Golf Compendium

The Moroccan Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour that was played from the late 1980s into the early 2000s. It was the tour's second-ever tournament staged in North Africa.

"One on One" is the name of a points game that is usually played by two golfers who are competing, well, one vs. one. This game awards points based on the length of your drive, the length of the approach shot that gets you onto the green, and the length of the putt with which you hole-out.

The 1975 U.S. Women's Open was the 30th time this major championship was played. Sandra Palmer pulled away in the final round to win by four strokes.

The U.S. Senior Women's Open is open to golfers aged 50 and older. But among its 50-and-older champs so far, who was the oldest? A 57-year-old.

The PGA Tour traces its origins to 1916. In that long history, what is the longest streak any golfer has had of consecutive years winning five or more tour events? One golfer holds the record with five years in a row of 5+ PGA Tour victories.

The LIV Golf League is a men's professional golf tour that launched in 2022. And although the tour has been around only a short time, it has already produced multiple scores below 60.

The 2026 Walker Cup will be the 51st time this competition is played. Dating to 1922, the Walker Cup is a team, Ryder Cup-style match play tournament between squads representing Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) on one side and the United States (USA) on the other.

The 1976 U.S. Women's Open was the 31st time this major championship was played. JoAnne Carner won it, beating defending champion Sandra Palmer in an 18-hole playoff.

Which golfer holds the record for winning the U.S. Amateur Championship most often? That's Bobby Jones, with five victories. Another golfer won it four times, and two others posted three victories each.

Ron Cerrudo was a PGA Tour pro from the 1960s into the 1970s. Before that, he was an accomplished amateur golfer who played in the Walker Cup and reached the British Amateur final. He won a couple times on the PGA Tour before back woes derailed his career.

There are many golf games that include, or are all about, winning points for hitting the fairway. And in the Aim Game, you earn points for hitting the fairway off the tee. But you earn more the closer your drive stops to the center of the fairway, and you lose points the farther off the fairway you are.

The 1977 U.S. Women's Open was the 32nd time this major championship was played. The first-time winner was Hollis Stacy, who recorded a wire-to-wire victory.

What are the biggest wins (and worst defeats) in matches played during the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship? Multiple golfers have claimed 18-hole matches by winning 10 consecutive holes to start a match. And the 36-hole record is a winning margin so large that it is also the record margin of victory for any USGA match.

The U.S. Women's Amateur Championship dates to 1895, and in that long history there are nine golfers who have won the tournament at least three times each. But the one who holds the record for most wins in the U.S. Women's Amateur had six victories.

Phyllis Preuss was a lifelong amateur golfer who thrived during the tail end of the period known as "the golden age" of women's amateur golf in the U.S. In the 1960s/1970s she set records for match wins and points earned in the Curtis Cup, and over that time period she also won multiple big tournaments. But she also suffered the worst defeat in USGA match history.

What are the biggest winning margins Scottie Scheffler has posted so far on the PGA Tour? His largest margin of victory yet is eight strokes, and he has multiple other wins by five or more shots on the PGA Tour.

The golf format known as Second Ball is a variation on a standard four-ball match that typically results in many fewer tied holes. The variation is that when the two teams' low ball results a tie on a hole, their second balls are used to (often) break that tie.

The 1978 U.S. Women's Open was the 33rd time this major championship was played. The champion, Hollis Stacy, won it for the second year running.

How many golfers have pulled off the feat of winning both the U.S. Senior Open and the Senior British Open in the same year? So far that count stands at just three.

The U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open are two of the major championships of women's professional golf . The USWO is also the USGA's national championship, while the WBO is the R&A's national championship. Winning one in any given year is a major achievement. Winning both in the same year is very rare achievement.

Earning a place on the list of golfers who've finished second most-often in the Women's British Open is kind of like, well, finishing second in a major championship. It's an achievement, but you'd rather be on the list of golfers with the most wins in the Women's British Open .

