South Carolina’s House of Representatives today honored the career of golf course superintendent Chuck Green. The House presented Green with a special resolution in front of family and friends at the State House in Columbia.
Green, who is now director of operations at Quixote Club in Sumter, is a past president of the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association. The association honored Green with its highest recognition, the Distinguished Service Award in November last year.
Today’s House resolution read in part: “…with much admiration, the House takes great pleasure in applauding Chuck Green on receiving such a highly coveted accolade as the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association Distinguished Service Award.” The resolution was introduced by Rep. Roger Kirby (D) and carried 111 sponsors in total.
The resolution cited highlights of Green’s 40-plus year career in golf course maintenance including his role in growing the Carolinas GCSA and helping transform the association’s annual Conference and Trade Show into the largest regional golf course superintendent gathering in the country.
The resolution also noted that Green “received support for his nomination for the prestigious GCSA Distinguished Service Award through an unprecedented 36 letters from fellow past presidents, turfgrass researchers, industry partners, and fellow superintendents, some of whom he mentored.”
Green has spent his entire career in South Carolina including stints at Florence Country Club and Columbia Country Club before helping establish nationally ranked Sage Valley Golf Club. The resolution also cited his “pivotal” role in establishing Clemson University’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence.
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“I am deeply honored that the House of Representatives would choose to do this,” Green says. “And at the same time, I am proud that the golf course profession has come so far that our state’s leaders would recognize the work we do. So many people have helped me in my career and so many have helped advance the profession. I hope they all take some pride in this because they should.”
Green was one of two golf industry members recognized with resolutions today. The other was friend and newly inducted South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame member Russell Glover. Glover was an accomplished player in junior, amateur and professional ranks before becoming a celebrated instructor.
