Golf World Monday - November 19, 2012

scotsman willie park Jr. was his father’s son. willie sr. won british opens on four occasions; son won claret jugs in 1887 and 1889. dad was a successful clubmaker; Junior held patents on several cutting-edge clubs and helped make the family business one of the most successful in the game circa 1900. senior designed dozens of courses in great britain and ireland; park fils did likewise, his portfolio numbering more than 200 designs or modifications, including venues such as Huntercombe, maidstone, olympia fields, royal Quebec and sunningdale (old). and now there’s another similarity: willie Jr. will join his dad as a member of the world golf Hall of fame in st. augustine, fla. He was selected through the veterans category last week and will be inducted along with Ken venturi and fred couples next may, eight years after his dad gained the hall. the parks of musselburgh aren’t the first father-son team in the wgHof (the tom morrises beat them to that), but they are an impressive one nevertheless. —Tim Murphy (TimMurphyGW) 09a;chip;off;the;old;block