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Some interesting facts and figures about our Georgia Golf Hall of Fame members:
FIVE members have been inducted into the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame:
- Bob Jones
- Furman Bisher
- Tommy Barnes
- Larry Nelson
- Louise Suggs
- Charlie Yates
TWENTY-NINE members also belong to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame:
- Tommy Aaron
- Tommy Barnes
- Furman Bisher
- Arnold Blum
- Laura Coble
- Pete Cox
- Jim Dent
- Allen Doyle
- Ed Everett
- Alexa Stirling Fraser
- Jim Gabrielsen
- Dynamite Goodloe
- Watts Gunn
- Charles Harrison
- Bob Jones
- O.B. Keeler
- Dorothy Kirby
- Nancy Lopez
- Lyn Lott
- Larry Mize
- Larry Nelson
- Bill Ploeger
- Hugh Royer, Jr.
- Doug Sanders
- Harold Sargent
- Tim Simpson
- Louise Suggs
- DeWitt Weaver, Jr.
- Charles Yates
- Danny Yates
SIX members have achieved membership in the World Golf Hall of Fame:
- Bob Jones
- Nancy Lopez
- Larry Nelson
- Clifford Roberts
- Hollis Stacy
- Louise Suggs
The USGA's Bob Jones Award, presented annually since 1955, is the organization's highest honor. It is given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf and seeks to recognize a person who emulates Bob Jones' spirit, his personal qualities and his attitude toward the game and its players. The Georgia Golf Hall of Fame is proud to claim not only the award's namesake as one of its own, but also four other winners of the prestigious honor:
- 1980: Charlie Yates
- 1998: Nancy Lopez
- 2001: Tom Cousins
- 2007: Louise Suggs
All four major international golf competitions-- the Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Walker Cup and Curtis Cup -- have captains past, present and future who are also members of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.
- Jim Gabrielsen - 1981 & 1991 Walker Cup
- Bob Jones - 1928 & 1930 Walker Cup
- Rosie Jones - 2011 Solheim Cup
- Martha Kirouac - 2004 Curtis Cup
- Nancy Lopez - 2005 Solheim Cup
- Davis Love III - 2012 Ryder Cup
- Charlie Yates - 1953 Walker Cup
- Danny Yates - 1999 & 2001 Walker Cup
Major Accomplishments: Georgia Golf Hall of Fame members have combined for 27 major titles on the men's, women's and senior professional circuits, including two Masters titles.
- Tommy Aaron - 1973 Masters
- Allen Doyle - 1999 Senior PGA Championship, 2001 Senior Players Championship, 2005 & 2006 U.S. Senior Open
- Bob Jones - 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 US Opens, 1926, 1927, 1930 British Opens
- Nancy Lopez - 1978, 1985, 1989 LPGA Championships
- Davis Love III - 1997 PGA Championship
- Larry Mize - 1987 Masters
- Larry Nelson - 1981 & 1987 PGA Championship; 1983 U.S. Open
- George Sargent - 1909 U.S. Open
- Hollis Stacy - 1977, 1978, 1984 U.S. Women's Opens
- Louise Suggs - 1949, 1952 U.S. Women's Opens, 1957 LPGA Championship