Date: July 19, 2007
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Kan Nagle to become World Golf Hall of Fame inductee

Media Release: PGA Tour Australiasia Australian Kel Nagle will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on November 12 as part of the Class of 2007. Nagle was selected in the Veteran s Category, determined by the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors Selection Committee. “I am very pleased to be recognised and look forward to joining some of my old friends in the Hall of Fame, including Peter Thomson, Greg Norman, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson all with whom I&aposve played golf during my career,” said Nagle. Nagle and Ireland&aposs Joe Carr are the final two to be named as part the Class of 2007, which includes Hubert Green (Veteran&aposs Category), Charles Blair Macdonald (Lifetime Achievement), Se Ri Pak (LPGA Points System) and Curtis Strange (PGA TOUR Ballot). The 2007 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at the Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida. “Both Joe Carr and Kel Nagle are legends of golf and it is appropriate that they be honoured at the highest level,” said Peter Dawson, Chief Executive of The R&A and a member of the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors. “Joe remains Ireland&aposs most outstanding amateur golfer and Kel boasts a remarkable career in the game where he dominated his home tour and found success as he travelled to play around the world. It is a pleasure to make this announcement at The Open Championship. Kel will always be remembered for his victory in The Centenary Open in 1960.” Kel Nagle, who will join Greg Norman, Peter Thomson, Walter Travis and Karrie Webb as Australian Hall of Fame members, was born north of Sydney in 1920 and after years of traveling around the world to play golf, still calls that area home. Nagle is most well known for his 1960 Open Championship victory at St. Andrews, though his career includes 61 wins in Australasia, plus victories in Europe, Asia and North America. Together with fellow Hall of Fame member Thomson, he won the 1954 and 1959 World Cups. “Carr and Nagle are welcome additions to the Class of 2007, rounding out a range of individuals who have contributed to the sport and its history greatly,” said Jack Peter, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the World Golf Hall of Fame. “We look forward to honouring our first Irishman and yet another Aussie, both of whom hold terrific stories that will be told properly throughout the Hall of Fame for years to come.”