Behind Every Champion

His first Saturday morning kids class included Frank Girard, William D. Swift, Ed Swift, Jeff Kelly, John Lewis, George Kyle, Curtis Jordan and Mulford (Mutt) Jordan.

Since then, Haskins has developed such Southern and national stars as George Hamer, Hugh Royer, Jack and Billy Key, Sonny Swift, Fred Mitchell, Bryan Rust, Cecil Calhoun, George Kyle Jr., John Dorn, Bill Rambo, Elliott Waddell and Walter K. Johnson, all capable of winning important invitations and many others who can qualify in the championship flight of most any Southern golf event.

His pupils were captains of college golf teams, including University of Georgia, Rollins College, LSU , Georgia Tech, Auburn, the University of the South and the University of North Carolina. His golfers won the Western Open, Western Amateur, Southern Amateur, Southeastern Amateur, Georgia State Amateur, Georgia State Women’s, Worldwide Air Force championship, George Hamer played in the 1947 and 1948 Masters, and Hugh Royer even went on to win two PGA Tour events; The St. Charles Open and The Western Open.

Excerpt from book:

Mr. Haskins of Hoylake

by Richard Hyatt