Delayed ceremony honoring Tiger Woods

“In the face of the epidemic’s complexities, we decided to postpone Woods honoring. That enabled us to organize the event to deserve this important person,” said Greg McLaughlin – CEO of WGF – explanation in the week’s announcement.

Under the new plan, the ceremony to receive Woods at the Temple of World Golf Fame will take place on March 9, 2022, and during the week of TheP layers Championship – the main event of the PGA Tour at the golf complex and headquarters TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

In early 2020, the WGF adjusted the valid age in the Temple of Fame membership application from 50 to 45. In March, Woods, who turns 45 on December 30, was voted to the Temple of Fame. 2021, alongside famous golf figures such as Susie Maxwell Berning, Tim Finchem and Marion Hollins. With this result, the number of Danh Danh Temple members reached a total of 164 people. After announcing the list, WGF has not determined a time or place of honor. Sheet Golfweek The ceremony will take place on March 8, 2021, the beginning of The Players Championship week and will attract a large audience.

Recently, the Florida government has allowed events to be held but limited the number of participants. But according to analysis of GolfweekAs epidemics are complicated and large-scale events are being paralyzed super contagious, it makes sense to postpone the ceremony to honor Woods.

Since 2015, the membership voting sessions of Den Danh Temple have been held every two years. The voting panel consists of 20 members, including the media and co-chaired by Beth Daniel, Nick Price, Annika Sorenstam and Curtis Strange – members of the WGHF’s ​​time.

Woods owns 15 major, with legendary Sam Snead sharing the record 82 PGA Tour titles. He has been number one in the world for the longest time with a total of 683 weeks, double Greg Norman’s second in time to hold the position.

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