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Quail Ridge Hall of Fame Biographies of Inductees QUAIL RIDGE HALL OF FAME BIOGRAPHIES OF INDUCTEES INTRO On April 7, 2006, the Quail Ridge Country Club Board of Governors established its Sports Hall of Fame to recognize current and former members who have distinguished themselves as outstanding athletes in golf and other sports, both on the amateur and professional levels. Here are the inductees and the year they were enshrined: RALPH BOGART (2007) 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, and was president and co-founder of the prestigious Society of Seniors, an organization for elite amateur golfers in the U.S. Other accomplishments: 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. In addition to his 10 Maryland State Amateurs, he won four Middle Atlantic Amateurs, three District of Columbia Amateurs, six National Father-Son Championships and five Anderson Memorial Four-Ball Championships … Was a 14-time Club Champion at Chevy Chase Country Club and two-time champion at Quail Ridge … Inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame and the Middle Atlantic Golf Association Hall of Fame. BILL ELY (2009) Bill has been a member and resident of Quail Ridge Country Club for more than 30 years before “The General” and his wife, Helen, were given a ceremonial lifetime membership for their service to the club. Ely, a retired U.S. Army general, was featured in Sports Illustrated for holding the unofficial record of shooting his age an incredible 2,005 times, including by 16 shots when he was 90. Other accomplishments: Despite not picking up the game until his junior year at West Point, Bill became a top golfer. He holds the distinction of winning the club championship at Army Navy Country Club at four different ranks: Colonel, brigadier general, major general and lieutenant general … Won the Quail Ridge Club Championship twice … Has served with distinction on numerous committees while participating in all aspects of Quail Ridge life. ROBERT M. HARDY (2010) Bob has been a resident and member of Quail Ridge Country Club for 25 years. He played quarterback for legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant at Kentucky in the mid- 1950s, twice winning All-SEC honors, before golf became his primary sport. Has been an inspiration the way he has successfully battled Parkinson’s Disease since being diagnosed 13 years ago, returning from deep-brain-stimulation surgery to shoot his age several times. Other accomplishments: In addition to making All-SEC as a quarterback at Kentucky, also earned second-team All-America honors as a golfer … Ranked as the fifth-best senior amateur by Golf Digest in 1989 … Has won five Quail Ridge Country Club Match Play Championships, two Stroke Play Championships at Quail Ridge and won the 1989 American Senior Stroke Play Championship. CLAUDE HARMON (2009) Claude was a member and resident of Quail Ridge Country Club for more than 10 years. He won the 1948 Masters, but is perhaps better known for being one of the nation’s top teaching professionals. He was the head professional at two iconic courses – Winged Foot Golf Club on Long Island and Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla. – at the same time. Other accomplishments: Harmon held his own against full-time professionals even though he spent most of his time as a club professional. In addition to winning a green jacket, he was third in the 1959 U.S. Open and three times made it to the finals of the PGA Championship (1945, ’48, ’53) … Among the players he taught were David Marr, Jack Burke Jr. and Mike Souchak … His students included four presidents of the United States and the king of Morocco … Three of his sons – Butch, Craig and Bill – are among Golf Digest’s top 50 instructors. DR. BOB HARRIS (2011) “Dr. Bob” has been a resident and member of Quail Ridge Country Club for more than 10 years and is the patriarch of one of the top golf-hockey families in Minnesota. He advanced to the finals of the 1992 U.S. Senior Amateur and won the 1989 Minnesota Senior Amateur. Other accomplishments: He teamed with son John, who plays on the Champions Tour, to win the National Father-Son Championship and has teamed with four sons to win the Northwest Father & Son Championship an amazing 12 times … Qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur six times and the U.S. Senior Open three times … Played on the University of Minnesota hockey team from 1947-50 and was captain the last two seasons … Won the Quail Ridge Stroke Play Championship in 2000 and also has twice been the Quail Ridge Top 10 Shootout Champion … Was the Florida Super Senior Amateur Champion in 2000 and 2002 and was the Minnesota Super Senior Champion in 1998. BRUCE KARR (2008) Bruce has been a member and resident of Quail Ridge Country Club for 20 years. He has participated in five Paralympic Games, winning a Gold Cup in l986 along with gold medals in basketball, archery and table tennis. He is considered to be a master strategist in wheelchair basketball. Other accomplishments: Karr competed in the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960 and has won 12 gold medals … In 1986, he and wife Verena established the National Wheelchair Sports Fund, which helps defray the costs of travel and other expenses for wheelchair tennis players … In 2006, he was named Racquet Sport Industries’ Wheelchair Champion of the Year … Has been inducted into the USA Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame and the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Hall of Fame. HARRELD KIRKPATRICK (2008) Harreld has been 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, has played practice rounds with such legends as Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Babe Zaharias and was friends with the game’s greatest amateur, Bobby Jones. Other accomplishments: Won more than 100 tournaments despite not competing for 20 years while he ran a coal company … In 2007, the Kentucky Golf Association honored him by creating the Harreld Kirkpatrick Trophy for the low senior scorer in the Kentucky State Amateur Championship … Was inducted into the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame and the Senior Golfers of America Hall of Fame. DALE MOREY (2007) Dale was a member of Quail Ridge Country Club for more than 22 years. As an amateur, he won more than 300 tournaments, including the 1974 and 1977 U.S. Senior Amateur Championships, and was selected as Golf Digest’s Outstanding Senior Amateur of the 1970s. Dale played in six Masters, his best finish T57 in 1966. Other accomplishments: Won the 1985 British Senior Amateur Championship, as well as two North & South Senior Champions (1978, 1980), the 1976 Southern Senior Amateur, six American Senior Championships and was low amateur at the 1977 U.S. Senior Open … A member of two Walker Cup teams (1955, 1965), two Americas Cup teams (1954, 1965) and member of 1964 World Cup team … President and co-founder of the Society of Seniors… Also inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame, Indiana Sports Hall of Fame, North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame and North Carolina Golf Writers Hall of Fame JOHN C. OWENS (2008) John has been a member of Quail Ridge Country Club for 25 years. As an amateur, 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 the program from 1951-57. Other accomplishments: Played in the 1964 Masters and also qualified for 16 U.S. Golf Association events … The University of Kentucky hosts a tournament named after him, the Johnny Owens Invitational … Won the 1996 and 2000 Canadian Super Senior Amateur Tournaments … Co-founder of the Society of Seniors… Also inducted into the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame, Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame and the Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame. SAM SNEAD (2011) The three-time Masters champion was a resident of Quail Ridge Country Club for seven years during his Hall of Fame career that spanned more than four decades. He won seven majors as a professional – he also won three PGA Championships and a British Open -- and holds the record for most career victories on the PGA Tour (82). He became the Tour’s oldest winner when at 52 he captured the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open for a record eighth time. Other accomplishments: In addition to his 82 PGA Tour win, he also earned more than 70 other worldwide victories … He was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour three times and won the Vardon Trophy for low scoring average four times … Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974 … Recognized as owning one of the sweetest swings in the sport, which was why he was affectionately called “Slammin’ Sammy … Received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998 ... He took time out of his career to spend four years in the U.S. military in World War II … Was self-taught. .
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