Members of the World Golf Hall of Fame

Below is the alphabetical list of all members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, plus a second list in which the members are organized by year of induction.

Most of the members of the World Golf Hall of Fame were elected on the strength of their accomplishments as tournament golfers. But the Hall also includes administrators, architects, writers and others who were inducted based on their contributions outside of playing the game. If the member is listed by name only below, they were elected as golfers. For members whose election was based primarily on off-course contributions, there is parenthetical notation of their role. If a name appears as a link below, you can click on the name to read a biography of the individual.

(Related article: Induction criteria for World Golf Hall of Fame)

Hall of Fame Members Alphabetically

A
Amy Alcott
Peter Alliss
Willie Anderson
Isao Aoki
Tommy Armour

B
John Ball
Seve Ballesteros
Jim Barnes
Judy Bell (first female president of the USGA)
Peggy Kirk Bell
Deane Beman
Patty Berg
Tommy Bolt
Michael Bonallack (secretary of the R&A, amateur champion)
Julius Boros
Pat Bradley
James Braid
Jack Burke Jr.
George Herbert Walker Bush (US president, advocate for game)

C
William Campbell (USGA presidents, R&A captain, longtime amateur competitor)
Donna Caponi
JoAnne Carner
Joe Carr
Billy Casper
Bob Charles
Frank Chirkinian (innovator in televising golf)
Neil Coles
Harry Cooper
Fred Corcoran (PGA tournament directory, LPGA founder and director)
Henry Cotton
Fred Couples
Ben Crenshaw
Bing Crosby (entertainer, tournament founder, golf advocate)

D
Beth Daniel
Bernard Darwin (writer)
Laura Davies
Roberto De Vicenzo
Jimmy Demaret
Joseph Dey (first commissioner of PGA Tour)
Leo Diegel
Pete Dye (architect)

E
Dwight D. Eisenhower (US president, Augusta National member)
Ernie Els
Chick Evans

F
Nick Faldo
Raymond Floyd
Doug Ford

G
Retief Goosen
Herb Graffis (writer, founder of national golf organizations)
David Graham
Hubert Green
Ralph Guldahl

H
Walter Hagen
Marlene Bauer Hagge
Bob Harlow (tour and tournament promoter)
Sandra Haynie
Chako Higuchi
Harold Hilton
Ben Hogan
Bob Hope (entertainer, tournament founder)
Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe
Jock Hutchison

I
Juli Inkster
Hale Irwin

J
Tony Jacklin
John Jacobs
Betty Jameson
Dan Jenkins (writer)
Bobby Jones
Robert Trent Jones Sr. (architect)

K
Betsy King
Tom Kite

L
Bernhard Langer
Lawson Little
Gene Littler
Bobby Locke
Henry Longhurst (writer, broadcaster)
Nancy Lopez
Davis Love III
Sandy Lyle

M
Alister MacKenzie (architect)
Charles Blair Macdonald (architect, amateur champ, early pioneer - "Father of American Golf")
Meg Mallon
Lloyd Mangrum
Carol Mann
Mark McCormack (agent, promoter)
Phil Mickelson
Cary Middlecoff
Johnny Miller
Colin Montgomerie
Old Tom Morris
Young Tom Morris

N
Kel Nagle
Byron Nelson
Larry Nelson
Jack Nicklaus
Greg Norman

O
Lorena Ochoa
Christy O'Connor
Ayako Okamoto
Jose Maria Olazabal
Mark O'Meara
Francis Ouimet
Jumbo Ozaki

P
Se Ri Pak
Arnold Palmer
Willie Park Sr.
Willie Park Jr.
Billy Payne
Harvey Penick (instructor, writer)
Henry Picard
Gary Player
Nick Price

R
Judy Rankin
Betsy Rawls
Clifford Roberts (co-founder of Augusta National and The Masters)
Allan Robertson
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Donald Ross (architect)
Paul Runyan

S
Gene Sarazen
Ken Schofield (director of European Tour)
Patty Sheehan
Dinah Shore (entertainer, advocate for golf)
Denny Shute
Charlie Sifford
Vijay Singh
Horton Smith
Marilynn Smith
Sam Snead
Karsten Solheim (inventor, manufacturer)
Annika Sorenstam
Hollis Stacy
Jan Stephenson
Payne Stewart
Curtis Strange
Marlene Stewart Streit
Louise Suggs

T
J.H. Taylor
Carol Semple Thompson
Peter Thomson
A.W. Tillinghast (architect)
Jerry Travers
Walter Travis
Lee Trevino
Richard Tufts (USGA president, director of Pinehurst Resort)

