them.” He spoke with the passion, eloquence and vision of a man who regarded golf as more than a sport. To him it veered close to a spiritual experience and he attached that kind of love to every golf endeavor, highlighted by service as the president of the United States Golf Associa- tion from 1978-1980. Tatum, raised in Los
Angeles, became a Stanford man, a Phi Beta Kappa grad- uate and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He was a member of Stanford’s back-to-back NCAA golf championships in 1941-42, and during the latter year captured the indi- vidual NCAA title earning a
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NCGA Stroke Play and numerous club champion- ships at San Jose, Pasatiempo, Orinda and Spyglass Hill. He was a quarterfinalist at Pebble Beach in the 1947 U.S. Ama- teur Championship. He played in the Califor-
nia State Amateur from 1939 to 1941 and after returning from World War II, from 1946 through 1975, a streak of 30 consecutive years and 33 years overall at Pebble Beach. Jack recorded his first win
is the honoree. The NCGA is one of the more important operations in golf. That factor and those with whom I was so honored make this so impressive.” •••
GRANT SPAETH From his NCAA team
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spot in the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. Sandy also was the first American to play golf for Oxford. From his service on the
USGA executive committee during the 1970s, to bring- ing his beloved Pebble Beach onto the U.S. Open rotation, to his collaboration with Tom Watson and Robert Trent Jones Jr. in the creation of Spanish Bay in 1987 and to his tireless push toward the restoration of Harding Park in San Francisco, Sandy has attacked each project with the energy of a teenager. The 91-year-old remains one of golf ’s most influential purists. “The honor has many factors and most important
title at Stanford in 1953 to his years from 1990-92 as president of the USGA, Grant Spaeth’s contribution to the game continues to this day. He was a graduate of Palo Alto High and the son of the Dean of the Stanford Law School. While his father was stationed in Montevideo, Uruguay, Spaeth was intro- duced to golf. As a teenager, he caddied for the Stanford golf team foreshadowing a future national championship at Stanford. Spaeth graduated from
the Harvard Law School and served in the U.S. Army. He was the deputy secretary for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1978-80 and served as a Palo Alto city councilman. Then came years of
work on various USGA committees leading to his USGA presidency; Spaeth was instrumental in bring- ing the British Open back to Carnoustie, Scotland. He founded the U.S. Men’s Mid- Amateur and Women’s Mid- Amateur Championships and
created the USGA’s regional affairs departments. “For my dream foursome,
I will take this team (fellow inductees Venturi, Tatum and Bariteau). There is a lot of personal pride with my induction and it is unbeliev- able to be with this group.” •••
JACK BARITEAU Jack Bariteau, “Gentle-
man Jack” for graciousness on and off the golf course, com- piled an extensive competi- tive record of 33 individual and best-ball championships during a nearly half-century amateur career. Bariteau’s career is highlighted by five Santa Clara County titles, the 1954
Bariteau
at age 14 at the Monterey Bay Club Championship in 1937 and had his finest year with five tournament wins at the age of 60. In a span of less than five months that year he notched his fifth Spyglass Hill Golf Club medal champion- ship, a ninth San Jose Country Club championship, bested the field to win both the NCGA Senior and California State Senior championships and claimed victory in the annual Seniors of Northern California tournament. Bariteau served as presi-
dent of San Jose Country Club and on the NCGA Board of Directors from 1962 to 1971. During his tenure on the NCGA Board Bariteau became one of the initial founding members of the NCGA’s original home course, Spyglass Hill. “I am most proud of
the continued success I had when I got to be an old guy. When I was 60 I had the good fortune to win several championships; all the stars were lined up right.”
For a complete interview with Sandy Tatum visit
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