Golf Compendium

The 1921 PGA Championship was the fourth time this major was played, and the first win for a golfer who eventually claimed the trophy five times.

The 1922 PGA Championship was the fifth time this major was played. And a 20-year-old won it just a month after winning the U.S. Open, becoming the first golfer to win both in the same year.

The 1923 PGA Championship was the sixth time this major was played, and the battle of titans in the championship match did not disappoint.

If you play a lot of golf side games and betting games, then the answer is probably yes, even if you don't recognize the name "Yellowsomes." That's because Yellowsomes is just the less-common name of the format most golfers know as Gruesomes.

The 1924 PGA Championship was the seventh time this major was played.

The 1925 PGA Championship was the eighth time this major was played.

The 1926 PGA Championship was the ninth time this major was played.

The 1927 PGA Championship was the 10th time this major was played, but the fourth consecutive time it was won by "The Haig."

The 1928 PGA Championship was the 11th time this major was played.

The 1929 PGA Championship was the 12th time this major was played.

The 1930 PGA Championship was the 13th time this major was played, and it was a Lucky 13 for the "Silver Scot."

The 1931 PGA Championship was the 14th time this major was played.

The 1932 PGA Championship was the 15th time this major was played.

What is the lowest number of putts a golfer has ever needed in an 18-hole round of golf on a conventional golf course? Who holds the record for the fewest putts in an 18-hole round of golf? We'll answer those questions here. And the first interesting thing we can tell you is that one of the two tour record-holders is a hall-of-famer — but not a golf hall-of-famer.

The 1933 PGA Championship was the 16th time this major was played, but the third time it was won by this year's champion.

The 1934 PGA Championship was the 17th time this major was played.

The 1935 PGA Championship was the 18th time this major was played.

This tournament is best-remembered as either the Lady Michelob or the Lady Tara Classic, two of several names by which it was known over the course of its 16-year history on the LPGA Tour. It was always played in the Atlanta, Ga., area, first in the late 1960s and last in the mid-1980s.

The 1936 PGA Championship was the 19th time this major was played.

The 1937 PGA Championship was the 20th time this major was played.

The 1938 PGA Championship was the 21st time this major was played.

The tournament most commonly referred to today as the Disney Classic was played on the PGA Tour for more than 40 years, from the early 1970s into the 2010s. When it was last played its official name was "Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic," one of many names by which it went over that time period.

The 1939 PGA Championship was the 22nd time this major was played.

The 1940 PGA Championship was the 23rd time this major was played, and the championship match was a battle of titans.

The 1941 PGA Championship was the 24th time this major was played.

The 1942 PGA Championship was the 25th time this major was played and one of golf's legends earned his first major championship win.

The 1944 PGA Championship was the 26th time this major was played.

The 1945 PGA Championship was the 27th time this major was played, and it was the site of the final major win by "Lord Byron."

"No Putts" is the name of a golf betting game that puts the onus on the other parts of a golfer's game. Because in No Putts, it's every stroke except putting strokes that counts.

The 1946 PGA Championship was the 28th time this major was played, and this was the occasion of Ben Hogan's first win in a major.

The 1947 PGA Championship was the 29th time this major was played.

The 1948 PGA Championship was the 30th time this major was played, and the second time it was won by Ben Hogan.

Willie Fernie was a successful British Open competitor in the late 19th century, including one year as champion, and also contributed to golf as an architect, teacher and clubmaker.

The 1949 PGA Championship was the 31st time this major was played.

The 1950 PGA Championship was the 32nd time this major was played.

The 1951 PGA Championship was the 33rd time this major was played, and it was the third time for the winner to claim the PGA trophy.

"Chippies" is the name of a side bet among golfers playing together in a group. And it's pretty basic: If you chip in from off the green, you win one unit of the bet.

The 1952 PGA Championship was the 34th time this major was played.

The 1953 PGA Championship was the 35th time this major was played. It was won by a local club pro who was regularly in contention in PGA Championships for most of the 1950s.

