The Gallery
Sports Hall of Fame
Lisa’s hand-drawn portraits capture the spirit and enthusiasm of members of Quail Ridge’s honor society. The portraits grace the walls of the Club’s Sports Hall of Fame, itself a prestigious collection curated by Lisa.
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Robert E. Cochran Sr.
Bob enjoyed a thrill most golfers never experience — he was invited to play in the Masters three times. This was just a part of a masterful amateur golf career that included six appearances in the U.S. Open and more than 40 amateur tour victories. He finished second to Freddie Haas in the 1945 Memphis International, with Haas’ win ending Byron Nelson’s streak of 11 consecutive PGA wins. Bob won the St. Louis District Senior Championship eight times and the Missouri State Amateur four times. He was past president of the St. Louis District Golf Association and a three-time president of the Missouri Golf Association. He was also a member of the victorious 1961 U.S. Walker Cup team.
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John C. Owens.
John was a member of Quail Ridge Country Club for 25 years. He won more than 100 tournaments, including the 1984 British Senior Amateur and two Kentucky State Amateurs. He was a star golfer at the University of Kentucky and was Head Coach of their golf program from 1951 to 1957. In fact, they proudly host a tournament named in his honor: The Johnny Owens Invitational. He played in the 1964 Masters and qualified for 16 U.S. Golf Association events. He won the 1996 and 2000 Canadian Super Senior Amateur tournaments. A co-founder of the Society of Seniors, he was inducted into the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame, the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame.
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John Pottle.
John was manager at Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters, from 1955 to 1957, working alongside legends Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts. He was also manager at Pinehurst Country Club from 1958 to 1964. He managed the Eseeola Inn from 1951 to 1982, in addition to running several other North Carolina-based clubs. In spite of his casual attitude toward the game of golf until he was 55, John shot his age an amazing 1,111 times. He won more than a dozen top amateur events, including the 1986 North Carolina Senior Championship and the 1973 Tar Heel State Senior Championship.
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Eugene Claude Harmon Sr.
His 1931 qualification for the U.S. Amateur at the age of 15 started Claude on the path of professional golf. He qualified for the PGA Championship finals in 1945, 1948, and 1953. In 1948, Claude earned his green jacket following a two-shot lead ahead of Cary Middlecoff. Claude was also a top instructor and well-known club professional. His students included four presidents (Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and Ford), and the King of Morocco. Three of Claude’s sons (Butch, Craig, and Bill) rank among Golf Digest’s Top 50 Instructors. Claude is a member of the World Golf Teachers’ Hall of Fame, as well as the PGA of America Hall of Fame.
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Samuel Jackson Snead.
“Slammin’ Sammy” had one of the sweetest swings in golf. The fact that it was self-taught made it even sweeter. From his start as a 7-year-old caddy in 1919, to his passing in 2002, Sam’s life revolved around golf. In an epic career-spanning 82 PGA victories and 70 other worldwide wins, he paused play only once — spending four years in the Service during World War II. He became the PGA Tour’s oldest winner in 1965, when he won the Greater Greensboro Open for a record 8th time. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974, Sam received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.
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Dale Morey.
Accomplished in both basketball and golf, Dale found victory on the golf course, winning hundreds of tournaments. He played in six Masters. He won the 1985 British Senior Amateurs Championship, two North and South Senior Champions (1978 and 1980), the 1976 Southern Senior Amateur, and six American Senior Championships. He won the Indiana Open five times, was a member of the 1964 World Cup team, a member of two Walker Cup teams (1955 and 1965), and of two Americas Cup teams (1954 and 1965). Dale played basketball professionally for the Anderson Packers (1946 to 1947) and the Louisville Colonels (1947), after coaching for LSU (1942 to 1944). Dale was the Co-Founder and President of the Society of Seniors.
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Harreld Kirkpatrick.
Harreld was a member of Quail Ridge Country Club for more than 30 years. As an amateur, he won more than 100 tournaments, including the 1954 Kentucky State Amateur. He competed in the 1955 British Open, played practice rounds with such legends as Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and Babe Zaharias. He counted among his friends, the man many consider to be the game’s greatest amateur, Bobby Jones. Harreld was a former Mayor of Greenville, Kentucky, as well as a former President of the Kentucky Golf Association. Service to country and love of golf combined for Harreld when, in 1942, he attended the same Navy boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia as Sam Snead.
