- World Golf Hall of Fame
The World Golf Hall of Fame is located in
St. Augustine, Florida , in theUnited States , and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site serves both men and women. It is supported by a consortium of 26 golf organizations from all over the world. [cite web|url=http://www.wgv.com/hof/organizations.php|title=World Golf Hall of Fame Supporting Organizations]The Hall of Fame Museum Building is designed by the museum architecture specialist firm of E. Verner Johnson and Associates of Boston, MA. They also produced the museum master plan that established the overall size, mission and qualities of the overall museum and the surrounding facilities and site.
The Hall of Fame Museum features a permanent exhibition and a rolling program of temporary exhibitions. Designed by museum design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates, the Hall of Fame and exhibition area contains exhibits on the game's history, heritage, and techniques; major players and organizations;
golf course design , equipment, and dress; and new directions, such as ecological concerns in course management. [cite web|url=http://raany.com/html/proj_04/portProj_WorldGolf.html|title=Ralph Appelbaum Associates Project Description]History
The World Golf Hall of Fame was originally located in
Pinehurst, North Carolina , and was privately operated by Diamondhead Corp., then owners of thePinehurst Resort . It opened in September1974 with an initial class of 13 members. [cite web|url=http://www.wgv.com/hof/history.php|title=World Golf Hall of Fame History] To start with it was a local project, but thePGA of America took over management in 1983 and acquired full ownership in 1986.Two other halls of fame have been merged into the World Golf Hall of Fame. The PGA of America established one in 1940, which was merged into the Pinehurst Hall in the 1980s. The Hall of Fame of Women's Golf was established by the LPGA in 1951, with four charter members:
Patty Berg ,Betty Jameson ,Louise Suggs , andBabe Zaharias . It was inactive for some years, but in 1967 it moved into its first physical premises, which were inAugusta, Georgia and was renamed the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame. In 1998 it merged into the World Golf Hall of Fame.In 1994 the global golf industry established a non-profit making body called the
World Golf Foundation to promote the sport, with the creation of an enhanced Hall of Fame as one of its main objectives. Construction at the new site in St. Augustine began in 1996 and the new facility opened onMay 19 ,1998 .The World Golf Hall of Fame is a Founding Sports Partner of the
Sports Museum of America , joining more than 50 other single-sport Halls of Fame, National Governing Bodies, Museums and other organizations across North America to richly celebrate the history, grandeur and significance of sports in American culture. Set to open in New York City on May 7, 2008, the Sports Museum of America will showcase the World Golf Hall of Fame in its Hall of Halls Gallery (along with providing an annual donation) in return for sharing some of the museum's valuable golf artifacts and its support of the creation of the Nation's first all-sports museum experience.Membership categories
Members are inducted into the Hall of Fame in one of five categories: PGA Tour/Champions Tour, LPGA Tour, International, Lifetime Achievement, and Veterans.
PGA Tour/Champions Tour ballot
Current and former
PGA Tour andChampions Tour players are eligible for this ballot if they meet the following requirements (beginning with 1996 election):*PGA Tour
**Minimum of 40 years old
**PGA Tour member for 10 years
**10 PGA Tour wins or two wins in the majors or Players Championship*Champions Tour
**Champions Tour member for five years
**20 wins between PGA Tour and Champions Tour or five wins in the majors (regular or senior) or Players ChampionshipElection requirements:
Voters may vote for up to 30% of the players on the ballot. If a player is named on less than 5% of the ballots for two consecutive years, they are dropped from the ballot. Players not elected can remain on the ballot for up to 15 years (prior to 2007 the limit was 10 years). [cite web|url=http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/2007halloffameballot2.html|title=About the PGA Tour Ballot|date=January 31, 2007]
LPGA point system
LPGA Tour golfers are eligible through a point system. Since 1999, LPGA members automatically qualify for World Golf Hall of Fame membership when they meet these three criteria:#Must be/have been an "active" LPGA Tour member for 10 years.
#Must have won/been awarded at least one of the following - an LPGA major championship, the Vare Trophy or Player of the Year honors; and
#Must have accumulated a total of 27 points, which are awarded as follows - one point for each LPGA official tournament win, two points for each LPGA major tournament win and one point for each Vare Trophy or Rolex Player of the Year honor earned.Before 1999, players had to win 30 tournaments, including two majors; 35 tournaments with one major; or 40 tournaments in all to automatically qualify. At one time, players had to win two "different" majors to qualify with 30 wins, but this was changed earlier in the 1990s.
International ballot
Men and women golfers not fully eligible for PGA/Champions Tour ballot or the LPGA Tour point system are eligible for the International ballot if they meet the following requirements [cite web|url=http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour//2007halloffameballot.html|title=About the International Ballot|date=January 31, 2007] (beginning with the 1996 election):
*Minimum of 40 years old
*Cumulative 50 points earned as follows:
**Men
***6 points – Major victories
***4 points – Players Championship win
***3 points – Other PGA Tour win,European Tour win
***2 points –Japan Golf Tour ,Sunshine Tour ,PGA Tour of Australasia ,Champions Tour win
***1 point – Other national championship win;Ryder Cup ,Presidents Cup participation
**Women
***6 points – Major [This specifically refers to events recognized as majors by the U.S. LPGA. The three richest women's tours each recognize a different set of majors, although the U.S. LPGA set is by far the most significant on a global scale. Seewomen's major golf championships for a fuller discussion.] victories
***4 points – Other LPGA Tour win,Women's British Open win prior to 2001 [The Women's British Open was first recognized as a U.S. LPGA major in 2001.]
***2 points –LPGA of Japan Tour win,Ladies European Tour win
***1 point – Other national championship win,Solheim Cup participationElection requirements: same as PGA Tour ballot.
Lifetime Achievement category
There is also a "lifetime achievement" category through which anyone who has made a major contribution to the organization or promotion of the sport may be selected, for example,
Bob Hope . These members are chosen by the Hall of Fame's Board of Directors. Naturally they all played golf, in some cases with some competitive success, but it wasn't their play which won them a place in the Hall of Fame.Veteran's category
The last category was created to honor professional or amateur players whose career concluded at least 30 years ago. These members are also chosen by the Hall of Fame's Board of Directors.
Membership
New members are inducted each October or November, and by November 2007 there were 120 members. The results of the annual ballots are announced each April. New entrants in the Lifetime Achievement and Veteran's categories are announced at irregular intervals.
Men
Unless stated otherwise these men were inducted mainly for their on-course success. The exceptions mostly correspond with the lifetime achievement category, but not quite. For example Charlie Sifford was notable as a player but was inducted for lifetime achievement.
*1974 flagicon|USAWalter Hagen
*1974 flagicon|USABen Hogan
*1974 flagicon|USA Bobby Jones
*1974 flagicon|USAByron Nelson
*1974 flagicon|USAJack Nicklaus
*1974 flagicon|USAFrancis Ouimet
*1974 flagicon|USAArnold Palmer
*1974 flagicon|ZAFGary Player
*1974 flagicon|USAGene Sarazen
*1974 flagicon|USASam Snead
*1974 flagicon|ENGHarry Vardon
*1975 flagicon|SCO Willie Anderson
*1975 flagicon|USAFred Corcoran - many-faceted promoter and administrator
*1975 flagicon|USAJoseph Dey - executive director of theUSGA and the first commissioner of thePGA Tour
*1975 flagicon|USAChick Evans
*1975 flagicon|SCO Young Tom Morris
*1975 flagicon|ENGJohn Henry Taylor
*1976 flagicon|SCO flagicon|USATommy Armour
*1976 flagicon|SCO James Braid
*1976 flagicon|SCO Old Tom Morris
*1976 flagicon|USAJerome Travers
*1977 flagicon|ZAFBobby Locke
*1977 flagicon|ENG John Ball
*1977 flagicon|USAHerb Graffis - golf writer and founder of the U.S.National Golf Foundation
*1977 flagicon|SCO flagicon|USA Donald Ross -golf course architect
*1978 flagicon|USABilly Casper
*1978 flagicon|ENGHarold Hilton
*1978 flagicon|USABing Crosby - celebrity friend of golf who founded his own PGA Tour event
*1978 flagicon|USAClifford Roberts - co-founder of theAugusta National Golf Club and theMasters Tournament
*1979 flagicon|USAWalter Travis
*1980 flagicon|ENG Sir Henry Cotton
*1980 flagicon|USALawson Little
*1981 flagicon|USARalph Guldahl
*1981 flagicon|USALee Trevino
*1982 flagicon|USAJulius Boros
*1983 flagicon|USAJimmy Demaret
*1983 flagicon|USABob Hope - celebrity friend of golf who founded his own PGA Tour event
*1986 flagicon|USACary Middlecoff
*1987 flagicon|USARobert Trent Jones, Sr. -golf course architect
*1988 flagicon|USABob Harlow - promoter who played a key role in the early development of thePGA Tour
*1988 flagicon|AUS Peter Thomson
*1988 flagicon|USA Tom Watson
*1989 flagicon|ENG flagicon|USAJim Barnes
*1989 flagicon|ARGRoberto De Vicenzo
*1989 flagicon|USARaymond Floyd
*1990 flagicon|USAWilliam C. Campbell - two-time President of theUSGA
*1990 flagicon|USAGene Littler
*1990 flagicon|USAPaul Runyan
*1990 flagicon|USAHorton Smith
*1992 flagicon|USA Harry Cooper
*1992 flagicon|USAHale Irwin
*1992 flagicon|PRIChi Chi Rodriguez
*1992 flagicon|USARichard Tufts - ran Pinehurst and served as President of the USGA
*1996 flagicon|USAJohnny Miller
*1997 flagicon|ESPSeve Ballesteros
*1997 flagicon|ENGNick Faldo
*1998 flagicon|USALloyd Mangrum
*2000 flagicon|USAJack Burke, Jr.