The 1954 PGA Championship was the 36th time this major was played, and it was won by a Chick.

The 1955 PGA Championship was the 37th time this major was played. It was won by Doug Ford, who was also the medalist in the stroke-play qualifying.

The 1956 PGA Championship was the 38th time this major was played.

The 1957 PGA Championship was the 39th time this major was played, but it was the last time it was played using a match play format.

This was the 15th time the Solheim Cup was played. After the American victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 10, Europe 5.

This was the 14th time the Solheim Cup was played. After the American victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 9, Europe 5.

Did you just make a par on a hole after bouncing your ball off the cart path with one of your shots? You just won a scuffie (scuffy).

If you compiled a list of important golfers who've been largely forgotten today, Sandy Herd would be on it. He ushered the modern golf ball into the game's top levels, and he was the popularizer of waggling the golf club during setup. And, oh yeah, he was a British Open winner.

This was the 11th time the Presidents Cup was played. With the American side's victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 9, International 1, with one tie.

This was the 12th time the Presidents Cup was played and another victory for Team United States over Team International. With this result, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 10, International 1, with one tie.

Who are the best putters on the PGA Tour? Let's take a look at the yearly leaders in the tour's main putting stats. We'll start with the most-recent putting stat to be invented, strokes gained, which is now considered the gold standard.

The 1901 British Open was the 41st time this major was played. James Braid, who eventually won The Open five times, claimed his first victory this year.

The 1902 British Open was the 42nd time this major was played. The winner used a newfangled golf ball that helped him earn the victory.

The 1903 British Open was the 43rd time this major was played. It was a win for Harry Vardon, and Vardon's brother finished as the runner-up.

The 1904 British Open was the 44th time this major was played and it featured several new scoring records.

Big Break Greenbrier was a television series that aired on the Golf Channel in 2012. It was the 18th season in the network's The Big Break franchise. Taping took place at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia in June 2012. The first episode aired on Oct. 2, 2012.

The 1905 British Open was the 45th time this major was played, and very tough conditions resulted in high scores.

The 1906 British Open was the 46th time this major was played.

The 1907 British Open was the 47th time this major was played, but for the first time it was won by a golfer who was not British.

Below are the all-time leaders in earnings on the PGA Tour, the tour's career money list. See the notes at the bottom on how the PGA Tour uses its career money leaders list for exemptions.

The European Tour was founded in 1971, and the list of Order of Merit winners below goes back to that inaugural season. The Order of Merit winner receives the Harry Vardon Trophy.

The 1908 British Open was the 48th time this major was played. The tournament's 18-hole scoring record was tied in the first round, but a different golfer wound up winning — and setting a new 72-hole record.

The 1909 British Open was the 49th time this major was played. It was also the fourth time that the Open was won by J.H. Taylor.

The 1910 British Open was the 50th time this major was played, and the winner completed a 10-year stretch in which he won 50-percent of the Opens.

The European Tour's player of the year is given the Golfer of the Year Award. The European Tour's players of the year are selected by a panel comprised of print, radio and television media members. The award was first given by the tour in 1985.

The 1911 British Open was the 51st time this major was played, and the fifth time it was won by this year's champion.

The 1912 British Open was the 52nd time this major was played. It was a wire-to-wire win for Ted Ray, breaking through the dominance of the period by the "Great Triumvirate."

The 1913 British Open was the 53rd time this major was played. And it was the year of J.H. Taylor's final victory in the Open, his fifth.

The KPMG Women's PGA Championship is the second-oldest of the tournaments that make up the five majors of women's golf. But it has only been known by its current name since 2015. Prior to that, and going back to its founding in 1955, it was known as the LPGA Championship.

The 1914 British Open was the 54th time this major was played. But it was also the last one played until 1920 due to World War I.

The 1920 British Open was the 55th time this major was played — but, due to World War I, the first time since 1914. The champion won despite beginning his tournament with back-to-back rounds of 80.

The 1921 British Open was the 56th time this major was played, but it produced the first American winner. And the tournament ended in a playoff, but only after one of the playoff competitors had to be convinced to show up for it.

