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Rickie Fowler led in 2014 with −32 after top-five finishes in all four tournaments, while in 2015 Jordan Spieth led the standings by achieving the lowest all-time cumulative score in a year of −54, one shot better than the cumulative score of Tiger Woods in 2000. In 2016, Jason Day again led with −9, achieved despite not winning any of the major tournaments during the year. In 2017, Brooks Koepka topped the list with a cumulative scored of −21, one shot better than Matt Kuchar and Hideki Matsuyama. In 2018, Justin Rose had the best cumulative score of −12, one
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Raymond Floyd Raymond Loran Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour, including four majors and three senior majors. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989. Born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Floyd was raised in Fayetteville. His father L.B. had a 21-year career in the U.S. Army, much of it at Fort Bragg as the golf pro at its enlisted men's course. He also owned a nearby driving range where Raymond and younger sister Marlene, a future LPGA
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majors throughout their existence. The Senior PGA Championship was held twice in 1984 but was not held in 1983 or 1985. Bernhard Langer holds the record for the most senior majors won with ten. Gary Player has also won nine championships that are now considered senior golf majors, but three of his titles came at the Senior Open Championship before this tournament officially gained senior major status. Jack Nicklaus has won eight senior majors and holds the record for the most regular majors won (18). Bernhard Langer is the only player to have won each of the five senior major
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Canadian male ever to win a professional major championship. When he won the Masters, Weir became only the second left-handed golfer to win any of the four majors, the other being Bob Charles, who won the British Open forty years earlier. Weir is a right-hander who plays golf left-handed, a trait he shares with fellow PGA Tour pro and major champion Phil Mickelson. In June, Weir tied for third at the U.S. Open, the second of the majors, which moved him to third in the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest ranking. For his outstanding play in 2003, Weir won
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1994 Open Championship The 1994 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 123rd Open Championship, held from 14–17 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Nick Price won the second of his three major championships and only Claret Jug, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jesper Parnevik. Price was three-under over the final three holes and posted 66 (–4), while Parnevik, in the group ahead, bogeyed the 72nd hole to miss a It was the first of two consecutive majors for Price, who won his second PGA Championship a month later. Ailsa Course Previous lengths of the course for
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2011 Japan Golf Tour The 2011 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 14 April to 4 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The table below shows the 2011 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships and the World Golf Championships). All tournaments are played in
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era, Hagen on five occasions between 1916 and 1932 and Armour in 1929. Women's golf also has a set of majors. No woman has completed a four-major Grand Slam, but Babe Zaharias won all three majors contested in 1950 and Sandra Haynie won both majors in 1974. Seven women have completed the Career Grand Slam by winning four different majors. There are variations in the set of four tournaments involved as the players played in different eras, and the women's tournaments defined as "majors" have varied considerably over time in a way that has not been paralleled in the men's
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Japan. Source: Money list leaders Source: Scoring average leaders Source: 2011 Japan Golf Tour The 2011 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 14 April to 4 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The table below shows the 2011 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships
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majors won than any other brand." Players using Wilson Staff clubs have won a total of 61 majors. In the past, Wilson has had many of the world best golfers under contract, including 6 time major winner Nick Faldo. Wilson Staff currently has endorsement deals with many professional golfers who compete on all the major tours. Wilson Staff Wilson Staff is the professional and advanced amateur golf products division of Wilson Sporting Goods. Wilson designs and manufactures a full range of golf equipment, accessories, and apparel using the Wilson Staff, Wilson, ProStaff, Profile, Ultra and Hope brands. Wilson's other lines
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Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club. However, Woods played the last twelve holes of regulation seven under par, and won a three-hole aggregate playoff over May with a birdie on the first hole and pars on the next two. He joined Ben Hogan (1953) as the only other player to win three professional majors in one season. Three weeks later, he won his third straight start on Tour at the Bell Canadian Open, becoming only the second man after Lee Trevino in 1971 to win the Triple Crown of Golf (U.S., British, and Canadian Opens) in one year. By the end
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2016 Japan Golf Tour The 2016 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 28 January to 4 December. The season consisted of 26 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Singapore, and one in Myanmar, both co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. The table below shows the 2016 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf
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never returned. Sam Snead won in 1946 but lost money on the trip (first prize was $600) and did not return until 1962. Golf writer Dan Jenkins, often seen as the world authority on majors since he's attended more (200+) than anyone else, has noted that "the pros didn't talk much about majors back then. I think it was Herbert Warren Wind who starting using the term. He said golfers had to be judged by the major tournaments they won, but it's not like there was any set number of major tournaments." In 1960, Arnold Palmer entered The Open Championship
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2002 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2002 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 57th U.S. Women's Open, held July 4–7 in Kansas at Prairie Dunes Country Club, northeast of Hutchinson, about forty miles (65 km) northwest of Wichita. Juli Inkster won her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam, the 54-hole leader. Inkster, 42, shot a final round 66 (−4) to gain her seventh and final major title. She joined Babe Zaharias as the only women to win two majors after age This was the first purse of $3 million at the U.S. Women's
