Jock Hutchison to get place in Golf Hall of Fame
FROM THE SUNSHINE TOUR WEBSITE
World Golf Hall of Fame and Museum’s newest inductees—to be enshrined on Monday, May 9, 2011 at World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida—include Ernie Els, Doug Ford, the late Jock Hutchison and former President George H.W. Bush. A fifth and final inductee will be announced next month.
Els was elected with 66% of the vote on the US PGA Tour ballot. Ford and Hutchison were selected in the Veterans Category and President Bush in the Lifetime Achievement Category.
US PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem, who was on hand for today’s announcement at East Lake Golf Club where THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola begins tomorrow, said: “Each of the inductees richly deserves of this honor and on behalf of the World Golf Foundation Board, I look forward to welcoming them into the Hall of Fame next May.
“Ernie has compiled an extraordinarily successful international career and continues to compete at the highest level. It’s terrific that Doug Ford and Jock Hutchison’s careers will be highlighted in this way as both enjoyed great success in their professional careers. And, President Bush has been and continues to be a great friend to the game of golf; he’s a terrific addition to the Hall.”
Botn in St Andrews in 1884, Jock Hutchison emigrated to the States and became a US citizen in 1920. He won 14 US PGA Tour events including the 1920 US PGA Championship, 1921 Open Championship, back home in St Andrews, and the 1920 and 1923 Western Opens. He won the inaugural Senior PGA Championship in 1937, and again in 1947.
Hutchison was the first honorary starter at The Masters (along with Fred McLeod) from 1963 to 1973.
He died at Evanston, Illinois, aged 93 in 1977.
FROM THE SUNSHINE TOUR WEBSITE
World Golf Hall of Fame and Museum’s newest inductees—to be enshrined on Monday, May 9, 2011 at World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida—include Ernie Els, Doug Ford, the late Jock Hutchison and former President George H.W. Bush. A fifth and final inductee will be announced next month.
Els was elected with 66% of the vote on the US PGA Tour ballot. Ford and Hutchison were selected in the Veterans Category and President Bush in the Lifetime Achievement Category.
US PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem, who was on hand for today’s announcement at East Lake Golf Club where THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola begins tomorrow, said: “Each of the inductees richly deserves of this honor and on behalf of the World Golf Foundation Board, I look forward to welcoming them into the Hall of Fame next May.
“Ernie has compiled an extraordinarily successful international career and continues to compete at the highest level. It’s terrific that Doug Ford and Jock Hutchison’s careers will be highlighted in this way as both enjoyed great success in their professional careers. And, President Bush has been and continues to be a great friend to the game of golf; he’s a terrific addition to the Hall.”
Botn in St Andrews in 1884, Jock Hutchison emigrated to the States and became a US citizen in 1920. He won 14 US PGA Tour events including the 1920 US PGA Championship, 1921 Open Championship, back home in St Andrews, and the 1920 and 1923 Western Opens. He won the inaugural Senior PGA Championship in 1937, and again in 1947.
Hutchison was the first honorary starter at The Masters (along with Fred McLeod) from 1963 to 1973.
He died at Evanston, Illinois, aged 93 in 1977.
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