Davis Love III will enter the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Getty Images) The World Golf Hall of Fame has announced its 2017 class, which includes 1997 PGA champion Davis Love III, 1991 Masters winner Ian Woosnam, multi-time LPGA major winners Lorena Ochoa and Meg Mallon, as well Henry Longhurst. Love, the winning 2016 U.S. […]
Kerr wins LPGA finale, Ko wins CME Globe, Park qualifies Hall of Fame
November 26, 2015 by
There were three big winners on Sunday on the LPGA Tour. Cristie Kerr won the actual golf tournament at hand, taking the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla., winning by a shot over Gerina Piller and Ha Na Jang at 17-under 271. Kerr’s eagle 3 on the 17th hole gave […]
Hall of Famer Charlie Sifford recovering after stroke
January 27, 2015 by
Charlie Sifford, who was the first black man to earn a PGA Tour card, is recovering after suffering a stroke, according to Golf Channel. The 92-year-old, who is also battling a bacterial infection, is reportedly in stable condition at South Pointe Hospital in Cleveland. Sifford broke pro golf’s color barrier after the PGA of America […]
2015 World Golf Hall of Fame class rights past wrongs
October 16, 2014 by
Halls of fame are awkward things. Of course they induct the obvious candidates, your greaest-of-all-time contenders and seminal figures. What they’re really charged with doing isn’t recognizing those who push the ceiling higher. Rather, they’re expected to identify a floor of greatness. What’s good enough to be considered great? That’s been the trouble with the […]
Teeing Off: Is Zach Johnson on his way to the Hall of Fame?
January 9, 2014 by
Welcome to Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Shane Bacon and national columnist Jay Busbee take a day’s topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by hitting us on Twitter at @shanebacon and @jaybusbee. Today we talk about Zach Johnson’s potential as a Hall of Famer. Bacon: On Monday afternoon, […]