Frank Stranahan, nicknamed the "Toledo Strongman," was avid about fitness and avid about amateur golf. He was arguably the greatest amateur of his era (1940s-1950s), but did eventually turn pro and play on the PGA Tour.

The 1922 British Open was the 57th time this major was played, but the first time it was won by a golfer born in the United States.

The 1923 British Open was the 58th time this major was played, and a final-hole bunker hole-out provided the winning margin.

The 1924 British Open was the 59th time this major was played. Walter Hagen won this major for the second time, sinking a putt on the final hole to claim the trophy.

The Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in the 2010s. It was discontinued when title sponsor Pure Silk switched its sponsorship to the more prestigious Kingsmill Resort tournament played later in the LPGA schedule.

The 1925 British Open was the 60th time this major was played. It was a going-away gift to Jim Barnes from Prestwick.

The 1926 British Open was the 61st time this major was played.

The 1927 British Open was the 62nd time this major was played, and the defending champ made a successful return.

What is the all-time PGA Tour record for the largest lead lost in the final round? We're talking about golfers who led by the most strokes entering the final round, but wound up losing.

A "Bisque Stroke" is an extra handicap stroke given by one golfer to another as an enticement into a match or bet. The Bisque Stroke is in addition to the receiving golfer's full allotment of handicap strokes.

The 1928 British Open was the 63rd time this major was played.

The 1929 British Open was the 64th time this major was played.

The 1930 British Open was the 65th time this major was played. And Bobby Jones won it on his way to the Grand Slam.

For decades, the PGA Tour played a tournament in Memphis, Tenn., that began as the Memphis Invitational Open and finished as the FedEx St. Jude Classic.

The 1931 British Open was the 66th time this major was played.

The 1932 British Open was the 67th time this major was played. The winner led wire-to-wire and set a new scoring record.

The 1933 British Open was the 68th time this major was played, and two Americans played off to determine the victor.

The 1934 British Open was the 69th time this major was played. It was the first of an eventual three Open wins for the champion.

The 1935 British Open was the 70th time this major was played, but the first of two consecutive years golfers named Alf won.

The 1936 British Open was the 71st time this major was played. Alf Padgham was third in the https://www.golfcompendium.com/2018/12/1934-british-open.html , second in the 1935 Open , and this year, in 1936, he completed the progression by winning.

The 1937 British Open was the 72nd time this major was played.

The 1938 British Open was the 73rd time this major was played. The champion was the golfer who had finished second one year earlier.

The 1939 British Open was the 74th time this major was played — and the last time until 1946 due to World War II.

The Manulife LPGA Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played a scant six years in the 2010s but with an impressive list of champions.

The Player of the Year award for golfers on the PGA Tour is today handed out by the PGA Tour, based on a vote by PGA Tour players. Makes sense. But it used to be the PGA of America that gave out this award, and for decades, through 2022, both organizations named a Player of the Year based on PGA Tour play.

Laura Baugh was a professional golfer from the early 1970s into the 21st century. She never lived up to the promise of her amateur career, and battled drinking problems, but earned a good living through endorsements as one of the LPGA's glamour girls.

Below are the annual leaders in scoring average on the PGA Tour. The list goes back to 1980, which is the year the tour started keeping this as an official tour statistic. This stat is for adjusted scoring average, rather than actual scoring average — adjusted scoring average is what is used to determine the PGA Tour's Byron Nelson Award (low scorer of the year). A few notes about the list: Tiger Woods and Greg Norman dominate the list. Woods has led the PGA Tour in scoring average nine times. And Norman was the low scorer on tour six times. The lowest scoring average yet recorded is 67.79, and Woods hit that number twice, first in 2000, and again in 2007. To date, those are the only sub-68 averages on the list. The highest scoring average to lead the tour is 70.61 by Raymond Floyd in 1983. No golfer has led the tour with a scoring average in the 70s since 1987. Here is the list: Scoring Average Leaders on the PGA Tour By Year These are the golfers who have led the tou...

