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Akron, Ohio
Akron () is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. The municipality is situated on the Ohio and Erie Canal and Little Cuyahoga River, approximately 39 miles south of Cleveland midway between New York City and Chicago. As of 2000, the city proper had a total population of 217,074, being the fifth largest city in Ohio and 81st in the United States. The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, covers both, Summit and Portage counties. In 2000, the area had a population of 694,960 and in 2009, estimates placed the population at 699,935. Akron is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area, which in 2000 had a population of 2,945,831, and ranked as the country's 14th largest. Like many former urban manufacturing centers of the U.S. Rust Belt, Akron's population has declined, falling from a peak of 290,351 in 1960, to just over two-thirds of that today.
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Aronimink Golf Club
Aronimink Golf Club is a private country club located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Its championship golf course is consistently rated among the top 100 golf courses in the United States. The club has been host to multiple USGA and PGA championships in its history. Additionally, Aronimink has numerous indoor and outdoor tennis courts, a trap shooting lodge, both a lap pool and diving pool, a fitness center and a clubhouse with superb dining facilities.
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Baltusrol Golf Club
The Baltusrol Golf Club is a private 36-hole golf club located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey. Among the many prestigious tournaments it has hosted, Baltusrol was most recently the site of the 2005 PGA Championship. The course architect is A. W. Tillinghast, though the original course (which no longer exists) was designed by Louis Keller.
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Beachwood, Ohio
Beachwood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland. The population was 12,186 at the 2000 census.
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Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda. (In Aramaic, beth hesda means "House of Mercy" and in Hebrew, "bait" "chesed" means "House of Kindness".)
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Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham (, ) is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to an estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2007, Birmingham had a population of about 229,800. The Birmingham Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2009, had a population of about 1,212,848. The Birmingham Metropolitan Area contains about one-quarter of the entire population of Alabama.
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Birmingham, Michigan
Birmingham is an affluent city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the total population was 19,291. An upscale suburb of Detroit, the city hosts a downtown that attracts shoppers from throughout the Metro Detroit area. In the Metro area, the community is best known for its upscale shopping, dining, and housing, and it is considered one of the trendiest suburbs outside of Detroit.
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Bronxville, New York
Bronxville is an affluent village within the town of Eastchester, New York, in the United States. It is located approximately north of midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County. At the 2000 census, Bronxville had a population of 6,543.
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Canterbury Golf Club
The Canterbury Golf Club near Cleveland, Ohio was organized more than half century ago when a group of prominent Cleveland men interested in playing golf on a championship course gathered for that purpose at the University Club. Since that time, Canterbury has been developed over the years as a family club providing a wide range of facilities and activities for golfing members, as well as for members with other interests.
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Carmel, Indiana
Carmel () is a city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 37,733 at the 2000 census but has been growing very rapidly. In 2007, a special census recorded the city population at 68,677.
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Cedar Crest Park
Cedar Crest Park, formerly Cedar Crest Country Club, is a public golf course in Dallas, Texas, USA. The course was designed by A. W. Tillinghast and was the site of the 1927 PGA Championship won by Sir Walter Hagan.
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Charlotte
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Chaska, Minnesota
Chaska is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 17,449 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carver County.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio, the state's third largest metropolitan area behind Cincinnati and Cleveland, and the fourth largest city in the American Midwest. It is the county seat of Franklin County, yet the city has expanded and annexed portions of adjoining Delaware County and Fairfield County. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. The city has a diverse economy based on education, government, insurance, banking, fashion, defense, aviation, food, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology.
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Dallas
Dallas () is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. As of 2009, the population of Dallas was at 1.3 million according to the US Census Bureau. The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county metropolitan area that according to the March 2010 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of roughly 6.5 million as of July 2009. The metropolitan area is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the sixth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fourth most populous county in the state. The population was 166,179 at the 2000 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 848,153 in the 2000 census. Dayton is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Ohio and the 61st largest metropolitan area in the United States. The Dayton-Springfield-Greenville Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,085,094 in 2000. Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley region of Ohio, just north of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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Detroit
Detroit () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city where Canada can be viewed by looking to the south. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Its name originates from the French word détroit () for strait, in reference to its location on the river connecting the Great Lakes.
