watching the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies last night, I began thinking of what current players will be go into Hall of Fame:
Tiger, Lefty, Ernie, Paddy are all on the fast track to the Hall of Fame. Ochoa has also qualified but she has to wait a few more years. Laura Davies is almost there, but her time has probably passed to be automatically qualified. She will get in on the veterans or foreign ballot some day.
Besides Ochoa, I don't think there is a golfer (male or female) younger than Tiger that is on the fast track to the WGHoF.
Men:
Ogilvy? of golfers younger than tiger, I think he is the current leader.
Sergio, Henrik? no chance at this time, they have to kick into a higher gear best Euro chance of the established stars.
ditto for Casey, Donald, Poulter, Mahan, OHair, Z. Johnson. On their ways to David Toms type careers.
this leaves Ryo and Rory; obviously they are still very young and their careers are just starting, but of any male golfer younger than Tiger, I think these two have the best chance of getting to the Hall of Fame.
how about the Ladies:
Creamer? IMO on her way to a borderline WGHoF career. Think Meg Mallon, Dottie Pepper
Pettersen? she might get very close if she can get mentally tougher.
Kerr? basically another Mallon/Pepper career
Stanford? She is going to have to kick it to be even considered. And quickly.
JiYai Shin? Mentally tough, she has got a great start with two multi win seasons (plus a major). She might very well qualify within a few years. right now, she is the leading contender.
Yani Tseng? She has the talent, but does she have the ambition? IMO, the jury is still out.
In an effort to a hopeless attempt preempt any snarky comments I'll mentioned Michelle Wie.
At this time, I think she has no chance at the hall of Fame. I do think she has the talent, (obviously she has ***not*** demonstrated it). But she has to start winning and start winning frequently.
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