club chairman William “Hootie” Johnson. 4. Before becoming a legendary soul musician, Augusta native James Brown worked as a junior caddie at Augusta National Golf Course — and it was the ...

He was born William Woodward Johnson on Feb. 16, 1931, and a childhood friend gave him the nickname ''Hootie'' when he was 5. Johnson was a second-team fullback for South Carolina in the 1950s and ...

Former Augusta National Golf Club chairman William "Hootie" Johnson died Friday. He was 86. The Masters Tournament confirmed the news with a statement from current Augusta chairman Billy Payne ...

Horton also won 23 times on the European Senior Tour. • William (Hootie) Johnson, 86, July 14: The former Augusta National chairman is credited with countless improvements to the course and to ...

The name of William Woodward (Hootie) Johnson, who died last week at 86, is not likely to be widely familiar. He was the scion of a South Carolina banking dynasty, and something of a civil-rights ...

July 15 (UPI) --William "Hootie" Johnson, the former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club who was at the center of a national controversy over the group's refusal to admit female members ...

W.W. “Hootie” Johnson, who grew up in Greenwood and became ... Johnson went by his childhood nickname instead of his given name of William Woodward. Everyone he met, from business and ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – Hootie Johnson, the South Carolina banker and Augusta National chairman who stubbornly stood his ground amid pressure for the club to invite women members, died Friday morning.

Hootie Johnson, the South Carolina banker and Augusta National chairman who stubbornly stood his ground amid pressure for the club to invite female members, died Friday morning. He was 86.

He was born William Woodward Johnson on Feb. 16, 1931, and a childhood friend gave him the nickname “Hootie” when he was 5. Johnson was a second-team fullback for South Carolina in the 1950s ...