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Casey O'Callaghan (renovation). In 2010, the courses together won the National Golf Course Owners Association's California Golf Course of the Year Award. "Note: This list is incomplete." LPGA Majors are shown in bold. Female golfers who have competed against men in open PGA tournaments: Babe Didrikson Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics, before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships. She
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2013 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2013 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 68th U.S. Women's Open, held June 27–30 at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, New York. It was first time the championship was played on Long Island and marked a return to the greater New York City area, which last hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 1987. Inbee Park won her second U.S. Women's Open title, four strokes ahead of runner-up I.K. Kim. It was Park's fourth major title and third consecutive in 2013. She is the first to win the opening three majors of a
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player to win one of the Champions Tour's senior majors with victory at the Ford Senior Players Championship. In 2005, he won on the Champions Tour for a second time at the ACE Group Classic and finished in the top 20 on the money list for a second consecutive season. His last full season on the Champions Tour was 2010 and he has played mainly on the European Senior Tour since then. James has also worked as a golf commentator for the BBC. European Tour playoff record (5–4) CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1974, 1977
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championships). Source: Money list leaders Source: Scoring average leaders Source: 2016 Japan Golf Tour The 2016 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 28 January to 4 December. The season consisted of 26 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Singapore, and one in Myanmar, both co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. The table below shows the 2016 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan
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Jim" for his height of . He later moved west to the Oakland, California, area where he resided for many years. Barnes authored several books on golf technique, and died at age 80 in East Orange, New Jersey. He won nine majors, with four of them the modern professional majors. It should be noted many golfers and media covering the sport at the time, according to golf journalist Dan Jenkins, the Western Open and North and South Open titles he won at the time were declared majors. Barnes' two PGA titles were the first in the event; there was no
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in round 3 resulted in a two stroke penalty. Without the two stroke error, McBeth would have finished in 14th place, earning enough points to win the inaugural Disc Golf World Tour, but he instead took second place to Wysocki by just 75 points. McBeth has a total of 111 wins, including 4 World Championships, 9 Majors, and 20 National Tour events. He won the PDGA National Tour in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017 and won the Disc Golf Pro Tour Championship in 2016. On July 7th, 2018 he had a historic round when he recorded a score of
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1996, she was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. LPGA majors are shown in bold. In an 18-hole playoff, Rawls 70, Pung 77. Betsy Rawls Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls (born May 4, 1928) is an American former LPGA Tour professional golfer. She won eight major championship and 55 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and grew up in Arlington, Texas. She attended the University of Texas. She started
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not already exempt from the money list up to the Japan Golf Tour Championship, and the top four non-exempt players from the Mizuno Open. The official prize money list on the Japan Golf Tour includes money won by members in the majors and the World Golf Championships events. Through 2009, all of the players who have topped the money list were Japanese nationals, except for the Japanese American David Ishii, but Korean Kim Kyung-tae became the first golfer with non-Japanese origin to top the money list in 2010. The following players have won more than one money list title through
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gap due to World War II. In 1967 there were three majors, then from 1968 to 1971 this decreased and went back to two majors. Then in 1979, the du Maurier Classic was first played and immediately considered a major leading to three majors again from 1979 to 1982. In 1983, when Nabisco Dinah Shore gained major championship status, there were four majors. No woman has completed a four-major Grand Slam, much less one with five majors. Babe Zaharias won all three majors contested in 1950 and Sandra Haynie won both majors in 1974. During the four-major era, six women
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shares the distinction of having lost playoffs in each of the four majors with Craig Wood (who lost the 1934 PGA final – at match play – on the second extra hole). Crampton was second to Jack Nicklaus on each occasion. Jay Haas, who played 87 majors, holds the record for the most major championship appearances without winning. Lee Westwood, with 80 starts, has the second most. Men's major golf championships The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the major championships, often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf. In
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of the senior majors contested in a year, even in the period between 1980 and 1982 when only two senior majors existed. Bernhard Langer is the only man to have won all five of the current senior majors in his career. Miller Barber won both of the 1980-1982 senior majors, the Senior PGA and U.S. Senior Open, during that time span, and won the inaugural Senior Players Championship in 1983. Those three tournaments would be the only senior majors until The Tradition was first played in 1989. Prior to the founding of The Tradition, Palmer and Player also completed that
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Greg Norman Gregory John Norman AO (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 Official World Golf Rankings ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He has won 91 international tournaments, including 20 PGA Tour tournaments and two majors: The Open Championships in 1986 and 1993. Norman also earned thirty top-10 finishes and was the runner-up 8 times in majors throughout his career. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001 with the highest percentage of votes (80%) of any golfer to date. In
