Welcome to Kentucky Deaf Golf Association

First Timers

Year Established: 1992
Founder: Billy Lange

First Experimental Site: Old Bridge Golf Club, Danville
Date: September 12, 1992

First Unofficial Tournament Participants Joe Buschmann, Charles Crandall, Todd Crouch, Billy Gulley SR, Oscar Hamilton, Archie Harris, Arlen Finke, Willard Fowler, Spence Jones, Paul Kulick, Billy Lange, Thomas Smith III, Ben Young

First Official Tournament Site: Cabinbrook Golf Course, Versailles
Date: April 17, 1993

First Official Tournament Participants and Members: Arvel Anderson, Charles Crandall, Todd Crouch, Tony Crosta, Lewis Fowler, Willard Fowler, Billy Gulley SR, Oscar Hamilton, Spence Jones, Paul Kulick, Billy Lange, Bill Lawson, Thomas Smith III, Patrick Sweeney

First Members: Norman Artz, Paul Kulick, Ben Young, Greg Gantt, Tom Perkins, Patrick Sweeney, Lewis Fowler, Andrew Lisac, Charles Crandall, Billy Lange, Tony Crosta, Richard Kuebel, David Bayersdorfer, Bill Lawson, Willard Fowler, Bernie Lewis, Spence Jones, Oscar Hamilton, Chip Williams, Thomas Smith III, Arvel Anderson, John Gerken, Robert Lange, Mike Stillwell, Arlen Finke, Barbara Sweeney, Mike Gay, Joe Buschmann, Roger Coyer, Billy Gulley SR, Todd Crouch, John Filicky, Bernie Rogers, Archie Harris, Ben Rogers, Ben Engle, Judy Mohan, Ervin Hamilton, Robert Armstrong, Paul Torbett

First "Out of state" Member: Bill Lawson (Ohio), Patrick Sweeney (Ohio)

First Official Tournament Winner: Lewis Fowler

First Female Member: Judy Mohan
Date: 1993

First Female Tournament Participant: Barbara Sweeney
Date: 1993
Course: Seneca Golf Course, Louisville

First African-American Tourney Winner: Oscar Hamilton
Date: 1995
Course: Indian Springs Golf Course, Louisville

First Editor: Billy Lange
Date: 1992

First Elected President: Charles Crandall
Date: 1994

First Secretary/Treasurer: Billy Lange
Date: 1994

First Two-Day Tournament: Brightleaf Golf Resort, Harrodsburg
Date: 1993
Champion: Ben Young

First Hearing Member and Participant: Terry Osborne (Tennessee)
Year: 1996

First Eagle: Billy Lange
Course: Gibson Bay Golf
Date: 1995

First Birdie: Lewis Fowler
Course: Cabinbrook
Date: 1993

First Out of State Tournament Winners:
  Indiana - Greg Gantt, Seneca, 1993
  Ohio - Chip Williams, Players Club, 1994
  Tennessee - Jerry Berlowitz, Cabinbrook, 1995
  New Hampshire - John Vaughn, 1996
  Florida - Robert Lange, Peninsula, 1997

First Tri-State Kentucky Champions: Lewis Fowler, Paul Kulick
Date: 1992

First Kentucky Host SEDGA Tournament: Old Bridge, Danville
Date: June 1996

First Web Developer: Brian Timberlake
www.kdga.org
Year: 2001

First United States Open Finalist (Pinehurst NC): Mike Yance (top 6)
Year: 2003

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