The LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Hall of Fame, established in 2000, is the highest honor given to teaching and club professional members for extraordinary membership service and leadership while contributing to the game of golf and the golf industry.

Current members of the LPGA T&CP Hall of Fame

History

October 2000

The inaugural class of six inductees was officially inducted into the LPGA T&CP Hall of Fame on Oct. 25, 2000, at the kickoff dinner for Celebrating Women in Golf: An LPGA 50 th Anniversary Event, which was held at the World Golf Village from Oct. 25-28, 2000, as part of the LPGA's 50th anniversary celebration.

July 2002

The 2001 class was officially inducted into the LPGA T&CP Hall of Fame on July 27, 2002, in a ceremony at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C., prior to the start of the 2002 GOLF FOR WOMEN Magazine LPGA T&CP Championship.

July 2006

The 2004 and 2006 inductees were honored at a Hall of Fame Induction Celebration on July 21, 2006, prior to the 2006 GOLF FOR WOMEN Magazine LPGA T&CP Championship at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C. 

September 2009

On Saturday, September 12, 2009, the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) membership gathered at Kingsmill Resort and Spa in Williamsburg, Virginia, to honor four women for their induction into the LPGA T&CP Hall of Fame.  Kerry Graham, director of golf at KRG Enterprises (Paradise Valley, Ariz.); Lorraine Klippel, owner/director of golf at Bumble Bee Hollow Golf, Inc. (Harrisburg, Pa.); Pat Lange, president/owner of Lange Golf, Inc. (Georgetown, Colo.) and Penny Zavichas, president/owner Craft-Zavichas Golf School, joined the elite circle of, now, 16 women who have earned induction into the LPGA T&CP Hall of Fame.  

Each woman was introduced by a close friend or colleague.  Whether serving as consultants, creating junior programs, constantly striving to improve the LPGA T&CP's National Education Program standards and content, working for equality and gender-specific teaching and equipment standards, owning their own businesses, taking regional and national leadership roles or building grassroots programs, the game of golf, arguably, would not be where it is today without these four inductees. 

In photo from L to R: Annette Thompson, 2006 inductee and tribute speaker for Pat Lange; Penny Zavichas; Pat Lange; LPGA Tour and LPGA T&CP co-founder and Hall of Fame member Shirley Spork; Lorraine Klippel; Kerry Graham; and 2004 inductee Ann Casey Johnstone

Criteria

The requirements for nomination are:

• A minimum of 500 LPGA/non-LPGA certification units;
• At least 45 years of age;
• Five letters of recommendation; and
• At least 350 award criteria points, broken down as follows—service/leadership, 100; LPGA awards, 15; industry contributions, 100; playing ability, six; and work-related activities, eight.

Committee