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variable from one round to the next, so playing an extra round increases the likelihood that the senior majors will be won by leading players. In the current order of play, the senior majors are: The Senior PGA Championship, U.S. Senior Open, and Senior Open Championship, have fields of 144 to 156 players and a 36-hole cut. The Tradition and Senior Players Championship have 81 player fields and no 36-hole cut. The order of play has changed many times during the history of senior golf, especially since 2006: Unlike the mainstream majors, two of the senior majors have title sponsors,
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just over €8 million, and his U.S. PGA Tour earnings are over $5 million. Faldo has won more major golf championships than any player from the continent of Europe since World War I. Only one European golfer, Harry Vardon, who won seven majors in a span between 1896–1914, has had more major victories than Faldo. Other than Vardon, only one golfer from outside the United States (Gary Player from South Africa) has won more majors than Faldo. Faldo was named the PGA Tour Player of the Year in 1990 and the European Tour Player of the Year in 1989, 1990
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Big Ten Championship. Mallon joined the LPGA Tour in 1987. Her breakthrough year was 1991, when she won four times. Two of her victories were majors, the Mazda LPGA Championship and the U.S. Women's Open. She was also named Female Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America and Most Improved Player by "Golf Digest". Mallon would win two more majors, the du Maurier Classic in 2000 and her second U.S. Women's Open in 2004. She also won the season-ending ADT Championship in 2003. She won a total of 18 events on the tour, including four major
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the U.S. LPGA majors. The five current major championships are: <br> Inbee Park is recognized as achieving the career Grand Slam for winning four different major championships, even though The Evian Championship had since been designated as the fifth major championship. Patty Berg is the all-time record holder of the most Titleholders and Women's Western Open victories.<br> "Note: Mallon won two more Canadian Women's Open championships after it was replaced by the Women's British Open." Senior (i.e., 50 and over) men's golf also has a set of majors. Like the women's majors, the senior majors are not globally recognized. However,
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championship, he considered withdrawing but was convinced to continue by playing partner Tommy Armour. With his win here, Wood became the first to win the first two majors in a season; he won the Masters two months earlier. Prior to 1941, he had several near misses, and had lost all four majors in extra holes. Tyrrell Garth, a month shy of his 16th birthday, established a new tournament record for youngest competitor. He shot an 80 in the first round and withdrew during the second; his record stood for 65 years, until 2006 (Tadd Fujikawa). This was the last U.S.
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the Negro National League. Alexander left the Majors part way through the 1951 season, during which the Majors won the Intercounty title with star pitchers, Stan and Bill Slack. The Majors also won the Intercounty title in 1956 with former New York Yankee/ Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder Frank Colman as the owner-manager of the team. Eddie, who has played at first base, second base and the outfield during his 34-year playing career in the Intercounty League, was a key member of the 1975 Majors when they won the Intercounty title, the last year that the team has won the league championship.
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the tournament was set at 120, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour (LET), the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. There were 16 exemption categories for the 2016 Evian Championship. 1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 16 August 2016 2. Past Evian Championship winners 3. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 6 September 2015 to 6 September 2016) 4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years 5.
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game. The seven are Pat Bradley, Juli Inkster, Inbee Park, Annika Sörenstam, Louise Suggs, Karrie Webb, and Mickey Wright. Webb is separately recognized by the LPGA as its only "Super Career Grand Slam" winner, as she is the only one of the group to have won five different tournaments recognized as majors. Although other women's tours, notably the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA of Japan Tour, recognize a different set of "majors", the U.S. LPGA is so dominant in global women's golf that the phrase "women's majors", without further qualification, is almost universally considered as a reference to
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captain in 2008. On the eve of the Masters in 2010, Floyd announced his retirement from competitive golf. He was the honoree at Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament in 2013. PGA Tour playoff record (5–10) Major championships shown in bold. Champions Tour playoff record (3–1) Senior majors are shown in bold. CUT = missed the halfway cut (3rd round cut in 1984 Open Championship) WD = withdrew "T" indicates a tie for a place. Floyd birdied the first extra hole. Professional Raymond Floyd Raymond Loran Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both
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a major championship. Her best finish in 16 previous majors was a tie for 22nd at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. With the victory, she moved from tenth to fifth in the Women's World Golf Rankings. On 20 August 2016, Feng won the Olympic bronze medal in women's golf at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. From November 2017 to April 2018, she was first in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Feng was born in Guangzhou, in the province of Guangdong, and started playing golf at age 10 at the urging of her father, Feng Xiong, who worked
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Tour. Ontario's Mike Weir won the 2003 Masters, becoming the first Canadian man to win one of golf's majors. The first Canadian to win any recognized major championship was Sandra Post, winner of the LPGA Championship in 1968. From 1979 through 2000, the du Maurier Classic (now known as the Canadian Women's Open) was one of the LPGA's four majors. The most recent Canadian of either sex to win a major championship was Brooke Henderson, who won the 2016 Women's PGA Championship; she is also notable as the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tournament. The Canadian Grand
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Nicklaus birdied 11 and Palmer bogeyed 13, evening up the score. Nicklaus missed a birdie attempt at the last to finish with a 69, while Palmer missed a birdie at 18 from that would have won the championship. This set up an 18-hole playoff between golf's most popular player and the game's rising star. "Final round" "Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par" "Sunday, June 17, 1962" The 10,000 that showed up for the playoff on Sunday were decidedly pro-Palmer, constantly taunting the 22-year-old upstart from Ohio. (Palmer was from nearby Latrobe and had won two of the last three majors,
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Peter Jacobsen Peter Erling Jacobsen (born March 4, 1954) is an American professional golfer and commentator on Golf Channel and NBC. He has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He has won seven events on the PGA Tour and two events on the Champions Tour, both majors. Jacobsen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Portland’s Lincoln High School. Jacobsen played college golf at the University of Oregon. He turned professional in 1976 after winning the Oregon Open as an amateur. He is one of golf's most colorful personalities, which makes him one of
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won her first US Women’s Disc Golf Championship. In 2015, Hokom switched sponsors again to Legacy Discs and launched her own disc golf retail company, Cali Connection Disc Golf. Since 2008, Hokom has won 60 professional events, including 3 majors and 6 NT events. In 2016, she won the inaugural Disc Golf Pro Tour Points Series. In 2017, she finished second in the Disc Golf Pro Tour Points Series, finishing in second place at five of the nine events, and tying for first place at the weather shorted Nick Hyde Memorial. Throughout her career Hokom has been one of the
Sarah Hokom
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Considering the number of tournaments or races in those leagues, and the fact that each individual faces over 40 opponents as opposed to one, a perfect season is almost impossible. Golf instead considers the Grand Slam, a sweep of the four men's major golf championships deemed to be the most difficult contests in professional golf, to be analogous to perfection. The only time the Grand Slam has been swept in any given year was 1930, when Bobby Jones won all four majors (at the time, The (British) Amateur Championship and U.S. Amateur were still considered majors); since 1934, when The
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Player of the Year three times, won two scoring titles and three money titles. In 1993 she won a scoring title and the money title, but only one tournament. She finished second five times, including at two majors. She averaged a major a year from 1987 to 1992, then won a sixth major in 1997. The last of her 34 LPGA wins came in 2001. With her 30th win in 1995, she gained entry into the World Golf Hall of Fame. From 1996 to 2004, there was an event on Tour, the Wachovia LPGA Classic, hosted by King. She was
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Nelson Golf Classic, the first PGA Tour event to be named for a professional golfer. As a former Masters champion he continued to play in that annual tournament, placing in the top-10 six times between 1947 and 1955, and as high as 15th in 1965. From 1947 to 1955 Nelson played in 12 majors and won none. During that same time frame Ben Hogan played in just 19 majors and won 8. Over nearly 70 years in the golf game, Nelson played with many celebrities and well-known personalities, including: Roone Arledge, Bing Crosby, James Garner, Bob Hope, Bobby Knight, Randolph
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PGA Championship in 1962 and 1972 and the U.S Open just once in 1965. Player always played in his trademark black outfits and became one of the recognisable figures in the sport. He also enjoyed considerable success in senior golf, winning six majors on the Champions Tour (then the Senior PGA Tour) from 1986 to 1990. The only other South African to have won a senior major is Simon Hobday, winner of the U.S. Senior Open in 1994. Current players who have won majors are 1994, 1997 U.S. Open and 2002 British Open Champion Ernie Els, 2001 and 2004 U.S.
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Senior Open as one of its three majors. The USGA added a women's counterpart in 2018. Professional golf in the U.S. is mainly run by the PGA Tour, the LPGA, and the PGA of America. However, the USGA is at the heart of amateur golf in the country and organizes the 10 national amateur championships. The leading events are open to all age groups, but are usually won by golfers in their early twenties who are working towards a career in professional tournament golf: There are two championships for players under age 18: And two for senior golfers: Because the
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added to the field on June 25 when Ariya Jutanugarn, who qualified in category 13, withdrew with a shoulder injury. <br> "Thursday, June 27, 2013" Kim Ha-Neul shot a bogey-free 6-under-par 66 to lead by one stroke over Inbee Park. Park won the first two majors of the 2013 season, only Babe Zaharias in 1950 has won the first three majors in a season. Defending champion Na Yeon Choi shot 71 to tie for 17th. "Friday, June 28, 2013"<br> "Saturday, June 29, 2013" The second round was interrupted by fog on Friday afternoon with only 114 players completing their second
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and Mike Spinelli), who defeated them for the gold on March 26. On February 24, 2006, Brian Myers signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. He was given the ring name Brian Majors and teamed up with his former tag team partner Bret Matthews, who was renamed Brett Majors, to form the tag team the Majors Brothers. Together they won the Deep South Wrestling DSW Tag Team Championship on two occasions. They later won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. The team was moved from the developmental territories to the main roster, changing their last names from "Majors" to
Curt Hawkins
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Women's major golf championships Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, with the women's system newer and less stable than the men's. As of 2013, five tournaments are designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour. The LPGA's list of majors has changed several times over the years. The two most recent changes were: As of 2018, the order in which women's majors are played: Before The Evian Championship became the fifth LPGA major, the setup of women's majors closely paralleled that of the mainstream (i.e., under-50) men's majors. In both
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of women's golf, and she was the game's best player from the late 1970s to late 1980s. She won three majors, and all were at the LPGA Championship, at the same course, in 1978, 1985, and 1989. Lopez never won the U.S. Women's Open, but finished second four times, the last in 1997 when she became the first in the event's history to score under 70 for all four rounds, yet lost to Alison Nicholas. She won the Colgate-Dinah Shore in 1981, two years before it became a major, and was a runner-up three times at the du Maurier Classic
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and the loss of the Welsh Golf Classic. <nowiki>*</nowiki>The three majors played in the United States were not official money events, but wins in them were retroactively made official. The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Official Money List". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling. 1983 European Tour The 1983 European Tour was the 12th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour and organised by the Professional Golfers' Association. The Order of Merit was won by England's Nick Faldo, who won five tournaments during
