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World Golf Hall of Fame moves to Pinehurst
The main reason for the move is the drastic drop in visitors
The World Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, currently located in St. Augustine, Florida, will soon change location.After twenty-five years of history, filled with ceremonies, including admissions (76 new members) and exhibitions dedicated to the greatest players, artists and Presidents of the United States, the Hall of Fame is leaving for North Carolina.The casket of overseas golf memories will find a new location in the venue that the USGA will open in late spring next year at the Pinehurst Resort, the USGA Golf House Pinehurst.The main reason for the move is the drastic drop in visitors.
World Golf Hall of Fame, story
At its peak, 280,000 visitors a year flocked to the World Golf Village to visit the Hall of Fame and museum.In 2020, attendance reached an absolute minimum, with only 40,000 enthusiasts visiting the facilities.In 2021 and 2022 the number of visitors rose again, reaching around 60,000 per year.The revenues deriving from these numbers are not sufficient to support management costs.Hence the decision to move everything to Pinehurst.The news took fans by surprise, especially those who currently reside in areas of the United States not far (according to US canons, NDR) from the Hall of Fame.The journey of more than 400 miles will make everything available to a new audience of visitors.The reactions of the local authorities (the World Golf Village is located in St.John’s County, NDR) oscillate between sadness and the vision of new opportunities for the area that will become free.The structure will close within a week, but the management wanted to give the enthusiasts a gift.From August 28th to September 1st it will be possible to access both the museum and the cinema (with I-Max technology) for free, which are located inside the World Golf Village.Once the transfer has taken place, a trace of the Hall of Fame’s presence in St.
Augustine will remain.On the second floor of what is now the museum, there is a rotunda which houses the bronze plaques with the names of all the members of the Hall of Fame.Those plates won’t move from there.Not even the one with the name of Phil Mickelson, of which someone is requesting the removal and annexed exclusion of the Californian left-handed from the Hall of Fame.But that’s another story.
