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PGA Tour Ohio Kings Island Open Tournament

The Ohio Kings Island Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was played four times within a five-year span in the mid-1970s. Jack Nicklaus was the first winner.

Mary Lou Crocker, LPGA Tour Golfer

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Mary Lou Crocker was an LPGA Tour golfer in the 1960s and 1970s who had one LPGA victory. Before turning pro, she was a USGA national championship winner.

How the Scramble/Ramble Golf Format Works

Scramble/Ramble is the name of a golf tournament format for 4-player teams (3-player is also possible). In this format, one golfer on each hole contributes half the team's score, while the other three players on the team play a scramble to produce the other half of the team score.

Jersey Seniors Classic Tournament (European Seniors Tour)

The Jersey Seniors Classic was a professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour for close to 20 years. It was played on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. It had many different names over the years, including Jersey Seniors Open and Jersey Legends.

Biggest Final-Round Comebacks to Win PGA Championship

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Winning a major by any means is great ... but winning one by staging a big, final-round comeback must be particularly fantastic. And that's what the golfers listed below did: These are the largest, final-round comebacks to win in the history of the PGA Championship.

Maurice Bembridge: Fought Snakes, Set Records, Won Tourneys

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Maurice Bembridge once survived a fight with a poisonous snake to post a record-low round in The Masters. The English golfer played around the world during a career than spanned from the 1960s into the 2000s. And he claimed several of the European curcuit's marquee trophies.

What Is 'the Dinah' in Golf?

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There is an important tournament in the world of professional golf that is sometimes referred to as "the Dinah," even though that is not the tournament's actual name. What is this event, and why is it sometimes called that?

The 'Middle of the Road' Tournament Format

This is a tournament format for four-person teams in which it is neither the best nor the worst scores that matter. In Middle of the Road, it is the scores in the middle that count.

Wire-to-Wire Winners of the Chevron Championship

The Chevron Championship on the LPGA Tour is one of the five majors of women's professional golf . It dates to 1972, and since that time only a handful of golfers have won this major wire-to-wire.