Golf Compendium

The Chevron Championship is one of the five golf tournaments that make up the LPGA majors . Which golfers hold the records as the tournament's youngest winner, and its oldest? The youngest wasn't yet 19 years old, and the oldest was in her early 40s.

Andy Bean was a big golfer with a big personality who, from the late 1970s into the mid-late-1980s was one of the PGA Tour's top contenders. Bean recorded double-digit wins during that time, had multiple high money-list finishes, and was runner-up in three majors. And have you heard about the time he wrestled an alligator on a golf course?

A "golf lawyer" is something you don't want to be, even though the underlying knowledge required to be one (a strong understanding of the rules) is a good thing.

Being the low amateur in the U.S. Open is a great achievement in itself. Winning the U.S. Open is one of the greatest achievements in golf. But how many golfers have earned low amateur honors and also won the tournament at some point?

The format known as Two-Ball Low Net is for golf tournaments that use four-person teams. On each hole, the two lowest net scores among the four team members are combined for the team's score.

The 2028 Masters Tournament will be the 92nd time this major championship is played. First staged in 1934, The Masters is one of the four majors of men's professional golf. The format is four rounds, 72 holes of stroke play.

What is the "career grand slam" in golf? In men's golf, it refers to winning each of the four professional major championships over the course of one's career: The Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship. If a golfer wins each of those tournaments at least once, then he has achieved the career grand slam. And it is a rare feat.

The Sumrie Better-Ball tournament, also known as the Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball, was a team golf tournament played in England and Scotland from the late 1960s into the late 1970s. It was an independent tournament, not a tour event, although it attracted most of the big names who played the European Tour at the time.

Picture a person who does not play golf, but whose spouse loves golf and plays a lot. That person would wind up spending lots of time on their own, waiting for that golf-loving spouse to get back from the course. What would you call such a person? One thing you can call them is this: golf widow.

Did you know that the most-famous tournament in golf, the Masters Tournament, was not always called "The Masters"? It had a different name altogether when the tournament debuted in 1934, and it took several years of convincing before a famous co-founder of the tournament was ready to change the name.

In the 4-Person Team Quota format, golfers on a four-person team (duh) are each playing their own ball throughout. Based on their net scores, they earn points for the team. The goal is to not just meet a point quota for your team, but for the team to exceed that goal. And the team that exceeds it by the most points wins the tournament or competition.

John O'Leary was an Irish golfer whose pro career stretched from the early 1970s into the 1990s. After his playing days ended, he spent many years as a director of the European Tour. O'Leary didn't have a lot of wins, but he played in the Ryder Cup. And after his biggest victory in his home Irish Open, it took 25 years before another Irish golfer won it.

The Masters Tournament dates to 1934, and most of the best golfers in the game's history since then have won this major championship. But not all of them! In fact, some big names are missing from the list of Masters champions . Who are the biggest-name golfers who never won The Masters? Let's count them down, from No. 10 to No. 1.

PGA Tour player Billy Mayfair was leading the 2002 Michelob Championship when he decided to play aggressively to a hole location close to the left side of a narrow green. And after making double bogey, he was no longer the leader. "It (was) a sucker pin," Mayfair said, "and I guess I was a sucker for it."

Rhona Adair was one of the first women in Ireland to make a name for herself as a golfer. She won multiple Irish and British championships. She was also known as a long driver for her time, but with distances that might surprise you. And Adair once played Old Tom Morris in a match.