Dickson Honors Bob Wolcott With Key to City Following Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame Selection

Dickson TN — From learning the game on the old nine-hole Dickson Country Club to competing on the PGA Tour and eventually returning home to help develop another generation of golfers, Bob Wolcott’s career has remained closely connected to Dickson.

Now, his hometown has honored him for a golf career that has spanned decades.

The Dickson City Council recognized Wolcott during its Sept. 1 meeting following his selection as a 2026 inductee into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame. Mayor Don Weiss Jr. presented Wolcott with a city proclamation and a key to the City of Dickson.

“It's my honor tonight to present Bob Evans Wolcott, Dickson's first Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame member and my good friend, with a proclamation and a key to the City of Dickson,” Weiss said.

Wolcott, a 1979 graduate of Dickson County High School, developed into one of Tennessee's top junior golfers before taking his game to the collegiate level.

After initially spending a semester at Wake Forest on an Arnold Palmer scholarship, Wolcott transferred to the University of Georgia. He became a three-time All-SEC golfer and earned All-America honors in 1984.

His accomplishments in Tennessee golf were already piling up before his college career ended.

Wolcott won the Tennessee Amateur in 1981 and again in 1983. That same year, at age 22, he also won the Tennessee Open, becoming only the second player after Tennessee golf legend Mason Rudolph to win the state's amateur and open championships in the same year.

He turned professional in 1984 and later earned his PGA Tour card, beginning a professional career that eventually took him to some of golf's most recognizable courses and put him alongside some of the sport's biggest names.

During his remarks, Weiss noted that Wolcott had played with or against golfers including Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson.

But Wolcott's influence on golf did not end with his playing career.

He eventually returned to Dickson and became closely associated with GreyStone Golf Club, where he now serves as owner and PGA professional.

The course has become an important part of Tennessee golf, repeatedly hosting the Tennessee State Open while also providing a place for young Dickson County golfers to develop their games.

Weiss said Wolcott's philosophy at GreyStone has been to make the course a place where families and junior golfers feel welcome.

Wolcott's son Ben described his father's goal for GreyStone as creating a family course where young golfers could have a safe environment, professional instruction and an opportunity to succeed.

That influence can be seen in the golfers who have come through GreyStone.

Weiss pointed not only to Wolcott's sons but also to younger golfers including Jackson Herrington and Cam Tankersley as examples of players whose development has been connected to the culture surrounding the course.

Golf has also become a family tradition for the Wolcotts.

Wolcott's son Ben played collegiate golf at Ole Miss and now helps operate GreyStone. He was recognized as the 2025 Tennessee PGA Assistant Player of the Year and won the Tennessee PGA Assistant Professional Championship.

Another son, Hunter, played at the University of Tennessee before turning professional in 2022.

Hunter then accomplished something that connected two generations of the Wolcott family.

In 2023, he won the Tennessee Open at GreyStone — 40 years after his father captured the same championship.

The victory made Bob and Hunter Wolcott the first father-son combination to win the Tennessee Open.

Hunter later won on the PGA Tour Americas in 2025, capturing the Diners Club Peru Open.

Wolcott's connection to Dickson golf stretches back long before GreyStone.

He began playing as a child at Dickson Country Club, the former nine-hole course located on property that is now Henslee Park.

Weiss recalled growing up alongside Wolcott and walking the fairways of the old course together as young golfers.

Those beginnings eventually led Wolcott from Dickson to junior championships, major amateur victories, the University of Georgia and professional golf before his career ultimately brought him back home.

That combination of playing accomplishments and contributions to the sport resulted in Wolcott's selection for the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame.

The city's proclamation recognized Wolcott not only for what he accomplished as a player but also for what he has done since returning to Dickson.

“Mr. Wolcott has continued to serve the game as a leader, mentor and owner of GreyStone Golf Club in Dickson, positively impacting generations of golfers and bringing pride to his hometown,” the proclamation states.

Wolcott thanked the mayor, council and community after receiving the recognition.

“What an honor,” Wolcott said. “Thank you so much.”

He then added some humor to the ceremony, turning toward the council and asking one question.

“Everybody works so hard as the council, but what in the world does the vice mayor do?” Wolcott joked, drawing laughter from the room.

For Wolcott, the Hall of Fame recognition brings a career that began on a small nine-hole course in Dickson full circle.

He left his hometown to compete at some of the highest levels of the game, then returned to help build a golf culture that has produced another generation of accomplished players — including his own sons.

Now, more than four decades after winning both the Tennessee Amateur and Tennessee Open in the same year, Wolcott will enter the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame with another distinction from home: A key to the City of Dickson.