Maryland Golf Hall of Fame Members
Charlie Bassler
Head Professional at Rolling Road Golf Club
Seven-time MD Open Champion, five-time MAPGA Match Play Champion, five-time MAPGA Section Champion, five-time MAPGA Player of the Year. learn more
Deane Beman
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School &
University of Maryland
Bethesda native; Winner of two US Amateurs, one British Amateur, four PGA Tour titles, twenty transformational years as Commissioner of the PGA Tour, and a Member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. learn more
Robert Brownell
Burning Tree Club
Winner of ten consecutive (1946-1955) and eleven total Washington Metropolitan Golf Association Amateur titles (fifty-four consecutive matches) learn more
R. William Clarke, PGA
Head Professional at Hillendale Country Club
Past President of the PGA, Past President of the MAPGA, quintessential Rules Official at the PGA, The Masters, Ryder Cups, and more. Member of the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame (Inaugural Class). learn more
Mary Ann Downey Cooke
Baltimroe Country Club
Cooke won five MSGA Women’s Amateurs and three Middle Atlantic Amateurs. In 1949 Cooke won four of the five major local titles, which were the Women’s Golf Association title, the State Women’s Amateur, the Greiner titles, and the Middle Atlantic Amateur. Cooke represented the United States as a member of the 1956 Curtis Cup team. learn more
B. Warren Corkran
Baltimore Country Club
Winner of twenty-six regional titles, including three Maryland Amateurs and a Maryland Open. learn more
Anthony J. Cullinane
Columbia Country Club
Is a winner of eight regional titles, including two Washington Metropolitan Amateur Championships. Cullinane also qualified for more than 20 USGA Championships. learn more
Max Elbin, PGA
Burning Tree Club
Past President of the MAPGA and PGA of America. During his tenure as PGA of America President, Elbin oversaw the split between the PGA and PGA Tour. A Member of the MAPGA, PGA of America, and Middle Atlantic Golf Association Hall of Fame. learn more
Jack Emich
Maryland State Golf Association
His entire career with the MSGA spanned over forty-six straight years, including 25 years as Secretary and fifteen years as Executive Director when the title changed in 1995. In 1995, Emich was awarded the Isaac B. Grainger award from the USGA for his service as a volunteer. In 2000, the USGA awarded him the Joseph C. Dey award in recognition of meritorious service. While not volunteering, Emich won the club championship at Baltimore Country Club seven times. learn more
Frank Emmet
Georgetown Preparatory School
Known as the founding father of junior golf programs, Emmet built a nine-hole course at Georgetown Preparatory School and, in 1934, started the annual Schoolboy tournament. Emmet helped create the U.S. Junior Amateur conducted by the USGA, and in 1982, the PGA Tour awarded him the Card Walker award for his contributions to junior golf nationally. learn more
Jane Fitzgerald
Chevy Chase Club
Winner of eight MSGA titles: five Amateurs, one Open, one Mid-Amateur, and one Junior Girls'. Three-time MAGA Women’s Amateur Champion. Qualified for twenty USGA events and was a Finalist in the USGA Senior Women’s Amateur in 2012. learn more
Evelyn G. Glick
Woodholme Country Club
Eleven-time Maryland Women's Amateur Champion and participant in fourteen USGA Women’s Amateurs. learn more
Albert Houghton, PGA
Kenwood Golf & Country Club
Four-time winner of the Maryland State Open. Houghton competed in six U.S. Opens and five PGA Championships and is a Past President of the MAPGA. learn more
Dave King
Bethesda Country Club
King went on to win over 100 amateur titles. King is the only golfer to win the MSGA Amateur, Mid-Amateur, and Senior Amateur and he also qualified for seventeen USGA Championships. King also has endowed merit college scholarships for the Maryland State Golf Association and Virginia State Golf Association. learn more
Roland MacKenzie
Baltimore Country Club
Two-time winner of the Middle Atlantic Amateur and three-time Walker Cup participant with a record of 5-1. learn more
Frederick R. McLeod, PGA
Head Professional at Columbia Country Club
1908 US Open Champion and five top-4 finishes in the US Open. A member of the National PGA Hall of Fame. learn more
Robert C. Morris
Congressional Country Club
Grew up as a member of Argyle and is currently a member at Congressional Country Club, Morris has won twelve MSGA championships, including three Senior Amateur titles. A sports agent in the 1980s, Morris represented over forty professional golfers, and he founded Billy Casper Design and Management Co., a company that owned, leased, or managed 250 golf courses during its lifetime. learn more
Spencer Overton
Rolling Road Golf Club
Winner of eight regional titles, including three Maryland Amateurs and a Maryland Open. Overton, a Rolling Road Golf Club member, won the club championship 21 times and recorded 13 hole-in-ones during his career. learn more
John Stewart
Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore Sun reporter from 1963-1999, Stewart covered golf in Maryland for the MSGA, MAGA, and WMGA. During his time at the Baltimore Sun, he also covered the Olympics, Baltimore Colts, Baltimore Orioles, and the University of Maryland Basketball team. Stewart is a two-time winner of the PGA’s Golf Writer of the Year Award, and in 2009, he received the Professional Golf Association’s Keeper of the Game Award. learn more
Martin R. West III.
Columbia Country Club
Winner of twenty-two MSGA titles, including nine Amateurs and three Opens, and participant in forty USGA Championships. learn more