Dick Meacham, a carpenter by trade, also built quite a legacy in the Bloomington golf scene. So the City Golf Tournament’s hall of fame committee decided to add another nail to the project, selecting him as their latest inductee.
Meacham will be honored during the post-tourney awards ceremony at Cascades Golf Course on Sunday afternoon.
Meacham was born in South Bend in 1955 and learned golf early as an 8-year-old by caddying for his father who was a well-known television personality. Meacham played golf and graduated from Penn High School and then came to IU. He graduated in 1977 and as a carpenter, has worked on many construction projects around Bloomington over the years. He has two daughters, Ireland and Erin.
Meacham started playing a lot of golf in his late 20s and as he perfected his skills he started entering tournaments including the Bloomington City Tourney. He has played in every tournament since the late 80’s.
In 1996, Meacham was the Men’s Championship runner-up to fellow Hall of Famer Andy Bowers, a former player for Vanderbilt. In 2000, Meacham lost another tough final to Troy Gillespie. Meacham was 6-under and was still outshot by Gillespie who shot 7-under on the front side on the final day for a 9 and 7 win.
Meacham won the 1999 Martinsville Fall Festival Tourney at Martinsville Country Club, placed eighth in the Indiana State Amateur at the Country Club of Indianapolis in 2000, finishing six shots off the top.
In 2014, Meacham broke through in the City Tourney, winning the Senior Division with a narrow 3 and 2 win over Rory Brown. Meacham also won the tough Medalist Tourney in 2006. He has played in 10 state Opens and eight state Amateur tourneys.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: City Golf: Meacham added to tourney hall of fame