ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. ? Ben Crenshaw has been linked with trusty teacher Harvey Penick for as long as he has played golf. His induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame will be no different.

Penick first wrapped Crenshaw’s hands around a golf club. He died a week before Crenshaw won the 1995 Masters, a victory in which Crenshaw said he felt his teacher’s hand on his shoulder, guiding him to the best golf of his life.

They will be together in spirit and name tonight at the World Golf Village, where Crenshaw and Penick are among six inductees to the Hall of Fame.

“It’s extremely personal and sentimental to me,” Crenshaw said. “We had a great man to learn the game from, a very humble teacher who wanted to help everyone, and it didn’t make any difference what kind of player they were.”

The other inductees are two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer, U.S. Open champion Tommy Bolt, British Open and U.S. Open champion Tony Jacklin, and LPGA founder Marlene Hagge.

Crenshaw was voted in on the PGA Tour ballot; Langer and Jacklin on the international ballot. Bolt and Hagge were tabbed through the Veteran’s Category, Penick the Lifetime Achievement Category.