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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Retief Goosen, Billy Payne, Jan Stephenson, Dennis Walters and the late Peggy Kirk Bell will officially join the ranks of the World Golf Hall of Fame as the Class of 2019.   These five new members will be enshrined at the World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Monday, June 10, 2019 in Pebble Beach the week of the men’s U.S. Open Championship. The ceremony will take place at the Sunset Center in Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA.   Following is a brief bio on each new inductee: Peggy Kirk Bell, United States Lifetime Achievement Category Margaret Anne “Peggy� Kirk Bell took up the game as a teenager, making a name for herself as an amateur star. She went on to become a charter member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950 after winning the 1949 Titleholders Championship and participating on the winning 1950 Curtis Cup team. She received the PGA of America’s First Lady of Golf Award in 2007 and was an avid supporter of the game as a top 100 golf instructor, becoming the first woman selected into Golf Magazine’s World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame. Retief Goosen, South Africa Male Competitor Category Known affectionately as “The Goose,� Retief Goosen sat within the Official World Golf Ranking’s top 10 for more than 250 weeks from 2001 through 2007. His 33 worldwide wins include two U.S. Open Championships in 2001 – the same year he was named European Tour Player of the Year – and 2004. Goosen led the European Tour Order of Merit in 2001 and 2002. He also played in six consecutive Presidents Cups from 2000 to 2011 as part of the International Team. Billy Payne, United States Lifetime Achievement Category During his 11 years as Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club from 2006 to 2017, William Porter “Billy� Payne oversaw a number of significant achievements including the introduction of female members into the club’s membership. He originated the Drive, Chip & Putt National Championship with the USGA and PGA of America and established the Asia-Pacific Amateur and Latin America Amateur tournaments, each offering guaranteed Masters’ spots to the winners. Named the GWAA’s William D. Richardson Award recipient, Payne also received the Olympic Order after serving as president and CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games from 1992 to ‘96. Continuing his legacy and involvement with the Olympics, Payne was a key figure in the successful return of golf to the 2016 Games. Jan Stephenson, Australia Female Competitor Category In her first season on the LPGA Tour in 1974, Jan Stephenson was named LPGA’s Rookie of the Year. She went on to lead an impressive career with 20 professional victories, including 16 on the LPGA Tour. She is a three-time Major Champion with wins at the 1981 du Maurier, 1982 LPGA Championship and the 1983 U.S. Women’s Open. Her impact on the game extends outside of her play as one of the founders of the Women’s Senior Golf Tour. She is involved with golf course design and has made many charitable contributions including being an honorary chair of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Stephenson was also honored with the Order of Australia Medal in 2018 for her contributions to the game of golf. Dennis Walters, United States Lifetime Achievement Category Dennis Walters is an elite golfer who was paralyzed from the waist-down at the age of 24 following a golf cart accident. He has since dedicated his career to sharing life lessons and inspiring fans and disabled golfers of all ages through golf clinics and special performances at more than 3,000 worldwide appearances. Former spokesperson and national ambassador for The First Tee, his message is to always continue hoping and dreaming. He is one of only 11 honorary lifetime members of the PGA of America. Walters was also honored with the 1978 Ben Hogan Award and was a 2018 recipient of the USGA’s Bob Jones Award. These five Inductees will bring the total number of World Golf Hall of Fame Members to 160.   “The 2019 Induction Class is one of the most well-rounded groups we’ve had to date,� said Jack Peter, President of the World Golf Hall of Fame. “It is our honor and privilege to welcome Peggy Kirk Bell, Retief Goosen, Billy Payne, Jan Stephenson and Dennis Walters to the World Golf Hall of Fame family. We are excited to begin working with them as we gear up for the Induction Ceremony in Pebble Beach this June.�   The Class of 2019 was elected by the Hall of Fame’s Selection Commission, which debated a group of 15 finalists. The Inductees each passed the required 75 percent voting threshold – approval by at least 12 of the 16 members.   The Selection Commission was Co-Chaired by Hall of Fame Members Nancy Lopez, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Annika Sorenstam and included the members of the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors and a mix of institutional and at-large seats.   The finalists were vetted by the Hall of Fame’s Selection Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee vetted every candidate that met the qualifications of the Hall of Fame’s four Induction categories.   Click here to download press kit materials for the Class of 2019. For more information on the Induction Ceremony process, visit www.worldgolfhalloffame.org.

