Golf

The Haskins Award

From the seaside town of Liverpool to a quaint Donald Ross course in Georgia, Fred Haskins built a reputation for mentoring young golfers. Haskins was head professional at the Country Club of Columbus for 34 years, recommended for the position by the legendary Bobby Jones. His protégés learned the game in Saturday morning classes that cost a nickel. They went on to win more than 150 collegiate and amateur tournaments. Haskins, a master club-maker as well, died in 1981.

Since its formation in 1971, the Haskins Commission has been devoted to amateur golf and the presentation of the Haskins Award. This coveted trophy honors the year’s outstanding college golfer and the memory of Fred Haskins, an obscure club pro that spent his life nurturing and mentoring amateur golfers. The commission, based in Columbus, Ga., oversees the voting conducted among college golfers and coaches. Recipients of the Haskins Award have won 28 Majors and recorded more than 260 victories on the PGA and Champions tours.

The Annika Award

The ANNIKA Award is presented annually to the top female U.S. collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by players, coaches and members of the golf media. First awarded in 2014, the ANNIKA Award was created by the Fred Haskins Commission and we are honored to partner with the ANNIKA Foundation to present this award annually.

The Southeastern Amateur

The Southeastern Amateur was created in 1922 by the man who was recommended by, and later encouraged to entertain the offer by, Mr. Robert Tyre Jones (Bobby Jones) himself. That man of course is Mr. Fred Haskins.

Since that time, the Southeastern has been held in both Match-Play and Stroke-play formats, and many records  have been set along the way.

Back in that era, Mr. Haskins created the tournament then known as the Columbus Country Club Invitational. W.H. Dismuke Sr., a familiar player on the local links, won that inaugural event. The tournament was later renamed in 1938, controversial as it was at the time, to the Southeastern Amateur. Mr. Tommy Barnes was the first to have his name inscribed on the newly named trophy.