Golf Compendium

The 2027 Ryder Cup will be the 46th time this biennial event is played, and the 100th anniversary of the 1927 Ryder Cup that inaugurated this competition. The Ryder Cup is contested by two teams of male professional golfers, one team representing Europe, the other representing the United States.

Being named the Player of the Year on the PGA Tour is a capper to what must have been a terrific season of golf. Anyone who wins that award was almost certainly be among the tour's leaders in wins, money and scoring average, and usually a major championship winner during the year.

The 1974 U.S. Women's Open was the 29th time this major championship tournament was played. Sandra Haynie birdied the final two holes to win it.

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.