
Golf
Inducted Class of 1998
Jiggs love for golf started at Seneca Lake Country Club where he caddied from 1938 to 1942. In 1943, his senior year, Jiggs started the first golf team at Geneva High along with Professor Robert Moore. He was captain of the team and finished third in the Section V Tournament. He was awarded a shield from Section V that year.
Jiggs won the New York State Seniors Championship and was a two-time Finger Lakes Seniors Champion. He was a four-time club champion at Seneca Falls Country Club and won many member-guest tournaments at Seneca Fall and Seneca Lake Country Clubs. Jiggs was a charter member of the Golf-Bowl and won it six times including the first two years that it was held. He has seven hole-in-ones including two on the 290 yard par four first hole at Seneca Falls CC. Jiggs also played baseball, softball and bowling. He retired from Goulds Pumps where he was the recreation director and also worked in public relations.