Tom Forkner

Thomas Francis Forkner (June 14, 1918 – April 26, 2017) was an American businessman, lawyer, and notable senior golfer.

[2] The son of a real estate agent,[4] he practiced law until called to serve in World War II as an intelligence officer for the Manhattan Project.

[2][4] In 1949, Forkner sold a home to Joe Rogers Sr.[7] Inspired by the emergence of fast food chains like McDonald's,[8] Rogers, who was a regional manager of the Toddle House chain of diners in Memphis, Tennessee, proposed that he and Forkner go into business together for a quick-service, sit-down restaurant.

[2] He was widely successful as a senior golfer, and on January 6, 2007, was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.

Forkner, who competed in the 1980 and 1981 U.S. Senior Opens, once placed second there, which in keeping in mind the competition he described to The Augusta Chronicle in 2007 as "probably the single best thing I ever did.