PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame
Originated in 1940, at the suggestion of famed sportswriter Grantland Rice, the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame was relocated to the PGA Historical Center in 2005.
The Hall of Fame recognizes all PGA members who have made significant and lasting contributions to the building of The PGA of America and the game of golf.
The inductees include PGA Presidents, PGA Golf Professional of the Year award winners as well as those PGA Professionals who also distinguished themselves as competitors while in service to The PGA of America.
| -- PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame Inductees -- |
| 2009 Class of Inductees |
Harry "Cotton" Berrier Don Essig III Claude Harmon Sr. Brent Krause |
Jim Manthis Eddie Merrins Harvey Penick Brian Whitcomb |
| 2006 Class of Inductees |
Manuel de la Torre Bill Eschenbrenner Dow Finsterwald William Heald |
Jack Nicklaus Roger Warren Gary Wiren
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| PGA Past Presidents (Term of office) |
Robert White (1916-1919)* Jack Mackie (1919-1920)* George Sargent (1921-1926)* Alex Pirie (1927-1930)* Charles Hall (1931-1932)* George Jacobus (1933-1939)* Tom Walsh (1940-1941)* Joe Novak (1949-1951)* Harry Moffitt (1952-1954)* Harold Sargent (1958-1960)* Lou Strong (1961-1963)* Warren Cantrell (1964-1965)* Max Elbin (1966-1968)* Leo Fraser (1969-1970)* Warren Orlick (1971-1972)* William Clarke (1973-1974) |
Henry Poe (1975-1976)* Don Padgett (1977-1978)* Frank Cardi (1979-1980)* Joe Black (1981-1982) Mark Kizziar (1983-1984) Mickey Powell (19985-1986) James Ray Carpenter (1987-1988) Patrick Rielly (1989-1990) Dick Smith (1991-1992) Gary Schaal (1993-1994) Tom Addis III (1995-1996) Ken Lindsay (1997-1998) Will Mann (1999-2000) Jack Connelly (2001-2002) M.G. Orender (2003-2004) Roger Warren (2005-2006) |
| PGA Golf Professionals of the Year |
1955 Bill Gordon* 1956 Harry Shepard* 1957 Dugan Aycock* 1958 Harry Pezzullo* 1959 Eddie Duino Sr.* 1960 Warren Orlick* 1961 Don Padgett* 1962 Tom Lo Presti* 1963 Bruce Herd* 1964 Lyle Wehrman 1965 Hubby Habjan 1966 Bill Strausbaugh Jr.* 1967 Ernie Vossler 1968 Hardy Loudermilk* 1969 A. Hubert Smith; Wally Mund* 1970 Grady Shumate 1971 Ross Collins 1972 Howard Morrette* 1973 Warren Smith 1974 Paul Harney 1975 Walker Inman Jr. 1976 Ron Letellier* 1977 Don Soper* 1978 Walter Lowell 1979 Gary Ellis
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1980 Stan Thirsk 1981 John Gerring 1982 Bob Popp 1983 Ken Lindsay 1984 Jerry Mowlds 1985 Jerry Cozby 1986 David Ogilvie 1987 Bob Ford 1988 Hank Majewski 1989 Tom Addis III 1990 Jim Albus 1991 Joe Jemsek* 1992 Martin T. Kavanaugh II 1993 Don Kotnik 1994 Dick Murphy 1995 David C. Price 1996 Randall Smith 1997 Tom Sargent 1998 Ken Morton Sr. 1999 Ed Hoard 2000 Charles "Vic" Kline 2001 Tony Morosco 2002 Jock Olson 2003 Jim Brotherton Jr. 2004 Craig Harmon 2005 Bill Eschenbrenner |
| PGA Member Original Inductees |
Willie Anderson* Tommy Armour* Jim Barnes* Walter Hagen* Johnny McDermott* Gene Sarazen* Alex Smith* Walter Travis* Ben Hogan* Byron Nelson Sam Snead* Macdonald Smith* Leo Diegel* Craig Wood* Denny Shute*
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Horton Smith* Harry Cooper* Jock Hutchison* Paul Runyan* Mike Brady* Jimmy Demaret* Fred McLeod* Johnny Farrell* Lawson Little* Henry Picard* Dutch Harrison* Olin Dutra* Ralph Guldahl* Johnny Revolta* Ed Dudley*
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Lloyd Mangrum* Vic Ghezzi* Billy Burke* Bobby Cruickshank* Chick Harbert* Chandler Harper* Julius Boros* Cary Middlecoff* Jack Burke Jr. Doug Ford Roberto DeVicenzo Arnold Palmer Billy Casper Gene Littler
* Deceased |
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