Golf Compendium

These are the annual leaders in sand save percentage on the PGA Tour — those golfers who are most successful at getting up-and-down out of bunkers. The list goes back to 1980, which is the year the tour started keeping this statistic.

The 1994 U.S. Open was the 94th edition of the tournament. A controversial ruling played a role in the tournament, which ended with an 18-hole playoff that stretched to 20 holes. And this tournament, at Oakmont in his home state of Pennsylvania, marked Arnold Palmer's final appearance in this championship.

The 1993 U.S. Open was the 93rd time the tournament was played. The winner carded four sub-70 rounds and tied the then-tournament scoring record.

The Tampa Women's Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in the tour's early days. In fact, this event pre-dates the founding of the LPGA, which happened in 1950. The tournament ran from the late 1940s until 1960.

The 2003 British Open was the 132nd edition of the tournament. A little-known golfer playing in his very first major championship was the surprise winner.

The 1985 British Open was the 114th time the tournament was played. The winner was a Scotsman who had previously posted only one Top 10 finish in any of the four major championships.

Madelene Sagstrom is the current record-holder for most money in a single Symetra Tour season. The Epson Tour is the developmental tour for women golfers in the United States. Through much of its history it was known as the Futures Tour, later the Duramed Futures Tour and Symetra Tour.

This was the seventh time the Presidents Cup was played. After the American side's victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 5, International 1, with one tie.

Jose Maria Olazabal became a first-time major championship winner at the 1994 Masters, which was the 58th edition of the tournament. Olazabal leapfrogged Tom Lehman to claim the victory. Lehman led Ollie by one entering the final round, but Olazabal shot 69 to Lehman's 72 in Round 4.

Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus engaged in two duels at majors in 1977, most famously at the British Open. But first they duelled here, at the 1977 Masters, the 41st time The Masters was played. Watson came out on top in both cases, leading to many golf historians pointing to this event where the Nicklaus Era of golf was overtaken by Watson's era.

Raymond Floyd dominated the 1976 Masters from start to finish, tying the tournament's scoring record. It was the 40th time the tournament was played.

The Borden Classic is a former LPGA Tour tournament that was played in Ohio. Its time period was from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s.

The 1998 PGA Championship was the 80th time the tournament was played. Two golfers seeking their first major wins, Vijay Singh and Steve Stricker, battled through the final round for the trophy.

The 1971 PGA Championship was the 53rd time the tournament was played. With his victory here, the winner completed a the career grand slam for the second time, the first golfer to do so.

The 1978 U.S. Open was the 78th time the tournament was played. Andy North held on to win by one stroke over Dave Stockton and J.C. Snead. Stockton missed a par putt on the final hole to make it easier for North, and Snead missed a birdie putt that would have made it tougher for North. North made it hard enough on himself, however, bogeying the last.

The 1977 U.S. Open was the 77th time the tournament was played. The champion won it despite (literally) playing under a death threat.

The 1976 U.S. Open was the 76th time the tournament was played. A 22-year-old won it, a golfer who appeared to be at the beginning of a long career filled with victories. But it wasn't to be.

The 1992 U.S. Open was the 92nd time the tournament was played. One of the tour's most consistent players got the win.

The 1991 U.S. Open was the 91st time the tournament was played. The champion was decided in an 18-hole playoff contested by two golfers who were both already major championship winners.

The Giant Eagle LPGA Classic was an LPGA Tour tournament played in Ohio from the early 1990s until just after the dawn of the 21st century.

The Sybase Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour played in New York and New Jersey from the early 1990s to the late 2000-aughts.

The Sahara Invitational is a former PGA Tour golf tournament, played from the late 1950s through the mid-1970s. The tournament was played in Las Vegas and named after the sponsor, the Sahara Hotel. The tournament was accompanied by a celebrity pro-am.

This was the sixth time the Presidents Cup was played. After the American side's victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 4, International 1, with one tie.

