Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame
Blanchard, has truly exemplified the spirit of the award through her volunteering efforts, achievements and appointments in support of the game on both the local and national levels. Blanchard, who was the chairperson of the United States Golf Associations’ Women’s Committee in 2002, has been volunteering in numerous capacities for more than two decades. In 1979 she was nationally recognized as the chairperson of the 3rd U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship held at Braemar Golf Club in Edina, Minn. Since then, Blanchard, a member of Braemar GC, has served on the USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links Committee, Public Golf Committee, Sectional Affairs Committee, and Bob Jones Award Committee. “I’ve just had a really good time for the last quarter century,” noted Blanchard in reference to her role as a volunteer on the local and national level. The Warren J. Rebholz Distinguished Service Award was established in 1994 to honor individuals who, through their actions, have exemplified the spirit of the game at its highest level and who have made a substantial contribution to the game in Minnesota, or on a national level or international level.
For more than three decades, Reynolds has successfully endeavored to teach and coach the game of golf to thousands of Minnesota’s youth. During that time, while working as a school administrator and high school golf coach, Reynolds has coached four individual Minnesota State High School champions and three state team champions. In addition, he worked behind the scenes organizing and conducting clinics to improve high school coaching among his colleagues from across the state.
A talented player, Reynolds counted three top-tens at the Minnesota Section Championship and a first-place finish at the Minnesota Senior Open in 1986. He has been a PGA member for 40 years, served as the Head Golf Professional at Greenhaven Golf Course in Anoka, and was honored with the section’s Horton Smith Award in 2001 for his history of helping educate fellow golf professionals.
Reynolds was instrumental in starting the popular Minnesota Section PGA Junior Golf program, and he was the lead instructor of the section’s Junior Golf Academy from 1979 to 1987. He is a member of the High School Coaches Hall of Fame and was inducted into the MGA/PGA Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.
