Golf Compendium

Henry Ransom was a professional golfer, later a rancher and college golf coach, whose victories on the PGA Tour came during the period 1946-55. He once got into a fistfight with another pro during a tournament, but also finished as high as fourth on the PGA Tour season money list.

The Ladies European Open was a professional golf tournament played under various names in the 1980s and 1990s on the Ladies European Tour. It rotated to different golf courses most years, mostly in the U.K. The tournament used a 72-hole, stroke-play format.

"Target golf" is a term that describes a type of golf strategy — or requirement, actually — in which the golfer's strokes are almost all carry, almost no roll, due to course design and/or course conditions. The golfer is playing lofted shots that stop very quickly, trying to avoid penal areas, with the ground game (options to play shots that lead to the ball running a lot after landing) all but eliminated from consideration.

To win the golf side bet known as Froggies, you need some luck. But that's all you need: Winning this bet does not require making par or posting any other specific score.

Dai Rees was a professional golfer from Wales whose long, productive career as a tournament winner spanned from the 1930s into the 1970s. He came close multiple times to winning the British Open, and did win dozens of tournaments on the British and European circuits of his era. Particularly noted as a match player and famed for his dedication to the Ryder Cup, Rees helped hand Team USA the only Ryder Cup loss it suffered between 1933 and 1985.

Mabel walks into the clubhouse looking for her husband, Jasper, who she's arrived to pick up after his round of golf. She finds him at the bar and asks how his round went.

The Wales Open (which was called the Cazoo Open its final two years) was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour in the 2000s. It was always played at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales.

Has an amateur golfer ever won on the European Tour? The answer is yes. How many amateurs have won Euro Tour tournaments? That answer is three.

The putting game named 50/50 (Fifty-Fifty) is one that is played on the practice green. You can play it as a competition between golfers, but it is probably best for a single golfer: You can use 50/50 to spice up your practice session, challenging yourself to earn points on putts of varying lengths.