Returning after a five-year absence due to wartime, the 1946 British Open was the 75th time this major was played.

The 1947 British Open was the 76th time this major was played, and the championship had its first Irish winner.

Below are the yearly leaders in driving accuracy on the LPGA Tour, dating to 1992 when the tour first officially started tracking this stat. Driving accuracy is the percentage of times a golfer hits the fairway with her shot from the teeing ground.

The 1872 British Open was the 12th time this major was played, as the tournament returned following a one-year absence.

The 1873 British Open was the 13th time this major was played, but the first time it was played at The Old Course.

The 1874 British Open was the 14th time this major was played.

The 1875 British Open was the 15th time this major was played. The champion won the last of his four titles.

The 1876 British Open was the 16th time this major was played. The champion won it when his playoff opponent failed to show up.

Neil Coles' career is marked by longevity — he won tournaments from 1955 through 2002 — and productivity. He was a British golf pioneer, and later a member of the Hall of Fame.

The 1877 British Open was the 17th time this major was played.

The 1878 British Open was the 18th time this major was played, and the champion earned his win with a spectacular finish.

The 1879 British Open was the 19th time this major was played. For the champion, it was his third successive win.

The 1880 British Open was the 20th time this major was played. The winner was beginning a streak of three consecutive Open victories.

The 1881 British Open was the 21st time this major was played. And for the second of three consecutive years, Bob Ferguson was the champion. This was the last time a 12-hole golf course hosted the Open.

The 1882 British Open was the 22nd time this major was played. The champion completed a streak of three consecutive years winning.

The ANA Inspiration is one of the five majors of women's professional golf, played early in every LPGA Tour season. Therefore, this tournament's list of winners has something of a split history: the winners of it as a major, and the pre-major winners.

The 1883 British Open was the 23rd time this major was played. The golfer trying for four wins in a row came up just short.

The 1884 British Open was the 24th time this major was played.

The 1885 British Open was the 25th time this major was played. It was a one-day, 36-hole tournament.

Below are the LPGA putting leaders per year, listed in two different ways of measuring putting prowess: putts per round, and putts per GIR.

The 1886 British Open was the 26th time this major was played.

The 1887 British Open was the 27th time this major was played.

The 1888 British Open was the 28th time this major was played. A double-check of scorecard math played a pivotal role.

The PGA Tour money list goes back to 1934. Below are the PGA Tour money leaders, organized by decade.

The 1889 British Open was the 29th time this major was played. It was decided in a 36-hole playoff, with the winner becoming the champ for the second time. But it was the seventh Open title for the winner's family.

The 1890 British Open was the 30th time this major was played. For the first time, an amateur won this championship, and he was also the first golfer not from Scotland to win The Open.

The 1891 British Open was the 31st time this major was played. But it was the last time the Open Championship was played over 36 holes on a single day. It also produced the second 1-2 finish by brothers.

1 — Sorenstam's rank in first Rolex Women's World Rankings, released in February 2006.

The 1892 British Open was the 32nd time this major was played. An amateur golfer won The Open this year, just the second time an amateur claimed this major championship. But this year was the first in which The Open was played over 72 holes.

The 1893 British Open was the 33rd time this major was played.

The 1894 British Open was the 34th time this major was played but the first time it was ever played outside of Scotland. It was also the occasion of the first win in the Open for any of the " Great Triumvirate " members.

The U.S. Open golf tournament is the national championship of the USGA, first played in 1895. It is one of of the four major championships of men's professional golfer, and the second-oldest.

The 1895 British Open was the 35th time this major was played. J.H. Taylor won his second consecutive Open title by recording the lowest score of the final round.

The 1896 British Open was the 36th time this major was played, and the winningest Open golfer ever earned his first title here.

The 1897 British Open was the 37th time this major was played, and an amateur won his second title here.

Mason Rudolph was a junior golf champion who grew into a longtime, solid PGA Tour player. Two of his pro victories were by one stroke over second-place Jack Nicklaus.