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bers to serve as club president. This year’s president, Jodi Biller, is the club’s first female president. Biller is an advanced practice registered nurse at Marshall Health. She graduated from the St. Mary’s School of Nursing, completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Marshall and is slated to receive a Doctor of Nursing Practice from West Virginia University. First as a boardmember and later as president, she has championed an effort to buildGuyan’s membership. This year, thanks in large measure to an online membership campaign, the club has 551 memberships, its highest total in at least a decade. In addition to golf, Biller noted the club has great tennis facilities with both clay and hard courts, pickleball, a popular pool that’s being redone this year, a junior golf program and junior tennis program, a year-round golf shop, a spacious clubhouse with several dining areas with gourmet-quality food and a ballroom for special events. “Any community would be fortu nate to have a golf and country club as fine as Guyan,” said long-time member R.O. Robertson. “I’ve been a member for more years than I care to admit, ever since my late father in-law J. Hanley Morgan gifted us a membership as a wedding present. Over the years, the club has had its ups and downs; but right nowGuyan is experiencing a resurgence with new and improved facilities and a membership that’s the largest in a decade. That’s good news for the club and for the community.”

The club has great tennis facilities, offering both clay and hard courts.

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Swimming is a favorite with Guyan Golf & Country Club members.

West Virginia Opens, four North South Amateur Championships, one U.S. Amateur Championship, one Mexican National Amateur Championship, twoWorldAmateur Championships and back-to-back U.S. Senior Amateur titles. He was undefeated in singlesmatches ineight Walker Cup appearances, captaining the 1955 team. He qualified for 37 U.S. Amateurs, 11 BritishAmateurs, 18 Masters and 15 U.S. Opens. He was president of the U.S. Golf Association in 1982-83; and when he captained the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St.Andrews, he became

the first individual to head both of golf ’s worldwide governing bodies. Campbell was amember atGuyan for 87 years until his passing onAug. 30, 2013, at age 90. In February 2015, the West Virginia Legislature enacted House Concurrent Resolution 55, renaming the portion of U.S. Route 60 from Guyan Golf &Country Club to the Huntington city limits the “William C. Campbell Memorial Highway.” Guyan has renamed its entrance and redesigned its logo in his honor. Each year, Guyan’s Board of Directors selects one of its mem

JAMES E. CASTO is the retired associate edi tor of The Herald-Dispatch and the author of a number of books on local and regional history.

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