The 1970 PGA Championship was the 52nd time the tournament was played. A first-time major winner held off a legend, making his final push to win a PGA Championship, in the last round for the win.

The 1980 British Open was the 109th time the tournament was played. The final two rounds belonged to Tom Watson, who won this major championship for the third time.

The 1979 British Open was the 108th time the tournament was played. Seve Ballesteros was just 22 years old, and he had already made a name for himself. But this is the tournament at which he became a major champion.

Arnold Palmer is so famous there's a drink named after him. It's not a drink he invented, but it is a drink he famously enjoys and helped popularize. It's the Arnold Palmer "mocktail" (a mocktail is a mixed drink that does not include alcohol) that combines unsweetened ice tea with lemonade. But of course, you can easily turn the "mocktail" into a cocktail by adding liquor.

The basic Arnold Palmer drink is half lemonade, half iced tea. But not everyone likes their Arnold Palmer "basic." Some add flavoring but keep the drink non-alcoholic (see our non-alcoholic Arnold Palmer recipes ).

On this page you'll find variations on the basic recipe for an Arnold Palmer drink . The basic Arnold Palmer is half iced tea (unsweetened), half lemonade. (Or, if you want to make it exactly the way Arnie did, go around two-thirds tea and one-third lemonade — Palmer used the lemonade as the sweetener for the tea.) But there are many ways to add a twist, to add different flavors to the mix. And those are the recipes you'll find below.

This year was the 25th anniversary of the first Masters, but the 1959 Masters was the 23rd time the tournament was played (due to years skipped during World War II). What was considered one of the greatest final rounds in Masters history to this point was played by the winner.

The 22nd Masters played, this is the one in which the term "Amen Corner" was first used. And Arnold Palmer won it for the first time, giving "Arnie's Army" one of its biggest thrills.

The 1974 PGA Championship was the 56th time the tournament was played. An old putter brought out of storage helped the winner.

The 1973 PGA Championship was the 55th time the tournament was played. It produced a milestone victory for Jack Nicklaus.

The 1990 U.S. Open was the 90th time the tournament was played, and it was settled in an 18-hole playoff that continued into sudden-death holes.

The 1989 U.S. Open was the 89th time the tournament was played, and the winner made it back-to-back championships.

The 1984 U.S. Open was the 84th time the tournament was played, and it came down to an 18-hole playoff between Fuzzy Zoeller and Greg Norman.

Below is the list of Japan Golf Tour money leaders annually since the tour was founded in 1973. The Japan Golf Tour (or JGTO) is one of the six men's tours whose results count toward the Official World Golf Ranking. It is the oldest professional golf tour in Asia.

The Longs Drugs Challenge was called the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge when it was played on the LPGA Tour for the last time in 2010. It began in the mid-1990s and was played in Northern California.

Finding the "nearest point of relief" is something that is referenced at many different places in the Rules of Golf. But do you know what it really means, and what the proper procedure is for determining nearest point of relief? Do you know exactly how to determine where to drop, and how to take that drop?

The 1994 PGA Championship was the 76th time the tournament was played. Nick Price won this major for the second time three years.

The 1992 PGA Championship was the 74th time the tournament was played. The winner came from two behind the first-, second- and third-round leader to earn the first of his three career wins in major championships.

Dr. Cary Middlecoff, a practicing dentist, drilled the field in winning the 1955 Masters, the 19th one played. Middlecoff ran away with the championship, winning by a then-record seven strokes over runner-up Ben Hogan. This was also the first Masters played by Arnold Palmer.

Two of the heavyweights of their time (or any other time in golf history), Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, battled with an amateur in the final round for the 1954 Masters Tournament title. In the end, it was Slammin' Sam who came away with the trophy, beating Hogan in a playoff.

The 1968 British Open was the 97th time the tournament was played. The scoring was tough this year — so tough that Gary Player was able to stage a come-from-behind victory by shooting 73 in the final round.