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Duluth, Georgia
Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and an increasingly more affluent and developed suburb of Atlanta. Unincorporated portions of Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is outside city limits. Much of the adjacent city of Johns Creek (incorporated in 2006) uses one of the Duluth ZIP codes.
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Edmond, Oklahoma
Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. The population was 68,315 at the 2000 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma.
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Eisenhower Park
Eisenhower Park is centrally located in East Meadow, New York bordered by Hempstead Turnpike on the south and Old Country Road on the north. At , it is larger than Central Park, with much of the area devoted to three 18-hole golf courses, including the Red Course, host to the annual Commerce Bank Championship (Champions Tour). The park is home to the September 11th Memorial for residents of Nassau County.
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Florida
Florida () is a state of the United States. It is located in the Southeastern United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. Much of the state's land mass is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Caribbean to the south. Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state in 1845, after a three hundred year period of European colonization.
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Flushing, Queens
Flushing, founded in 1645, is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, east of Manhattan.
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French Lick, Indiana
French Lick is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,941 at the 2000 census. In early 2006 the French Lick Resort Casino, the state's tenth casino in the modern legalized era, opened drawing national attention to the small town.
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Great Neck, New York
The term Great Neck is commonly applied to a peninsula on the North Shore of Long Island, which includes the Village of Great Neck, the Village of Great Neck Estates, the Village of Great Neck Plaza, and others, as well as an area south of the peninsula near Lake Success. The larger Great Neck area comprises a residential community of some 40,000 people made up of nine villages, as well as hamlets of North Hempstead, of which Great Neck is the northwestern quadrant. Larger Great Neck has five postal zones (11020 - 11024) and one school district.
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Haven, Wisconsin
Haven is an unincorporated community in the town of Mosel in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Hershey Country Club
Hershey Country Club is a country club located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1930 by Milton S. Hershey.
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Inwood Country Club
Inwood Country Club is a private country club in Inwood, New York, located adjacent to Jamaica Bay and near John F. Kennedy International Airport. Originally established as a nine hole course in 1901, it is one of the oldest golf courses on Long Island. The course was expanded to an eighteen hole layout in 1906.
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Inwood, New York
:This article is about the community of Inwood in Nassau County. For the neighborhood in New York City, see Inwood, Manhattan.
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Johns Creek, Georgia
Johns Creek is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, USA, which incorporated on December 1, 2006. It is named for a body of water that runs through the area. The city was created out of the entire unincorporated eastern part of northern Fulton County, bounded by Roswell to the west and south, Alpharetta to the northwest, Forsyth County to the north, and Gwinnett County to the south and east. The 2007 population estimate for the city is 70,050. It is the tenth-largest city in Georgia and is the wealthiest city in Georgia.
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Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky () is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of total area, the 36th largest in land area, and ranks 26th in population.
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Kohler, Wisconsin
Kohler is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Sheboygan River. The population was 1,926 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville (usually ; see Pronunciation below) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2009 was 721,594 (consolidated; balance total is 566,503), with a population of 1,266,454 in the Louisville metropolitan area. An important internal shipping port in the 19th century, Louisville is today most well known for the Kentucky Derby, the widely watched first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
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Medinah Country Club
Medinah Country Club is a private country club in Medinah, Illinois with nearly 600 members and containing three golf courses, Lake Kadijah, swimming facilities and a Byzantine-style, mosque-evoking clubhouse with Oriental, Louis XIV and Italian architectural aspects. Medinah is widely known for its Course #3, a 7,508 yard (7,385 m) golf course which has hosted three U.S. Opens (1949, 1975, 1990) and two PGA Championships (1999, 2006).
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis (), nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States. Its name is attributed to the city's first schoolteacher, who combined mni, the Dakota word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city.
