Arnold tied for second 3 times - 1964, 1968, and 1970 – but he never won the US PGA Championship. As he did win each of the other three majors, missing out on the PGA stopped him from winning a career Grand Slam.
Team USA won the 2021 Ryder Cup with a record 19–9 victory. This was the largest margin of victory since continental Europe joined the Ryder Cup in 1979.
Steve Williams started caddying with Peter Thomson as a young Kiwi before working for Greg Norman (1982–1989), Raymond Floyd (1989–1999), Tiger Woods (1999–2011), Adam Scott (2011–2017), Danielle Kang (2017) and Jason Day (2019)
The Junior Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between Europe and the United States for golfers aged 18 and under. It is based on the men's Ryder Cup format. It is run by the same organisations, the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe.
The 12 holes on the Wynn Golf Course in Las Vegas, in order of play, were 16, 3, 12, 13, 11, 5, 14, 9, 7, 8, 18, and (if they had made the final hole) the potentially driveable par 4 17th.
According to the Guinness Book the highest altitude golf course is the Yak golf course at 13,025 feet (3,970m) above sea level in Kupup, East Sikkim, India.
The 2022 Icons Series team USA captain was Fred Couples. The players were Michael Phelps, Michael Strahan, Ben Roethlisberger, J.R. Smith, Andrew Whitworth, Robbie Gould, John Smoltz, Marshall Faulk, Reggie Bush, Golden Tate, Michael Vick and Brice Butler.
Each year the Honorary Starters at the Masters are a group of legendary golfers who are invited to hit the ceremonial tee shots on the first hole of the tournament.
The first club Karsten Solheim, the founder of PING, created was a putter. Solheim named this club based on the sound he heard as the club struck the ball.
George C Thomas, an amateur architect was commissioned by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Actually, he was not truly commissioned as Thomas agreed to take on the project, free of charge.
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