The 1967 British Open was the 96th time the tournament was played. The winner was from Argentina, and he was, therefore, the first South American golfer to win one of the men's professional majors.

It sounds like the invention of a screenwriter: "Johnny Golden, born in Tuxedo." But the golfer of the 1920s and '30 was real. His story ended early, alas, with an untimely death.

The HealthSouth Inaugural was a 20-year tournament on the LPGA Tour, from the early 1980s until the late 1990s. It was played on several golf courses around Florida.

This was the fifth time the Presidents Cup was played. After the teams tied, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 3, International 1, with one tie. The 2003 Presidents Cup is the only one that involved a sudden-death playoff between the teams. And it's the only one that failed to produce a winner, resulting in the "sharing" of the cup. That's because darkness halted the playoff before a winner could be decided.

The 1969 British Open was the 98th time the tournament was played. And the champion was the first British golfer to claim the title since 1951.

The 1964 British Open was the 93rd time the tournament was played. The winner was a "bubbly" player in his first appearance in this major championship.

The 1963 British Open was the 92nd time the tournament was played. It ended in a 36-hole playoff, and it ended with the winner becoming golf's first left-hander to win a major.

The 1970 U.S. Open was the 70th time the tournament was played. Tony Jacklin led wire-to-wire and wound up winning by seven strokes, becoming the first English winner of a since 1924.

The 1969 U.S. Open was the 69th time the tournament was played. A one-hit wonder made his mark, winning not only his one major championship, but claiming his only victory on the PGA Tour.

The 1968 U.S. Open was the 68th time the tournament was played, and it was the site of Lee Trevino's first major championship victory.

This was the fourth time the Presidents Cup was played, but the first one to use the now-familiar four-day schedule. After the American team's victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 3, International 1.

Al Espinosa was one of the earliest Hispanic golfers to play on the pro tour in the United States. He was active on the PGA Tour in the 1920s and 1930s, with multiple victories.

The Cannes Open is a former European Tour tournament located in France, in the resort city best-known for its movie festival, Cannes. ... Thomas Levet was the only Frenchman to win it. ... Mark McNulty was the only golfer to win it twice.

The 1974 Masters was the 38th edition of the tournament. And it was the second time The Masters was won by Gary Player, who took the trophy in part on the strength of a late birdie.

Gay Brewer, who one year earlier lost in a 3-way playoff to Jack Nicklaus, this time won the Masters by a stroke. Brewer made three straight birdies in the middle of the back nine — holes 13-15 — in the final round to earn the win. The 1967 tournament was the 31st time The Masters was played.

The 1991 PGA Championship was the 73rd time the tournament was played. A golfer who was the last player into the field became the unlikely winner: Long-bombing, mullet-sporting John Daly.

The 1990 PGA Championship was the 72nd time the tournament was played. Wayne Grady took the lead with a second-round 67 and never gave it up, winning by three strokes over Fred Couples.

The 1960 U.S. Open was the 60th time the tournament was played, and it boasted an all-time great comeback. Arnold Palmer came from seven strokes off the lead at the start of the final round to win.

The 1954 U.S. Open was the 54th time the tournament was played, and this one produced a surprise champion. Ed Furgol had a 1-stroke lead after three rounds over Dick Mayer, and held on to win by the same 1-stroke margin, but over Gene Littler.

The 1950 U.S. Open was the 50th time the tournament was played, and Ben Hogan won it in a playoff.

The list of sisters who've won on the LPGA Tour is a short one. So far, there are only three sets of sisters on that list.

The 1998 Presidents Cup was the third one played, the first one played outside the United States. It was the first one won by Team International. It was the first one played by Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk. And the first one in which Jack Nicklaus served as a captain. Afterward, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 2, International 1.

The LPGA State Farm Classic was a golf tournament that took place for more than 30 years on the LPGA Tour, played in the Springfield, Illinois, area.

Scottish golfer Ken Brown developed a reputation for eccentricity in his early years on tour in the 1970s. He won a few tournaments, retired young, and became a broadcaster.

