Golfers Singh, Nelson inducted into Hall of Fame

Both Vijay Singh of Fuji and Larry Nelson of the United States were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida on Monday.

The 43-year-old Singh, a three-time major champion, who ended Tiger Woods's five-year reign as world number one in September 2004, has won 29 titles on the PGA Tour since first playing the circuit in 1993.

His major victories came at the 1998 PGA Championship, the 2000 Masters and the 2004 PGA Championship.

Nelson, who won the 1983 U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in 1981 and 1987, was also elected on the PGA Tour ballot, securing 65 percent of the vote.

Singh and Nelson were inducted along with Marilynn Smith, one of 13 founders of the LPGA and a winner of 21 LPGA Tour titles, and Henry Picard and Mark McCormack.

American Picard, who died on April 30, 1997, was selected through the veteran's category and compatriot McCormack, who died on May 16, 2003 of a heart attack, the founder of golf's official world rankings, gained his Hall of Fame status through the lifetime achievement category.

Source: Xinhua