukee Open, the 1977 Greater Hartford Open and the 1976 Walt Disney World National Team title. He is now a golf commentator for ESPN.

1993

Ralph "Bud" Williamson

began his professional golf career at Decatur Country Club in 1930. From 1933 to 1941, he was the head professional at Orchard Ridge Country Club in Fort Wayne. He captured two Indiana State Open Championships in 1937 and 1941 and is a three-time winner of the Indiana PGA Championship.

1994

Julie Hull Armington

began playing the game of golf at the age of nine. She began winning tournaments at the age of 13 by capturing the Madison County junior title. She has won 14 Anderson Country Club championships and has won the Madison County Women's championship four times. She also is a three-time champion of the Women's Monticello Open and made a double-eagle on the 485-yard par-5 first hole at Anderson Country Club.

1994

Jim Gallagher, Jr.

qualified for the PGA Tour in 1983 in his first try. His first win on the Tour came in 1990 when he won the Greater Milwaukee Open. In 1993, he won the Anheuser-Busch Classic and the Tour Championship, earning him a spot on the United States Ryder Cup team, where he defeated Seve Ballesteros 3 and 2 to seal the U.S. victory. He won the 1982 and 1983 Indiana State Amateur Championships and the 1983 Indiana State Open. He is one of just five players to have won both the State Amateur and State Open in the same year.

1995

Jim Ferriell, Jr.

long-time golf professional at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel. He started his golf career in Louisville, Kent., when he won the Kentucky High School team championship. he went on to captain the University of Louisville golf team, reaching the NCAA quarter finals in 1962. Since turning professional in 1978, Ferriell has won nearly 30 championships. He has also qualified for nearly 30 major championships, including the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, national Club Professional Championship and the national Senior Club Professional Championship.

1995

Jerry D. Nelson

is a past president of the Indiana Golf Association. He has captured more than 20 club championships from clubs around the state including Crooked Stick Golf Club, Stonehenge Golf Club, Tippecanoe Country Club and Rozella Ford Golf Course. He was the runner-up at the 1993 United States Senior Amateur Championship and he has won several IGA and Indiana PGA titles including the Indiana PGA Senior Open four times, the IGA Senior Amateur in 2000, the IGA Four Ball with Spider Miller five times, three Indiana PGA Senior Pro-Am Championships with Dave Schumaker, the 1985 IGA Mid-Amateur and he is a two-time IGA Player of the Year.

1996

Jim Gallagher, Sr.

has been an advocate and supporter of junior golf in Indiana since his career moved to Indiana in the 1960s. He has been named Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year twice, in 1973 and 1978. In 1989, he received the Indiana PGA Junior Golf Leader Award. In 1990, his family was named "Golf Family of the Year" and was honored on the floor of the Indiana House of Representatives. He founded the Junior Golfers of Grant County. Jim, Sr. and his son Jim, Jr. are the only father-son pair in the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame.

1997

Jerry Jackson

won his first state title at the 1961 Indiana Boys State Junior Championship. He has won three IGA Tournament of Champions titles and three IGA Four Ball Championships. He is a four-time Tri-State champion and two-time Indiana Senior Amateur champion. He holds the course record at Kokomo Country Club has won 17 club championships there. He is a past president of the Indiana Golf Association.

1997

Earl Yestingsmeier

coached the Ball State University Cardinal golf team for 38 years. In his career, he coached Ball State to more than 100 tournament wins, finished as conference champion six times and coached the Cardinals in 11 NCAA championships. The Mid-American Conference named him Coach of the Year three times and the Indiana Collegiate Conference has honored him as Coach of the Year once. He also was inducted into the Ball State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Golf Coaches Hall of Fame in 1996.

1998

Alice Mayerstein

has served the USGA as a committee member and the Women's Trans National Golf Association as president. She received the IGA Clifford Wagoner Award in 1986 and from 1975 to 1985 was the director of operations for the Indiana Junior Golf Association.

