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50:. The Hall of Fame was created in the mid-1950s by noted local golf journalist Skip Henderson. The event was originally organized by Greater Hartford Jaycees and the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance. During the first phase of the ceremony, the award was bestowed equally to obscure amateurs and famous professional golfers. By the 1980s, however, the Hall was disestablished. However, in 1991, under the auspices of the Connection State Golf Association, the Hall of Fame induction ceremony was renewed.
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The first induction ceremony was held at the Golf Club of Avon in April 1955. It was held during the third annual
Connecticut PGA Spring Golf Show. The selection was completed by the sportswriters of Connecticut. Robert M. Grant was the unanimous choice for the award. Grant was a leading amateur
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Charles Stuart "Skip" Henderson, Jr. brought up the idea of creating a state golf Hall of Fame to the Greater Hartford Jaycees. The organization was instituted the following February. The organization was created through a collaboration between the Jaycees and the Connecticut Sports
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In 1991 the awards were "reinstituted." The CSGA, not the sportswriters, now "assumed administration" of the ceremony. During this era, several CSGA executives earned honors. In 1991, former executive for the CSGA, Marty
Moraghan, earned the award. "I can't tell you what this means to me," said
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In the early years, the awards' distribution alternated between star professional golfers and obscure local golfers. After Grant's selection, local amateur golfers
Charles C. Clare, W.W. "Mike" Sherman, and Frank D. Ross won the award. In 1959, the award went to pathbreaking female golfer
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and Bobby Grant is something I'll never forget." The following year, Jim
Killington, another executive for the association, was inducted. In 1997, former CSGA executive director Russ Palmer was inducted. Palmer was instrumental in merging the CSGA with Connection Section PGA.
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Writers' Alliance. The purpose of the Hall of Fame, it was later described, was to " an individual who has state connections, participated in a golf-related activity in
Connecticut and has brought honor through golf endeavors at the state, regional, or national levels."
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Connection State Golf Association (CSGA), the New England Golf Association, and Wethersfield Country Club. In 1956, the ceremony began to be held at Wethersfield Country Club after the conclusion of the
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987:"The Bridgeport Post 26 Jul 1964, page Page 64"
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