Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame

File:Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame, 2018.jpgThe Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame is a non-profit corporation established in 1991 by the Tennessee Golf Foundation.{{cite web |title=Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame |url=https://www.tngolfhalloffame.com |website=tngolfhalloffame.com |publisher=Tennessee Golf Foundation |accessdate=December 8, 2018}} The hall of fame is located at the Golf House Tennessee{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Wendy |title=Horton Fixture in State Golf |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/111952950 |accessdate=December 2, 2018 |publisher=The Tennessean |date=August 1, 1998 |page=3–C}} a 21,000 square foot golf complex{{cite news |last1=Rexrode |first1=Joe |title=Horton is the godfather of Tennessee golf |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2018/11/07/brandt-snedeker-dick-horton-pga-rexrode-tennessee-golf/1854948002/ |accessdate=November 8, 2018 |issue=312 |publisher=The Tennessean |date=November 8, 2018 |volume=114 |page=1–C}} in Franklin, Tennessee (near Nashville), which houses administration all of the state's golf activities, including pro golf, amateur golf, women's golf, junior golf, and turfgrass research."{{cite book |last1=Pearce |first1=Gene |title=The history of Tennessee golf : 1894-2001 |date=2002 |publisher=Hillsboro Press |location=Franklin, Tennessee |isbn=978-1-57736-260-9}}{{cite web |last1=Boclair |first1=David |title=Dick Horton named to Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/sports/people/blog/21021133/dick-horton-named-to-tennessee-golf-hall-of-fame |website=nashvillepost.com |accessdate=December 8, 2018}}

Induction in to the hall of fame includes one or more of the following criteria for Tennesseans:

• a significant record as a championship player
• a benefactor, promoter, administrator, or volunteer for the game
• one who embodies the core values and honorable traditions of the game

The first inductees in 1992 were Lou Graham, Cary Middlecoff, Mason Rudolph.{{cite news |last1=Coleman |first1=Anthony |title=Charter members dedicate state Hall of Fame today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/112601526/?terms=%22Tennessee%2BGolf%2BHall%2Bof%2BFame%22 |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |work=The Tennessean |date=November 10, 1992|page=12|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }} As of 2019, the hall included 51 members, including Sarah Ingram, Ted Rhodes, Katherine Graham, Toby S. Wilt, Jean St. Charles, Dick Horton, Marguerite Gaut, and Vince Gill.