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DEDICATIm~ OF THE HORLD GOLF HALL OF FAr~E PINEHURST, N.C., SEPTEMBER II, 1974

IT GIVES ME VERY SPECI~L PLEASURE TO VISIT THE GOLF

CAPITOL OF THE HORLD AND PARTICIPATE \JITH YOU HJ THE DEDICATIOIJ

OF THIS M.~GNIFICEin HORLD GOLF HALL OF FAf'1E. ¢

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l'r'1 SURE 1'10ST OF YOU HERE REALIZE HHAT A THRIll IT IS

FOR A HEEKEf'lD GOLFER II KE f'-'IE TO HP,lK THE SAf'lE FAI RHP,YS TODAY HITH

GOlFH,IG GREATS IIKE BYRON ilElS01( GENE SARAZHL BEN IlOGArL SAr1 Sr~EAD) ----~. %

PATTY BERG) JACK iHCKLAUS) GARY PLAYER A[m ARnOLD PAU'lER. - ~ $,

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.~[\m THEi-J THERE ARE THE OTIIER U,r,10RTI\LS HHO ARE IIERE nJ

SPIRIT \'lITH US TODft,Y -- HALTER HAGEf'L HARRY VARDON J FRANCIS OUHiET - J

BABE DIDRI !(SON ZMIARIAS J ArlD THAT GREAT STATESf1AN OF GOLF J •

BOBBY JOIJES I • rr

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THERE I S ANOTHER GREAT GOLFER vJHO I KNOH I S HATCH IfJG

US HERE TODAY. HE WASN'T A PROFESSIONALJ BUT HIS LOVE FOR GOLF

HAS PROFOUND J AND HE DID AS f1UCH' AS At\lY r'1M,1 IN THIS CENTURY TO r1AKE GOLF ONE OF THE vJORLD' S f'lUf'1BER ONE PARTI CI PAnT SPORTS.

I REFERJ OF COURSE J TO PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

I KNOH THAT GEiJERAL IKE WOULD BE DEEPLY HonORED THAT YOU HAVE CHOSDJ

TO lilCLUDE HIS GOLFIr'lG GEAR Irl THIS \tIORLD GOLF HP,LL OF FAr'1E • • ..

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AS PRESIDENT EISENHOWER KNEW SO WELLJ GOLF IS A VERY

SPECIAL GN1EJ AND ITIS ~mT HARD TO UNDERSTAND ITS POPULARITY I

GOLF I S A GA~lE THAT CROSSES ALL BORDERS I

TODAY J \1E ARE DEDICATING THE HORLD GOLF HALL OF FA~1E,

THAT HORD HORLD IS H1PORTANT I

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THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL EVEr-H J AND PARTICIPATING IN

WHAT r,ty FRIEND J I~1 HOLSHOUSER HAS PROCLAHvlED THE IIGRAND VlEEK OF

GOLFII ARE ATHLETES FROM ALL OVE~ THE WORLD -- GOLFERS FROM

ARGENTINA J JPIPAN J SOUTH AFRICA J ENGLAND J AUSTRALIA J fJEH ZEI\LArm J --... ­

v ITALY J SPAHL TAIWAN J BURf\1A J PERU J ZArvlBIA J CArMDA J GRAND BAHAf1A --.... c ~ _ _ _ _ _-"__-­

ISLAND.

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HE Ar-1ERICArJS S0i1ETH1ES LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT r'1Ai~Y TIIINGS WE VALUE r"1OST HAVE BEEN BEQUEATHED TO US BY OTHER

rlATIor~S. GOLF) FOR INSTANCE) H~S A CENTURIES-OLD IIISTORY AND

IS JUST AS POPULAR IiJ SCORES OF i'JATIONS AS IT IS Irl OUR mIN.

THAT IS HHY ...HISTORY'S f;lOST SPECTACULAR CH I P SHOT, STRUCK

SUCH A RESpmJSIVE CIIORD At/lONG PEOPLE IN SO r'1Ai,IY [lATIONS OF THE

HORLD.

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NO ONE j;'ll8 6P,¥ ff HI LL EVER FORGET THAT f10MENT HHEN

ALArJ SHEPHARD} SHINGII~G HIS HOnE-f'1ADE SIX IRON} LOFTED A GOLF •

BALL OFF THE SURFACE OF THE MOON:

THAT WAS TRULY A GIANT CHIP FOR MANKIND •

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HE r'1ADE IT TO THE MOON BECAUSE OF A TECHNOLOGY BUI LT

UPON THE I<~'!OHLEDGE Aim DISCOVERIES conTRIBUTED BY ALL TilE i·IATIons

OF THE EARTH. HE ~1ADE IT TO THr r100f'l BECAUSE OF THE SHARED

EXPERIEnCE OF THE Hur;lAN RACE. AND THAT CHIP SHOT SYf'1BOLIZED ALL

THAT IN OiJE OF THE r'10ST NATURAL LAnGUAGES SHARED BY US ALL -- THE

LANGUAGE OF GOLF.

THANK YOU.

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