1998

R.E. "Buffy" Mayerstein

has served in many official roles for Indiana golf. He has been president of the Indiana Golf Association, an IGA director, an Indiana Golf Foundation director and the and the executive director for the Indiana Junior Golf Association. He also received the Clifford Wagoner Award in 1986.

1998

Richard L. Perk

was one of the original founders of the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame. From 1945 to 1946 he was captain of the Indiana University golf team and qualified for the Indiana Amateur 30 times. He also has 17 Broadmoor Country Club titles to his name. In 1973, he won the Clifford Wagoner Award. He is a past president of the Indiana Golf Association.

1999

Tom Meeks

served as the first executive director of the IGA-PGA from 1972 to 1975 and has been the Director of Rules and Competitions at the USGA since 1977. He has been involved in an administrative capacity in the U.S. Open since 1975, the U.S. Amateur since 1975 and the Senior Open since 1989.

1999

George Roddy, Sr.

coached Arkansas State College from 1931 to 1933 and North Carolina A & T University from 1935 to 1948. He was the National Minority Amateur Champion in 1930 and 1937. He was the Indiana City champion in 1963 and 1967. He served as chairman for the United States Public Links Championship in 1968. He was the first African-American to be inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame.

2000

John "Spider" Miller

is a two-time United States Mid-Amateur champion, winning the title in 1996 and 1998, becoming the oldest champion of the event. As a result of his two Mid-Amateur titles, he played in the Masters in 1997 and 1999. He has several other national victories including the Society of Seniors National Sr./Jr. and two victories at the Tri-State Sr./Jr., both with Jerry Nelson and the prestigious Crump Cup at Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey. He also has top-25 finishes at Porter Cup, Western Amateur, Coleman Cup and his is a two-time champion of the Gasparilla Invitational. On the state level, he is a two-time IGA Player of the Year, a two-time IGA Mid-Amateur champion, a five-time Four Ball champion with Nelson and he has been low amateur at the Indiana State Open on three occasions.

2001

Randy Nichols

has been the dominant player in Indiana Golf Association events over the past 20 years. He has won more IGA titles than any other player, including the 1996 Indiana Amateur Championship, 5 IGA Mid-Amateur Championships and 3 IGA Four Ball titles. He has also won the John K. David IGA Player of the Year award eight times, no other player has won it more than twice. He has qualified for more than 20 USGA Championships.

2001

Claudia Mayhew Evans

was the dominant junior girl's golfer in the state of Indiana during the 1960s as she won an unprecedented three consecutive Indiana Girls State Junior Championships. She then burst onto the national scene with a victory at the 1966 United States Girls Junior Championship. She added an Indianapolis Women's City Championship and an Indiana State Women's Amateur Championship to her resume, as well.

2002

Scott Steger

is one of five people to have won the Indiana Boy's State Junior, Indiana Amateur and Indiana Open Championships. Played on the PGA Tour for three years, before becoming a PGA Professional. Was a two-time All-American at Ball State, where he won seven tournaments, which still stands as the school record. Became the head golf professional at Pebble Brook GC in Noblesville in 1988, a position he still holds to this day. Has won 17 Indiana PGA tournaments, including three section championships, was the runner-up at the 1986 PGA Assistant's Championship and he has competed in two US Opens and one PGA Championship.

2002

Richard Stackhouse

was a highly respected golf administrator for more than 40 years. Served as president of the Indiana Golf Association in 1963-1964, during which time the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame was created. Was actively involved with the administration of the Western Golf Association and Evans Scholar Foundation. Served as a WGA director from 1964-1972 and Vice President from 1967-1972. The Evans Scholar houses at both Indiana University and Purdue University were founded under his direction. Served on the USGA Section Affairs Committee, beginning in 1964 and on the USGA's Rules Committee for 19 years. Was a director of the Southern Golf Association for 30 years and was a co-founder of the Society of Seniors. Also enjoys some impressive credentials as a player. Was the medalist of the 1942 Indianapolis Amateur and the Indiana Boy's State Junior and was the number one player and captain of the Purdue golf team.

