Received award in 2003

Jerry Marks is the man most responsible for supervising the administrative details of the handicaps of all UGA members for the past quarter of a century. He was the first person to comput erize UGA handicaps and kept the UGA system tech nologically current in the rapidly changing computer industry.

He began as an independent contractor in 1985 and then became Director of Computer Operations and Handicapping for the UGA in 1991. During his years of service to the UGA he was responsible for supervising all the software developments relating to the handicap system and directed a program that saw the UGA purchase and install computers for all 100 golf courses in the state.

During his years the UGA never missed a bi-monthly update of the handicaps ofUGA members. When he first started tracking UGA handicaps there were under 10,000 members and he helped that number grow to over 30,000.

For the past 20 years Marks has also been in charge of handicapping and computer services at the DuPont World Amateur Golf Championship at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the largest golf tournament in the world. The tournament attracts over 5,000 golfers for a weeklong tournament at 70 different golf courses.

Jerry is the son of George and Phyllis Marks. George was the first recipient of the UGA Gold Club Award in 1988, and was also inducted into the Utah Golf Hall of Fame. George and Jerry are the first father-son duo in the UGA Gold Club.

Jerry was born in Salt Lake on Christmas Day, 1946, graduated from Highland High School where he played on the golf team, and attended the University of Utah and Westminster.

Jerry and his wife Leann have five children between them, Jeff and Greg, Jamie, Chase, and Destrie, along with six grandchildren.

Jerry personally traveled to every golf course in the state and worked with professionals and amateur committees all across the state in solving the myriad of problems that develop in the processing of handicaps. Along the way he made thousands of friends. He did all this stressful work with little fanfare and little recognition, preferring to shun the limelight and just get the job done.

He got it done.