The World Golf Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2024 (yeah, this seems early, doesn’t it), which includes one of the most historic classes in recent memory.
The 2024 Class of is:
Johnny Farrell, U.S.A.: Farrell won 22 tournaments, including the 1928 U.S. Open. He also won three Ryder Cups (1927, 1929 & 1931).
Beverly Hanson, U.S.A.: Hanson held 17 tournament wins, the most notable being the 1955 LPGA Championship. She also won the 1950 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
Padraig Harrington, Ireland: Harrington won 21 tournaments (15 on the European Tour) and was the 2007 & 2008 Open Championship winner as well as the 2008 PGA winner. A seven-time Ryder Cup Captain, Harrington was named the PGA Player of the Year in 2008.
Sandra Palmer, U.S.A.: Palmer had 19 wins, including the 1975 U.S. Women’s Open. That year, she won the LPGA Player of the Year.
Tom Weiskopf, U.S.A.: Weiskopf holds 18 wins, including the 1973 Open Championship. He is also a two-time Ryder Cup competitor.
13 Founders of the LPGA: This group included six women who are already inducted (Patty Berg, Marlene Bauer Hagge, Betty Jameson, Marilynn Smith, Louis Suggs and Babe Zaharias) and Alice Bauer, Bettye Danoff, Helen Dettweiler, Helen Hicks, Opal Hill, Sally Sessions and Shirley Spark.
First established in 1974, the Florida-based institution will induct this group in June.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending World Golf Hall of Fame inductees.
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