Wind, Herbert Warren
Most simply put, Herbert Warren Wind is golf’s poet laureate. He not only described our game – its wondrous people and remarkable venues – with mellifluous words that did much to shape people’s...
View ArticleWood, Craig
He was known as the “Blond Bomber” because of his rugged good looks and his ability to drive the golf ball prodigious distances, but he is being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame because of his...
View ArticleWright, Mickey
Ben Hogan described her swing as the best he ever saw. So did Byron Nelson. For 14 years, she dominated women’s golf, winning 82 tournaments and carrying the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour...
View ArticleZaharias, Babe
Olympic gold medal winner in track and field. All-American basketball player in college. Champion golfer. If there was a Jim Thorpe among women athletes, it was Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias. As a...
View ArticleCouples, Fred
On Sunday at the 1992 Masters, Fred Couples anxiously watched his tee shot on the 12th hole. Playing in the final group, he saw his shot come up short on Augusta National’s 155-yard par 3 – perhaps the...
View ArticleVenturi, Ken
An oppressive heat wave scorched Congressional Country Club on June 20 of the 1964 U.S. Open Championship. If Ken Venturi were to prevail in Bethesda, Md., he would have to overcome not only a two-shot...
View ArticleO’Meara, Mark
Unlike most professional golfers, Mark O’Meara’s path to golf was a solitary journey. Though he was born in North Carolina, by the time he was 13 he had lived in Ohio, Michigan, New York, Texas,...
View ArticleTillinghast, A.W.
Born in 1876, Albert Warren (A.W.) Tillinghast is the sixth golf course architect to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Other members include Donald Ross (1977), Robert Trent Jones (1987),...
View ArticleLove III, Davis
Davis Love III was born into a golfing family in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1964. His father was a respected professional golfer and teacher and his mother was a low-handicap golfer as well. By age...
View ArticleMallon, Meg
Meg Mallon began her 23-year career on the LPGA Tour in 1987. Though her professional career got off to a slow start, it took off after her breakout year in 1991. That year she had four wins in 12...
View ArticleBell, Peggy Kirk
Margaret Anne “Peggy” Kirk Bell took up the game as a teenager, making a name for herself as an amateur star. She went on to become a charter member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950...
View ArticleWalters, Dennis
Dennis Walters is an elite golfer who was paralyzed from the waist-down at the age of 24 following a golf cart accident. He has since dedicated his career to sharing life lessons and inspiring fans and...
View ArticlePayne, Billy
During his 11 years as Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club from 2006 to 2017, William Porter “Billy” Payne oversaw a number of significant achievements including the introduction of female members...
View ArticleWoods, Tiger
A winner of 93 worldwide events including a record-tying 82 on the PGA TOUR, Woods is a 15-time Major Champion and a three-time winner of the career Grand Slam. Woods completed the “Tiger Slam” in...
View ArticleHollins, Marion
Marion Hollins, one of the only female golf course developers in history, had a lasting impact as a visionary golf course architect and pioneer of the game. Winner of the 1921 United States Amateur...
View ArticleFinchem, Tim
Under Finchem’s 22-year tenure as the PGA TOUR Commissioner from 1994 through 2016, prize money skyrocketed, moving from under $100 million on three tours in 1994 to more than $400 million on six...
View ArticleMaxwell Berning, Susie
Maxwell Berning began playing golf at the age of 15 and won three-straight Oklahoma State High School Golf Championships. She was the first female to be offered a golf scholarship from Oklahoma City...
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