Kansas City Golf Hall of Fame
2013 Hall of Fame Inductees Opal Hill Tom Watson Stan Thirsk Leland “Duke” Gibson Bob Reid Chet Mendenhall Miriam Burns “ Horn” Tyson
Opal Hill
Kansas City Women’s Match Play Champion 1920 Mission Hills def Mrs E.R. McClelland 1921 Mission Hills def Esther Levy 1922 Meadow Lake def Mrs E.R. McClelland 1923 Milburn def Mrs O.C. Sullivan 1924 Blue Hills def Carolyn Lee 1927 Mission Hills def Opal Hill 1929 Blue Hills def Ann Webster
Leland “Duke” Gibson The Masters 1946 78-80-75-75 - 308 43rd 0 1948 72-77-79-77 - 305 43rd 0 1949 71-77-74-72 - 294 T13 $275 1950 78-73-72-74 - 297 T14 $261 1951 74-74-75-78 - 301 T32 $100 1953 73-71-72-78 - 294 T23 $407 1954 75-77-78-75 - 305 T46 $250 1955 81-75-75-77 - 308 43 $250 Professional Career 1937-1939 - Asst. Pro at Meadowlake CC 1939 - 1942 - Head pro at Swope Park GC 1942 - 1945 - U.S. Army Air Corps in WW II 1946 - 1971 - Head pro at Blue Hills CC
Tom Watson Kansas City Match Play Champion 1964 Metro (old Blue Hills) Watson Challenge 2007 2nd Hallbrook* ....75-71-68 - 214 2008 1st Milburn...71-74-70 - 215 2009 1st Shadow Glenn...68-69-72 - 209 2010 1st Kansas City CC... 65-69-134 2011 1st Blue Hills...72-70-70 - 212 2012 4th Indian Hills‌.72-69-71 - 212 2013 1st The National...69-71-70 - 210 * - lost playoff
Professional Career 39 wins on the PGA Tour Eight Major Championships 14 wins on the PGA Champions Tour Ryder Cup Captain, 1993, 2014
Miriam Burns “Horn” Tyson Kansas City Women’s Match Play Champion 1920 Mission Hills def Mrs E.R. McClelland 1921 Mission Hills def Esther Levy 1922 Meadow Lake def Mrs E.R. McClelland 1923 Milburn def Mrs O.C. Sullivan 1924 Blue Hills def Carolyn Lee 1927 Mission Hills def Opal Hill 1929 Blue Hills def Ann Webster Medalist 1920 Mission Hills.....88 1922 Meadow Lake....83 1923 Milburn..............86 1924 Blue Hills..........78 1927 Mission Hills.....78 1929 Milburn..............84
Stan Thirsk PGA Championship 1962 MC 77-75 Aronimink GC, PA 1963 T63 73-74-73-79 Dallas Athletic Club 1965 MC 74-79 Laurel Valley, PA 1966 T37 74-77-70-75 Firestone, OH 1968 MC 77-73 Pecan Valley, TX 1969 T73 73-75-75-75 NCR Club, FL 1971 MC 76-76 PGA National, FL 1972 T73 68-82-76-80 Oakland Hills, MI 1976 T71 76-71-76-82 Congressional, MD 1978 MC 81-82 Oakmont, PA
Awards and Honors 1980 PGA Golf Professional of the Year. 1992 Kansas Golf Hall of Fame 1995 Golf magazine’s top 100 teachers. 2011 PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame