In 1945, he had finished as runner-up in the Mid-South Tournament.He also continued to excel in other sports as he entered the high school grades at McCallie. For example, in Wes’ scrapbook is a hastily written note to his traveling family from June 29, 1966, just one day after his state Senate candidacy announcement ran in the paper. Chattanooga District Golf Association (CDGA) Chattanooga Area (Summer) Clarksville Junior Golf Tour (CJGT) Clarksville Area (Summer) REGIONAL TOURS : Champions Junior Golf Tour (CJGT) Knoxville Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT) (Year Round) Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) (Year Round) Southern States Junior Classics (SSJC) (Year Round) United States Junior Golf Tour (USJGT) The lease would last for 40 years, until 2005, when a lease with another firm was signed.The operation proved productive.
Wes was also active in the Chattanooga District Golf Association, serving as president, and was also a longtime board member of the Tennessee Golf Association… W&L presented Wes Brown with the 1951 Collegian Athlete Award in the minor sports category. course.He would play as the top golfer for the Generals during his time at the school.Among those also playing on the W&L golf team about this time were John McKelway, Jack McCormick, Bill Lewis, John Mahan, Shorty Murray, Dave Mann, Jack Bailey, Bill Hall and multi-sport athlete Talbot Trammell, who also was a McCallie product. He was elected sophomore senator at McCallie and day student representative as a senior. Chattanooga District Golf Association Junior Tour; 2020 SCHEDULE; Date Tournament; June 23rd: Danny Tribble PGA Jr. Championship at Creeks Bend: Results; July 1st: CDGA at Nob North Golf Course: Tee Times; July 6th: CDGA at Moccasin Bend Golf Course: Register; July 13th & 14th: As a result of the three wins, he was referred to that year as a triple golf champion. Golf has been a most important part of my life with some victories and some losses while meeting and playing with many of the game’s best.
Also shown in a photograph with them at the event was Tommy Lupton.While at W&L, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.Wes graduated with a bachelor of science in commerce degree in 1951. 1 0 obj Even though his playing career won’t be recorded in any record books his love and compassion for the game, and his desire to share the game with others is surpassed by no one.Mike has served as president and/or treasurer of Chattanooga District Golf Association for the past 20+ years. As an interesting footnote to the season, playing for Red Bank in McCallie’s 26-7 win later in the year was future Blue Tornado coach Ralph “Pete” Potter, whom Wes would later help bring as coach to McCallie in 1973.A punt return by Wes for a touchdown against T.M.I. Longtime McCallie coach and teacher Chalmers McIlwaine and Wes’ father sent him congratulatory Western Union telegrams.He also won the first Sandy Summers golf tournament for juniors at Signal Mountain Country Club by 13 strokes.In the spring of 1948, the long-hitting Wes – who was still only 18 years old and was now a student at W&L – won the Tennessee State Amateur, the first Chattanoogan since decorated amateur Lew Oehmig 11 years before.
CDGA Member Services Online Score Posting Online Membership Renewal Online New Member Signup Online Tee Time Bookings Sunshine Thru Golf Camps What does CDGA stand for? For the following counties: Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, and Sequatchie2019 District Dates: October 4 - 27, 2019 Entry Deadline EXTENDED: September 30, 2019There are rooms blocked at the following hotels for the tournament February 14-16, 2020.You may reserve a room by clicking the reservation link or by calling the hotel. The coach was Cy Twombly, a former major league pitcher, who struck out Babe Ruth and became a noted golfer and teacher of the game.Wes also played football some as a halfback for W&L, but a knee injury suffered in the George Washington game in October 1949 curtailed his career. Since I don’t think he would have minded, I have included it below with only minor editing and updating.Before his death on March 31 at the age of 90, Wesley Gregory Brown Sr. had enjoyed a successful and happy life in the insurance and business fields. On hand for the graduation ceremonies were his parents, including his father, W&L alumnus Ed Brown. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Inc., an independent A few years ago I mentioned that one of my goals was to play in a Chattanooga District Golf Association event when I was 70 years old. As the CDGA returns to hosting events and tournaments, the Association has developed and introduced a set of COVID-19 CDGA Event Policies and Guidelines. “I loved it.“As Wes began trying to pick a college during the spring of his senior year in 1947, he was offered a scholarship to Washington and Lee, where his father had been quite an athlete. Council Fire (15.11) 2. "I have been ... Broad Street between 11th Street and 12th Street will be closed beginning on Friday, from 5:45 p.m. until Sunday, at 9 p.m. for TVA Building window replacement.