[1] Hardie went to college at Southern Methodist University and was runner-up to Billy Martin in the 1975 NCAA Division One final.

[3] His quarter-final appearances included Stockholm in 1977, Guadalajara in 1978, Philadelphia in 1979 (where he had a win over Ilie Năstase), Palm Harbor in 1980 and San Juan in 1981.

[3] Hardie appeared in the main singles draw of 16 Grand Slam tournaments over the course of his career and won three of his matches.

[3] Hardie settled in Dallas, Texas and founded and ran multiple wind development companies.

2023 - After nearly 30 years in the wind industry, George retired from Pattern, but had been retained as an advisor to support ongoing work.