Walter Travis World Golf Hall of Fame: Year Inducted: 1979

Walter Travis did not take up golf until age 35. There has not been a golfer who played so well after starting so late in life as Walter J. Travis. Here was a man who didn't hit his first golf ball until he was 35, yet one month later he won his first tournament and two years later he rea... read more >>

Ben Crenshaw - World Golf Hall of Fame, Year Inducted:  2002

Ben Crenshaw won in his first start as a PGA TOUR member at the 1973 Texas Open. Perhaps no player better characterizes the words of golfer Willie Park that "a man who can putt is a match for anyone" than Ben Crenshaw. It was a line impressed in his mind at an early age by Harvey Pen... read more >>

Harold Hilton - World Golf Hall of Fame: Year Inducted: 1978           

Harold Hilton was the first player to win the U.S. Amateur and Amateur Championship in the same year (1911). Harold Hilton's place in golf history was literally etched in stone at Apawamis Country Club in Rye, N.Y. Playing the ... read more >>