2003

Denny Hepler

member of Warsaw High School golf team that advanced to High School State Finals three straight years. Made all-State team his senior year of high school. Played collegiate golf at Ball State and Florida State. Was Metro Conference runner-up at FSU and was named to all-conference squad. Won the 1982 Malaysian Open on Asian Tour and finished that year second on the tour's order of merit. Competed on the PGA Tour in 1986 and 1987. Began working at Stonehenge GC in Warsaw in 1988. Became Head Professional at Stonehenge's executive course in 1997, later purchased the nine-hole course and designed and built an additional nine holes. Has been one of the Indiana Section PGA's finest players. Won the Indiana Open and Indiana Section Club Professional Championship twice. Won the 2000 Northern PGA CPC. Played in 12 major championships and nine national CPCs. Three-time winner of the Indiana PGA Assistant's Championship.

2003

Marcia Luigs

spent more than 20 years as a volunteer at the state and national level. Became the vice-chairman of the USGA Women's Committee in 2003. Service to the USGA began in 1985 when she was invited to serve on the Girl's Junior committee. Served as a rules official at more than 40 USGA Championships, including 14 US Women's Opens, 14 US Women's Amateurs and nine US Girl's Juniors. Served as a rules official at two Women's World Amateur Team Championships and 10 NCAA Women's Championships. Served on the Women's Golf Association of Metropolitan Indianapolis board for eight years, including two as president. Serves on the Women's Western Golf Association board and was rules chairman in 2000-2001. Two-time club champion at Crooked Stick Golf Club and teamed with her daughter, Lisa, as the Mother-Daughter champions at the Indiana State Amateur in 1989.

2003

Joe Luigs

service to golf began in 1981 when he became a director of the Western Golf Association. Served in that capacity until 1994. Served on the Evans Scholars Foundation as a trustee from 1986 to 1994. President of Crooked Stick GC in 1983, Caddie Chair for the 1989 US Mid-Amateur and the 1991 PGA Championship, both held at Crooked Stick. Began serving on USGA's Green Section committee in 1982 and in 1990 joined USGA Sectional Affairs committee. Served as a rules official at numerous USGA qualifiers and championships including eight US Opens, nine US Women's Opens and six US Amateurs. Will serve as chairman of the 2007 US Women's Amateur Championship to be held at Crooked Stick GC. Been a rules official at six NCAA championships. Served as a director of the Indiana Golf Association and served on the board of the Indiana Golf Foundation. Three-year member of the golf team at Hanover College, earning all-conference honors three times and participated in national finals once.

2004

Todd M. Smith

1980 Indiana High School Team and Individual State Champion at Rochester High School. 2-time all-Southeastern Conferance at Auburn University. Nine-time Indiana PGA Player of the Year. 2-time Indiana Open Champion (1993, 2000). 5-time Indiana Section PGA Champion. 1999 Northern PGA Club Professional Champion. Appeared in 5 PGA Championships, making the cut twice. Four top-10 finishes at the national PGA Club Professional Championship, including third in 1993. Member of 1994 United States PGA Cup Team. 3-time Indianapolis Open Champion. 1999 Southern Open Champion. 1991 Northern Open Champion. 4-time Indiana PGA Team Champion. 2004 Fall Classic Champion. Past President of Indiana Section PGA. Head Golf Professional at Rock Hollow Golf Club in Peru, owned by his father Terry W. Smith, since the golf course opened in 1994. Has hosted two Indiana Open Championships and numerous other Indiana PGA, Indiana Golf Association and Indiana Junior Golf Program events.