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Missouri
Missouri () (abbreviated MO) is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2009 estimated population of 5,987,580, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It comprises 114 counties and one independent city. Missouri's capital is Jefferson City. The four largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. Missouri was originally acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became defined as the Missouri Territory. Part of the Missouri Territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821.
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Moraine Country Club
Moraine Country Club is a country club located in Dayton, Ohio. The development of the Moraine Country Club started at a meeting in 1927, when Colonel Deeds, Charles Kettering, Frederick Rike, Governor James Cox, Robert Patterson, John Haswell & William Keyes decided to turn a portion of "Moraine Farm" into a golf course. Alec Campbell designed the course and in 1930 the club was incorporated. The golf course there hosted the PGA Championship in 1945 which Byron Nelson won.
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New Jersey
New Jersey (, ) is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the northeast by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey lies largely within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York City and Philadelphia. It is the most densely populated state in the United States.
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New York
New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
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New York State
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Newport Country Club
Newport Country Club, founded in 1893, is a historic private golf club in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States that hosted both the first U.S. Amateur Championship and the first U.S. Open in 1895.
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the Southern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte. North Carolina is now ranked as one of the top 3 leading States for Green Technology, Bio-Chemical Engineering, Medical Sciences, and Computer Engineering through the long-range research and development programs of Research Triangle Park (RTP), UNC Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State .
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's estimated population, as of 2008, was 551,789, with an estimated metro-area population of 1,206,142. In 2008, the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,275,758 residents. Oklahoma City's city limits extend into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas are rural or suburban. The city ranks as the eighth-largest city in the United States by land area which includes consolidated city-counties; it is the largest city in the United States by land area whose government is not consolidated with that of a county (or, in the case of Alaska, a borough, or in the case of Louisiana, a parish). The city is the largest city and metro area in population of the traditional 'plains states' as well as the South Central United States outside of Texas.
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Pelham Country Club
Pelham Country Club is a country club located in Pelham Manor, New York. The club hosted the PGA Championship in 1923, which Gene Sarazen won.
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Pomonok Country Club
Pomonok Country Club was a country club in the Pomonok neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. The golf course was located between Kissena Boulevard and 164th Street, just to the south of Horace Harding Boulevard (now the Long Island Expressway) and to the east of Queens College.
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Portland Golf Club
The Portland Golf Club is a golf club located in Portland, Oregon, USA. This club was formally established in the winter of 1913 when a group of nine businessmen assembled to form a new club after leaving their respective clubs.
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. As of July 2009, it has an estimated population of 582,130, making it the 30th most populous in the United States. Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 2.2 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area (MSA), the 23rd most populous in the United States as of July 2006.
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Quail Hollow Club
The Quail Hollow Club is a country club and golf course located in the Quail Hollow neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. It is a private member club, founded by James J. Harris on April 13, 1959. The club hosted the Kemper Open from 1969 through 1979, the PaineWebber Invitational from 1983 through 1989, and has hosted the Quail Hollow Championship (known as the Wachovia Championship prior to 2009) since it debuted in 2003.
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Rhode Island
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island ( or ), is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Long Island to the southwest.
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Richmond, Virginia
Richmond () is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the Greater Richmond area. Surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield counties, the city is located at the intersections of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64, and surrounded by Interstate 295 and Virginia State Route 288 in central Virginia. The population was 200,123 in 2007, with an estimated population of 1,212,977 for the Richmond Metropolitan Area — making it the third largest in Virginia.
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Riviera Country Club
The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. The course has been the primary host for the PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open (better known as the Los Angeles Open). Riviera has also hosted the U.S. Open in 1948, the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995, and the U.S. Senior Open in 1998. The course is located in the Santa Monica Canyon, just below the Santa Monica Mountains and a block south of Sunset Boulevard. It is not to be confused with the clubs of the same name in Coral Gables, Florida,[http://www.rivieracountryclub.org] Chicago, Illinois,[http://www.rivierasports.com] or Dublin, Ohio[http://www.rivieragolfclub.net].
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Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest regional economy in all of New York State according to the U.S. Internal Revenue, after the New York City metropolitan area. Known as ''The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City''. It is the county seat for Monroe County.
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Rodman Wanamaker
(Lewis) Rodman Wanamaker (February 13, 1863 – March 9, 1928, Atlantic City, New Jersey) was the second son of Philadelphia department store founder John Wanamaker and Mary Brown. He was a Republican and was a Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania in 1916. Wanamaker created aviation history by financing a two plane experimental seaplane class (the Curtiss Model H) in response to a prize contest announcement by London's The Daily Mail newspaper in 1913the Flying boat designs which resulted became very important in military and commercial aviation until well after the advent of the Jet Airliner, forming the basis for thirty plus years of international commercial air travel before there were widespread airports. In many parts of the world today, the Flying Boat, a legacy of his patriotism, is still very important.
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Sahalee Country Club
The Sahalee Country Club is a private 27-hole golf course and country club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. In the Chinookan language, Sahalee means "high heavenly ground." The course is located on a heavily-forested plateau immediately east of Lake Sammamish.
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San Antonio
The City of San Antonio () is the second-largest city in the American state of Texas and the seventh-largest city in the United States with a population of 1.4 million. The city is the seat of Bexar County. Located in the and the northern part of , San Antonio is the center of Tejano culture and Texas tourism. The city is characteristic of other Southwest urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city. It was the fourth-fastest growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006 and the fifth-fastest-growing from 2007 to 2008. The metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.1 million based on the 2009 U.S. Census estimate, making it the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S and third in Texas.
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Scioto Country Club
Scioto Country Club, is a private country club and golf course in Columbus, Ohio. The course, designed by Donald Ross, opened in 1916 and since then has hosted five PGA tournaments throughout its history, including two majors. Scioto is one of only four courses (the others are Oak Hill Country Club, Oakland Hills Country Club, and Pinehurst Resort) to host the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, and the U.S. Amateur Championship. All four of those courses were designed by Donald Ross.
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Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the northernmost major city in the contiguous United States, and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest and in the state of Washington. A seaport situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about south of the Canada – United States border, it is named after Chief Sealth "Seattle", of the Duwamish and Suquamish native tribes. Seattle is the center of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan statistical area, the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the northwestern United States. Seattle is the county seat of King County and is the major economic, cultural and educational center in the region. , the city's population was approximately 617,000 within a metropolitan area of some 3.4 million inhabitants. The Port of Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport are major gateways to Asia, Alaska, and the rest of the world.
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Seaview Country Club
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Siwanoy Country Club
Siwanoy Country Club is a country club located in Bronxville, New York. The club hosted the first PGA Championship in 1916, which was won by Jim Barnes.
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South Carolina
South Carolina () is a state in the United States that borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution. The colony was originally named by British King Charles II in honor of his father Charles I of England, as Carolus is Latin for Charles. South Carolina was the first state to vote to secede from the Union and was the founding state of the Confederate States of America. According to an estimate by the United States Census Bureau, the state's population in 2009 was 4,561,242 and ranked 24th among the U.S. states. South Carolina contains 46 counties and its capital is Columbia.
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Spokane, Washington
Spokane (, ) is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, as well as the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region. The city is located on the Spokane River in Eastern Washington, 110 miles (180 km) south of the Canadian border, approximately from the Washington-Idaho border, and east of Seattle.
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St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis ( or ; French: Saint-Louis or St-Louis, ) is an independent city and the second largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city itself has an estimated population of 354,361 and is the principal municipality of Greater St. Louis, population 2,879,934, the largest urban area in Missouri and 16th-largest in the United States.
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Tanglewood Park
Tanglewood Park is a golf course and park in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, located on the Yadkin River between Clemmons and Bermuda Run. It is home to the annual "Tanglewood Festival of Lights," a display of lights in the wintertime celebrating the holidays. Additional attractions include the Tanglewood Park Arboretum and Rose Garden, a public pool, horse stables, and Mallard Lake for fishing and paddleboat renting.
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Timonium, Maryland
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. The municipality is located in northwest Ohio on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River, originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory; then re-founded in 1837, after conclusion of theToledo War, when it was incorporated in Ohio. Toledo grew quickly as a result of the Miami and Erie Canal and its position on the railway line between New York and Chicago. It has since become a city well known for its industry, particularly in glass and auto assembly (Jeep headquarters and related auto parts production), as well as for its art community, education, and local sports teams.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-largest city in the United States. With an estimated population of 389,625 in 2009, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 929,015 (2009) residents in the MSA and 979,721 (2009) in the CSA Tulsa's CSA is projected to reach one million between 2010 and 2012. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, and extends into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Valhalla Golf Club
Valhalla Golf Club, located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, is a private golf club designed by professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. The course, which sits on a property on Shelbyville Road in the eastern portion of Louisville just outside the Gene Snyder Freeway, was envisioned by local business leader Dwight Gahm (pronounced "game") and his three sons in 1981, and opened in 1986. Keith Reese is the PGA professional.
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Wauwatosa is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, and was incorporated on May 27, 1897. As of the 2006 census estimate, the city's population was 44,798. Wauwatosa is located immediately west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It is named after the Potawatomi word for firefly.
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Whistling Straits
Whistling Straits is one of two golfing destinations associated with The American Club, a luxury resort located in nearby Kohler, Wisconsin, and owned by a subsidiary of the Kohler Company. The other course is Blackwolf Run. The Whistling Straits complex is located in the unincorporated Sheboygan County community of Haven in the Town of Mosel, north of the city of Sheboygan. Although the course is located in Haven, it officially has a Kohler postal address, and is mentioned within promotional materials as being in Kohler.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Upper Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee. As of 2009 the state has an estimated 5.6 million residents. The state contains 72 counties.
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Wykagyl Country Club
Wykagyl Country Club is a golf course in the Wykagyl section of New Rochelle, New York. The club has often hosted major tournaments as well as meetings of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA). Wykagyl is considered one of the premier "classic courses" in the country.
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Al Barkow
Al Barkow (born 1932) is an American journalist, award-winning author, editor, lecturer, historian and golfer.
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Al Espinosa
Abel Ruben "Al" Espinosa (March 24, 1891 – January 4, 1957) was an American golfer.
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Al Geiberger
Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. (born September 1, 1937) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.
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Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw (born January 11, 1952) is an American professional golfer.
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Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game. Born within six months of two other acknowledged golf greats of the twentieth century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is notable for his profound influence on the golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability, for which he remains renowned among players and fans. His life is depicted in the biographical film Follow the Sun (1951).
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Bill Mehlhorn
William Earl Mehlhorn (December 2, 1898 – April 5, 1989) was an American golfer who played on the PGA Tour in its early days, and was at his best in the 1920s.
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Bob Hamilton
Robert T. "Bob" Hamilton (January 10, 1916 – December 6, 1990) was an American professional golfer. He was born and died in Evansville, Indiana.
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Bob May (golfer)
Robert Anthony May (born October 6, 1968) is an American professional golfer.
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Bob Rosburg
Robert Reginald "Rossie" Rosburg (October 21, 1926 – May 14, 2009) was an American professional golfer who later became a sports color analyst for ABC television.
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Bob Tway
Robert Raymond Tway IV (born May 4, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986-87.
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Bobby Nichols
Robert Herman "Bobby" Nichols (born April 14, 1936) is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1964 PGA Championship.
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Bubba Watson
Gerry "Bubba" Watson (born November 5, 1978) is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour. He has featured in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
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Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.
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Cary Middlecoff
Emmett Cary Middlecoff (January 6, 1921 – September 1, 1998) was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s. At the time, a career as a dentist would quite likely have been more lucrative.
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Chandler Harper
John Chandler Harper (March 10, 1914 – November 8, 2004) was an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1950 PGA Championship. He won seven times on the PGA Tour and played on the 1955 Ryder Cup team. He served in the Navy in World War II. After Curtis Strange's father died when he was 14, Harper became Strange's mentor. He was also a long-time friend of Bobby Jones.
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Chick Harbert
Melvin R. "Chick" Harbert (February 20, 1915 – September 1, 1992) was an American golfer. He won seven times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1954 PGA Championship. He was also PGA championship runner-up in 1947 and 1952. He played on the 1949 Ryder Cup team and was playing-captain of the team in 1955. He served in the Army during World War II. He was born in Dayton, Ohio and died in Ocala, Florida.
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Chris DiMarco
Christian Dean DiMarco (born August 23, 1968) is an American golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, and was in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for over fifty weeks between 2002 and 2006.
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Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer often referred to by one of his nicknames 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999, and 31 European tour victories, placing him fourth on the all time list. He is renowned also for both his extraordinary Ryder Cup performances as well as the dubious distinction of being one of the most accomplished players never to have won a major championship after finishing runner-up on five occasions. His career high world ranking is second.
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Craig Wood (golfer)
Craig Ralph Wood (November 18, 1901 – May 7, 1968) was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams (1931, 1933, 1935).
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Dave Marr
David Francis Marr, Jr. (December 27, 1933 – October 5, 1997) was an American professional golfer and sportscaster, best known for winning the 1965 PGA Championship.
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Dave Stockton
David Knapp Stockton (born November 2, 1941) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
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David Toms
David Wayne Toms (born January 4, 1967) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has spent a considerable amount of time in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings (over 175 weeks between 2001 and 2006) and ranked as high as 5th in 2002 and 2003.
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Davis Love III
Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer.
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Denny Shute
Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute (October 25, 1904 – May 13, 1974) was an American golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.
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Don Massengale
Donald Ray Massengale, Sr. (April 23, 1937 – January 2, 2007) was an American professional golfer who won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.
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Doug Ford (golfer)
Douglas Michael Ford, Sr. born Fortunato (born August 6, 1922) is an American professional golfer and two-time major golf champion.
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Dow Finsterwald
Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. (born September 6, 1929) is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship.
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Ed Oliver
Edward Stewart "Porky" Oliver, Jr. (September 6, 1916 – September 21, 1961) was an American professional golfer. (Birth year sometimes stated as 1915.)
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Emmet French
John Emmet French (born November 22, 1886) was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing to Gene Sarazen in the 1922 PGA Championship.
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Felice Torza
Felice Joseph Torza (March 15, 1920 – December 1983) was an American professional golfer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
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Frank Walsh (golfer)
Frank Walsh (born December 23, 1902) was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing the 1932 PGA Championship to Olin Dutra.
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Fred McLeod
Frederick Robertson McLeod (25 April 1882 – 8 May 1976) was a Scottish-American golfer who had a distinguished career in the United States, which included victory in the 1908 U.S. Open. He was born in Kirk Ports, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.
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Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories as well as his nine major victories on the Champions Tour, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six decades.
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Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers (along with Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods) to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:
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Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's number one ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He is nicknamed The Great White Shark or sometimes simply The Shark – a reference to Norman's blond hair, size and aggressive golf style and the shark inhabiting Australian waters.
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Harold McSpaden
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Henry Picard
Henry Gilford Picard (November 28, 1906 – April 30, 1997) was an American professional golfer.
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Henry Williams, Jr.
Henry E. Williams, Jr. (January 20, 1917 – February 8, 2002) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Hubert Green
Hubert Myatt Green (born December 28, 1946) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.
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J. Douglas Edgar
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Jack Burke, Jr.
John Joseph "Jack" Burke, Jr. (born January 29, 1923) is an American professional golfer who was most prominent in the 1950s. He first rose to fame with two lopsided victories in the 1951 Ryder Cup matches. He was subsequently selected for the 1953, 1955, 1957, and 1959 teams, serving as playing captain in 1957. He also served as non-playing captain in the 1973 matches, and as special assistant captain to Hal Sutton in 2004.
