Rocco Mediate

Rocco has won the Greensboro tournament twice. He is the champion of both the 1993 Kmart Greater Greensboro Open and the 2002 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic.

 

Sam Snead's Check

This is the canceled check in the amount of $1,200.00 for Sam Snead's 1938 Greater Greensboro Open win. Notice the endorsement on the back of the check.

 

Chrysler Logo

This is the Chrysler logo used on many of the hats sold at the 1997 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic.

 

Mones with Greensboro Hooters Girls

1995 Greensboro Jaycee President Stew Mones with a group of Hooters girls at the 1995 Swing a Club for Scouting held at Forest Oaks Country Club.

 

Kmart Greater Greensboro Open Hat

Joseph and Kathleen Bryan

Mr. Bryan was a member of the Augusta National Golf Club and according to his archivist, Kevin von der Lippe, he held badge number one for The Masters. In 1937, the Greensboro Jaycees asked him to guarantee the purse of the first GGO and in 1955 he became the Honorary General Chairman for the Greater Greensboro Open. In 1971 the City of Greensboro named the new municipal golf complex, Bryan Park, in honor of Mr. Bryan and his wife Kathleen. This Carol Martin portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M Bryan is hanging outside the snack bar at Bryan Park. (It really should not be displayed in the direct sunlight and will probably fade completely in a few years unless it is moved.)

Happy 4th of July

This is one of my favorite Greater Greensboro Open program covers. It is the 1976 cover with the bicentennial design on it. The theme of "The Declaration of Springtime" was used throughout the program and on many of the promotionial items for that year.

The 39th Greater Greensboro Open took place on March 29-April 4, 1976 and was the last year the event was held at Sedgefield Country Club.This program has a welcome letter from Mayor Jim Melvin, an ad from WFMY TV that features Woody Durham and Johnny Phelps and wonderful photos of the 1976 GGO Hostess-including Miss GGO 1976 Julie Redd. The program describes her as "A pretty brunette who never meets a stranger."

On page 18 of this program there is an ad for the 1976 commemorative decanter. The golf bag shaped decanter features the same "The Declaration of Springtime" themed logo and has the crest now most closely associated with the Green Coat Club.

This bottle was produced by Old Mr. Boston Distillers and contained what the ad refers to as "the very finest 100-month-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey." Only 6,000 were made and the molds were destroyed.The best part is the autographs page listing all the celebrities at the Greater Greensboro Open in 1976. The list includes Roy Clark, James Garner, Jerry Lewis, Jimmy Dean, Larry Gatlin, George Lindsay, Donna Fargo, Don Knotts, B.J. Thomas and Evil Knievel.