JAMES W. (BILLY) KEY
2001



On July 18, 2000, at the site of the Annual SGA Men's Amateur Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, James W. (Billy) Key of Columbus, Georgia, was inducted into the SGA Hall of Fame. 

Highlights of his
administrative & competitive career include:

Golf Activities & Associations
1986 & 1996 USGA Nominating Committee
Treasurer Fred Haskins Commission (22 years)
1994 & 1995 Board Member & Executive Committee Member -
United States Seniors Golf Association
Past President -Southern Golf Association
Board Member -Southern Golf Association -22 years
 
Competitions
1947 Medalist, Southern Amateur
1946-1948 Georgia State Junior Champion
1947-1948 Southern Interscholastic Champion
1948 Georgia Intercollegiate Champion
1951 Florida Intercollegiate Champion
1958 Western Amateur Champion
1961 Runner-up to Jack Nicklaus -Western Amateur
1962 Southeastern Amateur Champion
1968 Georgia State Amateur Champion
 
Senior Golf Activities
1988 American Seniors Four-Ball Champion (w/Jim Brennan)
1990-1991 American Seniors Four-Ball Champion (w/Jim Brennan)
1993-1994 American Seniors Four-Ball Champion (w/Jim Brennan)
1989 Society of Seniors Four-Ball Champion (w/Charles Harrison)
1989-1990 Society of Seniors Stroke Play Champion
1988-2000 Member of the US Seniors International Team
1994-1995 USGA International Team Captain
1989 Ranked #4 in Senior Golf by Golf Digest
1990 Ranked #2 in Senior Golf by Golf Digest
1997 & 1999 Georgia State Seniors Four-Ball Champion (w/Bill Ploeger)
1998 Florida Seniors International Four-Ball Champion (w/Bill Ploeger)
1995 Inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame
1998 Inducted into the Chattahoochee Valley Sports Hall of Fame