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Ronnie Grove.
Ronnie won more than 40 amateur golf titles, including teaming up with his son, Hunter, to capture the National Father-Son Championship five times. He qualified for the 1993 U.S. Senior Open, and played in a pair of USGA Senior Amateurs. He also had victories in North Carolina Senior Amateur, The Carolinas Senior Amateur, and The Gasparilla Invitational in Tampa, which he won twice. Ronnie qualified for the U.S. Senior Open, as well as for the U.S. Senior Amateur. He won nine Club Championships at Quail Ridge. During his time in North Carolina, Ronnie played many rounds of golf with amateur legend, Harvie Ward, who was featured in the film, “The Greatest Match.”
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Dr. Robert V. Harris.
“Dr. Bob,” a resident and member of Quail Ridge for more than 10 years, is the patriarch of one of the top golf-hockey families in Minnesota. Bob has teamed with his son, John, to win the Northwest Father and Son Championship 12 times. Bob has qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur six times and the U.S. Senior Open three times. He won the 1989 Minnesota Senior Amateur. He won the Quail Ridge Stroke Play Championship in 2000 and has been the Quail Ridge Top 10 Shootout Champion twice. Bob was the Florida Super Senior Amateur Champion in 2000 and 2002 and the Minnesota Super Senior Champion in 1998.
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Bob Kuntz.
Bob was a star amateur golfer from New York who qualified to play in two major Championships, the 1953 U.S. Open and the 1954 Masters. He also qualified for U.S. Amateurs, U.S. Senior Amateurs, A British Amateur, and a U.S. Senior Open. Bob was Captain of the 1943 Yale team that won the National Collegiate Championship. He won the Metropolitan Amateur, Metropolitan Junior, and Westchester Amateur. In 1955, he won the Golden Tee Award as the Best Amateur Golfer in New York. He often teamed with his older brother, Bill, to form one of the most successful sibling amateur duos during the 1940s and 1950s — a period often referred to as “The Golden Era of Amateur Golf.”
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General William J. Ely.
A retired U.S. Army General, Bill was featured in Sports Illustrated for holding the unofficial record of shooting his age 2,005 times — by 16 shots when he was 90. Bill won Club Championship at the Army Navy Country Club at four different ranks: Colonel, Brigadier General, Major General, and Lieutenant General. He combined his love for golf and his engineering skills to design a golf course, “Double Dam,” in St. Louis, Mo. He won the Quail Ridge Club Championship twice. At the time of his passing, at the age of 105, on September 20, 2017, Bill was the oldest living West Point graduate and held the Army’s Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, and the Bronze Star.
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Bruce Karr.
Bruce has been a member and resident of Quail Ridge Country Club for more than 20 years. Considered to be a master strategist in wheelchair basketball, he participated in five Paralympic Games — winning a Gold Cup in 1986, along with 12 Gold Medals in basketball, swimming, archery, and table tennis throughout his years of Paralympic competition. He carried the Olympic Torch prior to the Atlanta Games in 1996. In 1986, Bruce and his wife Verena started the National Wheelchair Sports Fund to help wheelchair athletes in the U.S. A member of the National Wheelchair Basketball Hall of Fame and the U.S. Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame, Bruce is also a member of Quail Ridge’s Sports Hall of Fame.
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Charlie Bowie.
Charlie was Head Professional at Quail Ridge from 1984 to 2015, serving his last 15 years as Director of Golf. A former teacher, he worked for a Quail Ridge membership that included Masters Champions Claude Harmon and Sam Snead, top-ranked amateurs Dale Morey, Ralph Bogart, and John Owens, and more than 150 golfers with single-digit handicaps. Known for his motivational skills, Charlie helped build Quail Ridge into a thriving club. His passion for golf resulted in many awards during his time at Quail Ridge, including Southeast Chapter PGA Professional of the Year in 1992 and 2002, as well as South Florida PGA Merchandiser of the Year in 1993.
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Ralph Bogart.
Ralph was a member of Quail Ridge Country Club for almost 30 years. As an amateur, he won more than 80 tournaments, including 10 Maryland State Amateurs, four Middle Atlantic Amateurs, three District of Columbia Amateurs, six National Father-Son Championships, and five Anderson Memorial Four-Ball Championships. He was Co-Founder and President of the Society of Seniors, the organization of elite amateur golfers in the U.S. Ralph qualified four times for the U.S. Open, seven times for the U.S. Senior Open, and nine times for the U.S. Senior Amateur. He was inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame and the Middle Atlantic Golf Association Hall of Fame.
