Golf Compendium

The PGA Tour Sony Open (also known as the Hawaiian Open and Sony Open in Hawaii) was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour from the mid-1960s until the mid-2020s.

The Aspeboda Ladies Open was a pro golf tournament that launched as one of the original events in the first year of the Swedish Golf Tour's existence. It was also briefly part of the Ladies European Tour. Several future LPGA Tour players got early wins here.

The USGA Women's State Team Championship was created by the United States Golf Association in 1995, capping off the organization's centennial celebration. It ran for 22 years, last taking place in 2017. What follows is a look back at this former USGA national championship, its format, its winners, its golf courses.

In 1995, the United States Golf Association threw a yearlong celebration of its centennial. And to cap it, the USGA created two new tournaments. One of those was the USGA Men’s State Team Championship (the other was the women's state team championship), which debuted near the end of 1995.

The Vintage Invitational was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour (then known as the Senior PGA Tour) from the early 1980s into the mid-1990s. It was played in California, typically in the early part of the tour's schedule, under several different names.

The Ford Ladies Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET, originally named the WPGA Tour) from the early 1980s into the 1990s. It was played in England.

The Labatt Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament played in Canada during the 1950s. Among its short roster of champions were three future Hall of Famers.

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.

The TimberTech Championship, originally named the Allianz Championship, was a professional golf tournament on the Champions Tour, the 50-and-over "senior tour" operated by the PGA Tour. It was played in Florida for more than 15 years from the 2000-aughts into the 2020s.

The Star Bank LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played from the mid-1990s into the early 2000s. It took place under multiple names and was played in Ohio. Annika Sorenstam and Laura Davies were among the champions.

The Thomasville Open was a men's professional golf tournament staged in Thomasville, Georgia, for half a dozen years beginning in the mid-1930s. Part of the PGA Tour, the tournament had an impressive roster of champions.

The Agfa-Gevaert Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in England for close to 10 years in the 1960s and 1970s. It was part of the British and European circuit that preceded the formation of today's European Tour.

The Transamerica Senior Championship was a professional golf tournament on the Champions Tour, played from the late 1980s into the early 2000s. It was played in California wine country in the latter part of the senior circuit's schedule, typically October.

The BMW Masters was a men's professional golf tournament played in Shanghai, China, in the 2010s. Although it had a short history, this tournament — which was part of the European Tour its final four years — had several notable events and distinctions.

The Miller Open, also called during its short run the Miller High Life Open and Milwaukee Open Invitational, was a PGA Tour tournament in Wisconsin in the 1950s and 1960s. All but one of its winners was also (or would become) a major championship winner.

The Ladies German Open was a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET) played over a 30-year period (albeit with a couple gaps). The tournament moved to different golf courses around Germany.

The Vintage Invitational (also remembered as the Vintage Chrysler Invitational) was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour, the U.S.-based senior golf circuit. The tournament was played in Indian Wells, California, typically early in the senior tour's schedule.

The Wills Masters was a professional golf tournament played in Australia (and not to be confused with the same-named tournament that took place in New Zealand in some of the same years) in the 1960s and 1970s. It usually drew a strong international field and its winners list includes Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.

The Coral Gables Open golf tournament had two distinct phases in its PGA Tour history: a period in the 1930s, and another, shorter era in the 1960s. In two different years it was played twice. In one year it was played with 6-inch wide cups.

The Dominion Energy Charity Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour, the PGA Tour-owned circuit for golfers ages 50-and-over. The tournament was played from the mid-2010s to the mid-2020s, and in most years was one of the Champions Tour's playoff tournaments.