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The Senior Golfers
Association of America
3013 Church Street
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Phone: (843) 626-8100
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© Senior Golfers Association of America
The Senior Golfers Association was founded in 1976 as a means of putting something back into this great game from which we have derived so much. The doctrine of SGA is to preserve and enrich the ancient and honorable traditions of the sport as handed down for hundreds of years by stalwarts of the game who have gone before us. Members exercise comportment on the course, dressing nicely, playing the game (in 4 1/2 hours or less), with integrity and having consideration for those with whom we are playing.
In 1996, the association adopted a Hall of Fame procedure to recognize the individual who has given of himself to honor the SGA doctrine, keeping golf a game of civility and setting a shining example of social behavior in society. In general, for being a good fellow both on and off the golf course. This year's Hall of Fame inductee exemplifies the core values of the game of golf and the doctrine of the SGA of America.
Dave Watts started playing golf at age 7, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was at summer camp and was watching kids hit golf balls. The camp counselor asked him if he wanted to try, so he did. The counselor told Dave he was a natural, and from then on, he was hooked. He was playing regularly by age 9, and began caddying in order to buy golf clubs. He caddied doubles and played every Monday. When he started playing, he was dropping ten strokes a year. His junior year in high school, Dave's school won the state golf championship. He has been playing ever since and has enjoyed every minute of it.
Dave worked with his dad for a while on Wall Street. He left New York for Kentucky to work in the agricultural chemical industry. He started at the bottom, worked his way up, and retired at age 50.
In 2000, Dave and his wife, Roberta, also known as Bert, joined the
Senior Golfers of America. Their first tournament with SGA was in Waynesville,
North Carolina, in 2001. Dave remembers meeting Bob Swanson and Jean O'Neil, SGA
Directors. The first SGA members they met were Miles and Marty King. Dave says
it was a great first impression. They now attend SGA events regularly and he
says, "We really love the SGA." When asked what their favorite tournaments are,
he says Waynesville is first. They also love The Cloister, Linville, and The
Greenbrier.
We are honored to have Dave Watts as our 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee. It
is our privilege to have him and his wife in our association.
