Tom Watson, Craig Stadler, Roger Maltbie, Payne Stewart, Dwight Nevil, Dave Eichelberger, Bill Glasson, Chi-Chi Rodriguez, Orville Moody, Rocco Mediate, J.C. Snead, Doug Sanders, Johnny Pott, Andy North, Rod Curl, Gary McCord, Gil Morgan, Andy Bean, Keith Fergus, Calvin Peete, Bunky Henry, Nick Faldo, Fred Couples, Fred Funk, Jim Thorpe, Bob Charles, Hubert Green, Hale Irwin.
All excellent professional golfers, with one thing in common: They all played in the Magnolia Classic at the Hattiesburg County Club.
Pat Boone, Clint Eastwood, Glen Campbell, Bobby Goldsboro, Charley Pride, Robert Stack, Faron Young, Phil Harris, Dale Robertson, Howard Keel.
All excellent entertainers, with one thing in common: They all played in a celebrity pro-am in the Magnolia Classic at the Hattiesburg Country Club.
Walter Payton, Bear Bryant, George Blanda, Terry Bradshaw, Dizzy Dean, Joe DiMaggio, Archie Manning, Ray Perkins, Johnny Vaught, Mickey Mantle.All excellent football or baseball players or coaches, with one thing in common: They all played in a celebrity pro-am in the Magnolia Classic at the Hattiesburg Country Club.---The Magnolia State Classic began in 1968, prodded by HCC president Robert Morgan and a volunteer staff much larger than the Pine tree-lined fairways on the clubÂ’s course.
It stayed here, although it had several other names, until 1985, and evolved into what is now the Viking Classic at Annandale Golf Club in Madison.
In the grand scheme of things, it was a small professional tournament.For a small city like Hattiesburg, it was the big time.
“It was huge,” said Morgan, who put 43 of his 80 years into the tournament.
“The first or second year of the tournament, they let school out on Wednesday for the pro-am. That would take an act of Congress. That’s how big it was.”
David Allen became the head golf pro at the Hattiesburg Country Club last October, and heard the stories of the Magnolia Classic. But when he looked around the club, there was no evidence of the event.
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