Golf Compendium

What is the PGA Championship's tournament record for best total score following the first three rounds? Only a handful of golfers have played the first three rounds in fewer than 200 strokes. And the PGA Championship record for 54-hole score is 196.

The 2029 PGA Championship will be the 111th edition of this major championship. Staged by the PGA of America, the PGA Championship dates to 1916, making it the third-oldest of the men's professional majors.

The 2029 Masters Tournament will be the 92nd time this major championship is played. The Masters dates to 1934 and is one of the four majors of men's professional golf. The format is four rounds, 72 holes of stroke play.

What is the biggest lead any golfer has held after three rounds in The Masters tournament? That largest 54-hole lead is nine strokes, a record that was set by Tiger Woods in 1997.

What is the largest lead any golfer has held following two rounds of The Masters? The answer is six strokes. A 6-shot lead is the biggest 36-hole lead in Masters history.

A Monkey Foursome tournament is an old-timey golf format — it goes back at least to the 1920s — most commonly seen as a sort of meet-and-greet lark for golf association playdays. It involves teams of four golfers, with the catch being each golfer gets to use only one club — and the four team members each have a different club.

The 1946 U.S. Women's Open was the very first time this major championship was played. For the only time in its history, the USWO used a match-play format. And the USGA wasn't even in charge of it yet. But Patty Berg was definitely in charge as the tournament's first champion.

Every Masters Tournament includes a handful of amateur golfers, and sometimes those amateur golfers make a splash. But what are the best scores posted by amateurs in The Masters? Below you'll find the tournament records for amateurs for nine holes, 18 holes, 36 holes and 72 holes.

Winning a Green Jacket is one of the biggest achievements in golf, but we can imagine it feeling even sweeter to a golfer who has played the tournament many times — waiting many years — to get his (first) Masters Tournament victory. That's what we are looking at here: Those golfers who won The Masters but only after playing it many years.