Jack Nicklaus’ PGA Championship Trophy to be Added to Featured

St. Augustine, Fla. (August 5, 2008) – The World Golf Hall of Fame’s current special member exhibition, “Jack Nicklaus: Golf’s Golden Champion,” will be enhanced with a new group of items beginning the week of August 18. The addition will include Nicklaus’ 1980 PGA Championship trophy – representing his fifth and final PGA Championship – in addition to a variety of other items reflecting the golfer’s storied career.

Within the exhibit, visitors can view the MacGregor Tommy Armour irons Nicklaus used in his 1963 PGA Championship win as well as his winner’s plaque from the same year. Nicklaus won the PGA Championship a record-tying five times (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1980), matching a record previously set by Walter Hagen in the 1920s. Nicklaus also enjoyed 14 top-five finishes in PGA Championship competition, the most of any player.

As part of the newest collection of artifacts to be added to the exhibit, guests also can see the Ben Sayers putter Nicklaus used to win the 1959 and 1961 U.S. Amateur Championships, his 1961 U.S. Amateur Championship trophy and his Masters Tournament trophy representing his six Masters victories.

The full exhibition, which was created in collaboration with The Jack Nicklaus Museum at The Ohio State University, has been extended to be on display through December 2008.

“Visitors have only a few months left to take advantage of the tremendous number and breadth of items representing Jack Nicklaus’ life and career featured in the Hall of Fame,” said Jack Peter, Sr. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the World Golf Hall of Fame. “We encourage everyone to take the opportunity to see this extensive, truly unique presentation while it is still on display.”

“Jack Nicklaus: Golf’s Golden Champion” features a comprehensive look at the life and career of one of golf’s greatest champions through video presentations, stories and hundreds of artifacts. The experience begins with a simulation of the family’s drug store, the Nicklaus Drug Store & Soda Shop, located in Columbus, Ohio. This was created to give guests a sense of Nicklaus’ childhood and the many hours he spent with his father, Charlie, a popular pharmacist in the Columbus area, talking about golf and life at his dad’s stores. The exhibition goes on to cover Nicklaus’ amateur and professional careers, and includes such hobbies and business interests as his passion for fly-fishing and global golf course design work.

The World Golf Hall of Fame is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Admission is $19 for adults, with discounts for seniors, military, children and students, and includes a round on the Hall of Fame’s Putting Course and admission to one IMAX film. For more information about the Hall of Fame, call 904-940-4123 or visit www.wgv.com.