Stanard Klinefelter, of Baltimore, was elected president of the Maryland State Golf Association at its Annual Meeting on November 13, at The Elkridge Club. The one-year term culminates a span of nine years of service to the organization.
He succeeds Thomas Whelan, Manor CC. The newest vice-president, replacing Whelan on the board, is Clifford Patterson, Manor CC.
Klinefelter, 68, is a Baltimore native who spent much of his business career as a lawyer and is presently with Brown Advisory, a wealth management firm. He began his golf career as a 12-year-old at a nine-hole course in Cooperstown, New York. As a youngster, he attended a summer camp in North Carolina, where one of his fellow campers was Marty West, a nine-time MSGA Amateur champion from Columbia CC. Klinefelter has been an Elkridge member since 1969.
In brief remarks Klinefelter, a past president of the Maryland Historical Society and a trustee of the Gilman School, revealed preliminary details of a new office for the MSGA staff, although any move is likely to be at least a couple of years away. “I’m looking forward to the acquisition and renovation of our new headquarters,” he said.
In lieu of a guest speaker, Whelan held a question-and-answer session with Denny McCarthy, Argyle CC, the MSGA’s Player-of-the-Year. The interview featured McCarthy’s experiences as a member of the USGA’s Walker Cup squad that lost to a Great Britain, Ireland team at Royal Lytham St. Annes in September.
-Reported by John Stewart