The 1979 U.S. Women's Open was the 34th time this biggest major championship in women's professional golf was played. The winner was a first-time LPGA victor.

Joe Campbell was a decorated amateur golfer in the early 1950s, and went on to win multiple times on the PGA Tour. And he made a famous (in its time) hole-in-one on tour. Campbell had a long association with Purdue University, first as a golfer there who won the individual NCAA Championship, later as the school's longtime golf coach.

The 2027 British Open will be the 155th edition of this major championship of men's professional golf. Officially named The Open Championship, this tournament dates to 1860. It is run by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (the R&A).

What is the lowest stroke total for any two consecutive rounds played in The Open Championship? That record currently stands at 129, and only one golfer has gone below 130 in back-to-back rounds. But a handful of others have posted 130 over 36 holes of The Open.

The golf game known as 3 Balls/3 Points is a game for a group of three, and on each hole a maximum of three points is available to be won by the players. It is a variation on the Three Ball format that is described in the Official Rules of Golf.

The 1980 U.S. Women's Open was the 35th time this major championship, staged by the USGA, was played. And the champion ran away to a 9-stroke victory.

Victories are obviously the primary way to judge how successful a golfer has been in any given major championship. And the golfers with the most wins in the British Open also, perhaps not surprisingly, top the list of Open players with the most career Top 5 finishes.

What is the British Open record for most times playing the tournament before winning it? That record is shared by two golfers who each won in their 20th attempt — 19 starts each before their respective victories.

The Syracuse Senior Classic was a pro golf tournament for 50-and-over golfers, played as part of the Champions Tour for 10 years from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. Played under various names and sponsors (last known as the MONY Syracuse Senior Classic), it took place in the Syracuse, New York, area.

The Korn Ferry Tour is the official development tour (aka feeder tour) of the PGA Tour, the second-level of men's professional golf in the United States. Winning on the Korn Ferry Tour is a steppingstone to a PGA Tour career. And winning on the KFT while playing as an amateur is a pretty good indicator that a good PGA Tour career awaits.

The Evian Championship is one of the five majors in women's professional golf . And a few of its winners have posted big margins of victory. Below are the largest of those winning margins in The Evian.

In the Army, "KP duty" refers to kitchen duties (potato peeling, dish washing, etc.). In golf, "KP," for some reason, stands for "closest to the pin." So in the golf game named "KP Duty," golfers are trying to earn points by being closest to the pin on each green.

The 1981 U.S. Women's Open, staged by the United States Golf Association (USGA), was the 36th time this major championship was played. The winner, Pat Bradley, set a tournament scoring record.

How many pairs of brothers are there who both have won the Champions Tour? So far, only three pairs of brothers have achieved that feat.

The history of the Korn Ferry Tour — the PGA Tour-owned and run developmental circuit that feeds into the PGA Tour — dates to 1990. And in that history, a total of four teen-agers have won tournaments on the Korn Ferry circuit. All four of them became well-known PGA Tour pros.

Three-Putt Monte is the name of a golf side game, played for money, for any group of golfers playing a round together. And yes, it pays off to the golfer who is great at avoiding three-putts, but some luck is involved, too.

The 1982 U.S. Women's Open was the 37th time this major championship was played. The winner had never won before on the LPGA Tour ... and never won again afterward.

Bart Bryant was a hard-luck golfer for most of his pro tour career, fighting through numerous injuries, struggling for paychecks on mini-tours, and making half a dozen trips to Q-School. But for one, glorious, 18-month period in the early 2000s, he was rewarded for his perseverance with multiple big wins.

Who holds the record for the most wins in the U.S. Senior Open? That golfer is Miller Barber , who won the tournament three times in its first decade of existence.

What are the lowest, 72-hole stroke totals in U.S. Senior Open history? Only a handful of golfers have yet finished this senior major in fewer than 270 strokes.

How many "playing captains" (also known as "player-captains") have there been in the history of the Ryder Cup? And who was the last playing captain?