*2000 flagicon|USADeane Beman - Commissioner of the PGA Tour 1974-1994
*2000 flagicon|ENGMichael Bonallack - British golf administrator
*2000 flagicon|ENGNeil Coles - first Chairman of thePGA European Tour
*2000 flagicon|ENG John Jacobs - first Tournament Director of the European Tour
*2001 flagicon|AUSGreg Norman
*2001 flagicon|USAPayne Stewart
*2001 flagicon|DEUBernhard Langer
*2001 flagicon|SCOAllan Robertson
*2001 flagicon|USAKarsten Solheim - golf equipment manufacturer and founder of theSolheim Cup
*2002 flagicon|USABen Crenshaw
*2002 flagicon|ENGTony Jacklin
*2002 flagicon|USATommy Bolt
*2002 flagicon|USAHarvey Penick - golf instructor
*2003 flagicon|ZWENick Price
*2003 flagicon|USALeo Diegel
*2004 flagicon|USACharlie Sifford
*2004 flagicon|JPNIsao Aoki
*2004 flagicon|USATom Kite
*2005 flagicon|ENGBernard Darwin - golf writer
*2005 flagicon|ENGAlister MacKenzie -golf course architect
*2005 flagicon|SCOWillie Park, Sr.
*2006 flagicon|FJIVijay Singh
*2006 flagicon|USALarry Nelson
*2006 flagicon|USAHenry Picard
*2006 flagicon|USAMark McCormack - sports agent
*2007 flagicon|IRE Joe Carr
*2007 flagicon|USAHubert Green
*2007 flagicon|USACharles B. Macdonald - inauguralU.S. Amateur champion, founding Vice-President of theUSGA and "Father of American Golf Architecture"
*2007 flagicon|AUSKel Nagle
*2007 flagicon|USACurtis Strange Future inductees
*2008 flagicon|NZL Bob Charles
*2008 flagicon|USAPete Dye -golf course architect
*2008 flagicon|USADenny Shute
*2008 flagicon|USAHerbert Warren Wind - golf writer
*2008 flagicon|USA Craig WoodWomen
The first five women on this list were grandfathered in from the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf, which was founded in 1951, via the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, which was inaugurated in 1967. The list shows the years when they were originally inducted into the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf. Unless stated otherwise the women on the list were inducted primarily for their on-course achievements.
*1951 flagicon|USABetty Jameson
*1951 flagicon|USAPatty Berg
*1951 flagicon|USALouise Suggs
*1951 flagicon|USABabe Zaharias
*1960 flagicon|USABetsy Rawls
*1964 flagicon|USAMickey Wright
*1975 flagicon|USAGlenna Collett-Vare
*1975 flagicon|ENGJoyce Wethered
*1975 flagicon|USAKathy Whitworth
*1977 flagicon|USASandra Haynie
*1977 flagicon|USACarol Mann
*1978 flagicon|SCO flagicon|USADorothy Campbell Hurd Howe
*1982 flagicon|USAJoAnne Carner
*1987 flagicon|USANancy Lopez
*1991 flagicon|USA Pat Bradley
*1993 flagicon|USAPatty Sheehan
*1994 flagicon|USADinah Shore - celebrity friend of the LPGA; founded a tournament that eventually became a major
*1995 flagicon|USABetsy King
*1999 flagicon|USAAmy Alcott
*2000 flagicon|USABeth Daniel
*2000 flagicon|USAJuli Inkster
*2000 flagicon|USAJudy Rankin
*2001 flagicon|USADonna Caponi
*2001 flagicon|USAJudy Bell - administrator; first female President of theUSGA
*2002 flagicon|USAMarlene Bauer Hagge
*2003 flagicon|JPNHisako "Chako" Higuchi
*2003 flagicon|SWEAnnika Sörenstam
*2004 flagicon|CANMarlene Stewart Streit
*2005 flagicon|JPNAyako Okamoto
*2005 flagicon|AUSKarrie Webb
*2006 flagicon|USAMarilynn Smith
*2007 flagicon|KORSe Ri Pak Future inductee
*2008 flagicon|USA
Carol Semple Thompson Possible future inductee
*2012 flagicon|MEX
Lorena Ochoa (qualified in April 2008, but cannot be inducted until completing 10 seasons on the LPGA tour)Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.wgv.com/hof/hof.php Official site]
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