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MARION HOLLINS SHAPED THE FUTURE OF GOLF
Bobby Jones, Marion Hollins and Peter Hay Photos By JULIAN P. GRAHAM/ LOON HILL STUDIOS
E
ven though Marion Hollins was finally elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame last year, she remains one of the most unappreciated people in the history of the game. That might be because Hollins died in 1944 at the age of 51 in Pacific Grove due to cancer and complications from a stroke. Reading Hollins’ resume up until then, you have to wonder what she might have accomplished had she lived to an old age. “Marion Hollins is most deserving of this honor,” said Greg McLaughlin, CEO of the World Golf Foundation, when she was elected to the Hall of Fame. “She was a principal force of the game, the visionary of some of today’s greatest courses, and I am grateful that her contributions will be celebrated as part of the 2021 Class and thereafter in the World Golf Hall of Fame.”
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California Golf + Travel
