LPGA Vare Trophy Winners for Low Scoring Average
Below are the yearly leaders in scoring average on the LPGA Tour, dating to 1953 when the tour first recognized a leader in this statistic...| www.golfcompendium.com
Snake is the name of a golf bet/side game whose objective is to avoid three-putting. More specifically, you do not want to be the last person in your group to have a three-putt in Snake, because that is the person who has to pay off the wager. These are the basics of Snake: When a golfer in your group three-putts, he "has the snake" or "holds the snake." When the next 3-putt happens, the Snake| Golf Compendium
Rory McIlroy made a huge splash when he burst onto the PGA Tour around 2010, barely out of his teens. Two of his first four wins on the tour were major championships, and in both of them his winning margin was a whopping eight strokes. Those two, 8-shot, major-championship victories in the early 2010s top the following list of McIlroy's largest margins of victory on the PGA Tour. So far in his| Golf Compendium
The 2027 Ryder Cup will be the 46th time this biennial event is played, and the 100th anniversary of the 1927 Ryder Cup that inaugurated this competition. The Ryder Cup is contested by two teams of male professional golfers, one team representing Europe, the other representing the United States. 2027 Ryder Cup dates: September 17-19, 2027 Golf course: The Golf Course at Adare Manor in County| Golf Compendium
Being named the Player of the Year on the PGA Tour is a capper to what must have been a terrific season of golf. Anyone who wins that award was almost certainly be among the tour's leaders in wins, money and scoring average, and usually a major championship winner during the year. Being named Player of the Year multiple times over one's PGA Tour career is not really rare, but some great names| Golf Compendium
The 1974 U.S. Women's Open was the 29th time this major championship tournament was played. Sandra Haynie birdied the final two holes to win it. Winner: Sandra Haynie, 295 Where it was played: La Grange Country Club in La Grange, Illinois Tournament dates: July 18-21, 1974 Leaders after first round: Kathy Ahern, 68 Leader after second round: Kathy Ahern, a-Debbie Massey, Carol Mann, 144| Golf Compendium
The Moroccan Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour that was played from the late 1980s into the early 2000s. It was the tour's second-ever tournament staged in North Africa. First played: 1987 Last played: 2001 The Moroccan Open was a 72-hole, stroke-play tournament. It followed the Tunisian Open, the European Tour's first North African event. The Moroccan Open was| Golf Compendium
"One on One" is the name of a points game that is usually played by two golfers who are competing, well, one vs. one. This game awards points based on the length of your drive, the length of the approach shot that gets you onto the green, and the length of the putt with which you hole-out. The name of the game is borrowed from basketball, where the free throw is worth one point, closer-in| Golf Compendium
The 1975 U.S. Women's Open was the 30th time this major championship was played. Sandra Palmer pulled away in the final round to win by four strokes. Winner: Sandra Palmer, 295 Where it was played: Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey Tournament dates: July 17-20, 1975 Leaders after first round: Judy Rankin, 72 Leader after second round: a-Nancy Lopez, Sandra Post, 147| Golf Compendium
The U.S. Senior Women's Open is open to golfers aged 50 and older. But among its 50-and-older champs so far, who was the oldest? A 57-year-old. The U.S. Senior Women's Open, run by the USGA, was first played very recently, in 2018. It is easily the youngest of the USGA's open national championship tournaments. But these are its oldest winners so far: 57 years, 7 months, 10 days old — Trish| Golf Compendium
The PGA Tour traces its origins to 1916. In that long history, what is the longest streak any golfer has had of consecutive years winning five or more tour events? One golfer holds the record with five years in a row of 5+ PGA Tour victories. That golfer is Tiger Woods, who won five or more times on the PGA Tour each year from 1999 through 2003. Only 10 golfers in PGA Tour history have posted| Golf Compendium
The Heather Farr Perseverance Award is given annually by the LPGA Tour to one of its golfers who represents the fighting spirit of the late ...| www.golfcompendium.com
The women's college golf championship today is awarded at the Division I NCAA Women's Golf Championship tournament. That event takes place i...| www.golfcompendium.com
The Safeco Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour that was played in the Seattle area for most of the 1980s and 1990s.| www.golfcompendium.com
The Ping/Welch's Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played in the Boston area from 1980 through the late 1990s. Boston Fiv...| www.golfcompendium.com
The Mayflower Classic was a golf tournament played on the LPGA Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. It was played in Indiana.| www.golfcompendium.com
Below are the yearly leaders in scoring average on the LPGA Tour, dating to 1953 when the tour first recognized a leader in this statistic...| www.golfcompendium.com
The LPGA Corning Classic was a golf tournament that had a 30-year run on the LPGA Tour, from the late 1970s until discontinuing just prior t...| www.golfcompendium.com
The Lady Keystone Open was a tournament on the LPGA Tour, played in Pennsylvania from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s.| www.golfcompendium.com
