JOE CARR AND KEL NAGLE AWARDED PLACES
IN WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME
Irishman Joe Carr and Australian Kel Nagle will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on November 12 as part of the Class of 2007.
Carr, who died in 2004, will become the first Irish member and was selected in the Lifetime Achievement Category.
Nagle was selected in the Veteran’s Category. Both categories were determined by the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors Selection Committee.
“I am very pleased to be recognized and look forward to joining some of my old friends in the Hall of Fame, including Peter Thomson, Greg Norman, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson—all with whom I’ve played golf during my career,” said Nagle.
Carr and Nagle are the final two to be named as part the Class of 2007, which includes Hubert Green (Veteran’s Category), Charles Blair Macdonald (Lifetime Achievement), Se Ri Pak (LPGA Points System) and Curtis Strange (PGA TOUR Ballot).
The 2007 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at the Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida.
“Both Joe Carr and Kel Nagle are legends of golf and it is appropriate that they be honoured at the highest level,” said Peter Dawson, Chief Executive of the R&A and a member of the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors.
“Joe remains Ireland’s most outstanding amateur golfer and Kel boasts a remarkable career in the game where he dominated his home tour and found success as he travelled to play around the world. It is a pleasure to make this announcement at The Open Championship. Kel will always be remembered for his victory in The Centenary Open in 1960.”
Born just outside Dublin in 1922, Carr won the Amateur championship in 1953, 1958 and 1960. Between 1941 and 1969, he won 37 championships in Ireland, including the Irish Amateur Championship six times and the Irish Open Amateur Championship four times.
Carr played in a record 10 Walker Cup matches and chose to be a non-playing captain in 1965. He won the USGA’s Bob Jones Award in 1961 and in 1991 was Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
IN WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME
Irishman Joe Carr and Australian Kel Nagle will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on November 12 as part of the Class of 2007.
Carr, who died in 2004, will become the first Irish member and was selected in the Lifetime Achievement Category.
Nagle was selected in the Veteran’s Category. Both categories were determined by the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors Selection Committee.
“I am very pleased to be recognized and look forward to joining some of my old friends in the Hall of Fame, including Peter Thomson, Greg Norman, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson—all with whom I’ve played golf during my career,” said Nagle.
Carr and Nagle are the final two to be named as part the Class of 2007, which includes Hubert Green (Veteran’s Category), Charles Blair Macdonald (Lifetime Achievement), Se Ri Pak (LPGA Points System) and Curtis Strange (PGA TOUR Ballot).
The 2007 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at the Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida.
“Both Joe Carr and Kel Nagle are legends of golf and it is appropriate that they be honoured at the highest level,” said Peter Dawson, Chief Executive of the R&A and a member of the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors.
“Joe remains Ireland’s most outstanding amateur golfer and Kel boasts a remarkable career in the game where he dominated his home tour and found success as he travelled to play around the world. It is a pleasure to make this announcement at The Open Championship. Kel will always be remembered for his victory in The Centenary Open in 1960.”
Born just outside Dublin in 1922, Carr won the Amateur championship in 1953, 1958 and 1960. Between 1941 and 1969, he won 37 championships in Ireland, including the Irish Amateur Championship six times and the Irish Open Amateur Championship four times.
Carr played in a record 10 Walker Cup matches and chose to be a non-playing captain in 1965. He won the USGA’s Bob Jones Award in 1961 and in 1991 was Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
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