Golf News for Tuesday, July 31, 2007 | Awards

Kel Nagle and Joe Carr selected to enter World Golf Hall of Fame

Former British Open Champion Kel Nagle and three-time British Amateur champion Joe Carr have been selected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, completing the 2007 class of six inductees.

Nagle, an Australian who had 61 victories worldwide including an Open Championship at St. Andrews, was selected in the veteran's category. Nagle, 87, is the fifth Australian headed for the Hall of Fame.

Carr, who won the British Amateur three times, got into the hall via the lifetime achievement category. He won 37 titles in Ireland and played in the Walker Cup a record 10 times. Others to be inducted this fall are Curtis Strange, Hubert Green, Se Ri Pak and Charles Blair Macdonald.



 
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