Golf Compendium

There was an ace in the very first Masters Tournament played, and they've been scoring holes-in-one in The Masters ever since. Just not a ton of them — it's still true that the majority of Masters played pass without any aces made. But below we show you all the aces that have been scored at Augusta National during the tournament, first arranged by hole, and then listed year-by-year.

George McLean played tournaments in the earliest years of the PGA Tour and continuing into the 1930s. He had multiple strong showings in the PGA Championship, and was a member of Team USA in a competition that was part of the Ryder Cup's origins.

The record for largest come-from-behind victory in The Masters Tournament is nine strokes. That is the margin by which Jack Burke Jr. trailed at one point in the final round of the 1956 Masters before coming back to win. In this article, we'll list the largest final-round comeback victories in The Masters, plus a few other Masters tournament records for come-from-behind wins.

"Average Score" is the name of a competition format for teams of two golfers. The two golfers on a side each play their own ball into the hole. And on each hole, their two scores are averaged to produced the team's score.

The 1947 U.S. Women's Open was just the second time this tournament was played. But it was the first time the tournament used a stroke-play format. In its debut the year before, match play was the format.

Grace Lenczyk had a brief but exceptional career at the top of U.S. women's amateur golf in the late 1940s and early '50s. She won a U.S. Women's Amateur title, also shared for a time an all-time scoring record, and played another round one author in the 1950s called "probably the greatest round" to that point in women's golf history. But Lenczyk's career barely lasted five years.

Golfers have many slang terms or phrases that refer to a specific golf score, such as " Dolly Parton " for a score of 8 on a hole, or " abominable snowman " for a score of 9. "Shooting your temperature" is one of the phrases, but it applies to a golfer's full score for the round rather than just a single hole.

Points for Par is the name of a golf tournament format for individual golfers playing stroke play and using handicaps. On most holes during this tournament, a player earns point by making a net par or better. But on a few holes, the golfer loses points if he fails to score net par or better.

The 1948 U.S. Women's Open was the third time this major championship was played, and just the second time it was a stroke-play tournament. The champ was Babe Zaharias, who won by eight strokes.

Mac McLendon was a PGA Tour player from the late 1960s into the early 1980s. After winning some state titles and collegiate titles as an amateur, he claimed four victories on the tour in the 1970s.

You've signed up to play in a golf tournament next weekend at your club. What's the format? The notice on the clubhouse billboard only says "Mystery Tournament." Hmm, that's odd — Mystery Tournament? What does that mean? It means you won't know the scoring format — or even whether you are competing as an individual or as part of a team — until the tournament is over.

The 1949 U.S. Women's Open was the fourth time this major championship was played. The winner, Louise Suggs, set a record for margin of victory that still stands today.

Dick Metz was a PGA Tour winner in the 1930s and 1940s who was well-known in his time as a frequent contender. He probably should have won a U.S. Open, but experienced a major collapse the year of his best chance. He later won a tournament, though, that is today called a senior major.

Which winners of The Players Championship have earned those victories with the lowest final-round scores, or best down-the-stretch scoring? Let's look at both to see the best finishes that led to victory in this huge tournament.

The list of winners at The Players Championship goes back to the 1970s. How many times in that span has the so-called " fifth major " ended with a playoff? And what is the playoff format for this tournament?

The par-3, island green , 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass, home of The Players Championship, is one of the most-famous holes in golf. And the focus there is often on golfers who don't do well — who plop a shot into the water that surrounds the green. But what about golfers who do great on that hole? Has anyone birdied the famous 17th hole in all four rounds of The Players Championship?

The 1950 U.S. Women's Open was the fifth time this championship took place. Babe Zaharias won the trophy for the second time.

If you hear a golfer or someone on a golf broadcast refer to the "home hole," do you know what that is? If you are new to golf, maybe not. But this is a simple definition: the "home hole" is the 18th hole of the golf course.