Golf Compendium

In the history of the LPGA Tour and women's major championships, only a handful of golfers have won a major after turning 41. Let's take a look at that list and reveal who holds the all-time record as the LPGA's oldest major championship winner.

A golfer younger than 20 winning an LPGA major is something that has happened nine times, but only eight golfers have pulled off this feat because one of them did it twice. So far, four women's major championships have been won by 18-year-olds, and five have gone to 19-year-olds.

Who holds the record for lowest winning score in any of the LPGA major championships ? The record-low, 72-hole score in any of the five women's majors is 263, set by In Gee Chun in 2016.

In the history of golf's major championships, how many times has a golfer won a major by posting a lower score each successive round? It is a rare feat to improve one's score in each successive round en route to a major championship win. So rare that it has happened only eight times in golf history.

The lowest, 18-hole score yet recorded in one of the major championships of women's professional golf is 60, and only golfer so far has gone that low.

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 Chevron Championship and Women's PGA Championship are two of the majors of women's professional golf . Winning a single major is a great achievement, winning two majors in the same year is something not many golfers have done. What about winning these two majors in the same year? Only three golfers so far have achieved that.

The U.S. Open is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, while The Players Championship is the biggest tournament run by the PGA Tour and is nicknamed " the fifth major ." How many golfers have won both these prestigious tournaments in the same calendar year?

The Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women's Open are two of the major championships of women's pro golf . Winning one of them in any given year is a big achievement. Winning them both in the same year? That's something very few golfers have ever done.

Quite a few golfers have won both the U.S. Women's Open and Women's PGA Championship at some point in their careers. But how many won both of these women's major championships in the same year? That number is still pretty small.

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?

"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.

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.

How many golfers have pulled off the feat of winning both the U.S. Senior Open and the Senior British Open in the same year? So far that count stands at just three.

The U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open are two of the major championships of women's professional golf . The USWO is also the USGA's national championship, while the WBO is the R&A's national championship. Winning one in any given year is a major achievement. Winning both in the same year is very rare achievement.

The Senior PGA Championship and U.S. Senior Open are two of the tournaments that make up the " senior majors ." They are also the two oldest of those senior majors, dating to 1937 in the case of the Senior PGA.

The Senior PGA Championship is, by far, the oldest of the senior majors, dating to 1937. In that history, only a handful of 50-and-over golfers have claimed this tournament in back-to-back years.

The Chevron Championship on the LPGA Tour is one of the five majors of women's professional golf . It dates to 1972, and since that time only a handful of golfers have won this major wire-to-wire.

The Chevron Championship is one of the five golf tournaments that make up the LPGA majors . Which golfers hold the records as the tournament's youngest winner, and its oldest? The youngest wasn't yet 19 years old, and the oldest was in her early 40s.