Golf Compendium

The 1983 U.S. Senior Open was the fourth time this major championship of men's senior (50-and-over) golf was played. Two years after losing an 18-hole playoff, Billy Casper this time won an 18-hole (actually 19 holes, as it turned out) playoff.

How many golfers have won both the Women's PGA Championship and the Women's British Open — two of the majors of women's professional golf — in the same year? It's a short list: So far, only three golfers have pulled off that single-season double.

The Women's British Open is one of the five major championships of women's professional golf . Winning it once is a career-defining achievement for many who do it. Winning it twice consecutively? That is a rare achievement.

The Scandinavian Masters (also remembered as the Nordea Masters) was a professional golf tournament in Sweden that was part of the European Tour. It was first played in the early 1990s and took place over nearly a 30-year period.

How often did Jack Nicklaus play in majors and other PGA Tour tournaments before he turned pro? The young Nicklaus made 19 starts in PGA Tour events while still an amateur, beginning at age 17. All of those starts are listed here, along with his scores and placements.

The 1988 U.S. Senior Open was the ninth time this major championship of men's senior (50-and-over) golf was played. Gary Player won it for the second year in a row.

The U.S. Girls' Junior Championship is the top golf tournament for amateur, junior girls golfers. Its roster of champions below includes many big names who went on to Hall-of-Fame LPGA Tour careers after winning this title.

What is the best score for any single round in the history of men's major championships? That record currently stands at 62, and multiple golfers share it.

The 1987 U.S. Senior Open was the eighth time this major championship of men's senior (50-and-over) golf was played. Gary Player set tournament scoring records on the way to his victory.

The tournament record we are looking at here is the lowest score for three consecutive rounds in the British Open. That could mean the first three rounds (first 54 holes) or last three rounds (last 54 holes).

In the very long history of the British Open, only one golfer so far has played the first two rounds* in fewer than 130 strokes. That record-holder is Louis Oothuiszen. But that record-setter did not go on to victory.

Billy Maxwell was a winner at the highest levels of amateur and professional golf. He claimed the U.S. Amateur in the early 1950s, and won on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.

The British Open first used a cut after the second round in 1898, and in 1926 a 36-hole cut became standard. Since the cut was introduced, how many defending champions played the following year but failed to make the cut? Not many, although defending champs missing the cut happened more often in recent decades.

The 2027 U.S. Senior Open will be the 47th time this major championship of senior (ages 50-and-over) golf is played. The tournament, staged by the United States Golf Association (USGA), dates to 1980.

Among all the winners of the Senior Players Championship, who has won it with the lowest score? Two golfers share that record, and one of them is Jack Nicklaus.

In the long history of the British Open, a handful of golfers have led by six strokes or more following the third round. And all of them went on to win. But only three of them extended their margins over the second-place golfer(s) in the final round.

If you want to win the British Open, you (usually) have to play well in the final round. The Open champions listed below are the ones who played best in the final round — the ones who scored the lowest in Round 4 en route to victory.

The 2028 British Open will be the 156th edition of this oldest major championship — it dates to 1860 — in men's professional golf. Officially named The Open Championship, the tournament is run by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (the R&A).

How many golfers have won the U.S. Senior Open by leading, or at least sharing the lead, after all four rounds? Such start-to-finish wins, called winning wire-to-wire, are not very common in this major championship of men's senior golf. Only two golfers have won the U.S. Senior Open by holding the outright, solo lead after each round.

The U.S. Senior Open, the biggest tournament in men's senior (50-and-over) professional golf, dates to 1980. In all the years since, four golfers have won this trophy in consecutive years.

The 2022 U.S. Senior Open was the 42nd time this major championship of men's senior (50-and-over) golf was played. Padraig Harrington took a big lead into the final round, then had to hold on for the win.