Inducted, 1991

A three-time winner of the Utah Open, George H. Schneiter made his mark on the PGA Tour as a player and tournament supervisor.

The Ogden native claimed the Utah Open titles in 1936, 1941, and 1943, besides winning the Intermountain PGA tournament four times. He finished among the top 25 money-winners on the PGA Tour in 1946, and cashed checks in the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the PGA Championship, where he once defeated Sam Snead in match play.

The professional at the Ogden Golf and Country Club and The Country Club of Salt Lake City, Schneiter was instrumental in bringing the 1947 Western Open to The Country Club and in making the 1948 Utah Open at Fort Douglas Country Club an official stop on the PGA Tour.
Schneiter was described as the 'Czar of Golf' when he served as the PGA's tournament supervisor. Assuming the newly created position in 1947, Schneiter directed tournaments and organized the tour in the fashion
it is conducted today. Working with a small staff, he would organize the tournaments at each stop, besides playing in many of them.

He played exhibitions throughout the West with the likes of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Byron Nelson and was known as an excellent shotmaker. Ben Hogan was amazed when Schneiter set a course record at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, Hogan's home course. Snead once said that if Schneiter's putting stroke had matched his swing he would have won several tour events. Schneiter once won the annual iron-play contest held at the Masters.

Schneiter was known for doing anything he could to promote golf, even helping competing players with their games.

Schneiter became a caddy at the Ogden Golf and Country Club as a young boy and later assumed the club's professional duties as a teenager. He was skilled in all aspects of the golf business, including playing, teaching, and designing and managing courses. A consultant on several local design projects, Schneiter built the Lake Hills course in Billings, Montana.

A back injury interrupted his playing career, but after the problem was at last diagnosed, he won the PGA Quarter Century Championship in 1963, competing with other players who were members of the PGA 25 years or more.

Killed in an auto accident along with his wife, Bernice, in 1964, Schneiter left a personal legacy in Utah golf. His son, George M., and grandsons Gary and Steve became PGA professionals. He is also survived by a daughter, Cheryl (Mrs. Earl White), and son Thair, who is a part-owner of Glenmoor Golf Course.