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Ches Riddle.
Ches was a Kentucky All-Star high school football and basketball player. He was offered a football scholarship by Bear Bryant and a basketball scholarship by Adolph Rupp, playing on Kentucky’s 1951 National Championship basketball team, before turning his attention to golf. He won 68 medal-play events as an amateur, including the National Father-Son Championship (twice), the Kentucky Father-Son Championship (13 times), the Kentucky Super Seniors (three times), the Kentucky Senior Golf Championship (twice), and was runner-up in the American Senior. The longtime Quail Ridge resident was on the Road Cup team twice and won the Husband-Wife Championship twice with Mary-Jo.
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Robert M. Hardy.
Bob was a resident and member of Quail Ridge Country Club for more than 25 years. He played quarterback for the legendary coach, Paul “Bear” Bryant at Kentucky in the mid-1950s, twice winning all-SEC honors, before golf became his primary sport. He also earned second-team All-America honors as a golfer. In 1951, Bob focused on golf, winning many amateur golf tournaments. In 1988, he turned his sights toward the National Senior Amateur Golf Circuit and the Society of Seniors. In 1989, he won the American Seniors’ Golf Association Stroke Play Championship. In 1990, he finished third in the British Senior Amateur Championship and was ranked as 5th U.S. Senior Amateur Player by Golf Digest Magazine.
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Morris Beecroft Jr.
“Moss” was a finalist in the 1991 U.S. Senior Amateur and Low Amateur in the 1992 U.S. Senior Open, in addition to winning the Virginia State Senior Match Play Championship six times, and the Virginia State Senior Medal Play Championship twice. Little wonder Golf Digest ranked him third, seventh, and 10th in Annual Rankings of the Nation’s Best Senior Amateurs during the 1990s. In fact, as evidence of his skills, going into the final round of the 1992 U.S. Senior Open, Moss was tied with Jack Nicklaus after rounds of 70-75-70. He faded in the final round, but finished to remain the Low Amateur of the tournament. In 1995, he ranked No. 3 on the National Senior Tour.
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Norman Swenson.
Dubbed “Golf’s Ultimate Gentleman,” Norman went from a walk-on at Wake Forest, to become one of the top senior amateur golfers playing in worldwide events. He became a force in his 60s, winning more than a dozen top amateur events, including the European Senior Amateur, the New Zealand Senior Amateur, the Mexican Senior Amateur, and the International Four-Ball — all in 2007. He was Low U.S. Amateur at the 2001 British Senior Open and also played in four British Senior Amateurs. The longtime resident of Quail Ridge Country Club also was a distinguished member of the Royal & Ancient in Scotland and the Royal Devon in Britain.
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Tom Rex.
Tom won the 1983 Michigan Public Links Championship, the 1985 Michigan Pro-Senior Amateur, the Michigan Senior Open Super Seniors, and the 2014 Michigan Father-Son (with Tom Jr). He was a runner-up in the 2003 Canadian Super Senior Amateur. Tom qualified for the 1981 and 1983 U.S. Senior opens and the 1983 U.S. Senior Amateur. He is the winner of three club championships at Plum Hollow and three at Quail Ridge (the 1983 Men’s Stroke Play and the 1985 and 1986 Husband & Wife Championship). Tom has enjoyed many rounds of golf with good friend, Jack Nicklaus. He has also made six holes-in-one. Tom’s sportsmanship extends beyond golf to include his life-long passions for boating, fishing, and duck hunting. In high school, Tom was All-County in football, track, and tennis. He lettered in these sports, as well as in swimming and golf.
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Ross Randall.