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19. The resort's landmark hotel sits at an elevation of above sea level, with the golf courses climbing slightly Broadmoor Golf Club The Broadmoor Golf Club is a golf resort in the western United States, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, consisting of two 18-hole courses, the East and the West. Designed by Donald Ross, the original course opened in 1918 and has hosted several USGA championships since 1959, most recently the U.S. Senior Open in 2018, won by David Toms. The East Course previously hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 1995, the first of the ten majors won by Annika
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and went on to win the Open at Pinehurst. Walton Heath hosted The Senior Open Championship, one of the five majors recognised by the Champions Tour, the world's dominant tour for golfers 50 and older, from 21–24 July 2011. The event was eventually won by Russ Cochran It hosted the British Masters on the European Tour in October 2018, won by Eddie Pepperell. Walton Heath Golf Club Walton Heath Golf Club is a golf club in England, near Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey, southwest of London. Founded in 1903, the club comprises two 18-hole golf courses, both of which are well known
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her fifteen appearances. She previously missed the cut in 1997, as the two-time defending champion (1995, 1996). Sörenstam won her third Open in 2006, the last of her ten major titles. "Thursday, June 3, 1999"<br> "Friday, June 4, 1999" "Friday, June 4, 1999" "Saturday, June 5, 1999" "Sunday, June 6, 1999" 1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 54th U.S. Women's Open, held June 3–6 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, northwest of Columbus. In her twentieth attempt, Juli Inkster won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open
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Tour event for 16 straight seasons, from 1956 to 1971, the third-longest streak, trailing only Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, who each won on Tour in 17 straight years. On the senior circuit, Casper earned nine Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) wins from 1982 to 1989, including two senior majors. Much has been written in the annals of golf that Casper was the most underrated star in golf history, and the best modern golfer who never received the accolades he deserved. He was not considered one of the "Big Three" — Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player
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the KB Financial Star Championship, on the JLPGA she also won two majors, the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup and the Japan Women's Open Golf Championship, and on the LPGA Tour she won one major the U.S. Women's Open. By virtue of winning the 2016 Evian Championship, she joined compatriot Se Ri Pak as the only two players in LPGA Tour history to win majors as their first two LPGA Tour titles. Chun represented Republic of Korea at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Co-sanctioned with KLPGA Tour LPGA Tour playoff record (0–3) "Events in bold are KLPGA majors."<br> "Results not in
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Open since his win; it would also be his last. The 12th hole at Oakmont measured , the longest in U.S. Open history until 1955. While Armour won two more majors, Cooper never won one. His 31 PGA Tour victories are the most by a player without a major win, and he is often cited as the "best player to never win a major." Defending champion Bobby Jones and Eddie Jones shared low-amateur honors and tied for eleventh. It was the only time in his eleven U.S. Open appearances that Bobby Jones finished outside the top ten. This was the
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Broadmoor Golf Club The Broadmoor Golf Club is a golf resort in the western United States, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, consisting of two 18-hole courses, the East and the West. Designed by Donald Ross, the original course opened in 1918 and has hosted several USGA championships since 1959, most recently the U.S. Senior Open in 2018, won by David Toms. The East Course previously hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 1995, the first of the ten majors won by Annika Sörenstam. The U.S. Senior Open is scheduled for early summer in 2018. The current course format (East and West)
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the first time since 2000, two Americans won majors. However, only one American, Paula Creamer, won more than one event, while Mexico's Lorena Ochoa won eight times and Norway's Suzann Pettersen five. Koreans won only four events, seven fewer than the 11 won in 2006. "For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2007 in golf." ADT Playoff Categories: The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour including that event. Tournaments in bold are majors.<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki>The LPGA NW Arkansas Championship was
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For years, they woke up very early to practice golf before going to work. In 1923, Dutra resigned from a job at his father's hardware store to become a golf professional and joined the PGA Tour in 1924, where he won 10 tournaments. His best years as a golf professional were in the early 1930s, when he won his two majors and played on the 1933 and 1935 Ryder Cup teams. In the 1932 PGA Championship in St. Paul, Dutra played 196 holes and finished an astounding 19-under-par. He was the medalist in the 36-hole qualifier and won his five
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since 1985, as a major championship. It was the Tour's first $100,000 purse. Professional women's senior golf is in its infancy, and does not yet have a roster of majors. The Legends Tour, originally the Women's Senior Golf Tour, played its first season in 2001. Women's major golf championships Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, with the women's system newer and less stable than the men's. As of 2013, five tournaments are designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour. The LPGA's list of majors has changed several times over
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the only player to have won four different senior majors in his career. Although Nicklaus never won The Senior Open, that event was not recognized as a U.S. senior major until 2003, which was also the only year he played the event. Player won The Senior Open three times before 2003, when it was considered a major by the European Senior Tour but not the Senior PGA/Champions Tour. Grand Slam (golf) The Grand Slam in professional golf is winning all of golf's major championships in the same calendar year. Other variations include the Career Grand Slam, winning all of the