2005

Julie Carmichael

Medalist in 50 of 54 dual meets while playing for Martinsville High School. IHSAA State Runner-up and finished in the top 10 individually in all four IHSAA State Finals she participated in while at Martinsville. Competed in 3 NCAA Championships for Stanford. 1986 Stanford Women’s Invitational Champion, PAC-10 All Conference, Stanford Women’s Golf Team Captain. 3-time Indianapolis Women’s City Champion. 1987 Indiana Women’s State Amateur Champion. 2-time Indiana Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion. 2-time Indiana Women’s Open Champion. 2003 Indiana Women’s Player of the Year. 2003 Champion of the Indiana Women’s Fall Classic. 2003 and 2004 IWGA Match Play Runner-up. Has participated in 17 USGA Championships including: 3 USGA Junior Championships, 5 USGA Women’s Amateur Championships, 2 USGA Women’s Public Links Championships, 4 USGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships, 3 USGA State Team Championships. Has served as President of the IWGA on two occasions, only one other person has been IWGA President on more than one occasion. First female member of the IGA Board of Directors 194-1997 and 2000-2001. Indiana Golf Foundation Board of Directors, Member USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links Committee, Member USGA Women’s Regional Affairs Committee 1993 to the present.

2006

Gary G. Gant

Champion in most every Indiana PGA championship at some point during his career, including wins in the Indiana State Open, Indianapolis Open, PGA Match Play, PGA Team Championship, Pro-Assistant Championship, Senior Pro-Am and Four Man Team Championship.In addition, 1982 Indiana PGA Player of the Year honors. In addition, named Indiana PGA Professional of the Year, Indiana PGA Teacher of the Year and Indiana PGA Junior Leader of the Year. A 12-time qualifier for the PGA National Club Professional Championship, a five-time qualifier for the PGA National Senior Club Professional Championship and competitor in the 2002, 2004 and 2005 US Senior Open.

Earned the Indiana State Junior Championship in 1968, and two years later the Indiana State High School Championship. His three-under-par 139 at Old Oakland remained the boys state finals record until 2003. Gant, joined by his daughter Lauren, is the only father-daughter combination to win IHSAA golf state titles. He also holds the only father-son combination Indiana State Junior and State High School championships with son Mike. A 1991,inductee into the Indiana State High School Golf Hall of Fame. After earning a Big Ten Championship title at Purdue, a promising professional career began for Gary in 1974, eventually assuming the role of General Manager at Pine Valley CC in Fort Wayne. Champion in most every Indiana PGA championship at some point during his career, including wins in the Indiana State Open, Indianapolis Open, PGA Match Play, PGA Team Championship, Pro-Assistant Championship, Senior Pro-Am and Four Man Team Championship.In addition, 1982 Indiana PGA Player of the Year honors. In addition, named Indiana PGA Professional of the Year, Indiana PGA Teacher of the Year and Indiana PGA Junior Leader of the Year. A 12-time qualifier for the PGA National Club Professional Championship, a five-time qualifier for the PGA National Senior Club Professional Championship and competitor in the 2002, 2004 and 2005 US Senior Open.

2007

Dr. Trey Holland

Dr. Holland joined the USGA's Sectional Affairs Committee in 1987 and was elected to the USGA Executive Committee in 1991. He served four years as vice president of the USGA before serving as president in 2000.

He was instrumental in promoting the USGA Grants Program as they launched their efforts in 1997. The mission of the Grants Program is to help organizations develop introductory golf programs and alternative golf facilities for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, minority youth, girls and individuals with disabilities.

Having served as President of the National Alliance for Accessible Golf, Dr. Holland is particularly interested in the Rules of Golf and their application for the disabled. He was a major proponent in the USGA's development of A Modification of the Rules of Golf for Individuals with Disabilities. He is active in The First Tee, a program to help make the game more affordable and accessible to underprivileged youth.

In addition, Dr. Holland served as a Director of the Western Golf Association from 1984 through 1994.

In 2006 Holland became a joint chairman of the International Golf Federation. The IGF was founded in 1958 to encourage the international development of the game. Recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the official international federation for golf, the IGF comprises the national governing bodies of golf in 100 countries. As one of its main functions, the IGF conducts the World Amateur Team Championships for women and men on a biennial schedule. Dr. Holland captained, and subsequently led the U.S. World Amateur Team to its third consecutive victory in Puerto Rico in 2004.

