Retired from the Tennis Industry,

Collector, Curator, Author  

Jim McCready is the curator of the Driftway Collection which he started in the late 1970's.     He is a retired USPTA Elite instructor currently located in Charleston, South Carolina.  He confesses "a few old wood racquets on the pro shop wall have gotten a little out of hand."

He enjoys the quest to collect memorabilia that fuels his research into the history of racquet sports.  Jim has authored many articles on the early days of both tennis and platform tennis.