SAM SNEAD
HOMETOWN: Grew up in Hot Springs; died four days short of his 90th birthday in 2002.
CLYDE LUTHER
HOMETOWN: Burke
USGA DIGITAL ARCHIVES (2)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Volunteer rules official for
more than 120 USGA championships, three Presidents Cups, the
Masters and the PGA; nationally
known for his expertise on the
Rules of Golf.
Past president of the Virginia
State Golf Association and Middle
Atlantic Golf Association.
Recipient of the Joe Dey Award
from the USGA (pictured above)
in 2002 in recognition of meritorious service to the game; also a
recipient of high honors from the
VSGA and Middle Atlantic PGA
section and was inducted into
MAGA Hall of Fame in 2003.
Chief rules official of the NCAA
Division I golf championship from
2000 to 2011; inducted into Golf
Coaches Association of America
Hall of Fame in 2012.
Champion of junior golf initiatives. The winner of the VSGA
Junior Boys Match Play receives
the Clyde L. Luther Trophy.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Credited with 82 PGA Tour victories (No. 1 all-time), including seven major championships
(three Masters, three PGA Championships, including 1949 at Hermitage Country Club, and one
British Open); also won 14 Seniors titles.
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