New York — Triumphant US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III and Welshman Ian Woosnam were among inductees for world golf’s Hall of Fame class of 2017. Also selected were former women’s world No 1 Lorena Ochoa, 18-times LPGA Tour winner Meg Mallon and English golf writer and commentator Henry Longhurst, who died in 1978. "These five inductees will bring the total of Hall of Fame members to 155," the organisation said. Love has recorded 22 PGA Tour victories including the 1997 PGA Championship and played in six Ryder Cups and six Presidents Cups. He also captained two Ryder Cup sides including the victorious team in Minnesota earlier in October. Woosnam, who topped the world rankings for 50 weeks during the early 1990s, won the 1991 Masters and represented Europe in eight consecutive Ryder Cups from 1983-97. Ochoa, whose 27 LPGA Tour victories include two Major championships, was ranked world No1 for 158 successive weeks. She is the first Mexican-born golfer to enter the Hall of Fame. M...
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