Player Receives NGCOA Award
November 11, 2009 by GNN
Gary Player has been presented with the inaugural Golf Business Canada Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Golf Course Owners Association.
Gary Player
The Black Knight was honoured for his remarkable playing career, as well as his charitable work, design business, environmental stewardship, his work with children and his emphasis on physical fitness at the NGCOA currently underway in Vancouver.
NGCOA executive director Jeff Calderwood applauded Player, known as the world’s most-travelled athlete, as a big reason for golf’s growing global popularity in recent decades.
“Of all the people who may have played a role in leading us to where the golf industry is today, none has had any more positive impact than Gary Player,” said Calderwood.
For more on player, see Hutch’s Blog.
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