George Treadwell loved and respected both the game of golf and its players. He expected you to play the game of golf, or the game of life, fairly, as he did. Born in 1900, it was 1934 before he put his game together as a semifinalist in the Memphis City Championship and repeated as semifinalist in 1935. Five times a Memphis Country Club Champion, Treadwell also won the Memphis City Senior Championship in 1955. Then came his biggest thrill. Let him tell it. “On May 14, 1977, my 77th birthday, I shot a 73, which is four strokes under my age at the Memphis Country Club, a championship course, playing with a regular foursome.” Throughout his life, Treadwell held numerous offices and positions in the golf world, including chairman of the USGA 1948 Men’s Amateur Championship and 1959 Men’s Senior Amateur Championship. Even at the age of 79, he was still active as an advisor for the USGA 1979 Women’s Amateur Championship. The first president of the Memphis Golf Association, Treadwell was also director of the Tennessee Golf Association for over thirty years and director for the Southern Golf Association from 1950 to 1951. An outstanding Memphian who participated in a plethora of groups and organizations in his community, George Harry Treadwell will be remembered for his outstanding contributions to his sport and city, his vital spirit, and his exceptional golf game.