The 1983 U.S. Women's Open was the 38th time this major championship was played. But it was the first time the winner was an Australian golfer.

The Greenbrier Classic was a PGA Tour golf tournament in the 2010s played at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. It took place on the resort's golf course known as The Old White.

If you are a golfer who enjoys heading to the driving range with a buddy — or you and your friends like to hit some balls on the range before starting the round — Pinseeker is a game you can play during that practice session.

Mickey Wright has the most wins in Women's PGA Championship history with four. Which golfers have finished second most often? Three golfers share that record, each posting three runner-up finishes in this major.

The Women's PGA Championship begins with a field of 156 golfers. But only roughly half of those golfers continue following the second round. Do you know what the cut rule is in this tournament?

If the Women's PGA Championship reaches the end of 72 holes with two or more golfers tied, what happens? The playoff format at this tournament is sudden death.

The Golden Lights Championship was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from the mid-1970s into the early 1980s. Some of the LPGA's biggest names won here, and one of the victories in Nancy Lopez's five-tournament win streak in 1978 happened here.

Fairways Minus Putts is the name of a game for individual golfers who are playing normal stroke play. This game rewards hitting the fairway off the tee (and hitting greens on par-3 holes), and rewards good putting. But especially the hitting fairways part.

The 1984 U.S. Women's Open was the 39th time this major championship was played. And Hollis Stacy took the title for the third time.

What are the lowest scores in U.S. Open history for the final two rounds? We're talking about the golfers who scored the best for the final 36 holes — their combined scores for the third and fourth rounds of this major championship.

Marlene Hagge was known as Marlene Bauer when, at age 15, she was one of the LPGA's "Original 13" — the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour. She played tournaments in each of the LPGA's first five decades of existence, from 1950 into the mid-1990s. Along the way she won more than 25 tournaments including a major championship.

The 1985 U.S. Women's Open was the 40th time this major championship took place. The champ was a first-time winner as a pro.

When a golfer wins a tournament — any tournament, but especially a major championship — returning the following year to defend that title is a big deal. Not many golfers win the same trophy in consecutive years, and being the defending champion is accompanied by lots of great attention. But not all defending champs in the U.S. Open have returned. Sometimes that's been by choice, sometimes due to injury, and even, in one case, because the U.S. Open winner died before the next year's tournament.

"If Only" is the name of a golf format for tournament play or for individuals within a group of two, three or four golfers. It is typically played using handicaps, but doesn't have to be. Before we explain how the game works, let's explain the name.

Which golfers have gone the longest in-between victories in the U.S. Open? Only a few golfers have gone as long as eight years between winning this major championship.

The 2027 U.S. Women's Open will be the 82nd time this tournament is played. Founded in 1946, the USWO is the biggest tournament in women's professional golf. It is run by the United States Golf Association and counts as an LPGA Tour event, as well.

The 1986 U.S. Women's Open was the 41st time this major championship was played. Jane Geddes emerged as a first-time major winner following an 18-hole playoff against Sally Little.

The 1987 U.S. Women's Open was the 42nd time this major championship was played. Laura Davies won her first major, and her first LPGA Tour title, in a 3-way playoff.

The U.S. Women's Open was played for the 43rd time in 1988. But it was a first for Liselotte Neumann: Her very first win on the LPGA Tour.

The 1989 U.S. Women's Open was the 44th time the tournament was played. Betsy King recovered from stumbles late in the third round to pull away for the win in the final round.

There are many big-name golfers on the list of U.S. Women's Open low amateurs , many golfers who went on to stellar LPGA Tour careers after turning pro. But how many of those USWO low ams went on to win the U.S. Women's Open?

The 1990 U.S. Women's Open was the 45th time this major championship was played. The winner emerged after a 36-hole final day with her second consecutive victory in this tournament.

The 1991 U.S. Women's Open was the 41st time this major championship was played. Meg Mallon came from two behind on the final day to win.

