World Golf Hall of Fame

The greatest honor for a golfer is to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is supervised by the World Golf Foundation. The organization was founded in 1994. The control of the admission has the merger of 26 golf organizations around the world.

The Hall of Fame is located in St. Augustine, Florida and, unlike many other sports halls of fame, honors celebrities of both sexes. And not only golfers are admitted, but also people who have rendered outstanding services to the sport of golf. The category “Lifetime Achievement” was introduced for this purpose. This category includes Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and the 34th and 41st Presidents of the United States of America Dwight D. Eisenhower and George H. W. Bush.

Honour and criticism for the World Golf Hall of Fame

Golfers who have rendered outstanding services to the sport are inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine (Florida). It is a hall of fame of golf, where male and female golf celebrities are honored. In the integrated museum there is a permanent exhibition about the excellent golfers and an exhibition about the history of this sport. Anyone who has a course in the 1998 and 1974 Pinehurst (North Carolina) World Golf Hall of Fame is one of the best golfers of all time

Credit where credit is due

The small town of St. Augustine on the north coast of Florida enchants its many visitors with its winding alleys and Spanish fortifications. But most of them come there to visit the Golf Hall of Fame.

Admission to the World Golf Hall of Fame is a great distinction that requires outstanding sporting golf success. These are of course necessary to be eligible for admission in the first place, and for this a victory in the Club Championship would not be enough. A prerequisite for the immortality of a golfer with the admission to the Hall of Fame are The golfer should have achieved at least ten victories on the PGA Tour, have at least two major victories or have two triumphs at the Players Championship. The selection for inclusion is made by a panel of golf honors, members and golf journalists. However, a future Hall of Famer must achieve at least 65 percent of the committee votes of the committee. In 2013, the Hall of Fame will include the American Fred Couples and the Scot Colin Montgomerie, among others.

Criticism of the selection for the World Golf Hall of Fame

The selection of the committee is not always satisfactory for some golfers and criticism is sometimes hailing. Thus thousands of golf fans expressed their displeasure about the two golfers who were admitted in 2013. Raymond Floyd, (four-time Major Champion and member of the Hall of Fame since 1989) also criticised the selection of the committee. All of them could not understand why someone was accepted into the Hall of Fame with only one major victory. Names were not mentioned, but everyone knew who was meant. Fred Couples had one major win and “only” 15 PGA Tour wins. The disapproval of the golfers selected in 2013 led to no new inscription in the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2014. It was not until 2016 that the honourable ladies Laura Davies, Mark O’Meara and Albert Warren Tillimghast were reinstated.

By the way…

By the way, the most famous golfers in the World Golf Hall of Fame are the actors Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as well as the former US Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and George H. W. Bush. The German professional golfer Bernhard Langer has had his place in the Hall of Fame since 2002.

Table of Contents
    1. Honour and criticism for the World Golf Hall of Fame
    2. Credit where credit is due
    3. Criticism of the selection for the World Golf Hall of Fame
    4. By the way…
  1. These players were inducted into the Hall of Fame
    1. 1974
    2. 1975
    3. 1976
    4. 1977
    5. 1978
    6. 1979
    7. 1980
    8. 1981
    9. 1982
    10. 1983
    11. 1985
    12. 1986
    13. 1987
    14. 1988
    15. 1989
    16. 1990
    17. 1992
    18. 1993
    19. 1996
    20. 1997
    21. 1998
    22. 2000
    23. 2001
    24. 2002
    25. 2003
    26. 2004
    27. 2005
    28. 2006
    29. 2007
    30. 2008
    31. 2009
    32. 2010
    33. 2012
    34. 2013
    35. 2015
    36. 2017
    37. 2019
    38. 2021

