High School Career
Hattiesburg High School (1943-1945)
• All Big Eight center in basketball
• Member of football and tennis teams
College Career
Mississippi State University (1945-1946)
Mississippi Southern College, now USM (1947-1951)
• Lettered in basketball/member of baseball team (’45-’46, ‘47-’50)
• Basketball forward (’47-’50)
• Baseball pitcher (’47-’50)
Professional Career
• Golf pro, USM (’64)
• Golf Coach, USM (1968-1980)
• Member PGA (1969-Present)
• President of Mississippi PGA (’73, ‘75, ’76)
• Secretary of Gulf States PGA (’73)
• President of Gulf States PGA (’74)
• Mississippi PGA Professional of the Year (’75)
• President of Mississippi Turfgrass Assoc. (’76)
• Gulf States PGA Professional of the Year (’77)
• Member National PGA Board of Directors (’80-’82)
• PGA Rules Committee (1979-Present)
• Rules official, PGA Championship (1979-Present)
• National Treasurer of PGA (’83-’84)
• National Vice President of PGA (’85-’86)
• Chairman of 1985 Ryder Cup
• National President of PGA (’87-’88)
• Mississippi Pro Sportsman of the Year by Jackson Touchdown Club (’87)
• Golf Person of the Year by Southern Golf Journal (’88)
Hall of Fame Memberships
• Southern Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame (1977)
• Charter Member Gulf States PGA Hall of Fame (1999)
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2003)
Did You Know?
James Carpenter became a PGA member in 1969 after making the highest score out of 173 professionals at OPGA Business School.