The 1992 U.S. Women's Open was the 47th edition of this major championship. It ended in an 18-hole playoff between LPGA stars Patty Sheehan and Juli Inkster.

The 1993 U.S. Women's Open was the 48th time this oldest major championship of women's golf was played. The winner came from five strokes behind at the start of the final round.

The Senior PGA Championship and U.S. Senior Open are two of the tournaments that make up the " senior majors ." They are also the two oldest of those senior majors, dating to 1937 in the case of the Senior PGA.

The Senior PGA Championship is, by far, the oldest of the senior majors, dating to 1937. In that history, only a handful of 50-and-over golfers have claimed this tournament in back-to-back years.

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.

Scramble/Ramble is the name of a golf tournament format for 4-player teams (3-player is also possible). In this format, one golfer on each hole contributes half the team's score, while the other three players on the team play a scramble to produce the other half of the team score.

The Jersey Seniors Classic was a professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour for close to 20 years. It was played on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. It had many different names over the years, including Jersey Seniors Open and Jersey Legends.

Winning a major by any means is great ... but winning one by staging a big, final-round comeback must be particularly fantastic. And that's what the golfers listed below did: These are the largest, final-round comebacks to win in the history of the PGA Championship.

Maurice Bembridge once survived a fight with a poisonous snake to post a record-low round in The Masters. The English golfer played around the world during a career than spanned from the 1960s into the 2000s. And he claimed several of the European curcuit's marquee trophies.

There is an important tournament in the world of professional golf that is sometimes referred to as "the Dinah," even though that is not the tournament's actual name. What is this event, and why is it sometimes called that?

This is a tournament format for four-person teams in which it is neither the best nor the worst scores that matter. In Middle of the Road, it is the scores in the middle that count.

The Chevron Championship on the LPGA Tour is one of the five majors of women's professional golf . It dates to 1972, and since that time only a handful of golfers have won this major wire-to-wire.

The Chevron Championship is one of the five golf tournaments that make up the LPGA majors . Which golfers hold the records as the tournament's youngest winner, and its oldest? The youngest wasn't yet 19 years old, and the oldest was in her early 40s.

Andy Bean was a big golfer with a big personality who, from the late 1970s into the mid-late-1980s was one of the PGA Tour's top contenders. Bean recorded double-digit wins during that time, had multiple high money-list finishes, and was runner-up in three majors. And have you heard about the time he wrestled an alligator on a golf course?

A "golf lawyer" is something you don't want to be, even though the underlying knowledge required to be one (a strong understanding of the rules) is a good thing.

Being the low amateur in the U.S. Open is a great achievement in itself. Winning the U.S. Open is one of the greatest achievements in golf. But how many golfers have earned low amateur honors and also won the tournament at some point?

The format known as Two-Ball Low Net is for golf tournaments that use four-person teams. On each hole, the two lowest net scores among the four team members are combined for the team's score.

The 2028 Masters Tournament will be the 92nd time this major championship is played. First staged in 1934, The Masters is one of the four majors of men's professional golf. The format is four rounds, 72 holes of stroke play.

What is the "career grand slam" in golf? In men's golf, it refers to winning each of the four professional major championships over the course of one's career: The Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship. If a golfer wins each of those tournaments at least once, then he has achieved the career grand slam. And it is a rare feat.

The Sumrie Better-Ball tournament, also known as the Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball, was a team golf tournament played in England and Scotland from the late 1960s into the late 1970s. It was an independent tournament, not a tour event, although it attracted most of the big names who played the European Tour at the time.

Picture a person who does not play golf, but whose spouse loves golf and plays a lot. That person would wind up spending lots of time on their own, waiting for that golf-loving spouse to get back from the course. What would you call such a person? One thing you can call them is this: golf widow.

Did you know that the most-famous tournament in golf, the Masters Tournament, was not always called "The Masters"? It had a different name altogether when the tournament debuted in 1934, and it took several years of convincing before a famous co-founder of the tournament was ready to change the name.

