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Pga Golf Professional Hall of Fame PGA MEDIA GUIDE 2012 PGA GOLF PROFESSIONAL HALL OF FAME On Sept. 8, 2005, The PGA of America honored 122 PGA members who have made significant and enduring contributions to The PGA of America and the game of golf, with engraved granite bricks on the south portico of the PGA Museum of Golf in Port St. Lucie, Fla. That group included 44 original inductees between 1940 and 1982, when the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame was located in Pinehurst, N.C. The 2005 Class featured then-PGA Honorary President M.G. Orender of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., and Craig Harmon, PGA Head Professional at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., and the 2004 PGA Golf Professional of the Year. Orender led a delegation of 31 overall Past Presidents into the Hall, a list that begins with the Association’s first president, Robert White, who served from 1916-1919. Harmon headed a 51-member group who were recipients of The PGA’s highest honor — PGA Golf Professional of the Year. Dedicated in 2002, The PGA of America opened the PGA PGA Hall of Fame 2011 inductees (from left) Guy Wimberly, Jim Remy, Museum of Golf in PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Fla., which Jim Flick, Errie Ball, Jim Antkiewicz and Jack Barber at the Hall paved the way for a home for the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame Ceremony held at the PGA Education Center at PGA Village of Fame. in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Jim Awtrey, Not pictured) The PGA Museum of Golf celebrates the growth of golf in the United States, as paralleled by the advancement of The Professional Golfers’ Association of America. PGA GOLF PROFESSIONAL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS 1940 1960 1969 Joe Novak (1949-1951) 1968 Hardy Loudermilk 2006 Harry Moffitt (1952-1954) 1969 A. Hubert Smith Willie Anderson Mike Brady Chandler Harper Harold Sargent (1958-1960) Wally Mund Manuel de la Torre Tommy Armour Jimmy Demaret Lou Strong (1961-1963) 1970 Grady Shumate Bill Eschenbrenner Jim Barnes Fred McLeod 1974 Warren Cantrell (1964-1965) 1971 Ross Collins Dow Finsterwald Max Elbin (1966-1968) 1972 Howard Morrette Walter Hagen Julius Boros William Heald 1961 Cary Middlecoff Leo Fraser (1969-1970) 1973 Warren Smith Johnny McDermott Warren Orlick (1971-1972) 1974 Paul Harney Jack Nicklaus Johnny Farrell Gene Sarazen 1974 William Clarke (1973-1974) 1975 Walker Inman Jr. Roger Warren Alex Smith Lawson Little Henry Poe (1975-1976) 1976 Ron Letellier Dr. Gary Wiren Julius Boros Don Padgett (1977-1978) 1977 Don Soper Walter Travis Henry Picard Cary Middlecoff Frank Cardi (1979-1980) 1978 Walter Lowell 2009 1962 Joe Black (1981-1982) 1979 Gary Ellis 1953 1975 Mark Kizziar (1983-1984) 1980 Stan Thirsk Harry “Cotton” Berrier Dutch Harrison Mickey Powell (1985-1986) 1981 John Gerring Ben Hogan Jack Burke Jr. Don Essig III Byron Nelson Olin Dutra James Ray 1982 Bob Popp Claude Harmon Sr. Doug Ford Carpenter (1987-1988) 1983 Ken Lindsay San Snead 1963 Patrick Rielly (1989-1990) 1984 Jerry Mowlds Brent Krause 1979 Dick Smith (1991-1992) 1985 Jerry Cozby Jim Manthis Ralph Guldahl Gary Schaal (1993-1994) 1954 Roberto DeVicenzo 1986 David Ogilvie Eddie Merrins Johnny Revolta Tom Addis III (1995-1996) 1987 Bob Ford Macdonald Smith Harvey Penick 1980 Ken Lindsay (1997-1998) 1988 Hank Majewski 1955 1964 Will Mann (1999-2000) 1989 Tom Addis III Brian Whitcomb Ed Dudley Arnold Palmer Jack Connelly (2001-2002) 1990 Jim Albus Leo Diegel M.G. Orender (2003-2004) 1991 Joe Jemsek 2011 Lloyd Mangrum 1992 Martin T. Kavanaugh II 1982 PGA GOLF PROFESSIONALS Jim Antkiewicz 1956 1993 Don Kotnik Billy Casper OF THE YEAR 1965 1994 Dick Murphy Jim Awtrey Craig Wood Gene Littler Vic Ghezzi 1955 Bill Gordon 1995 David C. Price Errie Ball 1957 1956 Harry Shepard 1996 Randall Smith Jack Barber 2005 1997 Tom Sargent Denny Shute 1966 1957 Dugan Aycock Jim Flick Billy Burke PGA PAST PRESIDENTS 1958 Harry Pezzullo 1998 Ken Morton Sr. (Term of office) 1959 Eddie Duino Sr. 1999 Ed Hoard Jim Remy 1958 1960 Warren Orlick 2000 Charles “Vic” Kline Guy Wimberly Horton Smith 1967 Robert White (1916-1919) 1961 Don Padgett 2001 Tony Morosco Bobby Cruickshank Jack Mackie (1919-1920) 1962 Tom Lo Presti 2002 Jock Olson 1958 George Sargent (1921-1926) 1963 Bruce Herd 2003 Jim Brotherton Jr. 1968 Alex Pirie (1927-1930) 1964 Lyle Wehrman 2004 Craig Harmon Harry Cooper Charles Hall (1931-1932) Chick Harbert 1965 Hubby Habjan Jock Hutchison George Jacobus (1933-1939) 1966 Bill Strausbaugh Jr. Paul Runyan Tom Walsh (1940-1941) 1967 Ernie Vossler .
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