
Randy Jensen
Graduated from Creighton with honors in 1977
A former member of MENSA
Owned and operated Classic Golf for 25 years
Has been established as a leading authority on antique clubs and
memorabilia
Has won 8 National Hickory Championships, 7 Golf Collector’s
Society World Championships, 2 Canadian Hickory Golf
Championships, and 19 Heart of America Hickory Golf
Championships
Has been referred to in print as “The Tiger Woods of Hickory Golf”
Published the classic book “Playing Hickory Golf”
Was a founding member of the Society of Hickory Golfers
Holds the world record for most holes of hickory golf played in 1
day: 409 holes

Johnny Goodman
Born in South Omaha in 1909
Parents were Lithuanian immigrants, was orphaned at 14 Was 1 of 13 children
Caddied at Field Club
Won the Omaha City Championship in 1925
Won 3 Nebraska Amateur Championships (1929, 1930, 1931)
Won 3 Trans-Mississippi Amateurs (1927, 1931, 1935)
At age 19, defeated Bobby Jones in 1st round of US Am at Pebble Beach(1929)
Was the last amateur to win the US Amateur (1937) and U.S. Open (1933)
Remained an amateur until 1960
Sold insurance for a living
Served in the U.S. Army in WWII
Inducted to the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame in 1990
Never inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame

Alexander Findley
Born in Scotland in 1865
Shot the first ever 72 in competition at Montrose in Scotland at the
age of 20
Immigrated to the USA in 1886
In 1887, laid out one of the earliest golf courses in North America.
The golf course was at the Merchiston Ranch in Nance County, Nebraska, 130 miles west of Omaha
In 1893, Findlay laid out the first 9 hole course in Omaha, Ne. This 9
hole course became Happy Hollow Club on the ground that is now
Memorial Park.
Designed several hundred golf courses, about 100 exist to this day.
Played in 5 U.S. Opens
Won the 1901 Mexican Open
Personal friend of Queen Victoria in England
Played golf with 10 US Presidents and Buffalo Bill Cody
Shot his age at 70