This is NOT a PROFESSIONAL HALL OF FAME. And the difference is Important. In most Professional Sports only a few 100, or possible 1,000's people play the game professionally.  And the time frame for playing the sports for the Professional Athletes is often 5 years or less. So it is logical that only 4 or 6 or maybe 10 a year can be considered for HOF induction each year.

But in Amateur Sports MILLIONS of people play. Millions and Millions at Tens of Thousands of Locations. The time frame for playing the Sport can be an Entire LIFETIME.  Millions of people, playing Golf for 50, 60, 70, even 80 years.  How can we put 6 people year in a True Amateur Hall of Fame, when 1,000's deserve the honor?

There are Thousands of Deserving Golfers who deserve Recognition for their Years of dedication and service to the Great Game of Golf.  Not just the Best Player in the South, but the best player for 40 years at the Club. Not just the National Champion, but the Club Champion for 10 years.  Not just the State Champion, but the man or woman who put on a Charity Tournament for the last 25 years and raised $100,000's of dollars for a local Charity. The teenager who set a Course Record at 14, the Senior golfer who taught 1,000's of young men and women to play the game. The list goes on and on of Outstanding Amateur Golfers who did something worthy or recognition in the Amateur Golf Hall of Fame.

We intend to recognize as many of the Outstanding Deserving Golfers as we can. That is Only going to be possible using the Power of the Internet and the Power of Networking by thousands of Golfers in America who nominate deserving Golfers for the Hall of Fame.

You can nominate people you Know from your Course, Club or City that you feel deserve to be considered for the Hall of Fame. We will "investigate" the nomination and our Board of Directors will make decisions for inclusion in the Hall of Fame after careful consideration of the nominee and their Value to the Great Game of Golf.  The Head Pro at each course will be contacted to verify the Nominee achievements. Deceased Nominees will be researched thru Newspapers and on line articles.

The US Amateur Golf Hall of Fame® will be the premier golf site on the Internet for recognizing the Outstanding contributions of thousands of Amateur Golfers across America. 

US Amateur Golf Hall of Fame Ballot

Current and former Amateur Golfers are eligible for this ballot if they meet the following requirements:

   No Minimum or maximum age
   Amateur  Golfer when accomplishing

Cumulative 50 points earned as follows:  All points apply to Men, Women, Boys, Girls, Seniors

   40 points – National Amateur Championships, PGA Wins as amateur

   25 points – State Amateur Championships, Champions Tour Wins

   20 points – City Amateur Championships

   10 points – Club Championship Wins (Jr, adult and senior), for Coaching and winning a National Collegiate Championship. Being a member of a National Collegiate Championship Team

   10 points – Golf Patents, Course Development, Course Design, Significant non golf scoring related achievements

  8 points – Individual Tournament Wins, Coaching a State Championship team (high school or College), or being a team member.

  5 points – Hole in One, Club scoring record,  for each 2 years of conducting a charity tournament

  5 points –  each 5 years of Coaching a golf team (high school, Jr. High, College, Individual competitive Club Team)

  5 points – for each 10 years of being an active golfer

 Lifetime Achievement category

There is also a "lifetime achievement" category through which anyone who has made a major contribution to the organization or promotion of the sport may be selected.  These members are chosen by the Hall of Fame's Board of Directors. Naturally they all played golf, in some cases with some competitive success, but it was not their play which won them a place in the Hall of Fame.