The Kulman Adventures: The World Golf Village

Even if you are not a golfer the World Golf Village and the Golf Hall of Fame are worth you time.

This year there is a special exhibit of Bob Hope memoribilia. As I learned in my tour that even non-pro golfers can be inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame. Bob Hope is one of them.

As we were looking at the Bob Hope exhibit Lance noticed the signature of Don Bies and exclaimed he knew him. He was a Pacific Northwest golfer.

Bob Hope had golfed with 11 presidents. Whoa!!!

The second floor of the Golf Hall of Fame is absolutely filled with history, famous golfers and much, much more.

The first golf course was at St. Andrews Scotland. The first golf balls were filled with feathers, yes, feathers. The guide told us that a bucket full of feathers were used to fill a golf ball. The next golf ball was the Gutta Percha which was a more solid ball and, according to Lance, it changed golf forever. (Feather ball on left, Gutta Percha on the right)

Here some old club. The first clubs were wood.

These are a few of the tools used to make the first golf clubs.

If you have ever seen the movie about Bobby Jones you will know Bobby Jones is the only golfer that did the Grand Slam - He won the Masters, the US Open, the British Open and the PGA golf tournaments AND it did it as an amateur. No pro has ever done it.

One of the most interesting displays was a picture of Jack Nicklaus. At first I thought it was a big jigsaw puzzle but actually it was thousands of very small pictures. Unbelievable!

Here are a few of the pictures.

Another non-pro inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame was President Eisenhower. He was a great golfer and contributed to the game of golf.

This is his golf cart on display here.

Wherever someone is inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame their plaque is added the wall. There are three walls filled with this plaques.

This is the FedEx club. It is not won from a golf tournament. It is won by points. The golfer with the most points wins $10 million dollars. This has been going on for three years. Tiger Woods has won two of three cups. I asked Lance why there were no exhibits for Tiger. He said he was not old enough. Amazing.

Anika Sorestam is always our favorite. In September, 2007 Lance won her "Share the Passion" sweepstakes and got to go to her school for four days and even golfed with her. She is a down-to-earth lady and Lance had a great time. She has been inducted to the Golf Hall of Fame.

Anika is known as Ms.59 since she has shot 59 in a golf tournament. Wow! This is the official scorecard for that game.

You cannot go to the World Golf Village and not go to the Trophy Tower. It is on the fifth floor. When you step out of the elevator and look up you will see 162 (I think) crystals that simulate a golf swing. Very cool.

This is where all the trophies are kept. The one below is the President's Cup.

U. S. Open Cup