The Welch's/Fry's Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from the early 1980s until the mid-2000-aughts. It was played in Tucso...| www.golfcompendium.com
The HealthSouth Inaugural was a 20-year tournament on the LPGA Tour, from the early 1980s until the late 1990s. It was played on several gol...| www.golfcompendium.com
The LIV Golf League is a men's professional golf tour that launched in 2022. And although the tour has been around only a short time, it has already produced multiple scores below 60. The LIV Golf record-holder for best 18-hole score is Bryson DeChambeau with a 58. These are all the sub-60 scores so far in LIV Golf tournaments: 58, Bryson DeChambeau, 2023 LIV Golf Greenbrier, Old White| Golf Compendium
The 2026 Walker Cup will be the 51st time this competition is played. Dating to 1922, the Walker Cup is a team, Ryder Cup-style match play tournament between squads representing Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) on one side and the United States (USA) on the other. The participants are the top amateur men golfers from each team's countries. In the tournament's history, Team USA has 39 wins, Team| Golf Compendium
The 1976 U.S. Women's Open was the 31st time this major championship was played. JoAnne Carner won it, beating defending champion Sandra Palmer in an 18-hole playoff. Winner: JoAnne Carner, 292 Where it was played: Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pennsylvania Tournament dates: July 8-12, 1976 Leader after first round: Connie Chillemi, 69 Leader after second round: JoAnne Carner,| Golf Compendium
Which golfer holds the record for winning the U.S. Amateur Championship most often? That's Bobby Jones, with five victories. Another golfer won it four times, and two others posted three victories each. Those four golfers are the only ones in the long history of the U.S. Amateur — which dates to 1895 — who recorded three or more victories. In addition to Jones, the other 3+ champions are Jerome| Golf Compendium
Ron Cerrudo was a PGA Tour pro from the 1960s into the 1970s. Before that, he was an accomplished amateur golfer who played in the Walker Cup and reached the British Amateur final. He won a couple times on the PGA Tour before back woes derailed his career. Full name: Ronald John Cerrudo Date of birth: February 4, 1945 Place of birth: Palo Alto, California Date and place of death: April 24,| Golf Compendium
There are many golf games that include, or are all about, winning points for hitting the fairway. And in the Aim Game, you earn points for hitting the fairway off the tee. But you earn more the closer your drive stops to the center of the fairway, and you lose points the farther off the fairway you are. The Aim Game is a good game to play to work on driving accuracy (and you can also play it on| Golf Compendium
The 1977 U.S. Women's Open was the 32nd time this major championship was played. The first-time winner was Hollis Stacy, who recorded a wire-to-wire victory. Winner: Hollis Stacy, 292 Where it was played: Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota Tournament dates: July 21-24, 1977 Leader after first round: Hollis Stacy, 70 Leader after second round: Hollis Stacy, 143 Leader after| Golf Compendium
What are the biggest wins (and worst defeats) in matches played during the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship? Multiple golfers have claimed 18-hole matches by winning 10 consecutive holes to start a match. And the 36-hole record is a winning margin so large that it is also the record margin of victory for any USGA match. The U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, the biggest event in women's amateur| Golf Compendium
The U.S. Women's Amateur Championship dates to 1895, and in that long history there are nine golfers who have won the tournament at least three times each. But the one who holds the record for most wins in the U.S. Women's Amateur had six victories. Glenna Collett Vare is that record-holder, her six wins happening in the years 1922 through 1935. Five of those victories were from 1922-30. Then| Golf Compendium
Phyllis Preuss was a lifelong amateur golfer who thrived during the tail end of the period known as "the golden age" of women's amateur golf in the U.S. In the 1960s/1970s she set records for match wins and points earned in the Curtis Cup, and over that time period she also won multiple big tournaments. But she also suffered the worst defeat in USGA match history. Full name: Phyllis Ann Preuss| Golf Compendium
What are the biggest winning margins Scottie Scheffler has posted so far on the PGA Tour? His largest margin of victory yet is eight strokes, and he has multiple other wins by five or more shots on the PGA Tour. Of course, Scheffler is still early in his career — his first victory on the PGA Tour was only in 2022. But he's been the dominant player in golf since then. A little context: Over| Golf Compendium
The golf format known as Second Ball is a variation on a standard four-ball match that typically results in many fewer tied holes. The variation is that when the two teams' low ball results a tie on a hole, their second balls are used to (often) break that tie. Let's start by reminding how a four-ball (aka best ball) match works: Two teams of two are playing (2-vs.-2). Each team's score is its| Golf Compendium
The 1978 U.S. Women's Open was the 33rd time this major championship was played. The champion, Hollis Stacy, won it for the second year running. Winner: Hollis Stacy, 289 Where it was played: Country Club of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana Tournament dates: June 20-23, 1978 Leaders after first round: Donna Caponi, 68 Leaders after second round: Nancy Lopez, Donna White, a-Carol| Golf Compendium
