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REMEMBERING
Clyde Luther
1929–2018
Reflecting on the impactful life of one of
Virginia golf’s finest
JAMIE CONKLING
Executive director of the VSGA:
I met Clyde about 25 years ago when we
both served on the USGA Junior Commit-
tee. Throughout the past two-and-a-half
6
decades, he and I stayed in contact, but
it wasn’t until I joined the VSGA staff
in 2006 that I was really able to under-
stand the significant impact he had on
the game and on so many golfers and
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volunteers at the local, regional, state and
national levels.
Personally, Clyde was a true supporter
of mine, for which I am grateful. I will miss
his sense of humor, his jokes, his laughter,
and his passion for the Rules of Golf. We
had some good times together.
LEW BLAKEY
Longtime rules official and 2018 inductee
into the Virginia Golf Hall of Fame:
We have all lost a best friend with the pass-
ing of Clyde Luther. …Clyde and I first met
in the spring of 1964 at Springfield G&CC,
where we were both new members and
seemed to have an instant bond through
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he passing of Clyde Luther on March 30 at the age of 88 has left a hole in the
hearts of many who have played competitive golf. Luther was a past president
of the Virginia State Golf Association, a member of the inaugural class of the
Virginia Golf Hall of Fame, a nationally celebrated Rules official, the NCAA
Division I golf head rules official and a winner of the U.S. Golf Association’s Joe Dey Award
for meritorious service to the game.
Anyone he touched on and off the golf course would gladly offer a tribute to him. Any-
one he touched has a Clyde Luther story to tell. Here are just a few excerpts. Please visit
VSGA.org for longer tributes to Luther’s life. Have a Clyde Luther story to share? Send
an email to [email protected] and we’ll add it to the online tribute.