Lanny Wadkins was never one to waste any time on the golf course. He committed to a club, picked his target and fired at the flag, a routine that carried him to 21 victories, a major at Pebble Beach and a record-tying eight U.S. Ryder Cup teams.

A much slower process was his election to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

After spending much of the decade watching other players get inducted with fewer PGA Tour victories, Wadkins was elected on the PGA Tour ballot with 61 percent of the vote.

"It's a huge honor," Wadkins said Thursday from Savannah, Ga., where he is playing a Champions Tour event. "Even starting out on tour, I never envisioned this day happening. I came out playing not to win money, but to win golf tournaments. This is a special day."

Wadkins will be inducted Nov. 2 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla.