NEWS:NEW ZEALANDER Bob Charles, who became the first left-hander to win a major title, has been voted in to the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2008. Charles, whose election was announced yesterday, was chosen in the veterans' category by the World Golf Foundation (WGF) board of directors' selection committee.
The 72-year-old from Carterton will be inducted on November 10th at the World Golf Village in St Augustine, Florida, along with Americans Carol Semple Thompson, Pete Dye and posthumously Craig Wood, Denny Shute and Herbert Warren Wind.
"To be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame is a great honour for me," Charles said. "After 50 years of competitive golf around the world, I am proud to be joining my peers in recognition of my life in golf."
Charles, a winner of more than 60 titles worldwide in a glittering career, clinched his only major victory at the 1963 British Open where he beat American Phil Rodgers in a play-off.
Known as one of the game's best putters, he triumphed five times on the US PGA Tour.
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