Gordon Badger “Buddy” Baker, Jr.
- Graduated from McCleneghan High School in 1959
- BS Degree from Georgia Tech
- Law School from University of South Carolina
- McCleneghan High School
- Three time SC High School Golf Champion (1956, 57, 58)
- Won the Southern High Schools Championship in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
- Georgia Tech
- Captain of the Golf Team at Ga. Tech as a Senior
- Career
- Winner of the 1958 Donald Ross Golf Championship in Pinehurst, NC
- 1958 USGA Junior National Champion
- Voted 1958 SC Golfer of the Year by the SC PGA, was runner up in the
State
Amateur
Championship
- Practiced law in Florence 1971‐1993
- Retired Lt. Colonel, US Army JAG
- Member of the SC House of Representative from Florence County,
1973‐1977
- Member of the Drs. Bruce & Lee Foundation
- President of the SC Golf Association in 1988‐1989 and a member of the
General
Council
of the SCGA
- Florence Country Club Champion at the age of 15 & won 5 times
- Named to the SC Golf Hall of Fame in 1993
- Won the Florence Junior Invitational four years in a row
- Won the Carolinas Junior Championship in 1959