{"id":786412,"date":"2026-09-29T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786412\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:00:11","slug":"world-golf-hall-of-fame-reveals-finalists-for-class-of-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786412\/","title":{"rendered":"World Golf Hall of Fame reveals finalists for Class of 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tWho\u2019s been shortlisted for a place in the World Golf Hall of Fame at next year\u2019s induction ceremony in St Andrews? <\/p>\n<p>The World Golf Hall of Fame has named the 14 finalists for its Class of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible golfers must be at least 45 years old during the year of the induction ceremony, or retired from the competitive game for at least three years.<\/p>\n<p>For this year\u2019s intake, the shortlist \u2013 which was whittled down from 162 nominations by the WGHOF committee \u2013 includes eight golfers still competing and three historic players.<\/p>\n<p>From the men\u2019s game, Jim Furyk, Corey Pavin, Justin Rose and Adam Scott made the cut, while Cristie Kerr, Liselotte Neumann, Inbee Park and Dottie Pepper are the women\u2019s finalists.<\/p>\n<p>The historic nominees are two-time Open champion Ted Ray, as well as Jay Sigel and Alexa Stirling, two of golf\u2019s most accomplished amateur players of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcaster Jim Nantz, coach Butch Harmon, and architect Harry Colt \u2013 all legends in their own right \u2013 make up the 14 for their contributions to the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe finalists for the Class of 2027 represent an extraordinary range of accomplishments and contributions to the game of golf,\u201d WGHOF director Mike Trostel said in a short statement announcing the finalists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis distinguished group deserves recognition for the lasting impact they made on the sport in their own way as competitors, teachers, architects, broadcasters and innovators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mcilroynantz.jpg\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy said PGA Tour players \" have=\"\" all=\"\" benefited=\"\" from=\"\" the=\"\" formation=\"\" of=\"\" liv=\"\" golf=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224268\"  \/>Legendary broadcaster Jim Nantz is among the 14 finalists for the World Golf Hall of Fame 2027. (Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>The selection committee, including the World Golf Hall of Fame Board of Directors \u2013 Brian Rolapp (PGA Tour), Mark Darbon (The R&amp;A), Mike Whan (USGA), Guy Kinnings (DP World Tour), Craig Kessler (LPGA), Terry Clark (PGA of America) and Will Jones (Masters Tournament) \u2013 will meet later this year to vote on who will be inducted. A finalist needs to receive 75 percent of the votes to be inducted, with the announcement following in December.<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 induction ceremony will take place on July 12, ahead of the 155th Open Championship at St Andrews, and will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The last such ceremony, in 2024, saw Padraig Harrington, Tom Weiskopf and seven LPGA Founders inducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s been shortlisted for a place in the World Golf Hall of Fame at next year\u2019s induction ceremony&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-786412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}