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Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame
Alexander, Skip
Aycock, Dugan
Beck, Chip
Bell, Peggy Kirk
Bennett, Grant
Boatwright, Jr, PJ
Boros, Julius
Boswell, Larry
Brandon, Cecil
Bulla, Johnny
Burns, Marge
Chapman, Richard
Cheves, Joe
Covington, Jane Crum
Cudone, Carolyn
Cunningham, Cliff
D'Angelo, Jimmy
Daniel, Beth
Derr, John
Fazio, Tom
Ferree, Jim
Florence, Terry
Floyd, L.B.
Floyd, Raymond
Ford, Sr, Frank
Glover, Randy
Grainger, Ike
Green, Sr, Ron
Griffin, Ellen
Haas, Jay
Haddock, Jesse
Hamm, Gene
Harvey, Bill
Heafner, Clayton
Hensley, Bill
Hoch, Scott
Jackson, Tom
Knowles, Bobby
Lathrop, Happ
Lewis, Jack
Mangum, Clyde
Maples, DanMaples, Ellis
Moore, Patty
Morey, Dale
Padgett, Don
Page, Estelle Lawson
Palmer, Arnold
Palmer, Johnny
Patton, Billy Joe
Penfield, Add
Picard, Henry
Poe, Henry
Rawls, Betsy
Ross, Donald
Schaal, Gary
Sifford, Charlie
Simson, Paul
Smallwood, Irwin
Smith, Sr, Charles B.
Souchak, Mike
Stranz, Mike
Taylor, Dick
Thompson, George
Thorpe, Jim
Tufts, Richard S.
Van Hoy, Hale
Ward, E Harvie
Ward, Howard
Watson, Roger
Welch, Harry
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Ellis Maples
As a 14 year old, Ellis Maples worked summers for his father, Frank Maples, who was the construction superintendent for Donald Ross and greenkeeper at Pinehurst Country Club. From that early experience blossomed young Ellis’ interest in golf course architecture.
Maples got his first taste of his new career in 1937 when he assisted renowned architects William S. Flynn and Dick Wilson with the construction on a nine-hole course in Plymouth, NC. Ten years later, he redesigned New Bern Country Club, where he was working as the professional. In 1948, he supervised construction of Ross’ last course, Raleigh Country Club. In 1953, he turned full-time to architecture and for the next 30 years, his firm built more than 70 courses. Maples left his lasting imprint on Carolinas golf with such treasures as Grandfather Golf and Country Club; Bermuda Run Golf and Country Club, home of The Crosby Pro-Am, Forest Oaks Country Club, home of the K Mart Greater Greensboro Open since 1977, Gaston Country Club, Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood); Pinehurst No. 5, Greensboro Country Club (Carlson Farms); and Cedar Rock Country Club.
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