ATLANTA, Ga. – Seth L. Knight, III of Columbus and Green Island Country Club was elected president of the Georgia State Golf Association, highlighting the Association’s 2007 Annual Meeting held at Cherokee Town Club, January 27. The president’s term is for one year, with an option for a second one-year term in 2008.
Knight has a long history of service with the Georgia State Golf Association. The native of Rome grew up playing in GSGA competitions, including several state amateurs. He became a volunteer for the Association in the early 1990s, serving mainly in the rules and competitions areas. He was named a GSGA Director in 1994, served on the Board of Trustees for the Georgia State Golf Foundation from 1995-98 and joined the Executive Committee in 1998 as Vice President of Rules and Competitions. Knight has also served as West Section chairman for the GSGA’s Junior Sectional Program.
Knight is a partner in Knight Rawls, Inc., an insurance agency in Columbus specializing in benefit planning. He earned a degree in business from the University of Georgia and was a three-year letterman on the Bulldog golf team. He has competed in several U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur and British Amateur championships and is a past president of Green Island Country Club.
Knight and his wife, Lucy, have three children: Sarah, Frances and Seth.
The new president-elect is Chris Cupit of Rivermont Golf and Country Club in Alpharetta. He will serve in this capacity and then become president upon the conclusion of Knight’s service. Cupit is the owner and general manager of Rivermont Golf and Country Club in the newly-formed city of Johns Creek.
A native Atlantan and graduate of the University of Virginia, Cupit has been a member of the GSGA Executive Committee since 2004. He has competed in several USGA and R&A Championships and is currently serving as a member of the USGA Mid-Amateur Committee. In 2006, Cupit was appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue to be serve on the Johns Creek city commission.
Elected to serve a second one-year term as secretary-treasurer is John Glenn of Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville.
Two new members were elected to three-year terms on the Executive Committee:
William Blalock of Atlanta and Capital City Club and William B. Brown of Marietta and Atlanta Country Club. Blalock returns to the Executive Committee after serving as GSGA’s president from 2000-01. Brown has been an ex-officio member of the Committee since 1997, serving as GSGA’s general counsel. Chuck Palmer of Atlanta and East Lake Golf Club has been appointed to serve as the new general counsel.
Other Executive Committee members who will continue in their current terms during 2007 are Greg Butterfield of Smyrna (The Frog Golf Club at the Georgian), Robert Fowler of Atlanta (Capital City Club), Becky Royer of Canton (BridgeMill Athletic Club) and Dennis Terry of Athens (Athens Country Club).
Glenn Cornell of Dacula (Atlanta Athletic Club) has completed two years as president and will serve as an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee as immediate past president while Knight is president.
Continuing as an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee is Georgia State Golf Foundation president John C. McGoogan of Atlanta (Capital City Club).
Past president W. Richard Wilson of Country Club of Columbus has completed his Executive Committee service but will remain an ex-officio member of the Association’s Board of Directors. Longtime Executive Committee member Sissi Gann of Kathleen and Houston Lake Country Club has completed her service on the committee and will move to Senior Director status.
Five new members of the Board of Directors were elected at the annual
meeting: Dave Ballard of Roswell (Indian Hills Country Club), Peter Crosby of Savannah (The Landings Club), Jim Ingram of Marietta (Indian Hills Country Club), Karen Sellick of Savannah (The Landings Club) and Claire Thompson of Warner Robins (Landings Golf Club). Additionally, four current members of the Board – Chris Borders of Woodstock (Atlanta Athletic Club), Joe Estes of Atlanta (Cherokee Town and Country Club), Wes Hudson of Roswell (Horseshoe Bend Golf Club) and Cupit – were named Senior Directors by virtue of 10 years of service on the Board or a three-year term on the Executive Commiittee.
The management of the Georgia State Golf Association is vested in its Board of Directors. The Board meets annually to review the activity of the Association, transact any business and elect a new slate of officers and directors. The GSGA Executive Committee, which includes the Officers, meets quarterly to manage the business affairs of the Association between annual meetings.
Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924. Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over
365 member clubs and 85,000 individual members. With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups. Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.
Below are the names, hometowns and home clubs of all GSGA Officers, Executive Committee and Board of Directors. (Photos available upon request.)
GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION 2007 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers
President: Seth L. Knight III, Columbus – Green Island County Club
President-Elect: Chris Cupit, Alpharetta – Rivermont Golf and Country Club
Secretary-Treasurer: John Glenn, Thomasville – Glen Arven Country Club
Executive Committee
Officers and the following
William Blalock, Atlanta – Capital City Club William B. Brown, Marietta – Atlanta Country Club Greg Butterfield, Smyrna – The Frog Golf Club at the Georgian Robert F. Fowler, Atlanta – Capital City Club Becky Royer, Canton – BridgeMill Athletic Club Dennis Terry, Athens – Athens Country Club Glenn Cornell, Dacula – Atlanta Athletic Club (ex-officio – Immediate Past
President)
John C. McGoogan, Atlanta – Capital City Club (ex-officio – Georgia State Golf Foundation president) Chuck Palmer, Atlanta – East Lake Golf Club (General Counsel)
Past Presidents
Ex-officio members of the Board of Directors Andy Bargeron, Chatsworth – The Farm Golf Club (1991-92) Ed Barnes, Peachtree City – Flat Creek Club (1977-80) Arnold Blum, Macon – Idle Hour Club (1960-61) Jim Broadwell, St. Simons Island – Sea Island Golf Club (1998-99) Wendell Couch, Athens – Athens Country Club (1984-86) Pete Cox, Cobb – Southwestern Links (1975-76) John Ellis, Atlanta – Capital City Club (1962-63) Gene B. McClure, Atlanta – Ansley Golf Club (1996-97) Billy Peters, Blakely – Town and Country Club (1981-83) Dr. John Reynolds III, Augusta – Augusta Country Club (1989-90) W. Richard Wilson, Columbus – Country Club of Columbus (2002-04)
Senior Directors
Served at least 10 years on the Board of Directors or at least one three-year term on the Executive Committee; may be re-elected for three-year terms Chris Borders, Woodstock – Atlanta Athletic Club Dr. Bob Bowen, Athens – Athens Country Club Lee Burton, St. Simons Island – Canongate at Heron Bay John Companiotte, Atlanta – Atlanta Athletic Club Roger Cordes, Decatur – East Lake Golf Club Joe Estes, Atlanta – Cherokee Town and Country Club Sissi Gann, Kathleen – Houston Lake Country Club Merilee Giddings, Peachtree City – Flat Creek Club John Haupt, Savannah – The Savannah Golf Club Nancy Henning, Roswell – Atlanta Athletic Club W.A."Bill" Hines, College Park – Golfer’s Club at Fort McPherson Wes Hudson, Roswell – Horseshoe Bend Golf Club E. George Johnson, Atlanta – Cherokee Town and Country Club G. Alan Katz, Marietta – Indian Hills Country Club Jim Knerr, Augusta – Forest Hills Golf Club John Marshall, Smyrna – Fox Creek Golf Club Adrian McManus, Athens – Athens Country Club William Oliver, Macon – Idle Hour Club Caryl Paller, Atlanta – The Standard Club Bryan Persons, Macon – Idle Hour Club Ken Phillips, Warner Robins – Southern Hills Golf Club Betty Rich, Villa Rica – Sunset Hills Country Club Pentti Savola, Tucker – Mystery Valley Golf Club Ed Schmidt, Athens – The Chimneys Bob West, Alpharetta – Northwood Country Club
Directors
May be elected or re-elected for one, two or three-year terms Ron Abadie, Peachtree City – Braelinn Golf Club George Bagley, Cumming – Lanier Golf Club Dave Ballard, Roswell – Indian Hills Country Club Robert C. "Bo" Bolander, Monroe – Monroe Golf and Country Club Carey Brown, Atlanta – Cherokee Town and Country Club Lee Cassady, Savannah – The Landings Club Carole Cavanaugh, Sharpsburg – Canongate-on-White Oak Pat Clarke, Sea Island – Ocean Forest Golf Club Jim Coleman, Acworth – Brookstone Golf and Country Club Bill Cowles, Lilburn – Berkeley Hills Country Club Carol Crosby, Savannah – The Landings Club Peter Crosby, Savannah – The Landings Club Randy Delaney, Roswell – Druid Hills Golf Club Robbie Dew, Marietta – Ansley Golf Club Mike Downes, Martinez – West Lake Country Club Kurt Faxon, Savannah – The Landings Club Ray Haas, Big Canoe – Big Canoe Golf Club H.H. "Bill" Harper, Columbus – Green Island Country Club Helen Harper, Columbus – Green Island Country Club Neill Hatcher, Columbus – Country Club of Columbus Don Heilman, Roswell – Horseshoe Bend Golf Club Jim Ingram, Marietta – Indian Hills Country Club Linda Lee, Alpharetta – TPC Sugarloaf Belinda Marsh, Alpharetta – Rivermont Golf and Country Club Paul Murphy, Fayetteville – Flat Creek Club Ray Orrie, Roswell – Horseshoe Bend Country Club Karen Sellick, Savannah – The Landings Club Everett Stowe, Lawrenceville – Collins Hill Golf Club Claire Thompson, Warner Robins – Landings Golf Club
Contact:
Joanna S. Capo
PHONE: (770) 356-8960/jcapo@gsga.org