How many golfers have pulled off the feat of winning both the U.S. Senior Open and the Senior British Open in the same year? So far that count stands at just three. The U.S. Senior Open was first played in 1980, and the Senior British Open was first played in 1987. So only since 1987 has it been possible to pull off this impressive senior double. And it only took one year, until 1988, for the| Golf Compendium
The U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open are two of the major championships of women's professional golf. The USWO is also the USGA's national championship, while the WBO is the R&A's national championship. Winning one in any given year is a major achievement. Winning both in the same year is very rare achievement. How rare? It has only been possible to win both in the same year since 1976| Golf Compendium
The 1987 U.S. Women's Open was the 42nd time this major championship was played. Laura Davies won her first major, and her first LPGA Tour...| www.golfcompendium.com
What is the largest comeback after 54 holes to win the U.S. Women's Open? In the major championship's history, there are multiple golfers wh...| www.golfcompendium.com
Today there are five golf tournaments that make up the LPGA majors, the major championships of women's professional golf. Those five tournam...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1986 U.S. Open was the 86th time the tournament was played. The winner was a major champion in his 40s, and his victory here establish...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1986 U.S. Women's Open was the 41st time this major championship was played. Jane Geddes emerged as a first-time major winner followin...| www.golfcompendium.com
Carol Mann was one of the giants of the LPGA Tour in the 1960s. Her playing career stretched into the 1980s, but she was also influential as...| www.golfcompendium.com
Colleen Walker was an LPGA winner in the 1980s and 1990s, and at one time held multiple all-time LPGA records. She delivered her first major...| www.golfcompendium.com
Ed "Porky" Oliver was a PGA Tour winner and Ryder Cup player in the 1940s and 1950s. A very popular player, he loved having fun on the cours...| www.golfcompendium.com
Dutch Harrison had a 19-year span of winning on the PGA Tour that stretched from 1939 to 1958. He won nearly 20 tour titles, nearly 30 pro t...| www.golfcompendium.com
Horton Smith was a PGA Tour golfer who burst on the scene in the late 1920s with one of the best initial runs in tour history: After winning...| www.golfcompendium.com
The figures most-often cited online for Harry Cooper's PGA Tour win total are 30 and 31, but the Tour itself credits Cooper with 29 official...| www.golfcompendium.com
Chick Harbert was a Michigan golf great who won a PGA Championship in the 1950s and reached the championship match in the PGA two other yea...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1967 Ryder Cup was the 17th time this tournament was played between teams representing Great Britain and the United States. Following th...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1958 British Open was the 87th time the tournament was played. The winner was the Open champion for the fourth time, but he had to sur...| www.golfcompendium.com
The Lakes Open was an Australian men's professional golf tournament played from the mid-1930s through the mid-1970s, although with several g...| www.golfcompendium.com
Australia has been a proving ground for many of the top players in men's golf over the decades. In the list below of PGA Tour of Australasia...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1997 Ryder Cup was the 32nd time this tournament was played. Following the Team Europe victory, the all-time standings were 23 wins f...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1975 Ryder Cup was the 21st time this tournament was played. Following Team USA's victory, the all-time standings to this point were 17 ...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1976 British Open was the 105th time the tournament was played. It was here that Seve Ballesteros first made his mark on world golf, b...| www.golfcompendium.com
The Penfold Tournament was a professional golf tournament on the British circuit that preceded the European Tour, and, briefly, on the young...| www.golfcompendium.com
The Cajun Classic Open Invitational was a 72-hole, stroke play golf tournament that was part of the PGA Tour from the late 1950s to the late...| www.golfcompendium.com
Bert Yancey was a 7-time winner on the PGA Tour during the 1960s and 1970s, and had several good opportunities to win major championships. B...| www.golfcompendium.com
The St. Paul Open Invitational is a former PGA Tour golf tournament, a long-running event played around 35 times beginning in the 1930s, in ...| www.golfcompendium.com
The Greater Milwaukee Open is a former PGA Tour golf tournament played for approximately 40 years from the late 1960s until nearly 2010.| www.golfcompendium.com
Bernard Gallacher is a pro golfer in Europe who played the European Tour from the late 1960s into the 1990s. He's best-remembered as the fie...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1983 U.S. Open was the 83rd time the tournament was played. Larry Nelson trailed Tom Watson by one entering the final round, but Watso...| www.golfcompendium.com