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in August for his first major title at age 34. He later won the Masters in 1951 and 1953 and finished his career with nine wins in majors. "Thursday, April 4, 1946" "Friday, April 5, 1946" "Saturday, April 6, 1946" "Sunday, April 7, 1946" "Final round" "Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"<br> 1946 Masters Tournament The 1946 Masters Tournament was the tenth Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the first in four years, because of World War II. The purse was $10,000, double that of the previous Masters in 1942, with
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on the Tour in 1997. LPGA Tour playoff record (4–5) LPGA majors are shown in bold.<br> "Note: Palmer won the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle (now known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship) before it became a major championship." Sandra Palmer Sandra Palmer (born March 10, 1943) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1964 and won 19 LPGA Tour events, including two major championships, during her career. Palmer was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but grew up (and first played golf) in Bangor, Maine. She attended North Texas State University where she was a
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was Lehman's third close call in a major (1994 Masters, 1995 U.S. Open); he regrouped and won the next, The Open Championship in England. Love won the PGA Championship the following year at Winged Foot. South Course Lengths of the course for previous majors: All ten former champions in the field made the cut. "Thursday, June 13, 1996" "Friday, June 14, 1996" Amateurs: "Scott (+4), Woods (+5), Kuehne (+8), Leen (+8)", Hobby (+10), Edstrom (+14). "Saturday, June 15, 1996" "Sunday, June 16, 1996" In the final pairing, Tom Lehman had a three-stroke lead over Steve Jones after eight holes, but
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2010 Japan Golf Tour The 2010 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 15 April to 5 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The table below shows the 2010 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships and the World Golf Championships). All tournaments were played in
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2009 Japan Golf Tour The 2009 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 16 April to 6 December. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The following table shows the 2009 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members. All tournaments are played in Japan (does not include the major golf chamipnships and the World Golf Championships).
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2012 Japan Golf Tour The 2012 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 12 April to 2 December. The season will consist of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The table below shows the 2012 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships and the World Golf Championships). All tournaments are played
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six, and four strokes, respectively. In 1953, the final two majors were in conflict on the schedule. The match-play PGA Championship was a seven-day event, held July 1–7 near Detroit; the British Open in Scotland was played July 8–10, with a mandatory 36-hole qualifier on July 6–7. Lengths of the course for previous major championships: The first hole became a par 4 for majors in 1962. "Thursday, June 11, 1953" Source: "Friday, June 12, 1953" Source: "Saturday, June 13, 1953 (morning)" "Saturday, June 13, 1953 (afternoon)" 1953 U.S. Open (golf) The 1953 U.S. Open was the 53rd U.S. Open, held
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The Australian Golf Club's lack of a course for a period, the Royal Melbourne Golf Club maintain that they are the oldest golf club in Australia 'without interruption'. Other claims are made for early golf played at Ratho in Tasmania, though these are now believed to relate to Bothwell in 1860 and contemporary evidence dates the Ratho course to the early 20th Century. Apart from the references below, The Brassie of February 2015 and November 2015, contains articles with further on early golf history in Australia. Australians have won a total of 27 majors in men's and women's competition. Some
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Japan. Source: Money list leaders Source: Scoring average leaders Source: 2010 Japan Golf Tour The 2010 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 15 April to 5 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The table below shows the 2010 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships
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Satoshi Kodaira While playing on the Japan Golf Tour, Kodaira has had seven victories, including two Japan Golf Tour majors, the 2013 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills and the 2015 Japan Open. He has also won once on the Japan Challenge Tour in 2012. In April 2018, Kodaira won the RBC Heritage, for his first victory on the PGA Tour, in just his 15th start. Players ranked in the world top 50 are automatically invited to that tournament, and Kodaira had been in the top 50 for most of the year. He came from six strokes behind in the
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Amateur Professional Satoshi Kodaira While playing on the Japan Golf Tour, Kodaira has had seven victories, including two Japan Golf Tour majors, the 2013 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills and the 2015 Japan Open. He has also won once on the Japan Challenge Tour in 2012. In April 2018, Kodaira won the RBC Heritage, for his first victory on the PGA Tour, in just his 15th start. Players ranked in the world top 50 are automatically invited to that tournament, and Kodaira had been in the top 50 for most of the year. He came from six strokes behind
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Bunky Henry George Walter "Bunky" Henry Jr. (February 8, 1944 – August 17, 2018) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Henry attended Georgia Tech in Atlanta on a football scholarship, and also played on the Yellow Jackets' golf team. He turned professional in 1967 and played on the PGA Tour for 12 years. Henry's career year in professional golf was 1969, when he won the National Airlines Open Invitational, and had his two best finishes in majors: solo ninth at the U.S. Open and T-11 at
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Lydia Ko Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a Korean-born New Zealand professional golfer who became the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf. Upon winning The Evian Championship in France on 13 September 2015, she became the youngest woman, at age , to win a major championship. Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors. On 3 April 2016, she won the ANA Inspiration, for her second
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events he entered. During the 2010 season, several of his rivals for the No. 1 spot - including Masters champion Phil Mickelson (who had won four majors since 2004 but had yet to reach No. 1 in the rankings), Lee Westwood (who had yet to win a major but had finished second in both the Masters and Open Championships in 2010), and then Martin Kaymer (who had won the PGA Championship among four worldwide wins)— each missed opportunities to win particular events that would have taken them above Woods, before Westwood finally became world No. 1 on October 31. During
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2018 Japan Golf Tour The 2018 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 18 January to 2 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Singapore, and one in Myanmar, both co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. The table below shows the 2018 schedule. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf
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Scoring average leaders Source: 2008 Japan Golf Tour The 2008 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 17 April to 7 December. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan, one in China, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships. The following table shows all the official money events in Japan and Asia for the 2008 season. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members. Source:
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2008 Japan Golf Tour The 2008 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 17 April to 7 December. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan, one in China, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships. The following table shows all the official money events in Japan and Asia for the 2008 season. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members. Source: Money list leaders Source:
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2015 Japan Golf Tour The 2015 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 16 March to 6 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Thailand. The table below shows the 2015 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships). Most tournaments are played in Japan. Source: Money list
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2013 Japan Golf Tour The 2013 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 14 March to 8 December 2013. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The first two events of the year, played in Thailand and Indonesia, were co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour, the first time this has happened with the Japan Golf Tour. The table below shows the 2013 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and
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2014 Japan Golf Tour The 2014 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 13 March to 7 December. The season consisted of 24 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The first event of the year, played in Indonesia, was co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour. The table below shows the 2014 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not
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in Japan. Source: Money list leaders Source: Scoring average leaders Source: 2012 Japan Golf Tour The 2012 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 12 April to 2 December. The season will consist of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The table below shows the 2012 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major
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leaders Source: Scoring average leaders Source: 2015 Japan Golf Tour The 2015 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 16 March to 6 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Thailand. The table below shows the 2015 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships). Most tournaments are
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Source: Money list leaders Source: Scoring average leaders Source: 2009 Japan Golf Tour The 2009 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 16 April to 6 December. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The following table shows the 2009 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members. All tournaments are played in Japan (does not include
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St. Catharines Teepees. Father David Bauer led the 1961 St. Michael's Majors to the OHA finals in 1961, where they upset the first place Guelph Royals 4 games to 2 with a tie, to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup. In the eastern championship the Majors swept the Moncton Beavers. The 1961 Memorial Cup finals were played in the old Edmonton Gardens, with St. Michael's dominating the first two games. Toronto won the first game 4 to 0 backed by a shutout performance of goalie Gerry Cheevers. The Majors won the second game 4 to 1, with Cheevers coming within
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Chun In-gee Chun In-gee (, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born Gunsan in North Jeolla Province. She won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship. She won the 2016 Evian Championship with a score of 21 under par, which is the lowest winning score in a major tournament for either men or women. In 2015, Chun became the first player in history to win majors on three different tours in the same calendar year. On the KLPGA Tour she won two majors, the Hite Jinro Championship and
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closing out his final round with seven consecutive birdies. Streelman won the 2015 Masters Par-3 Contest. Streelman has a home in Scottsdale, Arizona. President Donald J Trump gifted golf clubs to Streelman last year. CUT = missed the halfway cut<br> "T" indicates a tie for a place. QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play<br> "T" = Tied Professional Kevin Streelman Kevin Streelman (born November 4, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Born in Winfield, Illinois, Streelman, who caddied at famed three-time U.S. Open venue Chicago Golf Club while
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1986 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1986 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 41st U.S. Women's Open, held July 10–14 at the South Course of NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton. Jane Geddes won the first of her two major titles in an 18-hole Monday playoff, winning by two strokes over Sally Little. It was the fifth playoff at the U.S. Women's Open and the first in ten years. This was the only of the four majors in 1986 that was not won by Pat Bradley; she narrowly missed the grand slam with
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all six are Americans. This was third major played at the Pebble Beach Golf Links; Nicklaus won the U.S. Open in 1972 and Lanny Wadkins won the PGA Championship in 1977. The total purse was $375,000, with a winner's share of $60,000. Pebble Beach Golf Links "Thursday, June 17, 1982"<br> Winner of five professional majors, Watson entered the 1982 U.S. Open as one of the favorites and as the number one golfer in the world. A steady performer, he had six top-10 finishes in his previous eight U.S. Opens, but had never finished closer than three strokes from the leader.
