Golf Compendium

Do you know what it means to gobble a putt? There probably aren't a lot of golfers familiar with this bit of slang today, because "gobble" is one of the terms from earlier times. When a golfer hits a putt that rolls hard and fast to the hole but does drop in, he gobbled it.

The Miller Open, also called during its short run the Miller High Life Open and Milwaukee Open Invitational, was a PGA Tour tournament in Wisconsin in the 1950s and 1960s. All but one of its winners was also (or would become) a major championship winner.

The "broomstick putter" in golf is a putter with a much longer shaft compared to traditional putters, which usually are around 32 to 36 inches in length. A broomstick putter typically ranges from 46 to 54 inches. The clubheads on broomstick putters are the same as those on "regular" putters, but they have that longer shaft, with the grip end covered by a longer (and sometimes split) grip.

A Kickers Tournament (also called a Kickers Handicap) is a golf tournament format in which golfers select their own handicaps for the round. At the end of the round, they compare their net scores calculated with those self-chosen handicaps, and the golfer who comes closest to matching the secret score drawn by tournament organizers prior to play is the winner.

The 1960 U.S. Women's Open was the 15th time this major championship was played. When Betsy Rawls lifted the trophy, she became the tournament's first four-time champion.

The Ladies German Open was a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET) played over a 30-year period (albeit with a couple gaps). The tournament moved to different golf courses around Germany.

The golf game named Trash is actually a collection of common side bets, all played concurrently, and played for points. When a golfer in your groups wins a bet — say, chips in from off the green to claim a "Chippies" points — they mark it down. At the end of the round, high points wins, and golfers pay out the differences in points.

The 1961 U.S. Women's Open was the 16th time this major championship was played. For Mickey Wright, it was her third victory, and this one was by six strokes.

Clarence Clark was a professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the late 1920s through the mid-1940s. His tour career began with back-to-back multi-win seasons. All of his tour victories — there were seven total — happened between 1931 and 1936.