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From PGATOUR.com

Charles Blair Macdonald, instrumental in the founding of the United States Golf Association and credited with building the first 18-hole golf course in the United States, will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Nov. 12 as part of the 2007 Class of Inductees.

"Charles Blair Macdonald is recognized today as the father of organized golf in the United States," said David Fay, executive director of the United States Golf Association and member of the World Golf Foundation Board of Directors. "Without Macdonald, the USGA would not have been created. And without his leadership and strong character, the game in this country could easily have gone astray. As a player, administrator, architect, rule maker, and chronicler of the game''s History, he was one of golf''s true giants."

Macdonald was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 1855. He grew up in Chicago, Ill., until he was sent as a 16-year old to study at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Macdonald learned the game while there, competing in matches against Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, as well as other elite St. Andrews golfers.

In 1874, Macdonald returned to Chicago, taking notice of the sport''s absence from the United States. For the next 17 years, a period he referred to as "The Dark Ages," his only opportunities to play golf came when he occasionally traveled to Great Britain for Business.

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