Amelia activity
Fred Seely’s column
    Lots of things happening on Amelia Island with every course situation in some form of turmoil:

    • The city is preparing to dump the golf course and has Request For Proposals out. They previously leased the marina to a private company and we hear the airport is next. Jacksonville Beach architect Bobby Weed appears to be the frontrunner but pro Scott Womble also is bidding.

    • Amelia River, originally built as Royal Amelia, had been run by the Amelia Island Plantation ownership group but they put it back on the Bank of South Carolina. Now, Davis Love’s organization is running it, and it’s strictly a public course. Good move: retaining pro Barry Richardson.

    • The Plantation sale is getting close and the next big date is August 23, when the court has an auction. The probable buyer — pending an agreement with the property owners’ association — is an Atlanta-based company. There hasn’t been much positive news on the island golf scene for some time but residents see some light now.

    • Long Point will be managed by The Heritage Group, a California company that owns and operates courses, mostly in the Southeast.

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Hall of Fame inductees honored
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Special displays recounting the historic paths each of the 2009 Inductees took to the World Golf Hall of Fame are now on display in the facility at the Woirld Golf Village.

The opening is one week prior to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Christy O'Connor, José María Olazábal and Lanny Wadkins becoming official members of the Hall of Fame at the annual Induction Ceremony on Monday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m.

Selected in the Lifetime Achievement Category, Eisenhower will become the first president in the Hall of Fame. In cooperation with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum, the Hall of Fame will showcase several items that characterize his love of golf including his green jacket, a personal planner and a tie and patch from Augusta National Golf Club, of which he was a member from 1948 to 1969. Items also have been loaned to the Hall of Fame from Eisenhower's close friend, Arnold Palmer, including a painting the late president fashioned for Palmer and delivered in person on his 37th birthday.

The display for O'Connor, selected in the Veterans Category, will feature dozens of clubs, medals and trophies he earned during a career that spanned four decades and included 24 European Tour titles and 10 Ryder Cup appearances. His trophy commemorating the 1970 John Player Classic, when he won the richest prize in golf at the time, will be on display, as will his 1962 Harry Vardon Trophy, signifying his position as the only Irishman to have won the European Tour Order of Merit twice.

The display for two-time Masters Champion Olazabal, elected on the International Ballot, will include several items representing that achievement. Among those items are his silver 1994 Masters clubhouse trophy, and the metalwoods and putter he used to win that event. Additionally the set of clubs he used to win his second Masters in 1999 is also on exhibition.

The display for Lanny Wadkins, elected on the PGA Tour ballot, will include several artifacts representing his domination on the U.S. Ryder Cup Teams between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, including all eight Ryder Cup bags and money clips. Numerous medals and trophies he earned en route to his 21 wins on the PGA TOUR will be presented, as will the MacGregor Custom driver he used capture the 1977 PGA Championship. In 1970, while attending Wake Forest, Wadkins produced one of the greatest years in amateur golf, winning the U.S. Amateur, Southern Amateur, Western Amateur and the World Amateur Team Championship. Several pieces on display will represent that feat.

    
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