WV Golf Association

June 2, 2010

WV GOLF FOUNDATION HOLDING NEWS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE 2010 WV GOLF HALL OF FAME

Charleston, W.Va.—The West Virginia Golf Foundation will be holding a news conference at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 7, at Berry Hills Country Club in Charleston to announce the second class of the West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame. The late Ed Tutwiler will join the inaugural class of William C. Campbell and the late, great Sam Snead.

In his career, Mr. Tutwiler has won 11 West Virginia Amateur Championships, spanning from 1939 to 1963. In 1964, he finished runner-up in the U.S. Amateur Championship to fellow WV Golf Hall of Famer, William C. Campbell. Mr. Tutwiler has also won three West Virginia Open Championships in 1951, 1956 and 1962.

“Golf always meant and awful lot to my father,” said Mr. Tutwiler’s son, Ed Tutwiler, III, of Indianapolis. “From everything to his love for the game, to his love of teaching the game to other people, that’s just the kind of person he was—he loved to help others.”

Other impressive accomplishments throughout Mr. Tutwiler’s career include:

· Played in two Masters Championships

· 2-time Champion of the Indiana State Amateur Championship (1966, 1967)

· Member of the U.S. Walker Cup team in 1965 and 1967

· Member of the World Cup team in 1964

· Recipient of the Hardaman Award in 1958 for West Virginia Amateur Athlete of the Year

· In 1983, co-founded the Society of Seniors, an organization of amateur golfers 55 years and older, with handicaps of 3 or less. Several Society events are held each year, including the Ed Tutwiler Memorial Four-Ball Championship, which is held in Scottsdale, Ariz.

· In 1973, Tutwiler was inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame

Last year’s inaugural class welcomed two of West Virginia’s biggest names in golf: William C. Campbell and the late, great Sam Snead. Campbell has won a record 15 West Virginia Amateur Championships, three West Virginia Open Championships, one U.S. Amateur Championship and two U.S. Senior Amateur Championships. He is the only man to head both major governing bodies of golf, the United States Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club. Snead, whose home course was The Greenbrier, was one of the most successful PGA players of all time—winning a record 82 Championships, including seven majors: three Masters, three PGA Championships and one British Open. In West Virginia, Snead won 17 West Virginia Open Championships.

Mr. Tutwiler will be honored for his accomplishments in golf in the state of West Virginia at the 2010 West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which will be held in conjunction with the West Virginia Player of the Year banquet at Berry Hills Country Club in Charleston on Oct. 30.

For more information on the WV Golf Hall of Fame or the WV Golf Foundation, visit www.wvga.org.

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West Virginia Golf Foundation Accepting Nominations for the 2010 WV Golf Hall of Fame

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Nominations for the 2010 West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame will be open from February 1- March 2, 2010. Please download the PDF below for a nomination form.

1. Any person may be considered for nomination. The nominee does not have to presently be a resident of West Virginia, but must have established a relationship with the State of West Virginia by virtue of having been born in the state; or, who distinguished himself or herself in some capacity associated with the game of golf in West Virginia; or, whose golf related accomplishments have generally been publicly noted to have brought acclaim to West Virginia’s golf community.

2. A level of experience and/or acclaim in the game of golf as a consequence of any of the following: (a) Golf playing ability and record from either amateur or professional competitions; (b) golf teaching or coaching ability and accomplishments; (c) Dedication, commitment and service to the game of golf at either the local, state or national level; or, (d) Recognized impact and contributions to the game of golf in the State of West Virginia and the organizations that administer and promote the game in the state.