International Golf Federation

NameInternational Golf Federation
AbbreviationIGF
Founded1958
SportsGolf

Description

Founded as World Amateur Golf Council (WAGC) in 1958. Renamed 2002.

Presidents

Tenure Name Country Notes
1958—1960 Henry Turcan GBR joint chairman
1958—1960 John D. Ames USA joint chairman
1960—1962 Henry Turcan GBR joint chairman
1960—1962 John G. Clock USA joint chairman
1962—1964 Henry Turcan GBR joint chairman
1962—1964 John M. Winters, Jr. USA joint chairman
1964—1966 Iain Maxwell Stewart GBR joint chairman
1964—1966 Clarence W. Benedict USA joint chairman
1966—1968 Iain Maxwell Stewart GBR joint chairman
1966—1968 William W. Foshay USA joint chairman
1968—1970 John Carmichael GBR joint chairman
1968—1970 Hord Hardin USA joint chairman
1970—1972 Donald N. Smith GBR joint chairman
1970—1972 Phil Strubing USA joint chairman
1972—1974 Wilbur M. Muirhead GBR joint chairman
1972—1974 Bud Semple USA joint chairman
1974—1976 J. S. Lawson GBR joint chairman
1974—1976 Bud Semple USA joint chairman
1976—1978 J. S. Lawson GBR joint chairman
1976—1978 Harry Easterly, Jr. USA joint chairman
1978—1979 J. S. Lawson GBR joint chairman
1978—1979 Sandy Tatum USA joint chairman
1979—1980 William M. Miller GBR joint chairman
1979—1980 Sandy Tatum USA joint chairman
1980—1982 William M. Miller GBR joint chairman
1980—1982 Will Faust Nicholson, Jr. USA joint chairman
1982—1984 H.C. MacLaine GBR joint chairman
1982—1984 Bill Campbell USA joint chairman
1984—1986 Denis Hayes GBR joint chairman
1984—1986 Jim Hand USA joint chairman
1986—1988 Denis Hayes GBR joint chairman
1986—1988 Bill Battle USA joint chairman
1988—1990 Gordon Jeffrey GBR joint chairman
1988—1990 Bill Battle USA joint chairman
1990—1992 Gordon Jeffrey GBR joint chairman
1990—1992 C. Grant Spaeth USA joint chairman
1992—1994 Alistair J. Low GBR joint chairman
1992—1994 Stuart F. Bloch USA joint chairman
1994—1996 Arthur Richard Cole-Hamilton GBR joint chairman
1994—1996 Reg Murphy USA joint chairman
1996—1998 Arthur Richard Cole-Hamilton GBR joint chairman
1996—1998 Judy Bell USA joint chairman
1998—2000 Iain Webb GBR joint chairman
1998—2000 F. Morgan Taylor, Jr. USA joint chairman
2000—2002 Neil Crichton GBR joint chairman
2000—2002 Trey Holland USA joint chairman
2000—2002 Vicky Whyte BRA women's chairman
2002—2004 Neil Crichton GBR joint chairman
2002—2004 Reed K. Mackenzie USA joint chairman
2002—2004 Vicky Whyte BRA women's chairman
2004—2006 David Harrison GBR joint chairman
2004—2006 Fred Ridley USA joint chairman
2004—2006 Vicky Whyte BRA women's chairman
2006—2008 David Pepper GBR joint chairman
2006—2008 Walter Driver USA joint chairman
2006—2008 Emma Villacieros ESP women's chairman
2008—2010 James Vernon USA joint chairman
2008—2010 Emma Villacieros ESP women's chairman
2008—2010 David Pepper GBR joint chairman
2010—2020 Peter Dawson GBR
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