Golf Compendium

The 2019 U.S. Senior Open was the 40th time this major championship of senior (50-and-over) men's golf was played. Steve Stricker took the title with a record scoring performance.

In 1995, the United States Golf Association threw a yearlong celebration of its centennial. And to cap it, the USGA created two new tournaments. One of those was the USGA Men’s State Team Championship (the other was the women's state team championship), which debuted near the end of 1995.

The Vintage Invitational was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour (then known as the Senior PGA Tour) from the early 1980s into the mid-1990s. It was played in California, typically in the early part of the tour's schedule, under several different names.

The 1982 U.S. Senior Open was the third time this USGA championship for senior men (50-and-over) was played. Miller Barber blitzed the field in the final round to win by four.

It's might seem paradoxical that the golfer who holds the record for losing the most Solheim Cup matches also shares the record for winning the most matches. It's not, really: That golfer also played in the most Solheim Cups, so she played a lot of matches over her career. Others on the list below really did have terrible Solheim Cup records, though.

The 2028 Presidents Cup will be the 17th time this tournament is played. Played on an every-other-year basis, it was first contested in 1994. Today, it takes place in even-numbered years.

What are the biggest blowouts in the history of foursomes matches in the Walker Cup? One 18-hole foursomes match ended in an 8-and-7 win, and two 36-hole matches ended with 9-and-8 scores.

Winning a singles match in the Walker Cup is certainly a feather in the cap for any golfer, probably among the highlights of one's amateur career. The golfers on the list below, though, didn't just win — they won by these singles matches by a lot .

The 2028 Walker Cup will be the 52nd time this competition is played. The Walker Cup Match, as it officially known, is a match-play tournament between teams of amateur male golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) and the United States (USA). It dates to 1922. In the tournament's history, Team USA has 40 wins, Team GB&I 10 wins, and there has been one tie.