Category: Inductee

Beginning her golf career at age 11 out of Nashua Country Club, Pat Bradley has found much success from an amateur and professional standpoint. She won the New Hampshire Women’s Amateur Championship in 1967 and 1969 and went on to win the New England Women’s Amateur Championship in 1972 and 1973. She was a vital member of the Florida International University Golf Team and became an All-American in 1970.
From there, she joined the professional ranks of the LPGA in 1974 and won 31 LPGA Tour events, including six major championships, the Peter Jackson Classic in 1980, the U.S. Women’s Open in 1981, the du Maurier Classic in 1985 and 1986, the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 1986 and the LPGA Championship in 1986. Bradley has been a part of four Solheim Cup teams – 1990, 1992, 1996 and 2000 as a captain. The U.S. team won it in 1990 and 1996.
Her accomplishments extend to being named the LPGA Player of the Year in 1986 and 1991. She is the only player to have won three of the four modern-day majors in one season, 1986 and she her win at the LPGA Championship in 1986 made her the third player to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam.
Bradley was ultimately inducted in to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1991. Regardless of the time of day, her mother would ring a bell off the family’s back porch following each win Pat had. That bell was donated to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
 

 

A native of Portsmouth, Blalock’s success as an amateur began is 1965 when she won the New Hampshire Women’s Golf Association Amateur Championship. She won that championship again in 1966 and 1968, with fellow inductee Pat Bradley winning in 1967. Blalock also earned success regionally as she claimed the New England Women’s Amateur Championship title in 1968 and was a vital member of the Rollins College golf team, winning the Florida Intercollegiate Championship in that same year.
With a successful amateur career behind her, she turned professional in and joined the LPGA Tour in 1969 and worked her way to earning the Rookie of the Year award. She then went on to win 27 LPGA Tour titles and played in 299 consecutive tournaments without missing a cut, a record unmatched on either the LPGA or PGA TOUR.
Her accomplishments extend outside of the playing arena. She was instrumental in the creation of the Legends Tour, the official senior tour of the LPGA and helped create the LPGA Golf Clinics for Women. A member of the Legends Golf Hall of Fame, she was also inducted into the New England Women’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 and named the New Hampshire Athlete of the Century in 2000. Her close ties to New Hampshire and her outstanding achievements make her name synonymous with the game of golf in the Granite State.
 

The entirety of Bill Barrett’s working career was focused on some aspect of the golf industry. After obtaining a degree in Turf Management from the University of Massachusetts he became Superintendent at Fresh Pond Golf Course in Cambridge, MA and was later hired to build the golf course at Nashawtuc CC in Concord, MA. When that was completed he went on to become the first Superintendent at Portsmouth Country Club in Greenland, NH.
Realizing the need to establish a professional code of standards he, along with Bob Flanagan, formed the New Hampshire Golf Course Superintendents Association (NHGCSA). Believing in the vital nature of the Superintendent’s job, he helped to establish the scholarship program for continuing education in the field of turf management. Bill also helped to establish the New Hampshire Turf Conference and presented at it for many years.
Bill ended his career in sales often acting as a consultant for his clients. He was uncompromising when it came to honesty and treating people with dignity. In return, he was respected and loved by all aspects of the turf industry throughout New England.