Fletcher, Randy

Among South Dakota’s best long-range shooters, Randy Fletcher averaged 27.0 points per game as a high school junior and 33.9 ppg his senior season to earn All-State recognition. A four-year starter for Reliance High School, he scored more than 1,900 career points. Reliance was undefeated for the regular season but lost to Alexandria in the […]

Donohue, Phil

Sioux City (Trinity High School 1936). Notre Dame 1940. Born July 11, 1918. Donohue has been one of the state’s finest golfers since his first tourney in South Dakota, in 1949, when he won the state match-play at age 30. He was also state champ in 1960 and ’61 and was runner-up in ’51 and […]

Crider, Jerry

Born Sept. 2, 1941 in Sioux Falls. 1959 (Sioux Falls) Washington HS grad. Crider played 13 years of professional baseball, including two seasons in the big leagues. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound right-hander was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 1962. He had brief stays with the Twins and Chicago White Sox in 1969 and ’70, going […]

Ahern, Jim

Jim Ahern was born in Duluth, MN. He was a 1967 graduate of Yankton High School. He attended Oklahoma State and graduated in 1971. Ahern was one of the surprise stories on the Senior PGA (now Champions) Tour in 1999, his first year on the Tour. Despite playing in only 16 tournaments, he won more […]

Bauer, Alice

Born in Eureka, Bauer at age 22 was one of the 13 founding members of the LPGA in 1950. Bauer was introduced to golf by her dad, Dave, who owned and ran Hyde Park (now Lee Park) Golf Course in Aberdeen. She was the South Dakota state amateur champion in 1942 at age 14 – […]