Please join us on Saturday evening, November 18, 2023 at Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms as we honor the SC Tennis Patrons Foundation 2023 Hall of Fame Class. This year’s inductees are David Holly and Chuck Waldron.
Hall of Fame Banquet and SCTPF Event Information
Tickets
To learn more about about the Hall of Fame Banquet and to purchase tickets, click HERE. The 2023 Hall of Fame Dinner is exclusively sponsored by the Greenville Country Club.
Room Reservations
If you need to reserve a room for your stay at Wild Dunes Resort, you will need to do so by October 13th. Our room rate for the weekend is $149 per night. Please make your reservations with the hotel using the phone number below.
Wild Dunes Reservations: 866-359-5593, Option 2 Use Group Code USTA SC Chapter 2023/G-Z3N4 to receive the special rate.
Tennis and Golf Fundraisers
The SCTPF will kick off Friday, November 17th with the SCTPF Golf Fundraiser sponsored by Lowcountry Tennis Association with tee times starting at 11:30 for its Captain’s Choice tournament. the Play It Forward Tennis Round Robin sponsored by Eastern MedWaste and James McKissick will go from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Be sure to join in on the fun!
Meet the 2023 South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame Inductees
David Holly began playing tennis at age 8 in Charleston. He had an impressive junior career and was ranked #2 in South Carolina in Boy’s 14, 16, and 18 singles, and #1 in doubles. Quite notably, he was a five-time champion of the Palmetto Championships.
Holly played college tennis at Furman University, where he was team captain and won the Southern Conference Singles and Doubles Championships in 1972. As the Head Tennis Professional at Greenville Country Club for over 40 years, he has coached and mentored numerous juniors and adults to 30 Belton titles and 7 Southern titles.
Holly’s contributions have extended beyond the club level, serving as Tournament Director for over 100 sanctioned tournaments, including the prestigious Marion Harris American Cancer Society Adult Classic, and raising over $850,000 for the American Cancer Society. A strong advocate of USTA League tennis, he has organized several USTA League Championships in South Carolina.
Chuck Waldron began his tennis journey at age 6, and for over five decades, he has dedicated himself to the sport as a player, coach, and mentor. He played collegiately at Presbyterian College, where he received the prestigious William Miller Holman Robert’s Memorial Award.
For over 50 years, Waldron has developed great tennis players in the Clinton and Belton areas, prioritizing not only tennis skills but also personal development and sportsmanship. He has coached over 115 junior players who have gone on to play college tennis. He was the founder of several associations and programs such as the Rufus Sadler Tennis Foundation, the SC Professional Tennis Association, the Palmetto Jr. Novice Tennis Circuit, and the Maynard Cup. Waldron has also been a long-time volunteer at the local, state and section levels of USTA.
South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame
David Holly and Chuck Waldron will be the 76th and 77th individuals inducted into the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame on November 18, 2023. The inaugural class was inducted in 1983. New inductees are selected each year by a Hall of Fame Selection Committee and are inducted during the Hall of Fame Banquet held during the USTA South Carolina Annual Meeting in November. The South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Belton, SC and you can read more about it here.