For 30 years, Ross Randall coached the University of Kansas men’s golf team to great successes, guiding hundreds of young golfers to pursue excellence on and off the fairway. Serving as Head Coach from 1979 to 2007, and then as Director of Golf Operations until his retirement in 2009, Randall led the Jayhawks to 19 NCAA regional appearances, and seven NCAA championships. In 1989, his KU team was the first Kansas team to reach NCAA finals in 32 years. In 1996, his team advanced to the final two rounds of NCAA championships, achieving the second-best finish in Kansas history. In 1999, his fifth-seeded team won the Big 12 Championship, bringing home KU’s first league title in 49 years. That accomplishment also led to Randall’s win of Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year. During his tenure at KU, Randall mentored five all-Americans and two PGA winners, including Gary Woodland. Additionally, in 1980, he started the Jayhawk Golf Camp, designed to introduce golf to new players. His love for mentoring extended to his hours away from the University as well. A consummate professional who worked for Claude Harmon at Winged Foot as a young man, and traveled with Butch Harmon for eight years while both played on the PGA Tour, Randall also served as the PGA Professional at Alvamar Country Club in Lawrence, Kansas. Randall was inducted into the Kansas Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Richard “Dick” Stackhouse.
As enthusiastic about the intricacies of golf, as he was about playing the game itself, Dick Stackhouse championed the history and camaraderie of the sport. A founding member of the Society of Seniors, he served as Vice President of that organization. Stackhouse also served on USGA’s Rules Committees for 19 years. A native Hoosier, he was President of the Indiana Golf Association from 1963 to 1964. The Indiana Hall of Fame was created during his tenure and he was inducted in 2002. In addition to serving as the Director of the Southern Golf Association (1964 to 1990), Stackhouse also was the Vice President of the Western Golf Association from 1967 to 1972. He played an active role in the Evans Caddie Scholarship Foundation, helping create Evans Scholars Houses at the University of Indiana and Purdue. When he was not promoting the game, he was playing it, even playing as an amateur in an exhibition match against Ben Hogan. Stackhouse qualified for four U.S. Senior Amateurs and won 14 club championships, including four at Quail Ridge. Dick served in the Army Air Corps., flying 32 missions during WWII, including D-Day. For his actions, he was awarded three Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Robert “Bob” Ferrel
Bob’s golf legacy began by winning five Junior Championships including, the 1958 Wisconsin State Junior Chamber of Commerce tournament. His success earned him an invitation in 1959 to join the University of Notre Dame Golf Team. Bob helped lead the Fightin’ Irish to play in three NCAA Championships and in 1963, he served as Notre Dame’s team captain.
In 1997, Bob won the Carolina Senior Championship. He qualified for the 1998 British Senior Open at Royal Portrush, Ireland, as well as the British Senior Amateur at Western Gailes, Scotland. Bob also qualified for three United States Senior Amateur Championships (1997, 2001, 2004) and was qualifying medalist in 2001. His success continued with fifteen club championships including the 2001 Quail Ridge Match Play Championship. As a young Air Force fighter pilot, Bob flew one hundred combat missions over North Vietnam and was Awarded the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and 10 Air Medals.
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PAM McCLOSKEY-BROSNIHAN
Pam’s passion for golf began at an early age while competing in putting contests. Through commitment and dedication, she excelled by capturing the Women’s Open Championship in Mahomet, IL in 1984 and 1985. Pam played for the University of Illinois and was team captain in 1985-86. After graduation and a move to Florida, Pam won the 1986 Palm Beach County Women’s Amateur Championship and the 1988 Florida State Women’s Amateur Championship. In 1992, Pam turned professional and joined the Quail Ridge team under long-time Director of Golf, Charlie Bowie. She served for 22 years, mostly as Head Golf Professional and worked alongside her husband, future Quail Ridge Director of Golf, Dan Brosnihan. Pam was a passionate member of both the PGA and LPGA.
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DICK HORNE
Dick served as captain of The Citadel Golf Team, graduating in 1962. He won the Southern Conference and South Carolina Intercollegiate Golf Championship. In 1975, he was the South Carolina Open champion. Dick won the Bermuda Amateur 3 consecutive years (1984-86). He qualified for the 1984 New South Wales PGA Championship in Australia. In 1999, Dick won the South Carolina Senior Amateur and the American Seniors Match and Stroke Play, when he was ranked by Golf Digest as the 9th best senior amateur in the United States. He served as President of the South Carolina Golf Association from 1995-1996 and was founder of the prestigious Rice Planters Amateur Championship. Dick is in the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame and The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Lisa at Quail Ridge.
Her portraits capture the spirit and enthusiasm of the members of Quail Ridge’s Sports Hall of Fame. As Lisa says, “It is an honor to capture these gentlemen as they celebrate their personal pursuit of excellence in a sport known for tradition and decorum. It is no exaggeration to say that history is made on the golf course and these gentlemen have played a part in it.”