European Tour Members Sandy Lyle, Colin Montgomerie, Vijay Singh and Ian Woosnam are amongst a list of 33 golfers who have been nominated for entry into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Lyle became the first Briton to win the Masters Tournament at Augusta National in 1988, three years after his first Major Championship success in the Open Golf Championship at Royal St George’’s in 1985.
Montgomerie dominated European golf in the 1990s, winning the Order of Merit seven times in succession between 1993 and 1999, and his win in the Caltex Masters, presented by Carlsberg, Singapore 2004 was his 28th European Tour title. Later that year he also holed the winning putt in The 35th Ryder Cup Matches, protecting his impressive record of never having lost in seven Ryder Cup singles.
Singh had a truly sensational 2004, winning nine times in the United States, including the US PGA Championship for a second time, on his way to displacing Tiger Woods as Number One on the Official World Golf Ranking.
Woosnam twice topped the European Tour Order of Merit in both 1987 and 1990 before recording his greatest triumph in 1991 when he won the Masters Tournament at Augusta National.
A golfer must gain at least 65 per cent of the vote to gain entry to the World Golf Hall of Fame and this year’’s class will be inducted on November 14.
