Golf Compendium

The U.S. Open is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, while The Players Championship is the biggest tournament run by the PGA Tour and is nicknamed " the fifth major ." How many golfers have won both these prestigious tournaments in the same calendar year?

Being selected to play in the Curtis Cup is one of the highest achievements for amateur women golfers who are American, British or Irish. The Ryder Cup-style competition is played every other year, with two, 10-player teams, one representing Great Britain & Ireland, the other the United States.

Which golfers have played in the U.S. Open most often? Which ones played in this major championship the most years consecutively? Those are the U.S. Open records we examine below.

Jane Bastanchury Booth was a big winner in the amateur ranks in the late 1960s and early 1970s, although she never won the biggest one. She is also remembered for a spectacular Curtis Cup record. Later, her daughter also played Curtis Cup, making them the first mother-daughter pair to do so.

The 2028 Curtis Cup Match will be the 45th time this tournament is played. The Curtis Cup is a team, match-play tournament contested by two squads of amateur women golfers, one representing the United States (USA), one representing Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I).

What are the best scores after the first two rounds of any U.S. Women's Open? That's the record we look at here: lowest opening 36-hole score in this biggest of women's major championships .

The U.S. Women's Open used an 18-hole playoff format for much of its history, but not too many years ago switched to an aggregate-score format (total score over a smaller number of holes). In this article, we list every playoff in the tournament's history, the playoff participants, and their scores.

Shelley Mayfield was a PGA Tour winner in the 1950s, although in all but a few years he played infrequently on tour. He was pro at several notable clubs and a friend of Hogan, and Harvey Penick wrote that Mayfield popularized a swing element that many years later started being taught to promote distance.

Which golfer has used the fewest strokes to win the U.S. Women's Open? That's the record we're discussing here: lowest total strokes over four rounds (72 holes) in this biggest tournament in women's golf. We'll also show you the evolution of the record — each golfer who lowered it over the years.