In the 4-Person Team Quota format, golfers on a four-person team (duh) are each playing their own ball throughout. Based on their net scores, they earn points for the team. The goal is to not just meet a point quota for your team, but for the team to exceed that goal. And the team that exceeds it by the most points wins the tournament or competition.

John O'Leary was an Irish golfer whose pro career stretched from the early 1970s into the 1990s. After his playing days ended, he spent many years as a director of the European Tour. O'Leary didn't have a lot of wins, but he played in the Ryder Cup. And after his biggest victory in his home Irish Open, it took 25 years before another Irish golfer won it.

The Masters Tournament dates to 1934, and most of the best golfers in the game's history since then have won this major championship. But not all of them! In fact, some big names are missing from the list of Masters champions . Who are the biggest-name golfers who never won The Masters? Let's count them down, from No. 10 to No. 1.

PGA Tour player Billy Mayfair was leading the 2002 Michelob Championship when he decided to play aggressively to a hole location close to the left side of a narrow green. And after making double bogey, he was no longer the leader. "It (was) a sucker pin," Mayfair said, "and I guess I was a sucker for it."

Rhona Adair was one of the first women in Ireland to make a name for herself as a golfer. She won multiple Irish and British championships. She was also known as a long driver for her time, but with distances that might surprise you. And Adair once played Old Tom Morris in a match.

Have any pairs of brother-sister golfers both won on the biggest men's and women's tours — the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour, respectively — in the world? Yes, but such sibling pairs are rare. So far, only three pairs of brothers-and-sisters have pulled off the PGA Tour/LPGA Tour double.

The record for the most birdies made by a golfer during one Masters Tournament is 28. And the golfer who holds that record is the only one so far to make more than 25 birdies in a single Masters.

Which golfers have finished below par for 72 holes in The Masters most frequently? One can answer that question by saying, "the usual suspects." And, yes, this is another Masters tournament record held by Jack Nicklaus.

1-2-3 Best Ball is the name of a golf format that is common for tournaments and can also be used by a large group of golfers teeing off in successive foursomes. In this game, the 1, 2 and 3 in its name refer to the number of scores that count on given holes.

We often hear golfers talk about aiming for "the fat part" of the putting green on approach shots. What does that mean? It's all about choosing the safest aiming point.

Ed "Porky" Oliver was a PGA Tour winner and Ryder Cup player in the 1940s and 1950s. A very popular player, he loved having fun on the course. But he developed a reputation for being a hard-luck golfer due to numerous second-place showings in big tournaments, including majors. He was disqualified from a U.S. Open in which he would otherwise have been in a playoff. Oliver's golf career, and his life, ended in his mid-40s.

Phil Mickelson is one of the all-time great golfers, and he's played (and practiced) a lot of golf in his lifetime. So you would probably guess that Mickelson has made a few holes-in-one over his life in golf. But how many? So many that he might just hold the record for tour pros.

"Hole high" and "pin high" are two terms used by golfers that mean exactly the same thing. These terms mean that a golfer's approach shot into a green has come to rest roughly equal to the depth of the flagstick. It's a way of saying the golfer got the distance right even if (as the case may be) the shot might not have been accurate.

"Two tie, all tie" is an expression sometimes heard in the setting of golf gambling games. What is means, basically, is that one golfer has to win a hole outright before any money (or points) changes hand, or before any golfer is eliminated.

The Hoosier Classic was a professional golf tournament played as part of the LPGA Tour schedule in the 1970s/80s. It was played in Indiana, using a 54-hole, stroke-play format.

Three Points (or 3-Points) is a putting game for the practice green. Depending on what happens on each "hole" of the putting course you and your fellow-competitors pick out, as many as three points or as few as one are up for grabs for each round.

The golfer who trailed by the most after the third round but went on to win The Players Championship was six strokes off the lead when the final round began. And then he had to survive a three-man playoff to claim the victory.