Having been described as "the man in golf" and one of the "best rules guys in the world," Dr. Holland has officiated for many years at all levels of golf competition. He has served as a rules official at some 14 U.S. Opens, 11 Masters, five British Opens and numerous U.S Amateurs and Women's Opens. In 1992 he chaired the U.S. Girl's Junior Championship held at Meridian Hills Country Club, his home course.

2008

Cary Hungate

As one of the most decorated players in Indiana, PGA Professional Cary Hungate is welcomed into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame. His induction follows his admission into the Ball State University Hall of Fame, Howard County Hall of Fame and Indiana Golf Coaches Hall of Fame.

During his time at Ball State from 1975-79, he was a three-year letterman, named co-Most Valuable Player and nominated co-Captain of the men’s golf team, all which earned him his place in the university’s Hall of Fame.

Cary’s resume of playing accomplishments only grew after he left Muncie and became a PGA Professional in 1980 at Ulen Country Club under the direction of Head Professional Jeff Mays. He claimed the Indiana PGA Professionals Championship in 1985, ’87, ’88 and ’90, giving him the second-most wins in that Championship behind Hall of Fame member Todd Smith who holds five titles. His best finish at the 14 PGA Professional National Championships that he qualified for is 15^th in 1989. He has also participated in seven Major Championships, the 1990 and 2004 PGA Championship, 2006 Senior Open Championship, and the ‘86, ‘88, ‘91 and ‘92 US Open Championships. At the 1990 PGA Championship he made the cut and finished in an impressive tie for 69^th place. He claimed the runner-up position at the National Oldsmobile Championship in 2000 with Tony Stand, Dave McFatridge, JJ Iovino and Jerry Neal.

Around Indiana, Hungate’s list of wins include the 1995 and ’99 PGA Indianapolis Open, 2003 Fall Classic, 1986, ’88, ’94 and ’97 Southern Open Championship, 1985, ’90 and ’99 Northern Open Championship, 1990 Match Play Championship, and the 1988, ’89, ’95, ’96 and ’99 Team Championship. He and his son Ryan won the Father-Son Championship, and he and his daughter Katie won the Family Championships in their division. His successes also include seven Ulen Open Championships, five Monticello Open wins, five Indiana Team championships, a Pro Assistants victory, two Indiana PGA Pro Am victories, and four Indiana PGA Pepsi Club Car Tournament Series titles.

These accomplishments earned him enough points to be named the Indiana PGA Pepsi Player of the Year in 1987, ’88 and ’90 and to finish second or third in the point standings six times since. Another honor Cary received was being listed in the 2002 edition of the Guide to America’s Top Golf Instructors.

He is currently the Head Golf Professional at Kokomo Country Club where he has been working since 1992. Prior to Kokomo C.C., he had his first Head Professional job at Kokomo American Legion from 1984 until 1992. He lives in Kokomo with his wife Lori and their four children Ryan, Katie, Jillian and Alexis.

2008

Doug Fischesser

An outstanding amateur playing record that spans decades and a strong desire to make golf a better game has earned Doug Fischesser a place in the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame.

His successful competitive career began as a collegiate athlete at Florida State University from 1970-74. He earned a letter all four years and was named co-captain his senior year. Upon graduation he decided to remain competitive in amateur golf and qualified for the Western Amateur ‘Sweet Sixteen’ round four times, USGA Mid Amateur five times, and the USGA Amateur six times. In 1977, Doug was the US Amateur Runner-up.

The USGA invited him in 1979 to be a member of the Walker Cup team, and in the two years surrounding that great accomplishment, he earned the privilege of competing in the 1978 and 1980 Masters Tournaments.

Aside from his national achievements, he also found great success in Indiana. In 1981 he claimed the Indiana PGA Southern Open Championship and the IGA State Four Ball Championship with Hall of Fame member Randy Nichols. He won the 1986 IGA Mid Amateur Championship and continued to dominate in the 1990’s when he was victorious at the 1991, ‘93, and ’96 IGA Tournament of Champions. On October 18, Fischesser was inducted into the Culver Military Academy Hall of Fame. In his hometown he has also won 14 Club Championships at Connersville Country Club.

