Golf Industry Central Autumn 2011 | Page 8

Industry News Player Inducted To Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame Legendary golfer Gary Player will add yet another distinguished honour to his list of international achievements. The latest will be the South African’s induction to the Asia Pacific Hall Of Fame administered by the Asia Pacific Golf Group (APGG). both timely and appropriate for us to honour the great man.” Player will be officially inducted to the Asia Pacific Hall of Fame during the staging of the 2011 Asia Pacific Golf Summit which will be held at the beach resort city of Pattaya in Thailand. The Asia Pacific Hall of Fame was launched in 2010 at the Asia Pacific Golf Summit. The first batch of recipients for this award included Jack Nicklaus and Boonchu Ruangkit from Thailand and Lu Liang-Huan from Taiwan. In announcing the induction, Mike Sebastian, APGG’s chief executive officer said, “The institution of the Asia Pacific Hall of Fame is proud to welcome Gary Player to this exclusi ٔ