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The Walker Cup – player and match records and statistics (up to and including 2007) Click here for the full match scores 1922 – 2009

The Walker Cup – player and match records and statistics (up to and including 2007) Click here for the full match scores 1922 – 2009The…

Top Golf Courses from Around the Globe

The game of golf has enthralled people for centuries. Enthusiasts spend a large amount of time and money creating the perfect golf experience. Across the…

Left-handers – how many have won major championships?

Left-handers – how many have won major championships?Only four champions, with seven championships between them: Sir Bob Charles, Mike Weir, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson.…

Royal St George’s Golf Club, Sandwich

Facts and figures about The Open Championship, the Club, the Course and more… • There have been only three American winners of The Open at…

The World Cup

The World Cup Founded by Canadian industrialist John Jay Hopkins, in the hope of promoting goodwill between nations through golf, the World Cup began life…

The longest putt ever holed

The longest putt ever holedThe longest known putt is attributed to Fergus Muir, who holed a monster of 375 feet on the 125 yard par…

The Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup Created by English seed merchant and keen amateur golfer Samuel Ryder, the first match was played in Massachussets in 1927, when America…

The World Cup – Match history & records

The World Cup – Match history & recordsFounded by Canadian industrialist John Jay Hopkins, in the hope of promoting goodwill between nations through golf, the…

The Masters Honorary Starters

The Masters Honorary StartersIn 1963, 30 years after the first playing, The Masters inaugurated a practice which has now become part of the tradition of…

Loandon’s boutiqu a golf clubs

Loandon’s boutiqu a golf clubs. Loandon’s boutiqu a golf clubs. Loandon’s boutiqu a golf clubs. Loandon’s boutiqu a golf clubs. Loandon’s boutiqu a golf clubs.…

The lowest golf course in the world

Furnace Creek Golf Course, in California’s Death Valley, lies 214 feet below sea level, 6,236 yards off the back tees and a par 70.

The Ryder Cup – Match history & records 1927 – 2012

The origins of the Ryder Cup date back to two unofficial matches in 1921 and 1926, when a group of American professionals, including Walter Hagen,…

How the Official World Golf Ranking works (from January 1st, 2007)

  RELATED STORIES Latest Official World Golf Ranking Changes to the system (from 01/01/2007) NEWS & TOUR TOP STORIES Nick Faldo receives his Knighthood LPGA…

The Career of Seve Ballesteros

The Career of Seve Ballesteros Five times a major champion, 91 worldwide victories, 61 weeks as world no. 1 and the man who rejuvenated European…

The Oldest Winners

The Oldest WinnersOf any Major Championship: Men – Julius Boros, 48 years 4 months and 18 days when he won the US PGA Championship in…

The Major Championships

The Solheim Cup

The Solheim Cup The ladies’ equivalent of the Ryder Cup, the Solheim Cup was first played in 1990, the brainchild of Karsten Solheim, the Norwegian-American…

Association of Golf Writers Trophy

Association of Golf Writers Trophy Since 1951, when Max Faulkner (left) won, it is chosen by a poll of members of the Association and awarded…

What size is the golf hole, and why? It's that size for a reason

What size is the golf hole, and why?

It’s that size for a reason

Most major runner-up finishes

Who has the most major championship runner-up finishes?

Most people – players and non-players alike – agree that major championship victories are the yardstick for ‘greatness’