The Arkansas State Golf Association will induct its 2022 Hall of Fame class tonight at its annual awards banquet, set to begin at 6:30 p.m. at Chenal Country Club in Little Rock.
The class of five honorees is comprised of Lee Brun, Dot Germain, Pam Spikes, Trey Rutledge and Dan Murphy, a posthumous inductee.
"We are thrilled to have such a diverse and talented class of inductees, especially for our first in-person banquet since 2019," ASGA Executive Director Jay Fox told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "The ASGA is truly a 'state' association with inductees' hometowns off Crossett, Texarkana, Jonesboro, Hot Springs and Blytheville."
The ASGA will also recognize its players of the year, highlighted by Rogers' Tyler Reynolds and Hot Springs' Nora Phillips.
PAM SPIKES
Spikes was a member of the inaugural University of Arkansas women's golf team and winner of four state amateur titles in a span of 10 years, taking the crown in 1990, 1992, 1995 and 1999. She also won four women's match-play championships -- 1979, 1990, 2012 and 2013 -- with a whopping 34 years between her first and last victories
Spikes made the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur in 1999 and then advanced to the knockout rounds of the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur in both 2002 and 2003. She later served as a volunteer assistant for Mount St. Mary in the early 2000s and is on the board of the Arkansas Girls Golf Council, an organization that provides funds for travel and scholarships to junior girls golfers.
LEE BRUN
A professional at Jonesboro Country Club, Brun has helped the Jonesboro High School golf team to 15 state championships and sent more than 60 players to college on golf scholarships, including current World No. 335 and former Arkansas Razorback Austin Cook.
Brun reached the finals of the PGA Tour Champions Q-School and played in the 2005 U.S. Senior Open, shooting a 16-over 158 and missing the cut at NCR South in Kettering, Ohio.
DOT GERMAIN
Germain spent 15 years on the LPGA Tour from 1974-89, winning the 1980 S&H Golf Classic. She was a four-time ASGA Amateur winner, taking titles from 1968-71.
Germain also led Southern Illinois University to a national championship and undefeated season in 1968 before finishing second as an individual the following year while also earning All-American honors. She was inducted into the Saluki Hall of Fame in 1982.
DAN MURPHY
The son of Don Murphy and brother of Dick Murphy -- both ASGA Hall of Famers -- Dan Murphy grew up in Texarkana before playing golf at the University of Arkansas.
He followed his family's path, becoming a career PGA golf professional. Murphy started at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., before going to Puerto Rico's Dorado Beach Resort and two different clubs in Atlanta. Murphy also played in two U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships and two PGA Senior Championships. He died in 2013.
TREY RUTLEDGE
Rutledge has been the superintendent for more than two decades at Hot Springs Country Club, host of a 2019 NCAA Division II men's regional, the Great American Conference championships, multiple U.S. Open qualifiers and several ASGA championships.
Rutledge has served on the board of the Arkansas Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America where he has also served as its president.
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NonePast ASGA Hall of Fame induction classes
2020
Kim Backus
Ernie Breckenridge
Tracy Harris
Stacy Lewis
2019
Jerald Barnett
Lisa Cornwell
Bill Hall
Jon Zieske
2018
Dawn Darter
Chris Jenkins
Brent Winston
2017
Bryce Molder
Jim O’Keane
Dan Van Horn
David White
2016
Jack O’Keefe
Julie Oxendine
Warren Stephens
2015 (NO HALL OF FAME CLASS)
ASGA Centennial Banquet
2014
Glen Day
Barry Howard
Wes McNulty
2013
John A. Cooper Family
Ken Duke
Bev Hargraves
Orville Henry
Ginger Brown Lemm
2012
Dan Snider
Dr. Malcolm Moore Jr.
Petey King
Tim Zimmerebner
2011
Randy Beaver
Tom Raney
2010
Carolyn Creekmore
Mike Mitchell
Sam Spikes
Horace Lacey
2009
Bobby Baker
Rosey Bartlett
Jay Fox
Bobby McGee
2008
Jeff Hamm
Carl Jackson
Al Rayford
Ralph Williams
2007
Joe Bushee
Sean Fister
E.B. Gee
Pete Fleming
Chester Lowe
2006
Al Alexander
Jack Jordan
Louis Lee
Bill Martin
Tanna Richard
2005
Cliff Calderwood
Harold Calderwood
Tommy Hanson
Jim Lindsey
Grover Poole
Don White
2004
Joe Brown
Paul Collum
Patricia Weis
Bob Ralston
Steve Ralston
2003
Richard Crawford
Charles Lewis, III
L. E. “Gene” Keeney
Clyde “Sug” Wilson
Pat Summerall
2002
Jane Whitmore Chronister
John Daly
Walter Eugene Davis
George McKeown
Richard “Bubba” Smart
R. H. Sikes
2001
Martha Jett McAlister
Dick Murphy
Wyn Norwood
Frank Stiedle
Tommy Stobaugh
2000
Robert Dedman
Jack Fleck
Ed Harris
Ed Dell Wortz
1999
Byron Nelson
Ross Collins
Stan Lee
Lucy Byrd Mock
1998
Davis Love Jr.
Mary Perrin
Jack Stephens
Willis Watkins
1997
Miller Barber
Fred Gordy, Jr.
Bill Henry
Charles Lewis, Jr.
Paul Lewis
1996
Ellis Bogan
Tommy Bolt
Alice Fryer
Lou Miller
Ron Richard
Charles “Monk” Wade
1995
S. W. Creekmore
Ted Darragh
“Dutch” Harrison
Jack Robinson
Hogan Rountree
1994
Walter “Junie” Dowell
Herman Hackbarth
Don Murphy
Paul Runyan
Hattie Turnage