The 1953 U.S. Open was the 53rd time the tournament was played. It was a wire-to-wire win for Bantam Ben, his record-tying fourth in this major championship.

The 1952 U.S. Open was the 52nd time the tournament was played. The champion came from four strokes behind Ben Hogan on the final day to won by four strokes.

The 1951 U.S. Open was the 51st time the tournament was played. Ben Hogan shot the best round of the tournament, a 67, in the final round, including a birdie on the last hole, to win by two strokes.

This was only the second time the Presidents Cup had been played, and it was played at the same place that was the site of inaugural 1994 Presidents Cup: Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia. (The tournament finally left the United States in 1998 when it was played in Australia.) After the American victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 2, International 0.

The 1947 Masters was the 11th time the tournament was played. The winner, for the first time, scored below-par in all four his tournament rounds.

The Masters resumed in 1946 following a 3-year break due to World War II. Therefore, it was the 10th Masters played, 12 years after the first one; and it was the first Masters Tournament since 1942. The champion survived not only a final-round challenge from Ben Hogan, but also a final-hole three-putt.

Peter Oosterhuis was the best British golfer of the first half of the 1970s. Later, he joined CBS Sports and became a popular golf broadcaster.

Gary McCord had an indistinguished PGA Tour career, but later became widely known — and controversial — as a longtime member of the CBS golf broadcasting team.

The 1994 Presidents Cup was the first time this event was played. It was founded by the PGA Tour, which sought to replicate the success of the USA-vs.-Europe Ryder Cup (the Ryder Cup being run by the PGA of America and the European Tour). After the American victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 1, International 0.

The 1986 PGA Championship was the 68th edition of the tournament. A famous, final-hole, hole-out produced the champion, and helped produce Greg Norman's image as a hard-luck loser.

The 1985 PGA Championship was the 67th edition of the tournament. Hubert Green made this tournament his final win on the PGA Tour.

The 1984 PGA Championship was the 66th edition of the tournament and the site of Lee Trevino's final win in a major championship.

The 1993 British Open was the 122nd time the tournament was played, and Greg Norman won it with a great closing round for his second victory in a major championship.

The 1992 British Open was the 121st time the tournament was played. Nick Faldo entered the final round with a three-stroke lead, lost that lead, then got it back in the end.

The 1990 British Open was the 119th time the tournament was played. The champ earned his second of three victories here.

The Welch's/Fry's Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from the early 1980s until the mid-2000-aughts. It was played in Tucson, Arizona.

Roger Maltbie played on the PGA Tour for more than 20 years, then became a successful broadcaster. He is probably best known as a golfer for winning the first Memorial Tournament.

Gary Koch played on the PGA Tour from the mid-1970s into the 1990s, then became well-known as an announcer on golf telecasts.

The 1923 U.S. Open was the 27th time the tournament was played. Bobby Jones won his first U.S. Open, and in a playoff.

The 1921 U.S. Open was the 25th time the tournament was played.

The 1920 U.S. Open was the 24th time the tournament was played. A 50-year-old British golf legend entered and nearly won the tournament. But, instead, one of his countrymen grabbed the trophy.

The Daks Tournament was a professional men's golf tournament in England, part of the circuit the preceded the European Tour. It was played from the 1950s into the 1970s.

The 1961 PGA Championship was the 43rd edition of this major, staged by the PGA of America, and a Barber won it. Jerry Barber, that is, who at age 45, became the oldest major winner to this point.

The 1960 PGA Championship was the 42nd edition of this major, staged by the PGA of America.

The 1970 Masters was the 34th time the tournament was played. Billy Casper and Gene Littler, who were childhood friends growing up in California, met in an 18-hole playoff. Casper was the winner.

George Archer scored his lone major championship victory at the 1969 Masters, the 33rd playing of the tournament. Archer caught and passed Billy Casper in the final round.

