Born: July 3, 1943
Hometown: Glencoe, AL
Year Induction: 2001
Alabama Junior State Champion (’60) Sunkist Mid – Winter Tournament Champion, Biloxi, MS (’65)
Memphis State University (University of Memphis)
Base Champion, Little Rock, AR (’68, ‘69) World Wide Air Force Champion, San Antonio, TX (’68) State Public Links Champion, Riverdale CC, Little Rock, AR (’69)
Mississippi Apprentice of the Year (’72) Member of PGA of America (1973-present) Apprentice Golf Professional at Colonial Country Club (’70-’75) Golf Professional at Colonial Country Club, Jackson, MS (1975-2006). Secretary/Treasurer of MS Chapter of Gulf States PGA (’74) Member, Gulf States PGA Section Board of Directors (1974-present) Mississippi PGA Player of the Year (’74-’79) President of MS Chapter of Gulf States PGA (’75) Gulf States PGA Section Secretary (’79-’80) PGA Rules Official (1980-present) Gulf States PGA Section President (’81-82) PGA Golf Professional of the Year (’83) National Horton Smith Award Winner (’87) Member, PGA Board of Directors (’89-’91) Secretary of the PGA (’92-’94) Named as one of World’s Greatest Golf Pros (’95) Vice President of the PGA (’94-’96) 30th President of the PGA (’96-’98)
Memphis State University Sports Hall of Fame (1981) Gadsden, AL, Sports Hall of Fame (1992) Muirfield Village, OH, Golf Club’s Captain’s Club (2000) Gulf States PGA Hall of Fame (2000)
To earn the PGA’s Master Professional classification, hopefuls have to submit an original research paper. Ken’s thesis, entitled The Putting Green Rule, was 20,000 words long!
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