Golf Compendium

Golfers sometimes use another word for "golf course," a synonym that begins with the letters t-r-a-c. But that word, depending on who is saying it, might end either with a "k" (track) or a "t" (tract). So we are going to answer a question here that we sometimes get: Is a golf course a "track" or a "tract"?

The Dunlop International was a men's professional golf tournament in Australia from the mid-1960s into the early 1970s. It was noted for its very strong international fields, with some of the biggest U.S. PGA Tour stars often playing.

Two-Person Best Ball is the name of a golf competition format that can be used for tournaments, or can be played within a group of four golfers (two vs. two). Two-Person Best Ball uses two-player teams, and on each hole the lower of the two partners' scores counts as the team's score.

What is the lowest score ever recorded in a PGA Championship for the first 36 holes, the opening two rounds? That record is 128, and the record was set in 2019 by Brooks Koepka.

John Bland turned professional in 1969 and won his first tournament of note at the 1970 Transvaal Open. By the mid-1970s he was winning regularly on the South African Tour (later known as the Sunshine Tour). He was one of the tour's top players for nearly 20 years, also winning a couple times on the European Tour, before finding wider fame as a winner on the Senior PGA Tour.

The largest margin of victory by Jack Nicklaus on the PGA Tour was nine strokes, a winning margin Nicklaus achieved twice. Below are all the times Nicklaus won by at least five strokes on the PGA Tour plus a few other tours.

The basics of the 2-Person Net Multiplier golf format are right there in that name. It's a format for two-person teams, and the net scores made by the two partners are multiplied.

The Ohio Kings Island Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was played four times within a five-year span in the mid-1970s. Jack Nicklaus was the first winner.

Mary Lou Crocker was an LPGA Tour golfer in the 1960s and 1970s who had one LPGA victory. Before turning pro, she was a USGA national championship winner.