V
Harry Vardon
Glenna Collett Vare
Ken Venturi

W
Lanny Wadkins
Dennis Walters (course owner and developer)
Tom Watson
Karrie Webb

Joyce Wethered
Kathy Whitworth
Herbert Warren Wind (writer)
Craig Wood
Ian Woosnam
Mickey Wright

Z
Babe Zaharias

Hall of Fame Members By Year of Induction

2019
Peggy Kirk Bell
Retief Goosen
Billy Payne
Jan Stephenson
Dennis Walters

2017
Henry Longhurst
Davis Love III
Meg Mallon
Lorena Ochoa
Ian Woosnam

2015
Laura Davies
David Graham
Mark O'Meara
A.W. Tillinghast

2013
Fred Couples
Colin Montgomerie
Ken Schofield
Willie Park Jr.
Ken Venturi

2012
Peter Alliss
Dan Jenkins
Sandy Lyle
Phil Mickelson
Hollis Stacy

2011
George Herbert Walker Bush
Frank Chirkinian
Ernie Els
Doug Ford
Jock Hutchison
Jumbo Ozaki

2009
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christy O'Connor
Jose Maria Olazabal
Lanny Wadkins

2008
Bob Charles
Pete Dye
Carol Semple Thompson
Denny Shute
Herbert Warren Wind
Craig Wood

2007
Joe Carr
Hubert Green
Charles Blair Macdonald
Kel Nagle
Se Ri Pak
Curtis Strange

2006
Mark McCormack
Larry Nelson
Henry Picard
Vijay Singh (elected as part of 2005 class, but inducted in 2006)
Marilynn Smith

2005
Bernard Darwin
Alister MacKenzie
Ayako Okamoto
Willie Park Sr.
Karrie Webb

2004
Isao Aoki
Tom Kite
Charlie Sifford
Marlene Stewart Streit

2003
Leo Diegel Chako Higuchi
Nick Price
Annika Sorenstam

2002
Tommy Bolt
Ben Crenshaw
Marlene Bauer Hagge
Tony Jacklin
Bernhard Langer
Harvey Penick

2001
Judy Bell
Donna Caponi
Greg Norman
Allan Robertson
Karsten Solheim
Payne Stewart

2000
Deane Beman
Sir Michael Bonallack
Jack Burke, Jr.
Neil Coles
Beth Daniel
Juli Inkster
John Jacobs
Judy Rankin

1999
Amy Alcott Seve Ballesteros
Lloyd Mangrum

1998
Nick Faldo Johnny Miller

(Note: The following were grandfathered into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1998 via the former Hall of Fame in Pinehurst, N.C.)

1995
Betsy King

1994
Dinah Shore

1993
Patty Sheehan

1992
Harry Cooper
Hale Irwin
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Richard Tufts

1991
Pat Bradley

1990
William Campbell
Gene Littler
Paul Runyan
Horton Smith

1989
Jim Barnes
Roberto De Vicenzo
Ray Floyd

1988
Bob Harlow
Peter Thomson
Tom Watson

1987
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Nancy Lopez

1986
Cary Middlecoff

1983
Jimmy Demaret
Bob Hope

1982
Julius Boros
JoAnne Carner

1981
Ralph Guldahl
Lee Trevino

1980
Henry Cotton
Lawson Little

1979
Walter Travis

1978
Billy Casper
Bing Crosby
Harold Hilton
Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe
Clifford Roberts

1977
John Ball
Herb Graffis
Sandra Haynie
Bobby Locke
Carol Mann
Donald Ross

1976
Tommy Armour
James Braid
Tom Morris, Sr.
Jerry Travers

1975
Willie Anderson
Fred Corcoran
Joseph Dey
Chick Evans
Tom Morris, Jr.
J.H. Taylor
Glenna Collett Vare
Joyce Wethered
Kathy Whitworth

1974
Walter Hagen
Ben Hogan
Bobby Jones
Byron Nelson
Jack Nicklaus
Francis Ouimet
Arnold Palmer
Gary Player
Gene Sarazen
Sam Snead
Harry Vardon

(Note: The following were originally members of a separate LPGA Hall of Fame, were incorporated into the Pinehurst Hall, then grandfathered into the current World Golf Hall of Fame.)

1964
Mickey Wright

1960
Betsy Rawls

1951
Patty Berg
Betty Jameson
Louise Suggs
Babe Zaharias