Tennessee titans
Beverly (Eller) Pearce (left) and Judy (Eller) Street are both members of the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame.
When Beverly (Eller) Pearce became the third member of her family to be inducted into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame earlier this month, she proved that if there’s such a thing as golf royalty, the Eller family is Tennessee’s version.
Pearce, 73, has played in 54 consecutive Tennessee State Amateurs, won five State Senior titles and has three holes-in-one in her 63 years playing the game. She took up golf as a 10-year-old looking to stay out of trouble after school when her dad, Harold, became a teaching professional at Old Hickory (Tenn.) Country Club in 1946. It also helped that the golf course served as the Ellers’ backyard.
“When we found out about (golf), he just said, ‘I’ll give you a set of clubs and see if you like it,’ ” Pearce said. The sport agreed with her, and that relationship continued with her father as her teacher.
By age 14, Pearce was touring the state ...
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