Qualla: World Golf Hall of Fame https://qualla.com/world-golf-hall-of-fame en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/q/4/world-golf-hall-of-fame-wp/main-building-angled-world-gol.jpg Qualla: World Golf Hall of Fame https://qualla.com/world-golf-hall-of-fame World Golf Hall of Fame: Introduction https://qualla.com/world-golf-hall-of-fame/ Photo credit Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0. Frank Chirkinian was dying of lung cancer when the World Golf Hall of Fame held an emergency election in February 2011 to induct him before it was too late. The television producer known as the "father of televised golf" recorded his acceptance speech on video less than two weeks before his death. That vote -- urgent, personal, breaking the Hall's own procedural rules -- captures something essential about this institution. For all its formal ballots and point systems, the World Golf Hall of Fame has always been driven by the conviction that certain contributions to the game must not go unrecognized, even if the rules have to be rewritten to say so.

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/q/4/world-golf-hall-of-fame-wp/djq4-world-golf-hall-of-fame-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full World Golf Hall of Fame: From a Resort's Lobby to a Global Institution https://qualla.com/world-golf-hall-of-fame/ Photo credit Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Hall of Fame began in 1974 as a local project at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, privately operated by the Diamondhead Corporation. Its inaugural class of 13 members included Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Sam Snead -- names th...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/q/4/world-golf-hall-of-fame-wp/djq4-world-golf-hall-of-fame-from-a-resorts-lobby-to-a-global-institution.mp3 0:06 2 full World Golf Hall of Fame: The Florida Chapter https://qualla.com/world-golf-hall-of-fame/ Photo credit Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1994, the global golf industry established the World Golf Foundation to promote the sport, and a grander Hall of Fame was its centerpiece. Construction began in 1996 at World Golf Village in St. Johns County, Florida, between Jacksonville and St. Augustine. The museum building...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/q/4/world-golf-hall-of-fame-wp/djq4-world-golf-hall-of-fame-the-florida-chapter.mp3 0:06 3 full World Golf Hall of Fame: The Art of Getting In https://qualla.com/world-golf-hall-of-fame/ Photo credit Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Hall's induction criteria have been rewritten almost as many times as the course record at Augusta. From 1996 to 2013, members entered through five categories: PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, International, Lifetime Achievement, and Veterans. Male competitors needed 10 PGA Tour wins or ...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/q/4/world-golf-hall-of-fame-wp/djq4-world-golf-hall-of-fame-the-art-of-getting-in.mp3 0:06 4 full World Golf Hall of Fame: Presidents, Poets, and Course Architects https://qualla.com/world-golf-hall-of-fame/ Photo credit Craig ONeal, CC BY-SA 2.0. The membership list reveals golf's reach far beyond the fairway. Two U.S. Presidents are members -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, inducted in 2009, and George H. W. Bush, inducted in 2011. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope earned their places not for their scorecards but for founding PGA Tour eve...

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