Induction Dinner
The inauguration of the Southern Africa Golf Hall of Fame will take place on 23 December 2009, with many of the invited players in attendance.
This will be an annual event where nominees will be formally recognized and entered into the Southern African Golf Hall of Fame at a Gala Dinner Event.
As a starting point it is suggested that the first class comprises 23 individuals. Thereafter only a maximum of 5 -7 inductees per year.
The ceremony will be televised and inductees will receive a special hand-crafted awards.
The dinner will be a swish up-market ticket-only celebrity affair with sumptuous food, excellent entertainment, and humorous speeches. The emphasis would be on entertainment.
This dinner is preceded by the opening of the Museum and the annual Celebrity Charity Invitational Golf tournament, where the participants will include those Hall of Famers still alive and playing, whilst invitees of Hall of Famers from other sport or even from elsewhere in the world may be considered plus celebrities, together with high paying public benefactors.
The preliminary list of candidates being considered for induction includes
Deceased
Amateurs - Men
- Douglas Proudfoot
- JAW (Jimmy) Prentice
- H Gordon Stewart
- WCE (Bill) Stent
- Bernard Wynne
- Clarence Olander
- HEP (Jack) Watermeyer
- Reg Taylor
- Jannie le Roux
- Jimmy Boyd
- Ronnie Glennie
- Mickey Janks
- Armour Matthews
- David Symons
- Ken Treloar (Zambia)
- Ruby Bright (nee Armstrong)
- Maud Gibb (nee Titterton)
- Mrs AF Vernon
- Jackie Mercer (nee Smith)
- Angela Hockey (nee Burwell)
- Lieut.Gen. Sir Henry Torrens
- AB Godbold (SAGU)
- CWM Kingsley (SAGU & WPGU)
- Frank Agg (SAGU & Natal)
- Basil Keartland (SAGU & Transvaal)
- Percy Barker (SAGU & Transvaal)
- J Leith (SAGU & OFS)
- Conyers Kirby (SAGU)
- Dr. CM Murray (Course design & greens)
- Mrs M Leeds (SALGU)
- Frank Thomas
- AD (Bobby) Locke
- Laurie Waters
- George Fotheringham
- Sid Brews
- Jock Brews
- Charles McIlvenny
- Robert Grimsdell
- "Papwa" Sewgolum
- Otway Hayes
- Harold Henning
- Walter Day
- Ismael Chowglay
- Jackie Mercer
Amateurs - Men
- David Suddards
- Jill Tebbut (nee Whitfield)
- Wendy Warrington
- Rita Easton (nee Levetan)
- Gary Player
- Nicky Price
- Ernie Els
- Mark McNulty
- Retief Goosen
- David Frost
- John Bland
- Hugh Baiocchi
- Cobie le Grange
- Vincent Tshabalala
- Bobby Cole
- Dale Hayes
- Dennis Watson (Zimbabwe)
- Alan Henning
- Denis Hutchinson (Zimbabwe)
- Simon Hobday (Zambia)
- Fulton Allem
- Sally Little
- Alison Sheard
- Jeanette Bird
- Brian Henning (US Champions Tour)
- Theo Manyama
- David Leadbetter (Zimbabwe) - coaching
- Phil Ritson - playing / coaching
- Peter Matkovich
- Bob Grimsdell
The induction Committee consists Dale Hayes, Denis Hutchinson, Dennis Bruyns, Rita Levetan-Easton, Theo Manyama, Harry Brews and Dorian Wharton-Hood, under the chairmanship of Peter Sauerman. The SAGA, WGSA, PGA, and the PGA Sunshine Tour will also make nominations, whilst Compleat Golfer will call for nominations from the public.
Induction Criteria
Initial induction criteria for those born or who represented Southern Africa in terms of influencing Southern African and / or World golf:
- Professional Golfers:
- Minimum 40 years of age
- PGA & LPGA Tour member for 10 years
- 10 USPGA tour wins or 1 major / Players Championship / Vare Trophy win
- Champion Tour member for 5 years
- 20 wins between PGA/LPGA - Championship Tour - Australasian/Asian/Sunshine Tour, or a major win
- Player of the Year on the PGA, LPGA, or Champion Tour
- Lifetime Achievement
- Honour those persons whose primary contribution have come from outside the competition arena
- Veteran's
- Honour professionals or amateur players whose career concluded at least 30 years ago.
- Other
- Lifetime Achievement
- Teaching ability and results (professionals only)
- Administration and / or working within the game
- Promotion and staging
- Media
- Political & Other Dispensation
- Given the unique nature of Southern Africa's sporting and social history, candidates who were denied the opportunity to each their full potential at national and/or international level will also be considered for nomination
- Eligible candidate who due to their death do not reach the age of 40 will be eligible for induction in the year following their death
- Exclusions
- Any persons as specified in (a) - (e) above, who in the view of the Trustees and Eminent Selection panel has brought the game of Golf into disrepute shall not be eligible as a candidate
- Any inductee, who in the view of the Trustees and Eminent Selection panel has brought the game of Golf into disrepute, may be expelled
