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Golf Hall of Fame to move back to Pinehurst at new site

By DOUG FERGUSON Golf Village was slow. At-
AP Golf Writer tendance was more than
The World Golf Hall of Fame 250,000 a year at its peak
is leaving Florida and re- and last year dropped to
turning to North Carolina, about 60,000.
where it will be part of the The World Golf Founda-
USGA’s campus at Pinehu- tion’s 25-year lease expires
rst and stage two induction at the end of next year.
ceremonies during the U.S. Monahan had been look-
Open weeks in 2024 and ing at ways to preserve
2029. golf’s rich history even with-
The move will involve relo- out the physical structure in
cating some of the artifacts St. Augustine, and the part-
that have been on display nership with the USGA pro-
at the World Golf Hall of vides a clear path.
Fame in St. Augustine, Flori- The USGA will be respon-
da, which opened in 1998. sible for the day-to-day
The visitor experience also operations. The World Golf
will include the USGA mu- Foundation will continue
seum and its vast library. to oversee the selection
The USGA, which has its LPGA Tour Commissioner Carolyn Bivens, left, and Hall of Fame golfer Nancy Lopez embrace process and induction cer-
main headquarters in Far during Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla., emony.
Hills, New Jersey, began Monday, Nov. 12, 2007. Along with artifacts from
last month to build a “Golf Associated Press the World Golf Hall of Fame
House Pinehurst” with golf Tiger Woods was part of the “There’s no better connec- that would be in line with — such as Johnny Miller’s
equipment testing as the last induction class in March tion to golf’s past, present Cooperstown (baseball) clubs from his 63 at Oak-
centerpiece. at PGA Tour headquar- and future than Pinehu- and Canton (pro football), mont in the 1973 U.S. Open
Jay Monahan, the PGA ters in Ponte Vedra Beach, rst, and no organization in part because its roots in- and the wedge Seve Ball-
Tour commissioner who Florida. In recent years, in- that works harder than the volve more than one orga- esteros used to win his first
chairs the World Golf Foun- duction ceremonies were USGA to preserve the histo- nization. British Open — the shrine
dation, said Wednesday’s links to big events — St. An- ry of this great game,” said The Hall of Fame opened will include the compre-
announcement would “ce- drews during the 2015 Brit- Mike Whan, CEO of the in 1974 in Pinehurst was pri- hensive collection from the
ment the long-term rele- ish Open, Liberty National USGA. “It just makes sense. vately operated. The PGA USGA Golf Museum and Li-
vance and viability” of the during the 2017 Presidents And together with the Hall of America took over man- brary.
Hall of Fame and expand Cup, Pebble Beach in 2019 of Fame, we’re more com- agement in 1983 and ac- Miller and Nick Faldo were
on the partnership with the during the U.S. Open. mitted than ever to deliver- quired it three years later, the first players to be in-
USGA. It was not immediately de- ing experiences that build merging its Hall of Fame ducted in the Florida facil-
“Both organizations are cided if there would be even deeper connections that dated to 1940. The ity in 1998.
committed to prioritizing other induction ceremo- between golf fans and World Golf Hall of Fame The last induction ceremo-
the preservation of golf his- nies between the 2024 U.S. those that have truly led the brought a global aspect ny at the World Golf Village
tory, which will serve fans Open and the 2029 U.S. way in this great game.” to golf, including the LPGA was in 2013, a class that in-
well in the years to come,” Open and U.S. Women’s Golf long has struggled to Tour. cluded Fred Couples and
Monahan said. Open in Pinehurst. put together a Hall of Fame But traffic to the World Colin Montgomerie.q

Pogacar wins Stage 17, Vingegaard

moves closer to Tour title

PEYRAGUDES, France (AP) it was time for a final show- we can try again.” Since his
— Tadej Pogacar claimed down in high altitude. In bad day in the Alps when
a third stage win as he the steep ramp leading to he relinquished the yellow
sprinted away from Jonas the finish, Pogacar acceler- jersey to Vingegaard, Po-
Vingegaard in the punish- ated with about 300 meters gacar has been on the at-
ing last climb of a gruel- left. Vingegaard countered tack but has not managed
ing trek in the Pyrenees on with ease but the two-time to make up the time he lost
Wednesday but failed to defending champion had to his rival.
take significant time out of the final say with a final The UAE-Emirates team has
the Tour de France leader. kick that helped him surge also been forced to cope
As so often in this year’s ahead and cross first, with with many withdrawals in
race, the pair were in a Vingegaard on his wheel. his team. On Wednesday, Stage winner Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young
rider’s white jersey, celebrates as he crosses the finish line
class of their own and were With just one big mountain Rafal Majka pulled out of ahead of Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall
left fighting each other in stage left and an individual the race just before the leader’s yellow jersey, during the seventeenth stage of the
the brutal final kilometer up time trial before the race stage start because of a Tour de France cycling race over 130 kilometers (80.8 miles)
to Peyragudes airstrip. reaches Paris on Sunday, thigh injury. Pogacar had with start in Saint-Gaudens and finish in Peyragudes, France,
Once Pogacar’s team- Vingegaard looks set for his already seen his support Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
mate Brandon McNulty first Tour de France win. unit reduced to four riders Associated Press
— who paced his leader But Pogacar still believes. following the earlier with- today with only four rid- have done. Without Rafal,
throughout the day through “I’m optimistic that I can still drawals of George Ben- ers, just to take the stage George, Vegard and Soler,
punishing ascents with an win the Tour,” the 23-year- nett, Vegard Stake Laen- win is already incredible,” we couldn’t try more. We’ll
impressive effort of pure old Slovenian said. “Tomor- gen and Marc Soler. Pogacar said. “We can see tomorrow if there is an-
dedication — got dropped, row is a harder stage, so “The way the team rode all be proud of what we other chance.”q