Padraig Harrington, Tom Weiskopf To Be Inducted Into World Golf Hall of Fame

The induction ceremony will be held in Pinehurst as the 2024 U.S. Open returns to the famed venue.

The World Golf Hall of Fame has revealed its 2024 inductees, with Padraig Harrington, Tom Weiskopf and the seven remaining LPGA co-founders headlining the announcement. 

The newest class of Hall of Famers will be inducted in June at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C., when the U.S. Open returns to the famed USGA venue. 

Harrington is a three-time major champion and has 36 worldwide wins throughout his career, including three on the PGA Tour and 11 on the DP World Tour. Harrington’s back-to-back British Open victories in 2007 and 2008 made him the first golfer to defend his title at the Open in 25 years. After his playoff victory over Sergio Garcia at Carnoustie in 2007, Harrington also became the first Irishman to win the Open since Fred Daly in 1947. 

“I assume [the Hall of Fame induction] is based on wins,” Harrington said to Golf Channel on Wednesday. “But I’d like to think that [it’s also] my love of the game, my respect of the game, and everything that I love about golf.”

Weiskopf—a 16-time PGA Tour winner—will join Harrington as another 2024 inductee. Weiskopf was not only known for his incredible playing career, which included a win at the 1973 Open at Royal Troon, but his extensive golf course design and broadcast work. At 79 years old, Weiskopf passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Harrington and Weiskopf will also be nominated alongside Johnny Farrell, Sandra Palmer, Beverly Hanson, and seven of the 13 LPGA co-founders: Alice Bauer, Bettye Danoff, Helen Detweiler, Helen Hicks, Opal Hill, Shirley Spork, and Sally Sessions. The six other co-founders have already been inducted into the Hall of Fame.