Golf Compendium

The Tradition (currently known as the Regions Tradition for sponsorship reasons) is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour, and one of the major championships of men's senior professional golf . What is the lowest winning score in this major's history, and which golfers have gone the lowest?

What is the biggest lead after three rounds in the history of the stroke-play PGA Championship? This major began its life as a match-play tournament, but has been stroke play since 1958. In the time since, only four times has anyone held a 54-hole lead of five strokes or more.

The 1990 U.S. Senior Open was the 11th time this major championship of senior golf was played. The final round was a duel between Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus, with Trevino emerging as the champion.

The 2026 U.S. Senior Open will be the 46th time this major championship of senior (ages 50-and-over) golf will be played. Run by the United States Golf Association, the U.S. Senior Open was first played in 1980.

Scottie Scheffler's record on the PGA Tour, beginning in the early 2020s, was extraordinary. But what about his record in playoffs? With the sudden-death format, great golfers don't necessarily have great playoff records. So let's find out what Scheffler's record looks like.

"Champion's Leap" is the name of one of the best-known traditions at any of the major championships in women's professional golf , or any other LPGA Tour tournament. It is the celebratory, flying leap taken by the golfer who wins the Chevron Championship into water near the 18th green. Let's go over some details of this fun frolic, starting with how the Champion's Leap came to be.

Winning back-to-back titles in the LPGA Tour major today known as the Chevron Championship has proved an elusive achievement. The tournament's history dates to 1972. But in all that time, only two golfers have won in consecutive years. And only one of those two golfers won it back-to-back after the tournament became a major.

What is the PGA Championship's tournament record for best total score following the first three rounds? Only a handful of golfers have played the first three rounds in fewer than 200 strokes. And the PGA Championship record for 54-hole score is 196.

The 2029 PGA Championship will be the 111th edition of this major championship. Staged by the PGA of America, the PGA Championship dates to 1916, making it the third-oldest of the men's professional majors.

The 2029 Masters Tournament will be the 92nd time this major championship is played. The Masters dates to 1934 and is one of the four majors of men's professional golf. The format is four rounds, 72 holes of stroke play.

What is the biggest lead any golfer has held after three rounds in The Masters tournament? That largest 54-hole lead is nine strokes, a record that was set by Tiger Woods in 1997.

What is the largest lead any golfer has held following two rounds of The Masters? The answer is six strokes. A 6-shot lead is the biggest 36-hole lead in Masters history.

A Monkey Foursome tournament is an old-timey golf format — it goes back at least to the 1920s — most commonly seen as a sort of meet-and-greet lark for golf association playdays. It involves teams of four golfers, with the catch being each golfer gets to use only one club — and the four team members each have a different club.

The 1946 U.S. Women's Open was the very first time this major championship was played. For the only time in its history, the USWO used a match-play format. And the USGA wasn't even in charge of it yet. But Patty Berg was definitely in charge as the tournament's first champion.

Every Masters Tournament includes a handful of amateur golfers, and sometimes those amateur golfers make a splash. But what are the best scores posted by amateurs in The Masters? Below you'll find the tournament records for amateurs for nine holes, 18 holes, 36 holes and 72 holes.

Winning a Green Jacket is one of the biggest achievements in golf, but we can imagine it feeling even sweeter to a golfer who has played the tournament many times — waiting many years — to get his (first) Masters Tournament victory. That's what we are looking at here: Those golfers who won The Masters but only after playing it many years.

What is the largest lead any golfer has taken into the final round of The Masters without converting it into a victory? Six strokes, and that golfer's collapse is one of the most-infamous in our sport's history.