World Golf Hall of Fame Inductees Have Ohio Ties Tom Weiskopf To Be Inducted Into the World Golf Hall of Fame By Fred Altvater Ohio native Tom Weiskopf will be inducted posthumously into the World Golf Hall of Fame in a ceremony that will be held in Pinehurst, Monday, June 10, 2024. Also being inducted will be the 13 founding members of the LPGA, plus Sandra Palmer, Padraig Harrington, Johnny Farrell and Beverly Hanson. Weiskopf grew up in Massillon, Ohio and was a freshman at Ohio State when Jack Nicklaus was in his last year with the Buckeyes. It seemed Weiskopf was always in the shadow of the Golden Bear. ‘Tom Terrific’ possessed one of the purest golf games in the history of golf. He won 16 PGA Tour titles including the 1975 OPEN Championship held at Troon. He was born November 9, 1942, and as an amateur won the Public Links Championship, plus the Western Amateur. He achieved All-American Honors in 1962, his lone season with the Buckeyes and was inducted into the Ohio State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1985. After turning professional in 1964, he won the 1965 Ohio Open and was enshrined into the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Always in the shadow of Jack Nicklaus, his contemporary in amateur golf, as well as on the PGA Tour, Weiskopf was a curious study throughout his professional career. He could be moody and quiet, but as a golf announcer, his insight and intelligence was clearly evident. He competed with Jack Nicklaus his entire golfing career and sometimes it seemed like being in the Golden Bear’s shadow was a bit too much to bear. He was famous for saying of Nicklaus, “Jack knew he was going to beat you. You knew Jack was going to beat you. And Jack knew you knew, he was going to beat you.”
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