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DALLAS – It was mid-February and T.J. Vogel was about to reach his breaking point. Money was so tight that he had stopped looking at his bank account. He didn’t want to know how little he had left. The previous summer, Vogel had made the cut in all 12 of his starts on PGA TOUR Canada-Mackenzie Tour, but the $42,373 in Canadian currency (approximately $33,000 U.S.) was now drying up. In the fall, he Monday qualified for The RSM Classic, making a birdie on his last hole to avoid a risky playoff. But did not make the cut, so no paycheck. With just conditional status on the Web.com Tour, he had made the go-or-be-broke decision to chase his PGA TOUR dream as a Monday qualifier. Now the dream was on life support. “I didn’t know how much longer I would’ve been able to play,â€� Vogel said. “I’m spending money but no money’s coming in. It gets real low. What am I going to do? How am I going to survive?â€� The next week, he Monday qualified for The Honda Classic as the medalist, shooting a 64. Again, he didn’t make the cut. But the confidence booster he received by playing his way into the field was worth something. He could build on that. Two weeks later, he was again the Monday qualifier medalist, shooting a 63 to make the field at the Valspar Championship. This time, he made the cut by two strokes, followed by a pair of 2-under 69s on the weekend to finish tied for 16th. Money earned: $77,295.84. Finally, he could look at his bank account again. “That’s freed me up to know that I’m going to have a few more months of going for it,â€� said the 27-year-old Vogel, who grew up in Florida but now lives in Los Angeles. “Last place on the PGA TOUR if you make the cut is like $13,000 or $14,000. That could fund me for four months. That top 20 at Valspar funds me for a year.â€� Money in the bank hasn’t changed his status, though. Monday qualifying remains his avenue into TOUR events — and now he’s building a reputation as a Monday king. He qualified at the Wells Fargo Championship, making a late eagle to secure his status, and then made the cut by a stroke. His T-59 finish was worth $16,863. And this Monday, he shot a 6-under 66 to Monday qualify for the AT&T Byron Nelson. That’s five successful times he’s Monday qualified, by far the most of any player. One more and he ties the 2012 mark of Patrick Reed, who Monday qualified six times that season and earned the reputation as Mr. Monday. Six years later, Reed earned another title: Masters champ. “It’s very cool to be able to qualify for an event and be able to play at this level,â€� said Vogel, who has one Masters appearance himself – in 2013 by virtue of winning the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. “What he did was pretty amazing. Obviously that’s something that I’m striving for. My No. 1 goal is to try to get into the Web Finals through FedExCup and play for my card that way.â€� As a non-member, Vogel is not officially listed in the points standings, but if he earns enough points to place him between the 126 and 200 margin in FedExCup points, he would get a spot in the Web.com Tour finals. A year ago, the 200th player had 82 points; Vogel currently has 47. Asked why he didn’t try to play his way in via Web.com qualifiers, Vogel offered a unique perspective. “It might even be easier to qualify for this [PGA] TOUR simply because the courses that the PGA TOUR sets the qualifiers up, they’re more difficult and sometimes they’re not a full-field – whereas the Web, since there’s no pre-qualifier, you have two full fields for six spots each and the courses aren’t as tough. “So I feel like if you take a lot of the numbers, a lot of the Web qualifiers, you have to shoot 8 under. That was a playoff last week in Knoxville, whereas I shot 6 [under] this week and I’m in, no playoff. “I see that happening a lot, so I’m like, why wouldn’t I just try to go for the PGA ones where you can be rewarded for shooting a 5 or 6 or 7 [under] and get in? Just made more sense.â€� Yet, that also puts Vogel in a do-or-die scenario each time he tries to Monday qualify against stronger golfers. Playing with his back against the wall, he said, is actually a good thing. It motivates him, keeps him aggressive. Keeps him hungry. Plus, the more times he does it, the more his confidence is raised – and the more opportunities he can get to have a Valspar-kind of week. “I’m more motivated because I got a taste of this,â€� he said. “This is everybody’s dream to play this TOUR. Got a taste and it’s super-motivating. I want to keep playing and it’s what I’ve dreamed my whole life. “I’m not here yet; I’ve got to earn it. But it’s nice to have these experiences to get even better.â€� He remains humbled, though – and frugal. This week, he’s staying with a friend, so no money spent on hotel rooms. He splits rental car costs with other players (until he makes the field; then he gets a courtesy car). He takes the cheapest flights he can find. “I’m still Pricelining stuff,â€� Vogel said. “Until you get out here [as a PGA TOUR member], you can’t really afford to be living big. I don’t have that luxury – yet.â€� But he has the dream. And now he has the magic touch, at least on Mondays. How far will it take him? Well, there are no other options right now. “To be honest, I didn’t really set up my life in a way, where, what else am I going to do?â€� he said. “This is something I want to do my whole life. It’s more of me now seeing that I belong out here.â€� If Mondays are any indication, there are no doubts. The other days of the week are starting to look pretty good, too.

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