GOLF World Golf Hall of Fame a family affair for Love

Davis Love III was among four players inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in a ceremony rich in history and praise for the family who helped get them there — and for Lorena Ochoa, a family that allowed her to leave with purpose.

“Golf has improved my life in every way,” said Love, a PGA champion and two-time Ryder Cup captain. “This induction is the greatest honor of my life.”

Love, Ochoa, Meg Mallon, Ian Woosnam and late British golf writer Henry Longhurst comprised the class for induction, which now takes place every other year. It was held in New York in conjunction with the Presidents Cup, which starts Thursday across the New York Harbor at Liberty National.

Love ended the two-hour ceremony with two pieces of crystal and his granddaughter in his arms.

Name: LORENA OCHOA Country: Mexico Worldwide victories: 27 Majors: 2007 Women’s British Open, 2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship First victory: 2004 Franklin American Mortgage Championship. Last victory: 2009 Navistar LPGA Classic. Signature moment: Becoming the first woman to win a major championship at St. Andrews. Notable: Her career was as dynamic as it was short. Ochoa fell while climbing a tree at Guadalajara Country Club when she was 5 and broke both wrists. She says doctors put her in a case and gave her “magical hands” and they carried her to No. 1 in the world in women’s golf.

Name: DAVIS LOVE III Country: USA Worldwide victories: 23 Majors: 1997 PGA Championship First victory: 1997 PGA Championship Last victory: 2015 Wyndham Championship First victory: 1987 MCI Heritage Golf Classic Signature moment: The rainbow coming out at Winged Foot as he birdied the final hole of the 1997 PGA Championship

Name: MEG MALLON Country: USA Worldwide victories: 18 Majors: 1991 LPGA Championship, 1991 U.S. Women’s Open, 2000 du Maurier Classic, 2004 U.S. Women’s Open. First victory: 1991 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic. Last victory: 2004 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Signature moment: Winning her second U.S. Women’s

Name: IAN WOOSNAM Country: Wales Worldwide victories: 39 Majors: 1991 Masters. First victory: 1982 Swiss Open. Last victory: 2001 World Match Play Championship Signature moment: Making a 7-foot par putt on the final hole to win the Masters, one week after he became No. 1 in the world. Notable: He packed big power and a big game in his 5-foot-4 body. Woosname was part of the “Big Five” of European golfers, along with Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle, who led European dominance of golf in the 1980s.