John Sale, a two-time Maine Amateur champion out of Calais, is one of three golfers who will be inducted into the Maine Golf Hall of Fame on Friday.

Also inducted during the ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in South Portland will be pros John Mills and Ron Smith Jr.

The festivities open with a golf tournament at Sable Oaks Golf Course in South Portland starting at 8 a.m.

The induction reception and banquet begins 5 p.m.

Sale, who started his stellar golf career as Alabama high school champion in 1965, became Maine Amateur champion in 1967 and ’69. In the meantime, his University of Florida team won the national championship.

In addition, he was New England Amateur champ in 1969, New Brunswick Amateur winner in 1970, All-Army medalist in 1973, titlist in the Bavarian Amateur tournament in 1975 and ’76, and Austrian International Amateur champion in 1976 and ’77.

Mills was a two-time Maine high school titlist (1966 and ’67) while at Cheverus in Portland.

He was runner-up in the Maine Open in 1968, then won the Maine Amateur two years later.

Mills attended the collegiate golf powerhouse University of Houston and was a first team All-American in 1971, losing the individual that year to Ben Crenshaw.

Mills was instrumental in bringing the Unionmutual Seniors Golf Classic to Purpoodock Club in Cape Elizabeth for three years starting in 1984. As head pro at The Woodlands Club in Falmouth, he also helped bring the Hogan Tour (later Nike Tour) to that club.

He has been a teaching pro at Doral Country Club in Miami for the last six years.

Smith was captain of an undefeated Manchester, Conn., high school team before embarking on a college career at Houston.

The Cougars were national champions twice while Smith was a member of the team.

Smith was New England Amateur champion in 1964, Connecticut State Amateur twice, Marine Corps winner in 1968, and runner-up in the All-Armed Forces tournament the same year.

Smith received his PGA Class A card in 1974 and became the pro at Webhannet Golf Club in Kennebunk Beach the same year.

Smith won the Spudland Open in Presque Isle in 1974, the New Hampshire Open in 1976, and the Maine PGA championship six times.

The Maine Golf Hall of Fame will also recognize the winners of various Maine tournaments such as the Maine Amateur, Women’s Amateur, and Maine Open.

The cost is $90 per person or $40 just for the banquet. Call 799-0983 for information.