The Wisconsin State Golf Association

Wisconsin State Golf Association

The Wisconsin State Golf Association is a 501[c]6 organization comprising over 400 member golf clubs located in the state of Wisconsin and approximately 60,000 individual golfing members...

 (WSGA) established a Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame in 1964 to honor distinguished amateurs for their significant contributions to the game of golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 in Wisconsin. The five charter members of this elite group, all "legends" who made their "mark" in Wisconsin amateur golf circles, were E.P. "Ned" Allis, Dick Cavanagh, Lynford Lardner, Billy Sixty, Sr., and Wilford Wehrle.

In 1975, the WSGA Hall of Fame Committee changed the induction policies to allow professionals, women and public links players to be considered for the Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

. The first female to be inducted was Joyce Ziske Malison. In 1980, Archie Dadian of Whitnall Park GC became the first public links player to be elected to the Hall of Fame.

At present, plaques

Commemorative plaque

A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event...

 of all inductees, which outline their achievements along with an engraved likeness, are on display at Golf House of Wisconsin in West Allis

West Allis, Wisconsin

West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 61,254 at the 2000 census. Its name derives from Edward P. Allis, who started the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in the 19th century. The site of the town was...

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The WSGA Hall of Fame Committee is composed of WSGA directors, golf professionals, women representatives, public links players and media delegates, who meet annually to review candidates. Candidate consideration is extended to individuals with outstanding golf records, and to those who have made exceptional contributions to the game of golf. All candidates must be at least 40 years of age and must receive at least 75% of the committee's votes.

Members

• 1964 - E.P. “Ned” Allis
• 1964 - Billy Sixty, Sr.
• 1964 - Wilford Werhle
• 1964 - Lynford Lardner, Jr.
• 1964 - R.P. “Dick” Cavanagh
• 1965 - Marue Carroll
• 1965 - Dr. Adolph C. “Buster” Bock
• 1965 - Bernard “Ben” Gleissner
• 1966 - Walter H. Gaedke
• 1966 - Daniel P. Steinberg, Jr.
• 1966 - Dr. Ernest Miller
• 1966 - James R. Anderson
• 1967 - Steve Caravello
• 1967 - Ray Billows
• 1967 - Gordon Kummer
• 1968 - Frank Woodside
• 1968 - Robert Crichton
• 1968 - Harry Simonson
• 1969 - Max Shimon
• 1969 - Carl E. Dietze
• 1969 - Robert A. Hipke
• 1970 - Bowden Davis
• 1970 - Burleigh Jacobs, Jr.
• 1970 - Edward J. Walsh
• 1975 - Manuel de la Torre
  Manuel de la Torre (golfer)
  Manuel de la Torre is recognized as being one of golf's top teachers. His career includes playing competitively on tour, head golf professional at Milwaukee Country Club one of America's most esteemed golf clubs, and a career of teaching both tour professional and amateur golfers. Among the tour...
  
  
• 1975 - Francis Gallett
• 1975 - Joyce Ziske Malison
• 1975 - Johnny Revolta
• 1976 - Alvin R. "Butch" Krueger
• 1977 - Walter Leuenberger
• 1977 - James "Jimmy" Milward
• 1978 - Robert A. "Bobby" Brue
• 1979 - James R. Love, Jr.
• 1979 - Thomas "Tommy" Veech
• 1980 - Archie Dadian
• 1981 - Goldie Bateson
• 1981 - Mike Bencriscutto
• 1982 - Burns O. "Blackie" Nelthorpe
• 1982 - Gordon Watson
• 1983 - Carol Sorenson Flenniken
• 1983 - Steve Bull
• 1984 - Paula (Clauder) Garzotto
• 1985 - Oyvind Juul "O.J." Noer
• 1986 - Richard J. "Dick" Sucher
• 1988 - Don Iverson
  Don Iverson
  Donald Iverson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s.Iverson was born, raised and has lived most of his life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He attended La Crosse Central High School, where he was a star quarterback on the football team and member of the golf team. He...
  
  
• 1989 - Dennis Tiziani
• 1990 - Mary Mcmillin Fossum
• 1990 - Andy North
  Andy North
  Andrew Stewart North is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the U.S. Open twice.- Early years :North was born in Thorp, Wisconsin, and raised in Monona, Wisconsin...
  
  
• 1991 - Gene Haas
• 1991 - Mark Bemowski
• 1992 - Alex Antonio
• 1992 - John M. Hayes
• 1993 - Katie (Ahern) Falk
• 1993 - Marilyn (Klumb) Williams
• 1994 - Mary Beth Nienhaus
• 1994 - Jeffrey Radder
• 1995 - Martha Nause
  Martha Nause
  Martha Nause is an American golfer. She attended St. Olaf College and her rookie year on the LPGA Tour was 1978. She won three times on the Tour, including one major championship, the 1994 du Maurier Ltd. Classic. Her best money list finish was 19th in 1988...
  
  
• 1997 - John Pallin
• 1999 - Carol Jean Sorenson Templin
• 2000 - Lou Warobick
• 2001 - George Hansen
• 2001 - Bernice Wall
• 2002 - Ralph "Butch" Schlicht
• 2002 - Bill Brodell
• 2003 - Mary Hafeman
• 2003 - Eddie Terasa
• 2004 - Herbert Kohler, Jr.
  Herbert Kohler, Jr.
  Herbert Vollrath Kohler, Jr. is the president and chairman of the Kohler Company, a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin, best known for its plumbing products....
  
  
• 2004 - Bob Gregorski
• 2004 - Sherri Steinhauer
  Sherri Steinhauer
  Sherri Steinhauer is an American golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Legends Tour. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at Austin. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour, including two major...
  
  
• 2005 - Gary Menzel
• 2005 - Monroe Miller
• 2006 - J. P. Hayes
• 2006 - David U. Cookson
• 2006 - Skip Kendall
  Skip Kendall
  Jules I. "Skip" Kendall is an American professional golfer.Kendall was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has three Nationwide Tour victories, and finished runner-up in PGA Tour tournaments on four occasions....
  
  
• 2007 - Steve Stricker
  Steve Stricker
  Steven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories...
  
  
• 2007 - Jerry Kelly
  Jerry Kelly
  Jerome Patrick Kelly is an American professional golfer.Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional later that year, but didn't make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995 season on the second tier...
  
  
• 2008 - Don Johnson
• 2009 - Larry Tiziani
• 2009 - Jim Schuman
• 2010 - Pat Boyle

External links

• Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame official webpage (on Wisconsin State Golf Association website)