How many golfers in the history of The Players Championship have won the tournament in consecutive years? So far, the answer to that question is: One. There has only been a single back-to-back champion at The Players.

Johnny Palmer was the first "Palmer" to find success on the PGA Tour, claiming the first of his tour victories in the mid-to-late 1940s. He was among the tour's most consistent players for several years, and he also set a PGA Tour record that stood for nearly 20 years.

The Bridgestone Open was a 72-hole, stroke play golf tournament in Japan from the early 1970s into the 2020s. It was played annually as part of the Japan Golf Tour (JGTO) schedule.

"Putts by the Yard" is the name of a golf game that pays off to golfers who sink a high length of putts during the round. The number of putts you make isn't what's important (not directly, anyway). Rather, the total length of the putts you make determines the game winner.

The golf side game named Pavins is named for a golfer who was a famously short driver of the ball. So you can probably guess that this game pays off to golfers who fare well after hitting a short drive.

Golfers often refer to the "short grass" on a golf course. But even if you're not sure what the "short grass," specifically, refers to, you probably know that it's where you want your golf ball to wind up after playing a stroke.

The golf side wager known as Municipals is one that is usually safe to bet, because it rarely pays out. That's because a golfer has to make par from the wrong fairway in order to win the Municipals bet.

The Pasadena Open was a men's professional golf tournament in California in the 1920s and '30s. It was part of what was known at the time as the PGA's "winter circuit." Some important history in golf equipment was made in this tournament.

Most of our accounts of Masters Tournament records are focused on good achievements — the bests. But sometimes you have to acknowledge the worsts , too. Such as the worst 72-hole scores ever seen in Masters Tournament history.

"Chuck Wagon" is the name of a side bet in golf that pays off once, maybe twice, during the round — the number depends on how many snack bars the golf course has.

Jocelyne Bourassa had a great career as an amateur golfer in her native Canada before turning pro and joining the LPGA Tour. Despite her competitive career ending prematurely due to injury, she made her mark as the first Canadian to win an LPGA tournament played in Canada.

The Honda Civic Classic was a pro golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played for a handful of years in the 1970s in California. But its roster of champions, though short, is impressive.

What are the highest scores for one round of golf yet recorded in The Masters Tournament? The all-time worst 18-hole score in The Masters is 95.

There are two different side games that go by the name Bogeyman, both of them, as you probably guessed, based around making (or avoiding making) bogeys. One of them is best-suited for low-handicappers, the other is more-often played by higher handicappers.

Imagine having Magnolia Lane on one side of you and the Augusta National Golf Club clubhouse on the other. If you are lucky enough to attend The Masters Tournament (or otherwise find yourself on the Augusta National grounds), you don't have to imagine: You'll be in that spot when you visit Founders Circle.

Frank Walsh was never a big winner in pro tournaments, but he did win on the PGA Tour and was in contention quite a bit in the 1920s and 1930s. His career highlights included reaching the championship match in the match-play era of the PGA Championship, and setting a long-standing Masters Tournament record (but one he'd rather not have).

The Las Vegas Senior Classic was a professional golf tournament in Nevada that was played from the 1980s into the early 2000s. It was part of the Champions Tour, then called the Senior PGA Tour.

What is the worst score on a single hole in the history of The Masters Tournament? The tournament record for single-hole high score is 13, a tally recorded by three golfers so far.

"Let the big dog eat" is one of the more colorful golf slang expressions. Do you know what it means? And how long golfers have been using this phrase?

Would you guess that a golf game named Birdies is one that pays off when a golfer ... makes a birdie? This side bet is one of the simplest, and it is also one of the most popular among golfers.

Jimmy Clark was a professional golfer on the PGA Tour whose tournament appearances mostly came in the 1950s. He is best-known for two things: First, as an amateur, he once set a 36-hole scoring record for all USGA competitions ... and then broke his own record the next time the same tournament was played. Second, as a pro Clark won only twice on the PGA Tour, but they happened in the same year (1952) and the same golfer was runner-up both times.