GSGA Past Presidents

The Georgia State Golf Association is the governing body of golf in Georgia and serves as an Allied Golf Association to the United States Golf Association. Founded in 1916, the GSGA has a storied history beginning with Bobby Jones winning the inaugural Georgia Amateur Championship.

GSGA Past Presidents 

Lowry Arnold (1924-1933)
C. Veazey Rainwater (1934-1936)
Fielding Wallace (1936-1945)
Hugh Carer (1946-1955)
William H. Zimmerman (1956-1957)
Jennings B. Gordon (1958-1959)
Arnold Blum (1960-1961)
John B. Ellis (1962-1963)
E.H. "Hoot" Gibson (1963-1965)
Frank Hedrick (1966-1967)
George "Buster" Horton (1968-1969)
Henry H. Cobb, Jr. (1970-1974)
Pete Cox (1975-1976)
Edward T. Barnes (1977-1980)
Billy Peters (1981-1983)
Wendell Couch (1984-1986)
Eddie LeBaron (1987-1988)
John D. Reynolds, III, M.D. (1989-1990)
L. Andy Bargeron (1991-1992)
Robert R. Harlin (1993-1994)
Bill Todd (1995)
Gene B. McClure (1996-1997)
Jim Broadwell (1998-1999)
William P. Blalock (2000-2001)
W. Richard Wilson (2002-2004)
Glenn Cornell (2005-2006)
Seth L. Knight, III (2007-2008)
Chris Cupit (2009-2010)
Greg Butterfield (2011-2012)
Chuck Palmer (2013-2014)
Dave Ballard (2015-2016)
David Burke (2017-2018)
Belinda Marsh (2019-2020)
Charlie Anderson (2021-2022)
Ralph Stokes (2023-2024)
Ryan Grant (2025-)

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