Florida State Golf Association Honors Its Best
The Florida State Golf Association has honored its 2005 Players of the Year and Hall of Fame Inductees at the annual dinner at Tampa.
Kelly Gosse is the Amateur Player of the Year, Rick Woulfe earned the Senior Player of the Year and Chappell Brown is the Junior Player of the Year.
The first inductees into the Florida Golf Hall of Fame include three from Jacksonville: the late A.C. Ulmer of Timuquana, Jim Callender from Selva Marina and Don Bisplinghoff of Hidden Hills.
Gosse, from Inverness, topped the points standings with 985 points. In 2005, Gosse won the Match Play Championship, finished tied for third in the Public Links Championship and tied for ninth in the Mid-Senior Championship.
His first year playing as a Senior, Woulfe, of Fort Lauderdale, played in his fifth USGA State Team Championship and placed second in his first Senior Championship. He won the Senior Four-Ball and was part of the winning Lago Mar Country Club team that won the Club Team Championship.
Brown, of West Palm Beach, won the Boys’ Junior Championship and finished second in the Four-Ball Championship.
These are the seven individuals who are the first inductees into the Florida Golf Hall of Fame:
Ulmer founded the FSGA in 1913 and won the first Florida State Amateur Championship in 1914. Ulmer went on to win the Amateur four more times (1917, 1921, 1922, 1928). In 1950, he won the United States Seniors’ Golf Association Championship (forerunner to the U.S. Senior Amateur which began in 1955).
Bisplinghoff is a four-time Florida State Amateur Champion (1953, 1954, 1955, 1958) and U.S. Junior Champion (1952). He also won the Florida Open three times as an amateur (1955, 1961, 1962).
Callender is a 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. He has worked many FSGA and USGA Championships, including five U.S. Opens. The Silver Star recipient retired from the naval service after serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Charlie Bedford is a 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. He is an FSGA Tournament Chairman and Course Rater. He was awarded the 2000 Volunteer of the Year, has been a USGA Committee Member for 10 years and has officiated four U.S. Opens, six U.S. Amateurs, seven U.S. Senior Opens and 10 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships.
Carl Dann Jr. is a five-time Florida State Amateur Champion (1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1949).
Bo Williams is a three-time Florida State Senior Champion (1986, 1987, 1990), four-time Senior Four-Ball Champion (1986, 1988, 1991, 1992) and two-time U.S. Senior Amateur Champion (1986, 1989).
Murphy is a two-time Florida State Amateur Champion (1965, 1966) and won the U.S. Amateur (1965) and was the NCAA individual champion (1966) as a member of the University of Florida team. He won the Florida Open in 1967 and has five PGA Tour victories and 11 Champions Tour victories.
Kelly Gosse is the Amateur Player of the Year, Rick Woulfe earned the Senior Player of the Year and Chappell Brown is the Junior Player of the Year.
The first inductees into the Florida Golf Hall of Fame include three from Jacksonville: the late A.C. Ulmer of Timuquana, Jim Callender from Selva Marina and Don Bisplinghoff of Hidden Hills.
Gosse, from Inverness, topped the points standings with 985 points. In 2005, Gosse won the Match Play Championship, finished tied for third in the Public Links Championship and tied for ninth in the Mid-Senior Championship.
His first year playing as a Senior, Woulfe, of Fort Lauderdale, played in his fifth USGA State Team Championship and placed second in his first Senior Championship. He won the Senior Four-Ball and was part of the winning Lago Mar Country Club team that won the Club Team Championship.
Brown, of West Palm Beach, won the Boys’ Junior Championship and finished second in the Four-Ball Championship.
These are the seven individuals who are the first inductees into the Florida Golf Hall of Fame:
Ulmer founded the FSGA in 1913 and won the first Florida State Amateur Championship in 1914. Ulmer went on to win the Amateur four more times (1917, 1921, 1922, 1928). In 1950, he won the United States Seniors’ Golf Association Championship (forerunner to the U.S. Senior Amateur which began in 1955).
Bisplinghoff is a four-time Florida State Amateur Champion (1953, 1954, 1955, 1958) and U.S. Junior Champion (1952). He also won the Florida Open three times as an amateur (1955, 1961, 1962).
Callender is a 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. He has worked many FSGA and USGA Championships, including five U.S. Opens. The Silver Star recipient retired from the naval service after serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Charlie Bedford is a 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. He is an FSGA Tournament Chairman and Course Rater. He was awarded the 2000 Volunteer of the Year, has been a USGA Committee Member for 10 years and has officiated four U.S. Opens, six U.S. Amateurs, seven U.S. Senior Opens and 10 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships.
Carl Dann Jr. is a five-time Florida State Amateur Champion (1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1949).
Bo Williams is a three-time Florida State Senior Champion (1986, 1987, 1990), four-time Senior Four-Ball Champion (1986, 1988, 1991, 1992) and two-time U.S. Senior Amateur Champion (1986, 1989).
Murphy is a two-time Florida State Amateur Champion (1965, 1966) and won the U.S. Amateur (1965) and was the NCAA individual champion (1966) as a member of the University of Florida team. He won the Florida Open in 1967 and has five PGA Tour victories and 11 Champions Tour victories.
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