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was the first of three majors at Canterbury. The U.S. Open returned six years later in 1946, won by Lloyd Mangrum in two playoff rounds. It was the first U.S. Open in five years, due to World War II. The PGA Championship was played at the course in 1973, won by Jack Nicklaus. "Thursday, June 6, 1940" "Friday, June 7, 1940" "Saturday, June 8, 1940 (morning)" "Saturday, June 8, 1940 (afternoon)" "Sunday, June 9, 1940" "Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par" 1940 U.S. Open (golf) The 1940 U.S. Open was the 44th U.S. Open, June 6–9 at Canterbury Golf Club
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All of the champions were from the United States. Women's Western Open The Women's Western Open was an American professional golf tournament founded in 1930. The LPGA was established in 1950, and it recognized the Western Open as one of its major championships through 1967. All of the events back to 1930 have been designated as majors by the LPGA. Organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, the tournament was match play through 1954, then became a 72-hole stroke play event. All of the winners were American. (a) - denotes amateur<br> This table lists the golfers who have won more
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Women's Western Open The Women's Western Open was an American professional golf tournament founded in 1930. The LPGA was established in 1950, and it recognized the Western Open as one of its major championships through 1967. All of the events back to 1930 have been designated as majors by the LPGA. Organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, the tournament was match play through 1954, then became a 72-hole stroke play event. All of the winners were American. (a) - denotes amateur<br> This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Women’s Western Open as a major championship.
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days leading up to those events. (e.g., Winter Olympics, golf majors, Indianapolis 500, etc.) ESPN Classic began to feature the program with host, Chris Fowler, as the highlight of its weeknight prime-time programing, airing five nights a week. After cycling through the entire series several times, and after debuting several new episodes, it was removed as a nightly program. , reruns of the documentary series airs Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. Eastern time. The last original program was that of Shaquille O'Neal, which aired in November 2007. The final order of choices led to debate, some of which came
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Senior PGA Tour) in 1980. The other events were all founded in the 1980s—the U.S. Senior Open in 1980, the Senior Players Championship in 1983, The Senior Open in 1987, and The Tradition in 1989. This era saw senior golf became a commercial success as the first golf stars of the television era, such as Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, reached their fifties. The Senior Open, however, was not recognized as a Champions Tour major until 2003. The stability of the majors in senior golf falls somewhere between mainstream men's golf and the LPGA: No man has ever won all
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2017 Japan Golf Tour The 2017 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 19 January to 3 December. The season consisted of 26 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event will be played in Singapore, and one in Myanmar, both co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. The table below shows the 2017 schedule. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major
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since. Since the European Tour began in 1972, Langer is the only player to win the same event five times, excluding majors and World Golf Championships. Mark McNulty won the German Open four times; Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and Miguel Ángel Jiménez won other events four times each. In 1954 Locke and Rees both scored 69 in the 18-hole playoff.Locke won with a par 3 at the 8th sudden-death hole. In 1956 Van Donck and Brown both scored 71 in the 18-hole playoff. Van Donck then won with a par 3 at the 4th sudden-death hole. In 1985 the first
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the best overall record in the four majors, although the PGA's Player of the Year system favors performances in the major championships. Since 1984, world ranking points have been assigned to finishes in the majors, which has allowed a calculation of which player has earned the most ranking points in majors in a season – in almost every year since, one of the year's major winners has either won two of them, or has been the only player to win one and record a high finish in another (like Justin Leonard in 1997, David Duval in 2001, Lucas Glover in
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won five of the six tournaments he entered, including three major championships (a feat known as the Triple Crown of Golf). It still stands among the greatest single seasons in the history of professional golf. Hogan, 40, was unable to enter—and possibly win—the 1953 PGA Championship (to complete the Grand Slam) because its play (July 1–7) overlapped the play of the British Open at Carnoustie (July 6–10), which he won. It was the only time that a golfer had won three major professional championships in a year until Tiger Woods won the final three majors in 2000 (and the first
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of wins they will have on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Champions Tour debut are shown in "italics". Scoring Average leaders Source: Money List leaders Source: Career Money List leaders Source: 2014 Champions Tour The 2014 Champions Tour was the 35th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 26 official money events with purses totaling $51,650,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer won five tournaments, including two majors, and
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in global senior golf than the PGA Tour is in mainstream men's golf. The table below show the results of all the events designated as majors by the Champions Tour. As the order in which the majors were played frequently changes, they are listed in the current order of play. Winners of Senior PGA Championships played before 1980 and Senior British Opens played before 2003 are not listed here as they were not Champions Tour majors at the time nor retroactively recognized as majors. Those winners are shown in the tournaments' articles. The other three tournaments have been Champions Tour
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David Hutsell David Hutsell (born August 21, 1970) is an American professional golfer and teaching pro. Hutsell was born in Fort Meade, Maryland. He turned pro in 1993. He resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the teaching pro at Woodholme Golf Club. Hutsell has participated in two majors, the 2010 and 2011 PGA Championships. He failed to make the cut in either tournament. Hutsell won the 2011 PGA Professional National Championship. He won a three-man playoff on the second extra hole. In July 2011, Hutsell won the Maryland Open, at Maryland Golf and Country Club. He shot a 70 and
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on October 4. Frank Tanana went all nine innings for the complete game shutout, and outfielder Larry Herndon gave the Tigers their lone run on a second-inning home run. Detroit finished the season two games ahead of Toronto, securing the best record in the majors (98–64). In what would prove to be their last postseason appearance until 2006, the Tigers were upset in the 1987 American League Championship Series by the 85–77 Minnesota Twins (who in turn won the World Series that year) 4–1. The Twins clinched the series in Game 5 at Tiger Stadium, 9–5. Despite their 1987 division
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