History edit

  • 1982 - name officially changed to TPA Tour, having operated under that name for a while; change done in order to take advantage of endorsement opportunities outside of golf. (WoPG 1982)
  • 1986–87 - project to reassess what constituted an official tour victory [1], [2], [3]

Radix Cup edit

  • Donated by Harry Radix; awarded to the player with the best scoring average. Replaced in 1937 by the Vardon Trophy.
Year Winner Average
1934 Ky Laffoon 72.20
1935 Paul Runyan 72.29
1936 Ralph Guldahl 71.63

FedEx Cup Standings edit

2024 PGA Tour edit

Top five in the FedEx Cup standings as of February 18, 2024 (Genesis Invitational):[1]

Pos. Player Majors & The Players Signature events Top 10s in other PGA Tour events Regular
season
points
Playoffs[a] Total
points
Tour Champs.[b] Tmts Money ($m)[c]
Nat. Name Ply Mas PGA USO Opn Sen PB Gen API Htg WF Mem Trav 1 2 3 4 5 FStJ BMW Start Final Basic CB
Top10
FedEx
Bonus
1   Matthieu Pavon 3 T7 1 949 4
2   Scottie Scheffler T5 T6 T10 T3 848 5
3   Hideki Matsuyama 58 T71 1 825 6
4   Chris Kirk 1 T26 CUT 813 5
5   Wyndham Clark T29 1 CUT 773 5

Schedule edit

Date Tournament Venue Location Purse
(US$)
Winner(s)[d] OWGR
points
Other
tours[e]
Notes
Jan Tournament of Champions Kapalua Resort Hawaii  
Jan San Diego Open Torrey Pines Golf Course California  
Feb Phoenix Open TPC Scottsdale Arizona  
Feb Los Angeles Open Riviera Country Club California  
Feb Abierto Mexicano de Golf Varies Mexico  
Mar Arnold Palmer Invitational Bay Hill Club and Lodge Florida  
Mar The Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass Florida  
Mar Byron Nelson Golf Classic Varies Texas  
Apr Colonial National Invitation Colonial Country Club Texas  
Apr Masters Tournament Augusta National Golf Club Georgia   100 Major championship
Apr The Heritage Harbour Town Golf Links South Carolina  
Apr North and South Open Pinehurst Resort South Carolina  
May Greater Greensboro Open Sedgefield Country Club North Carolina  
May PGA Championship Varies United States   100 Major championship
May Canadian Open Varies Canada  
Jun Memorial Tournament Muirfield Village Ohio  
Jun U.S. Open Varies United States   100 Major championship
Jun Greater Hartford Open TPC River Highlands Connecticut  
Jun The National Congressional Country Club/
TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm
Maryland  
Jul British Masters Varies United Kingdom  
Jul Scottish Open Varies Scotland  
Jul The Open Championship Varies Great Britain & Ireland   100 Major championship
Jul Westchester Classic Varies New York area  
Aug Memphis Open Varies Tennessee  
Aug Western Open Varies Midwest United States  
Aug Tour Championship East Lake Golf Club Georgia   FedEx Cup Playoffs
Aug British PGA Championship Wentworth Club England  
Sep WGC-Match Play Varies Varies   World Golf Championships
Sep Ryder Cup/Presidents Cup Varies Varies n/a   n/a
Sep Open de France Varies France  
Oct Open de España Varies Spain  
Oct Open de Portugal Varies Portugal  
Oct China Open Varies China  
Oct Japan Open Varies Japan  
Nov Aberto do Brasil Varies Brazil  
Nov Abierto de Argentina Varies Argentina  
Dec Australian Open Varies Australia  
Dec South African Open Varies South Africa  

Hole locations edit

The 2021 U.S. Open
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 35 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 36 71
Headline 446 387 195 486 452 515 460 173 609 3,723 449 222 501 612 434 513 223 440 568 3,929 7,652
Round 1 440 396 192 493 454 519 453 158 623 3,726 438 222 508 613 438 489 192 435 574 3,909 7,635
Round 2 450 393 168 478 441 507 464 177 609 3,687 457 228 491 621 440 504 223 442 471 3,977 7,664
Round 3 446 387 195 486 452 515 460 173 609 3,723 449 222 501 612 434 513 223 440 568 3,929 7,652
Round 4 446 387 195 486 452 515 460 173 609 3,723 449 222 501 612 434 513 223 440 568 3,929 7,652

Source:[2][3][4]

Most wins edit

Player Wins
1989
Wins
1990
British
Opens
added[f]
Wins
2009
Wins
2010
Wins
2020
Totals match
Sam Snead 84 81[g] 1 82 82 82  Y
Tiger Woods 65 71 82  Y
Jack Nicklaus 71 70[h] 3 73 73 73  Y
Ben Hogan 62 63 1 64 64 64  Y
Arnold Palmer 61 60[i] 2 62 62 62  Y
Byron Nelson 54 52 0 52 52 52  Y
Billy Casper 51 51 0 51 51 51  Y
Walter Hagen 27 40 4 45[j] 45 45  Y
Phil Mickelson 34 37 44  Y
Cary Middlecoff 37 40[k] 0 40 39 39  Y [l]
Tom Watson 32 32 5 39 39 39  Y (2 wins after 1990)
Gene Sarazen 18 38 1 39 38 38  Y [m]
Lloyd Mangrum 34 36 0 36 36 36  Y
Vijay Singh 34 34 34  Y
Jimmy Demaret 31 31 0 31 31 31  Y
Horton Smith 30 32 0 32 30 30  Y [n]
Harry Cooper 24 31[o] 0 31 29 29  N
Gene Littler 29 29 1 29 29 29  Y
Lee Trevino 27 27 2 29 29 29  Y
Leo Diegel 30 0 30 28 28  Y [p]
Paul Runyan 15 29 0 29 28 28  N[q]
Henry Picard 27 26 0 26 26 26  Y [r]
Tommy Armour 24 1 25 25 25  Y
Johnny Miller 23 23 1 25 25 25  Y (1 win after 1990)
Gary Player 21 21[s] 3 24 24 24  Y
Macdonald Smith 24 0 24 24 24  N[t]
Dustin Johnson 1 2 23  Y
Jim Barnes 20 1 21 21 22  Y[u]
Johnny Farrell 18 22 0 22 22 22  Y
Raymond Floyd 21 21 0 22 22 22  Y (1 win after 1990)
Davis Love III 1 1 0 20 20 21  Y (20 wins after 1990)
Willie Macfarlane 21 0 21 21 21  Y
Lanny Wadkins 18 18 0 21 21 21  Y (3 wins after 1990)
Craig Wood 17 21 0 21 21 21  Y
Hale Irwin 17 17 0 20 20 20  Y (3 wins after 1990)
Greg Norman 6 8 2 20 20 20  Y (10 wins after 1990)
Johnny Revolta 19 18 0 18 20 20  N[v]
Doug Sanders 20 20 0 20 20 20  Y
Ben Crenshaw 14 14 0 19 19 19  Y (5 wins after 1990)
Ernie Els 16 16 19  Y
Doug Ford 19 19 0 19 19 19  Y
Hubert Green 19 19 0 19 19 19  Y
Tom Kite 10 13 0 19 19 19  Y (6 wins after 1990)
Bill Mehlhorn 21 0 20[w] 20 19[x]  Y [y]
Julius Boros 18 18 0 18 18 18  Y
Jim Ferrier 21 18[z] 0 18 18 18  Y
Dutch Harrison 15 18[aa] 0 18 18 18  Y
Rory McIlroy 0 18  Y
Nick Price 1 1 1 18 18 18  Y (16 wins after 1990)
Bobby Cruickshank 16 17 0 17 17 17  Y
Jim Furyk 13 13 17  Y
Harold "Jug" McSpaden 17 17 0 17 17 17  Y
Curtis Strange 16 17 0 17 17 17  Y
Jack Burke Jr. 15 17 16[ab] 16
Ralph Guldahl 14 16 16 16
Tommy Bolt 15 15
Ed Dudley 15
Denny Shute 15
Mike Souchak 16 15
Tom Weiskopf 15 15 1 16
Bruce Crampton 15 14
Dave Hill 13 14 13
Joe Turnesa 14
Ken Venturi 14 14
Art Wall Jr. 14 14
Mark O'Meara 3 4 16 16 16  Y (12 wins after 1990)
  1. ^ The top 125 point scorers in the regular season retain their tour card for the following season, and qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The top 70 points scorers after FedEx St. Jude Championship qualify for the BMW Championship.
  2. ^ The top 30 point scorers after the BMW Championship qualify for the Tour Championship. Each player begins with a score adjustment to par determined by their point ranking, the lowest scorers in the Tour Championship in addition to this adjustment win the FedEx Cup.
  3. ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top ten regular season point scorers receive a share of a $10m bonus, and the $60m FedEx Cup postseason bonus money is distributed based upon standings after the Tour Championship.
  4. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  5. ^ EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  6. ^ Official since 1995, earlier wins added in 2002.
  7. ^ Removed in 1987: 5x Greenbrier Invitational, 1952 Julius Boros Open, 1940 Ontario Open, 1942 Cordoba Open, 1953 Texas Open (which Snead didn't actually win); Added in 1987: 4x Bing Crosby, 2x Palm Beach Round Robin
  8. ^ Removed in 1987: 1966 PGA Team (with Palmer).
  9. ^ Removed in 1987: 1966 PGA Team (with Nicklaus).
  10. ^ Added: 1914 U.S. Open?
  11. ^ Removed in 1987: Greenbrier Pro-Am.
  12. ^ 1990/2009 figure maybe incorrect.[5]
  13. ^ 1990/2009 figure maybe incorrect.[6]
  14. ^ 1990/2009 figure maybe incorrect.[7]
  15. ^ Removed in 1987: 1926 DelMonte Open, 1929 Oklahoma Open, 1937 Oklahoma City Invitational, 1942 Bing Crosby, 1942 Ojai Valey Open; Added in 1987: 1923 Galveston Open Championship, 1926 Monterey Peninsula Championship, 1927 Pebble Beach Open, 1929 Old Westbury Invitational, 1930 Salt Lake Open, 1933 Arizona Open, 1934 Illinois Open, 1938 Oakland Open, 1938 Crescent City Open; Corrections: Medinah Open, Pasadena Open, Tri-State Open
  16. ^ 1990/2009 figure maybe incorrect; 1925 Mid-Southern Amateur-Professional seems to be unofficial, per WGHoF
  17. ^ Suspect 1935 Metropolitan PGA removed.[8]
  18. ^ WGHoF has 27 total wins; includes 1935 & 1936 Miami International Four-Ball with Johnny Revolta.
  19. ^ Table contradicts profile.
  20. ^ Probably 1912 Western Open needs removing from article?[9]
  21. ^ Added sometime after start of 2018/19: 1914 Western Open (probably)
  22. ^ Henry Picard's WGHoF profile includes 1935 & 1936 Miami International Four-Ball.
  23. ^ Changed 1995–1996.
  24. ^ Changed 2013–2013/14.
  25. ^ Seems that at some point Mehlhorn's totals included the 1923 Texas Open, won by Walter Hagen.
  26. ^ Removed in 1987: 1944 & 1945 Northern California Open, 1945 Seminole Invitational
  27. ^ Missing from media guide until 1996
  28. ^ Changed 2006–2007.

Tournaments edit

Masters edit

Course layout edit

The 2021 Masters Tournament
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 36 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 36 72
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4

Source:

Latham R. Reed Amateur-Professional Tournament edit

  • Seminole Golf Club, Palm Beach, Florida
Year Winners (Amateur-Pro) Winner(s) (Pro) Ref
1962 Amateur event [13]
1961 Arnold Palmer & Fred Kammer Arnold Palmer &
Doug Sanders (tie)
[14][15]
1960 Dave Ragan & Harry Hurt
Tommy Jacobs & Woolworth Donahue
Gardner Dickinson & Bing Crosby
Dave Ragan [16]
1959 Arnold Palmer & Arthur O. Wellman Arnold Palmer &
Mike Souchak (tie)
[17]
1958 Ted Kroll & Chase Morsey Jr. Pete Cooper [18][19]
1957 Peter Thomson & Thomas E. Pemberton
Jimmy Demaret & T. Bedford Davie
Walter Burkemo &
Pete Cooper (tie)
[20]
1956 Ted Kroll & Herbert Sheftel Walter Burkemo [21]
1955 Mike Souchak & Ray W. Heffernan
Mike Souchak & Alfred G. Kay
Mike Souchak [22]
1954 Ted Kroll & Richard A. Raese Lew Worsham [23]
1953 Al Brosch & James J. Secor Pete Cooper [24]
1952 Bob Toski & Reginald Boardman Jr.
Marty Furgol & Ronald B. Balcom
Sam Snead [25]
1951 Lloyd Mangrum & Edward B. McLean Lloyd Mangrum
1950 Cary Middlecoff & C. Douglas Dillon
Jim Ferrier & Leray Berdeau
Cary Middlecoff
1949 Skip Alexander & A. B. Chase
Ed Furgol & George Rasmussen
Dave Douglas & Joseph Scheerer
Henry Ransom
1948 Sam Snead & George McCarthy Henry Ransom
1947 Ben Hogan & Mike Phipps Chick Harbert &
George Fazio (tie)
[26]
1946 Dick Metz & Virgil Sherill Jim Ferrier
1945 No tournament
1944 No tournament
1943 No tournament
1942 Lloyd Mangrum & Mike Phipps Lloyd Mangrum [27]
1941 Toney Penna & Edward F. Hutton
Byron Nelson & Findlay S. Douglas
Toney Penna [28]
1940 Jimmy Demaret & Oscar Johnson
Dick Metz & Robert O. Bacon
Sam Snead [29]
1939 Johnny Revolta & Raymond Guest Byron Nelson [30]
1938 John Daly & Jimmy Hines
1937 Clyde Usina & Raymond Guest [31]
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  2. ^ "U.S. Open Course". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  3. ^ Zeigler, Mark (June 14, 2021). "U.S. Open '21: A hole-by-hole look at Torrey Pines South". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Course Statistics". USGA. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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  11. ^ 1947
  12. ^ 1948
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  16. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/130108266/
  17. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/133783499/
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  19. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/133626204/
  20. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/133598096
  21. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/133517589/
  22. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/133570537/
  23. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/130073383/
  24. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/129880424/
  25. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/213631308/
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  27. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/298522972/
  28. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/298662530/
  29. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/617131227/
  30. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/298442935/
  31. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/300629864/