The 84 Lumber Classic was a PGA Tour golf tournament played in southwestern Pennsylvania for several years in the 2000-aughts. It ended when 84 Lumber withdrew as the title sponsor, and no replacement title sponsor was found.

The 1949 U.S. Open was the 49th time the tournament was played. It was the national coming-out for both its champion and for the golf course where it was played.

The 1947 U.S. Open was the 47th time the tournament was played. It ended with an 18-hole playoff.

The 1946 U.S. Open was the 46th time the tournament was played; it ended with a 36-hole playoff that involved three golfers, including Byron Nelson. But Nelson wasn't the winner.

The 1940 U.S. Open was the 44th time the tournament was played, and it ended with an 18-hole playoff.

The 1938 U.S. Open was the 42nd time the tournament was played.

The 1931 U.S. Open was the 35th time the tournament was played, and it was settled only after a 72-hole playoff.

The 1907 U.S. Open was the 13th time the tournament was played.

The 1906 U.S. Open was the 12th time the tournament was played and brothers finished one-two in the final standings.

The 1901 U.S. Open was the seventh time the tournament was played. It ended with an 18-hole playoff.

The Miami International Four Ball is a former PGA Tour golf tournament, played for approximately 30 years beginning in the mid-1920s. In the early days of the professional golf circuit in the United States, this tournament was one of the prestige events.

The 1957 British Open was the 86th time the tournament was played. The two great Open rivals of the 1950s — Peter Thomson and Bobby Locke — battled it out for the title.

The 1956 British Open was the 85th time the tournament was played. The champion made it three wins in a row.

The 1955 British Open was the 84th time the tournament was played. The defending champion won it again.

The Chick-fil-A Charity Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played in Georgia from the early 1990s until 2006.

The 1982 PGA Championship was the 64th time the tournament was played. The winner claimed this major trophy for the second time in his career, leading from start to finish.

The 1981 PGA Championship was the 63rd time the tournament was played. It was a home-field victory for the champ: Larry Nelson, earning his first of three major wins, lived near the golf course.

The 1997 U.S. Open was the 97th edition of the tournament. And while it wasn't easy, The Big Easy earned another victory.

The 1996 U.S. Open was the 96th edition of the tournament and it produced a surprise winner.

The 1995 U.S. Open was the 95th edition of the tournament. The champ earned his only major championship victory here, helped in part by a 4-wood approach shot that stopped feet from the cup on the final hole.

No, the Jersey Open was not a golf tournament in New Jersey. It was an event on the European Tour played on the island of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. ... Bernard Gallacher was the only multiple winner. ... Tony Jacklin's win in 1981 was his second-to-last.

The 1957 Masters was the 21st time the tournament was played — but the first time it was played with a cut after the second round. The winner caught and passed Sam Snead in the final round.

The 1956 Masters was the 20th one played. An amateur probably should have won it, but instead Jackie Burke took the title. Burke's come-from-behind win is less-famous, though, than Ken Venturi's final-round collapse.

The 1988 U.S. Open was the 88th time the tournament was played. The outcome was settled in an 18-hole playoff between Curtis Strange and Nick Faldo.

The 1987 U.S. Open was the 87th time the tournament was played. The champion claimed his trophy on the strength of a late birdie binge.

The 1986 U.S. Open was the 86th time the tournament was played. The winner was a major champion in his 40s, and his victory here established what was, at the time, the U.S. Open tournament record for oldest champion.

Jackie Pung twice came close to winning the U.S. Women's Open in the 1950s, but the first time lost in a playoff, and the second time was disqualified after posting the winning score.

The B.C. Open is a former tournament on the PGA Tour, played from the early 1970s though the mid 2000-aughts. The "B.C." in the title stands for Broome County, that being the county in New York where the tournament was played. It also refers to the B.C. comic strip, drawn by Broome County native Johnny Hart.

The 1916 U.S. Open was the 22nd time the tournament was played and a golfer named "Chick" was the champ.