Marion! World Golf Hall Of Fame Adds The Golf Great And Visionary
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Marion Hollins was announced as a new member of the World Golf Hall of Fame’s 2021 class. While her playing record was nice, Hollins was the kind of early pioneer for American golf that HOF requirements can often overlook. Yet now here she is, in and thanks in large part to the efforts of Pasatiempo historian Bob Beck and many others, finally getting deserved recognition.
If you missed it last year, David Owen filed this item for the New Yorker considering Hollins’ influence on Bobby Jones and the creation of Augusta National.
Beth Ann Nichols puts Hollins in the top 5 all-time influential women in golf. Works for me.
As GolfChannel.com’s Randall Mell writes, she is finally forgotten no more.
She’s being remembered in a big way with Friday’s news that she will join Tiger Woods as the second inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame’s class of 2021. Hollins, who died in 1944, at the age of 51, was selected through the contributor category as a “visionary golf course architect” and pioneer of the game. More inductees will be joining Woods and Hollins over the next week or so.
“When you start reading about Marion Hollins, you realize what a trailblazer she was,” said Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam, one of the co-chairs of the selection committee. “In her era, she didn’t have many resources with the status of women in sports and golf. To be that kind of trailblazer with that kind of enthusiasm and energy and get into course development and design is very inspirational.”
A nice set of photos of Marion:
Here is our Golf Channel feature on three women who made an impact on Bobby Jones, featuring Hollins five minutes into the piece:
