Canadian Golf Hall of Fame facts for kids
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| Location | Oakville, Ontario Canada |
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| Type | sports museum |
The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum is a special place that celebrates the history of golf in Canada. It also honors the amazing people who have made golf popular and successful in the country. Think of it as a museum and a hall of fame all in one! It's run by Golf Canada, which is the main group for golf in Canada. You can find it at the Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario.
The museum has many interesting things to see. It includes an exhibit area designed like a golf course with 18 different display spaces. There's also a special library filled with golf-related books and a collection of historical records.
The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame works with several other groups. These include the Canadian Museums Association and the Virtual Museum of Canada.
Who Gets Inducted?
People are chosen to join the Hall of Fame because of their big contributions to golf in Canada. They are put into three main groups:
- Professional Players: These are golfers who play the sport for a living.
- Amateur Players: These are golfers who play for fun and competition, not as a job.
- Builders: This group includes people who helped golf grow in many ways. They might be coaches, golf course designers, historians, or others who made a huge difference.
Famous Golfers and Contributors
Here are some of the people who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, listed in alphabetical order:
- R. Keith Alexander
- Stephen Ames
- Al Balding
- James A. Barclay
- Dave Barr
- David L. Black
- Kenneth Black
- Gayle Borthwick
- Jocelyne Bourassa
- Gordie Brydson
- Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe
- Donald Carrick
- Dawn Coe-Jones
- Graham Cooke
- Geoffrey Cornish
- Gary Cowan
- George Cumming
- Marion Doherty
- Judy (Darling) Evans
- Phil Farley
- Pat Fletcher
- Bruce Forbes
- Brent Franklin
- Gail Graham
- Richard Grimm
- Dan Halldorson
- Florence Harvey
- Mary Ann Hayward
- Wilf Homenuik
- Jules Huot
- Lorie Kane
- Karl Keffer
- Ben Kern
- George Knudson
- Willie Lamb
- Stan Leonard
- George Lyon
- A.V. "Mac" Macan
- Ada Mackenzie
- Henry Martell
- Fritz Martin
- Roderick Hugh McIsaac
- Jack McLaughlin
- Lisa Meldrum
- Gail Moore
- Alison Murdoch
- Albert Murray
- Charles Murray
- Jim Nelford
- Jack Nicklaus
- Moe Norman
- Herb Page
- Marilyn Palmer O'Connor
- Bob Panasik
- Claude Pattemore
- Sandra Post
- Ralph Reville
- Clinton Robinson
- Stephen Ross
- Doug Roxburgh
- Lorne Rubenstein
- Jim Rutledge
- Cathy Sherk
- Douglas Howard Silverberg
- C. Ross (Sandy) Somerville
- Rod Spittle
- Betty Stanhope-Cole
- John B. Steel
- Marlene Stewart Streit
- Alexa Stirling Fraser
- Violet Pooley Sweeny
- Warren Sye
- Gordon B. Taylor
- Stanley Thompson
- Mabel Gordon Thomson
- Margaret Todd
- Murray Carlyle Tucker
- Bob Vokey
- Lisa (Young) Walters
- Bob Weeks
- Mike Weir
- Robert Stanley Weir
- Nick Weslock
- Gordon Witteveen
- Robert Wylie
- Richard Zokol
