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James Ray Carpenter

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

Golf

James Ray Carpenter Mississippi Hall of Fame Inductee

James Ray Carpenter Stats, Bio

Born: December 12, 1926

Hometown: Hattiesburg, MS

Year Induction: 2003

Deceased : September 19, 2018

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 The University of Southern MIssissippi (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)

Did You Know?

James Carpenter became a PGA member in 1969 after making the highest score out of 173 professionals at OPGA Business School.

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