Golf Compendium

Any win is special, and come-from-behind wins are probably even more special to those golfers good enough (and lucky enough) to pull one off. But what are the biggest, final-round comeback wins in PGA Tour history?

Here are some tips for getting the most out of your work on the practice putting green, whether that's a standalone practice session or on the practice green at a golf course before the start of your round.

Which golfer finished the year 2006 at No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings? The same one who began the year at No. 1 in the first-ever official women's world rankings.

Which golfer finished the year 2007 at No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings? On this page we'll find out that answer, plus look at the season-ending Top 50 in the Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings of women's professional golf.

The Betsy King Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, named after the 34-time LPGA Tour winner and World Golf Hall of Famer. The event had several title sponsors over its run (listed below) and, in its final two years, was known as the Wachovia LPGA Classic.

Think about the word golf. Are the letters initials? What does "g.o.l.f." stand for? That's a question we are sometimes asked by people who have heard that the word "golf" was first created as an acronym, as initials that stood for a phrase.

Which golfer finished the year 2008 at No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings? On this page we'll find out that answer, plus look at the season-ending Top 50 in the Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings of women's professional golf.

Par: Par 4 Length: 495 yards Name: Magnolia One of three roughly 500-yard par-4 holes at Augusta National Golf Club, the fifth hole also plays uphill.

Dick Burton was an English golfer whose career suffered a major interruption by World War II, in which he served. But he still managed more than a dozen wins in big British tournaments, including the Open Championship. He's also the answer to a trivia question (yes, it's a trick question): Who held the British Open title the longest?

"Big Fish" is the name of a golf betting game in which the hardest holes on the golf course are worth the most money, and the easiest holes are worth the least money. The golfers in a group play the round, each hoping to bag the most-valuable holes — the biggest fish, so to speak.

Which golfer finished the year 2009 at No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings? On this page we'll find out that answer, plus look at the season-ending Top 50 in the Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings of women's professional golf.

In golf, "double eagle" is a scoring term that refers to a score of 3-under par on a hole. The specific scores that result in a double eagle are:

Par: Par 3 Length: 240 yards Name: Flowering Crab Apple The first par-3 hole at Augusta National plays 240 yards during The Masters, but 70 yards shorter for members.

The golf term " double eagle ," meaning 3-under par on a single hole, goes back to the early part of the 20th century. We've found it in print in American publications at least as far back as 1920. But it was a while longer before it appeared in the New York Times . And when "the Grey Lady" finally did use "double eagle" in an article, it wasn't an article about a golf tournament or famous pro golfer. It was an article about Babe Ruth.

Which golfer finished the year 2010 at No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings? On this page we'll find out that answer, plus look at the season-ending Top 50 in the Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings of women's professional golf.

Jack Burns was a Scottish golfer who won a 19th-century British Open title. He was also a rare golfer who, after winning the Open title, later became a caddie.

The Hardscrabble Open was one of the earlier open (to pros and amateurs alike) tournaments for women golfers in the United States, and its roster of champions reads like a who's who of the first few years of the LPGA Tour. But the tournament pre-dates the LPGA, and only three of its years are counted as official LPGA tournaments today.

A quadruple bogey is a score on a single golf hole that is four strokes higher than the hole's par. Or, to make it more explicit, these are the numbers of strokes it takes to make a quadruple bogey:

Par: Par 4 Length: 350 yards Name: Flowering Peach The third hole at Augusta National Golf Club is the shortest par-4 on the course, and by almost 100 yards.

If you spend any time reading old golf books or magazines, or researching golf history, as we do, you are bound to run across the old golf scoring terms "under 4s" (under fours) and "over 4s" (over fours). They always appear in conjunction with another number, such as "3 under 4s" or "5 over 4s." What does that golf scoring formulation mean?

Which golfer finished the year 2011 at No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings? On this page we'll find out that answer, plus look at the season-ending Top 50 in the Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings of women's professional golf.

Mike Turnesa was a club pro for his entire adult life and a touring pro, playing on the PGA Tour, from the 1920s into the 1950s. A member of a famous set of golfing brothers, his grandson won on the PGA Tour in the 2000s. Mike himself won multiple times on the PGA Tour, but is most-famous today as the loser of a major championship to Ben Hogan.

Have you ever made a "quintuple bogey" on the golf course? Our condolences. Actually, don't feel bad about it, especially if you are a beginner or just a casual golfer: Even the greatest golfers in the world have made quintuple bogeys. But it is a bad score in golf.

Par: Par 4 Length: 440 yards Name: Nandina The 17th hole at Augusta National is a fairly straightforward hole. Once bunkerless, it now has two bunkers guarding the front. The approach shot isn't long, but it is to a very hard putting surface that falls off almost all the way around.

You've heard of the "career grand slam," a phrase that means winning all four of the professional majors in men's golf over the course of one's career. But what about the "American slam"? OK, we just made up that term. But it refers to winning all three of the United States-based men's majors during one's career. And you might be surprised at how few golfers have achieved that.

Which golfer finished the year 2012 at No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings? On this page we'll find out that answer, plus look at the season-ending Top 50 in the Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings of women's professional golf.

Par: Par 4 Length: 440 yards Name: Chinese Fir The 14th hole at Augusta National Golf Club is the only hole on the golf course that does not have any bunkers. But plenty of sloping ground on the hole makes up for the lack of sand.

Which golfer finished the year 2013 at No. 1 in the women's world golf rankings? On this page we'll find out that answer, plus look at the season-ending Top 50 in the Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings of women's professional golf.

The Waco Turner Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the early 1960s, played in Oklahoma. It is famous in tour history as the place were, in 1964, an African-American golfer first won an official PGA Tour event.