GSGA Bill Todd Award
The Bill Todd Award honors a volunteer who maintains the highest standard of service and stewardship to the GSGA. The presentation of this award honors the memory of one of the GSGA’s most valued volunteers who spent more than 20 years serving the Association.
Palmer Receives GSGA Bill Todd Award
ATLANTA, Ga. - Chuck Palmer of Atlanta was named the 2026 recipient of the Georgia State Golf Association’s Bill Todd Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a GSGA Volunteer.
The Bill Todd Award honors a volunteer who maintains the highest standard of service and stewardship to the GSGA. The presentation of this award honors the memory of one of the GSGA’s most valued volunteers who spent more than 20 years serving the Association.
Palmer's first involvement with the GSGA came as a teenager when he was one of the first recipients of a Moncrief Scholarship from the GSGA Foundation. He would later go on to serve as general counsel for the GSGA from 2007-2010, which included negotiating the transfer of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame from the Department of Economic Development to the GSGA.
In 2013, Palmer was elected president of the GSGA and served through 2014. Palmer has also offered a helping hand on the Executive and Nominating committees for the GSGA, and currently serves as part of the Hall of Fame Selection committee.
Palmer also helped lead the transformation of Bobby Jones Golf Couse in Atlanta and the creation of the Murray Golf House, which provided new office space for the GSGA and Georgia PGA as well as a physical home for the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.
About the Award
The Bill Todd Award honors a volunteer who maintains the highest standard of service and stewardship to the GSGA. The presentation of this award honors the memory of one of the GSGA’s most valued volunteers (right) who spent more than 20 years serving the Association. Todd served as GSGA’s president in 1995 and gave of his time in many ways before his passing in 2001.
Originally known as the President's Service Award, it was renamed in 2002. It was then deemed that all former winners of the President's Service Award would also be known as Bill Todd Award winners. A winner may be chosen annually, but not necessarily every year, by a committee that includes all past recipients and volunteers from each area of GSGA service.
Bill Todd Award History
- 1993: Billy Peters, Blakely*
- 1996: Col. F. "Ike" Fenton, Peachtree City*
- 1998: Bill Todd, Marietta*
- 2000: Gene McClure, Atlanta
- 2002: Nancy Henning, Roswell*
- 2003: Roger Cordes, Decatur*
- 2004: Adrian C. McManus, Jr., Athens*
- 2005: Bob Henning, Roswell*
- 2006: Richard R. (Dick) Franklin, Dunwoody*
- 2007: W. Richard Wilson, Columbus
- 2008: G. Alan Katz, Marietta*
- 2009: Bob Flynn, Kennesaw*
- 2010: Wendell Couch, Greensboro
- 2011: Pete Cox, Cobb
- 2012: Bill Blalock, Atlanta
- 2013: Sissi Gann, Kathleen
- 2015: Paul Murphy, Fayetteville*
- 2016: Ed Barnes, Peachtree City
- 2017: Ray Haas, Big Canoe
- 2018: Olivia Flanagan, Albany
- 2019: John Glenn, Thomasville*
- 2020: Don Heilman, Roswell
- 2022: Dennis Terry, Athens
- 2023: Chris Cupit, Johns Creek
- 2024: Linda Lee, Alpharetta
- 2025: Belinda Marsh, Johns Creek
- 2026: Chuck Palmer, Atlanta
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