Padraig Harrington and Sandra Palmer along with the late Johnny Farrell, Beverly Hanson, Tom Weiskopf and the Founders of the LPGA to be inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame
World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by CME Group Returns to Village of Pinehurst, NC, and airs live on Golf Channel at 7 p.m. ET
PINEHURST, NC. (June 10, 2024) – The 2024 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by CME Group will welcome its 2024 Class of Inductees – Padraig Harrington and Sandra Palmer along with the late Johnny Farrell, Beverly Hanson, Tom Weiskopf and the Founders of the LPGA – tonight at 7 p.m. ET live on Golf Channel.
Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker will host the ceremony, taking place at the Carolina Hotel, which is part of Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. The event will mark the Hall of Fame’s 50th anniversary, and a return to Pinehurst, where the first Induction Ceremony took place in 1974.
The show will feature a look back at the Inductees’ meaningful careers and impact on the game of golf. Special guests will include:
- CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz presenting the late Tom Weiskopf
- Grammy-award winning Canadian singer Anne Murray presenting Sandra Palmer
- World Golf Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez Russell and 2014 U.S. Women’s Open Champion Michelle Wie West presenting the LPGA Founders
- Paddy Harrington, presenting his father, Padraig Harrington
- The families of Inductees Johnny Farrell, Beverly Hanson and Tom Weiskopf
- More than 30 living Hall of Fame members are expected to return, as well as the families of late Hall of Fame members Peggy Kirk Bell, Arnold Palmer and Gene Sarazen
Stephen “Steph” Curry will be accepting the 2024 Charlie Sifford Award presented by Southern Company, via video. The award will be presented by Chris Womack, Southern Company’s chairman, president and CEO. Charlie Sifford, Jr. and his family will be in attendance.
Seven-time PGA TOUR winner and broadcaster Peter Jacobsen will provide a live tribute to Payne Stewart on the 25th anniversary of his win at the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst #2. The Stewart family will be in attendance.
The 2024 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by CME Group is a credentialed event being held at the Carolina Hotel, which is part of Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. The Induction Ceremony will air live on Golf Channel tonight, Monday, June 10, at 7 p.m. ET, helping to kick off the week of the 124th U.S. Open.
The 2024 event also marks a “return” to Pinehurst for the World Golf Hall of Fame, which 50 years ago opened at Pinehurst before moving to St. Augustine, Fla., in 1998. Last month, the World Golf Hall of Fame opened its new location as part of USGA’s Golf House Pinehurst, a seven-acre campus located footsteps from the Pinehurst Resort & Country Club main clubhouse. The new World Golf Hall of Fame location now sits alongside USGA’s equipment-testing and research facility, the visitor-friendly USGA Experience and an outdoor educational landscape feature. The World Golf Hall of Fame and USGA Experience are now open to the public, and admission is free through June.
Photos from the Induction Ceremony will be available through Getty Images and through the U.S. Open Content Hub.
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