These players were inducted into the Hall of Fame

1974

  • Patty Berg
  • Walter Hagen
  • Ben Hogan
  • Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.
  • Byron Nelson
  • Jack Nicklaus
  • Francis Ouimet
  • Arnold Palmer
  • Gary Player
  • Gene Sarazen
  • Sam Snead
  • Harry Vardon
  • Babe Zaharias

1975

  • Willie Anderson
  • Fred Corcoran
  • Joseph C. Dey
  • Chick Evans
  • Tom Morris, Jr.
  • John H. Taylor
  • Glenna C. Vare
  • Joyce Wethered

1976

  • Tommy Armour
  • James Braid
  • Tom Morris, Sr.
  • Jerome Travers
  • Mickey Wright

1977

  • Bobby Locke
  • John Ball
  • Herb Graffis
  • Donald Ross

1978

  • Billy Casper
  • Harold Hilton
  • Dorothy Campbell
  • Hurd Howe
  • Bing Crosby
  • Clifford Roberts

1979

  • Louise Suggs
  • Walter Travis

1980

  • Sir Henry Cotton
  • Lawson Little

1981

  • Ralph Guldahl
  • Lee Trevino

1982

  • Julius Boros
  • Kathy Whitworth

1983

  • Jimmy Demaret
  • Bob Hope

1985

  • JoAnne Carner

1986

  • Cary Middlecoff

1987

  • Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
  • Betsy Rawls

1988

  • Bob Harlow
  • Peter Thomson
  • Tom Watson

1989

  • Jim Barnes
  • Roberto De Vicenzo
  • Raymond Floyd
  • Nancy Lopez

1990

  • William C. Campbell
  • Gene Littler
  • Paul Runyan
  • Horton Smith

1992

  • Harry Cooper
  • Hale Irwin
  • Chi Chi Rodriguez
  • Richard Tufts

1993

  • Patty Sheehan

1996

  • Johnny Miller

1997

1998

  • Lloyd Mangrum

2000

  • Jack Burke, Jr.
  • Deane Beman
  • Sir Michael Bonallack
  • Neil Coles
  • John Jacobs

2001

  • Greg Norman
  • Payne Stewart
  • Allan Robertson
  • Judy Bell
  • Karsten Solheim

2002

  • Bernhard Langer
  • Ben Crenshaw
  • Tony Jacklin
  • Tommy Bolt
  • Harvey Penick

2003

  • Nick Price
  • Leo Diegel
  • Hisako “Chako” Higuchi
  • Annika Sörenstam

2004

  • Tom Kite
  • Isao Aoki
  • Marlene Stewart Streit
  • Charlie Sifford

2005

  • Bernard Darwin
  • Alister MacKenzie
  • Ayako Okamoto
  • Willie Park Sr.
  • Karrie Webb

2006

  • Vijay Singh
  • Mark McCormack
  • Larry Nelson
  • Henry Picard
  • Marilynn Smith

2007

  • Joe Carr
  • Hubert Green
  • Charles B. Macdonald
  • Kel Nagle
  • Curtis Strange
  • Se Ri Pak

2008

  • Bob Charles
  • Pete Dye
  • Denny Shute
  • Carol Semple Thompson
  • Herbert Warren Wind
  • Craig Wood

2009

  • José María Olazábal
  • Christy O’Connor senior
  • Lanny Wadkins
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

2010

  • Ernie Els
  • Doug Ford
  • Jock Hutchison
  • George H. W. Bush
  • Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki
  • Frank Chirkinian

2012

  • Phil Mickelson
  • Hollis Stacy
  • Sandy Lyle
  • Peter Alliss
  • Dan Jenkins

2013

2015

  • Dame Laura Davies
  • Mark O’Meara
  • David Graham
  • AW Tillimghast

2017

  • Henry Longhurst
  • Davis Love III
  • Meg Mallon
  • Lorena Ochoa
  • Ian Woosnam

2019

  • Peggy Kirk Bell
  • Retief Goosen
  • Billy Payne
  • Jan Stephenson
  • Dennis Walters

2021