Celebrity Visits

Paul Azinger, PGA Tour, with Mary Virginia Horne, Head Golf Professional, and Brad Olsen, Director of Golf

Senator Harold Ford Jr, with banquet staff

Lee Trevino and Danny Thomas

Al Geiberger, PGA TOUR.  Colonial is the site of Geiberger's famous "59".

Two days after President Gerald Ford's "Shot Heard 'Round The World", Al Geiberger shocked the golf world with his record low round of 59 on Friday of the tournament. The 13-under-par round still stands as a PGA TOUR record. (Chip Beck and David Duval have since tied the mark.)

Arnold Palmer, at the former clubhouse.

Ben Hogan.

President Gerald R. Ford, with Danny Thomas

His famous hole-in-one, "The Shot Heard Around the World"

During the 1977 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, President Gerald Ford made a hole-in-one during Wednesday's Celebrity Pro-Am. That event is now referred to as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World."

Jerry Pate

Jerry Pate jumping in the lake on #18 South after his 1981 win.

Danny Thomas with Edmond Cicala at #18 South