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O'Connor, Eisenhower also inducted

Associated Press

Monday, November 2, 2009

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Lanny Wadkins, Jose Maria Olazabal and Christy O'Connor Sr. were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night, a reward for hundreds of international victories and stellar performances under intense pressure in the Ryder Cup. Joining them posthumously was President Dwight Eisenhower, whose love of golf has been credited for a surge in interest in the game while he was in office from 1952-60. The number of people who took up golf in those years more than doubl ...

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