Connersville C.C. welcomed Doug to the Board of Directors from 1978-81, 1983-86, and 1991-2001, serving as President from 2000-01. During his terms, he was also the Greens Chairman and helped with new tee, green and bunker design. In 2003, his dedication to the game continued as Connersville High School named him the boys’ golf coach.

His community involvement spreads beyond golf as well. The Board of Total Catholic Education at St. Gabriel School welcomed his service from 1996-2001, and he volunteered as Vice President during his term. From 1999-2003 his role as Treasurer helped the Fayette County Girls Basketball Association. He also coached the Girls and Boys AAU and school basketball programs from 1996-2003 and was honored with Boys Club Basketball Coach of the Year 2000-01.

Fischesser resides in Connersville, Ind., with his wife Becky and their three children Leslie, 22, Katie, 21, and Danny, 18. He is currently the Foundation Director at Fayette Regional Health Systems.

2009

Mike Bell

An extensive list of achievements in the game of golf has earned Mike Bell the honor of Indiana Golf Hall of Fame member. He will be inducted on November 20, 2009, at his home club, the Country Club of Indianapolis in front of friends and family.

Bell’s accolades date back to 1965 when he was the recipient of the coveted Evans Scholarship from the Western Golf Association for his caddy and academic achievements. He went on to serve on the WGA Evans Scholarship selection committee, one of many ways he has given back to the game. Other ways include devoting time to the CCI Board of Directors, Indiana Golf Foundation Board of Directors and acting as Caddy Chairman for the US Women’s Open held at CCI in 1978. In 2002-03, Bell served as President of the Indiana Golf Association Board of Directors after years as a Director and Officer.

Whether serving as a board member or participating as a player, Bell’s involvement with the IGA goes back decades. In 1973 he was victorious at the Four Man Team and in 1977 he won the Four Ball Championship. Three other Four Man Team titles followed in 1984, 1985 and 1996. In 1999 and 2004, he took the Mid Amateur Team Championship, and in 2002 won the Indiana PGA Senior Pro Am. Individually, he claimed the Senior Open Championship in 1999, Senior Amateur Championship in 2006, and Senior Match Play and Mid Amateur Championships in 2005. At the closing tournament to the 2006 IGA season, the H.H. Gregg Indiana Golf Championships, he placed first in the senior division. Bell’s competitive success earned him a spot on the IGA Challenge Cup team an impressive 24 times. It also made him the Senior Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006.

His success spilled over into non-IGA events in Indiana as well. The Country Club of Indianapolis’ Club Championship title has gone to Bell 12 times. Sycamore Hills Golf Club awarded him victories at the Mid Am Invitational in 1993 and Senior Championship in 2003 and 2004. He succeeded at the Pete Dye Cup as the Senior Champion in 1999, as well as at the Leer Cup Senior Champion the same year. Additionally, from 1973 to 1988, Bell won the Indianapolis Spring Four Ball seven times.

On the national scene, Bell is familiar with the top of the leader board as well. Perhaps his greatest achievement in golf was winning the 2006 USGA Senior Amateur Championship at Victoria National in his home state. He qualified for the Championship in 2005 as well, but it was his showing in Newburgh that placed him in the class of USGA champions. Other USGA championships he has competed in include the 1999, 2003 and 2006 Senior Open, 1988 and 1999 Mid Amateur Championship, and the 2001 State Team Championship. Non-USGA events where he left with victories include the Sarasota City Senior Amateur from 2000 through 2002 and the Gator Creek Club Championship three times.

The 2006 season included many triumphs for Bell that led to Golfweek naming him the National Senior Amateur Player of the Year. In addition to the US Senior Am, he was the senior champion at the Porter Cup, Lupton Cup, Adams Golf Senior Championship, Gasparilla Senior Invitational, Golfweek Senior Amateur Championship, and Riverwood Invitational.

For his numerous golfing accomplishments both on the course and as a volunteer, Bell has earned his spot as the 88th inductee into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame.

2010

Dick Walker

Wally Armstrong