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The National Golf Foundation (NGF) provides golf-business research and consulting services. Founded in 1936 by golf writer Herb Graffis and his brother Joe, who nearly went bankrupt in the process, [ 1 ] its original mission was to publish authoritative research useful to investors developing the game of golf.
Donald A. Rossi (June 2, 1918 – March 11, 1990) was the founding general manager of the Dallas Texans (now the Kansas City Chiefs) and was later president of the National Golf Foundation and the executive director of the Golf Course Builders Association of America. Rossi was a quarterback at Michigan State University in the 1938 and 1939 ...
Herbert Butler Graffis (May 31, 1893 – February 13, 1989) was an American golf writer and administrator. In recognition of his efforts to promote the sport, he was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1977.
For a few years in the mid to late 1970s, Spork worked as an educator for the National Golf Foundation. [20] Additionally, she founded the Shirley Spork L.P.G.A. Masters Pro-Am at the Palm Valley Country Club in Palm Desert, Calif., in 2016, with part of the proceeds benefiting the Eastern Michigan University women’s golf program. [1]
That autumn, delegates from Newport, St. Andrew's, The Country Club, Chicago Golf Club, and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club met in New York City to form a national governing body, which would administer the championship and also the Rules of Golf for the country. On December 22, 1894, the Amateur Golf Association of the United States was officially ...
In 1962, Griffin was chosen as the LPGA's national "Teacher of the Year". [3] She was also awarded the LPGA's National Golf Foundation Graffis Award [8] and was one of the first LPGA Master Professionals cited in 1978. [4] Griffin died in October 1986 due to complications from Crohn's disease. [4]
In 2016, the company had won three awards: the C-130 in Golf Cart, the 2Five in Lightweight, and the ClubGlider Meridian in the Best Golf Travel Cover award. [10] Sun Mountain has been one of the National Golf Foundation's Top 100 Businesses in Golf for years. [17] [11]
1977 Herb Graffis – golf writer and founder of the U.S. National Golf Foundation; 1977 Donald Ross – golf course architect; 1978 Billy Casper; 1978 Harold Hilton; 1978 Bing Crosby – celebrity friend of golf who founded his own PGA Tour event; 1978 Clifford Roberts – co-founder of the Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament ...