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Four Inducted into PNGA Hall of Fame
During a banquet at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Ore., the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) inducted four new members into its Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame. Joining the roster of 50 existing members this year are three Oregonians, including Carole Jo (Kabler) Whitted, originally from Sutherlin, Ore.; Gail (Harvey) Moore of British Columbia; Ken Forster of Salem, Ore.; and renowned player and golf course architect John Fought of Portland, Ore.
Kabler, Forster and Fought were on hand to receive their awards. The master of ceremonies was Bill Yeend, the on-air news anchor for KOMO Radio 1000 in Seattle.
Kabler dominated the Oregon golf scene during the 1950s and '60s, winning two Oregon Junior Girls' titles and four Women's Oregon Amateur titles. She also won the 1955 U.S. Girls' Junior championship and the 1957 PNGA Women's Amateur championship. Kabler went on to win several events on the LPGA Tour.
A longtime native of Salem, Ore., Forster recently retired from teaching and coaching golf for 28 years at the high school level. He is a three-time winner of the PNGA Senior Men's Amateur; a two-time Oregon Senior Stroke Play champion; played in the 1998 U.S. Senior Open; was the low amateur in the 2000 British Senior Open; was twice selected as the PNGA Senior Player of the Year; and is a 12-time participant in the Hudson Cup, being named Senior MVP three times.
Fought enjoyed an excellent amateur career in the mid-1970s. In 1975 he won the Pacific Coast Amateur and the following year won the Northwest Open. He was also the low amateur in the U.S. Open and an All-American at BYU. In 1977, Fought won the U.S. Amateur, Broadmoor Invitational, Trans-Mississippi and was a member of the Walker Cup. He played six years on the PGA Tour, winning twice in 1979 and being named Rookie of the Year. Fought has since gone on to a successful career in golf course design. His projects include such courses as Langdon Farms in Aurora, Ore., the Reserve Vineyards & GC in Aloha, Ore., Pumpkin Ridge in North Plains, Ore., and Crosswater GC in Sunriver, Ore., all co-designs with Robert Cupp. Fought solo designed Centennial GC in Medford, Ore.
Moore, who passed away in 1993, was represented by her husband Jim and daughter Julie, who both spoke movingly about Gail's award. Moore, who played out of Vancouver, B.C., won six Canadian national championships, and both the Canadian Ladies Amateur and B.C. Ladies Amateur in 1970. Moore is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
Inductions into the Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame occur every two years. The Hall of Fame was established in 1978 by the PNGA to recognize men and women throughout the Pacific Northwest who have made extraordinary contributions to the game of golf in the region, through their playing achievements or through contributions of time and effort to the advancement of golf in the Northwest. For a complete list of the Hall of Fame members and to read their biographies, visit www.thepnga.org.