Journeyman Texan Charles Coody was the surprise winner at the 1971 Masters, the 35th edition of the tournament. He did it by holding off J...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1970 U.S. Open was the 70th time the tournament was played. Tony Jacklin led wire-to-wire and wound up winning by seven strokes, becom...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1958 U.S. Open was the 58th time the tournament was played. The champion was a golfer whose nickname was "Terrible Tommy."| www.golfcompendium.com
Brian Barnes was a British golfer whose pro career began as a "Butten Boy" in the 1960s, before he grew into a consistent European Tour winn...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1973 Ryder Cup was the 20th time this tournament was played, but the first time the USA's opponent was known as Great Britain & Ireland....| www.golfcompendium.com
Johnny Revolta was a PGA Tour golfer who was a consistent winner through the 1930s. He won enough to rank among that decade's best, and thos...| www.golfcompendium.com
George Bayer was a four-time PGA Tour winner in the 1950s and 1960s, but he was much more famous for his drives than his all-around game: He...| www.golfcompendium.com
The St. Petersburg Open is a former PGA Tour golf tournament, part of the tour's contingent of Florida events from the 1930s into the 1960s....| www.golfcompendium.com
The Masters was played for the 37th time in 1973. Tommy Aaron, a golfer whose nickname derived from his habit of finishing second, this ti...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1968 Masters was the 32nd time the tournament was played. It ended with a rules controversy after Roberto De Vicenzo, who otherwise wo...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1962 PGA Championship was the 44th edition of this major, staged by the PGA of America. One member of what was soon called "the Big 3"...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1959 PGA Championship was the 41st edition of this major, staged by the PGA of America. Bob Rosburg won his only major championship trop...| www.golfcompendium.com
The News of the World Match Play tournament was the most prestigious tournament in Britain other than the British Open for much of its early...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1970 British Open was the 99th time the tournament was played, and Jack Nicklaus won it in an 18-hole playoff.| www.golfcompendium.com
Arnold Palmer is so famous there's a drink named after him. It's not a drink he invented, but it is a drink he famously enjoys and helped po...| www.golfcompendium.com
On this page you'll find variations on the basic recipe for an Arnold Palmer drink . The basic Arnold Palmer is half iced tea (unsweetened...| www.golfcompendium.com
The basic Arnold Palmer drink is half lemonade, half iced tea. But not everyone likes their Arnold Palmer "basic." Some add flavoring but...| www.golfcompendium.com
Most of our accounts of Masters Tournament records are focused on good achievements — the bests. But sometimes you have to acknowledge the...| www.golfcompendium.com
The du Maurier Classic was an LPGA Tour golf tournament that was, for 22 years, one of the major championships of women's golf. Its time as...| www.golfcompendium.com
Jocelyne Bourassa had a great career as an amateur golfer in her native Canada before turning pro and joining the LPGA Tour. Despite her c...| www.golfcompendium.com
Sandra Palmer won 16 times from 1971-77, including two majors, and earned one LPGA Player of the Year Award during that time. She added ...| www.golfcompendium.com
In 1988, Mary Bea Porter was a one-time LPGA Tour winner who was struggling to hold onto to her tour career. But in one moment, in the middl...| www.golfcompendium.com
Sandra Post is a Canadian golfer who had success on the LPGA Tour from the late 1960s into the early 1980s. In fact, she set two tour record...| www.golfcompendium.com
The Honda Civic Classic was a pro golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played for a handful of years in the 1970s in California. But its rost...| www.golfcompendium.com
Henry Ransom was a professional golfer, later a rancher and college golf coach, whose victories on the PGA Tour came during the perio...| www.golfcompendium.com
To win the golf side bet known as Froggies, you need some luck. But that's all you need: Winning this bet does not require making par or pos...| www.golfcompendium.com
Bobby Cruickshank was a Scottish golfer who immigrated to America in the early 1920s and then enjoyed a very successful career as both a tou...| www.golfcompendium.com
Jim Turnesa won a couple times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s, but one of those wins was a major championship. He was just as famous in his ti...| www.golfcompendium.com
Paul Runyan was a professional golfer and golf instructor who won two PGA Championship trophies in the 1930s. He won nearly 30 PGA Tour tour...| www.golfcompendium.com
The term "captain's pick" refers to a golfer who failed to meet the criteria required for automatic membership on a team in a team golf comp...| www.golfcompendium.com
"Nike Tour" was the name of the PGA Tour's developmental tour (what today, at the time of this writing, is called the Korn Ferry Tour ) for ...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1981 Ryder Cup was the 24th time this tournament was played. Following the Team USA victory, the all-time standings to this point were...| www.golfcompendium.com
The 1977 Ryder Cup was the last of an era: It was the final time Team Great Britain & Ireland competed; beginning in 1979, the opponent for ...| www.golfcompendium.com
Hubert Green was one of the stars of the 1970s, with all but three of his 19 career PGA Tour wins happening during that decade. He even on...| www.golfcompendium.com
