Test Homepage
Test Excerpt for this post.
Golfers with websites, Twitter and Facebook
Golfers with websites, Twitter and FacebookCertain sites, blogs, pages or tweets may not be in English, but where an English version of a foreign language…
The Payne Stewart Award
The Payne Stewart Award In honour of the late three-time major champion Payne Stewart, who died in a plane accident aged 42 in 1999, the…
Unusual and Exceptional Scoring Streaks
Unusual and Exceptional Scoring StreaksMOST UNDER PAR IN THE SHORTEST NUMBER OF HOLES AT 1 HOLE – 4 UNDER PAR: The lowest feasible score for…
The fastest rounds in professional tournament golf
The fastest rounds in professional tournament golfAlthough a close eye is kept on slow play in professional tournaments (but very little done about it when…
The most PGA Tour victories
The most PGA Tour victories Slammin’ Sam Snead leads the all-time list on 82, leaving Tiger Woods the only active player with a realistic chance…
The US Open Championship
The US Open Championship The US Open Championship is the second oldest professional major, first contested in 1895 over the 9-hole course of Newport Golf…
The Halford Hewitt Cup
The Halford Hewitt Cup Founded in 1924 and now played between teams of Old Boys from 64 public schools in England and Scotland and organised…
The Longest Sudden Death Playoffs in Professional Golf
The Longest Sudden Death Playoffs in Professional Golf 11 holes 1949 – Motor City Open at Meadowbrook CC, Michigan (PGA Tour): Carey Middlecoff and Lloyd…
The US Open – Tournament records
The US Open – Tournament records High scoring, rather than low, seems to be the hallmark of the US Open, with 8 under par being…
What size is the golf hole, and why?
It’s that size for a reason
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’
The Callaway Scoring System
‘One-off’ handicapping system for events which require formal and fair stroke play scoring