Golf Compendium

The 2027 U.S. Senior Open will be the 47th time this major championship of senior (ages 50-and-over) golf is played. The tournament, staged by the United States Golf Association (USGA), dates to 1980.

Among all the winners of the Senior Players Championship, who has won it with the lowest score? Two golfers share that record, and one of them is Jack Nicklaus.

In the long history of the British Open, a handful of golfers have led by six strokes or more following the third round. And all of them went on to win. But only three of them extended their margins over the second-place golfer(s) in the final round.

If you want to win the British Open, you (usually) have to play well in the final round. The Open champions listed below are the ones who played best in the final round — the ones who scored the lowest in Round 4 en route to victory.

The 2028 British Open will be the 156th edition of this oldest major championship — it dates to 1860 — in men's professional golf. Officially named The Open Championship, the tournament is run by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (the R&A).

How many golfers have won the U.S. Senior Open by leading, or at least sharing the lead, after all four rounds? Such start-to-finish wins, called winning wire-to-wire, are not very common in this major championship of men's senior golf. Only two golfers have won the U.S. Senior Open by holding the outright, solo lead after each round.

The U.S. Senior Open, the biggest tournament in men's senior (50-and-over) professional golf, dates to 1980. In all the years since, four golfers have won this trophy in consecutive years.

The 2022 U.S. Senior Open was the 42nd time this major championship of men's senior (50-and-over) golf was played. Padraig Harrington took a big lead into the final round, then had to hold on for the win.

The Throw-Out Tournament is a golf tournament (the format can also be played within any group of golfers) in which the players get to toss aside several of their worst holes. And the scores that remain are the ones that determine the winner(s).