Golf Compendium

The 3-Point Game is a golf format for groups of four golfers who pair off into two teams for a 2-vs.-2 competition. On each hole, three points are awarded, one point each for three different accomplishments. And in this game, partners rotate every six holes so that each golfer partners every other member of the group.

The Ladies European Tour (LET) crowns an Order of Merit (OOM) winner at the end of each season. Below is the list of Order of Merit winners going back to 1979, when the OOM was first recognized.

The "2-By-4" game is a format for golf competitions involving 4-person teams. The numbers in the format's name refer to the number of scores used on each hole: on most holes, two players' scores are combined for the team score. But on four holes, four players' scores are combined for the team score.

What is the longest, officially measured drive in PGA Tour history? What are the longest drives struck on the PGA Tour each year? We can answer those questions thanks to the tour's own shot-tracking system.

The golf game named "16 Points" is for a group of four golfers. On each hole, 16 points are divided among those four players based on their scores. (Note that this game is also sometimes called "Sixteen" or "Sixteens.")

Bob Rosburg played on the PGA Tour from the 1950s into the 1970s. He was known for a brilliant short game and for winning a major championship. Later, Rosburg became even better-known as a golf broadcaster. He pioneered a new role on golf telecasts, and ultimately appeared on golf broadcasts for 30 years.

What is the largest playoff that has ever taken place on the LPGA Tour? That is, the most golfers who participated in a playoff at one of the tour's official events?

The Jamie Farr Toledo Classic was a professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour that was played over four decades. It was known by multiple names over that time, including Marathon Classic (full list of names below). Actor Jamie Farr's name was part of the tournament name for nearly 30 of those years.

If you play in a golf tournament that is a fund-raiser for a charity or cause, you might run into something called the Cone Game. It's a tournament add-on that is entirely optional for golfers, but that helps the tournament organizers increase the amount of money they can raise.