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Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), also known as "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. With the most victories in major championships (18), he was continuously ranked as the world's number one golfer on McCormack's World Golf Rankings from its inception in 1968 to 1977. Having won seven professional major titles between 1962 and 1967, he would likely have been considered number one in some of those years as well (a period when he, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player vied for that status in public acclaim as The Big Three). After 1978, while much younger players such as Tom Watson and Seve Ballesteros came to be ranked higher than him, Nicklaus continued to regularly challenge for and indeed win many major titles until 1986, making a full quarter-century in which he competed at the very highest level of his sport. Indeed, over the course of this 25-year period of 100 major championships as a professional, Nicklaus finished either first or second 36 times, in the top three 45 times, the top five 54 times, and the top 10 67 times. Nicklaus and the other 45 major championship winners during this period combined for a total of 119 major championship victories, 704 official PGA Tour wins, and over 825 additional individual professional victories (excludes Champions Tour events, etc.). While other marquee players such as Nick Faldo, Tom Kite, Nick Price, Payne Stewart, and Curtis Strange were winning numerous tournaments worldwide, they had yet to break through with major wins prior to 1987, but proved to be on the verge of doing so. These facts make this period arguably the most competitive in the history of professional golf and illustrate Nicklaus' ability and durability over time.
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Jason Dufner
Jason Dufner (born March 24, 1977) is an American professional golfer.
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Jay Hebert
Junius Joseph "Jay" Hebert (February 14, 1923 – May 25, 1997) was an American golfer. He won seven times on the PGA Tour including the 1960 PGA Championship. His younger brother, Lionel Hebert, also won the PGA Championship, in 1957. He played on the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams and was captain for the 1971 team.
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Jeff Sluman
Jeffrey George Sluman (born September 11, 1957) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories.
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Jerry Barber
Carl Jerome "Jerry" Barber (April 25, 1916 – September 23, 1994) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.
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Jerry Pate
Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate (born September 16, 1953) is an American golfer.
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Jim Barnes
James Martin Barnes (April 8, 1886 – May 24, 1966) was a leading figure in the early years of professional golf in the United States.
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Jim Turnesa
James R. Turnesa (December 9, 1912 – August 27, 1971) was one of seven famous golfing brothers; Phil (1896-1987), Frank (1898-1949), Joe (1901-1991), Mike (1907-2000), Doug (1909-1972), Jim (1912-1971), and Willie (1914-2001). All but Willie turned professional and Jim was the only one to win a major championship, the 1952 PGA Championship, beating Chick Harbert 1-up in the match-play final. He had previously lost to Sam Snead in the 1942 PGA Championship final. In 1948, he held the record for low score (280) in the U.S. Open for about an hour. Ben Hogan (276) and Jimmy Demaret (278) finished later, erasing his record, and he finished third. He won one other PGA Tour event, the 1951 Reading Open.
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Jock Hutchison
Jack Fowler "Jock" Hutchison, Jr. (June 6, 1884 – September 27, 1977) was a Scottish-American professional golfer.
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Joe Turnesa
Joseph R. Turnesa (January 31, 1901 – July 15, 1991) was one of seven famous golfing brothers; Phil (1896-1987), Frank (1898-1949), Joe (1901-1991), Mike (1907-2000), Doug (1909-1972), Jim (1912-1971), and Willie (1914-2001). All but Willie turned professional and Joe won the most times (14) on the PGA Tour.
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John Daly (golfer)
John Patrick Daly (born April 28, 1966) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.
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John Mahaffey
John Drayton Mahaffey, Jr. (born May 9, 1948) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including 10 PGA Tour events.
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Johnny Farrell
John Joseph Farrell (April 1, 1901 – June 14, 1988) was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1928 U.S. Open.
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Johnny Palmer
John C. Palmer (July 3, 1918 – September 14, 2006) was an American professional golfer.
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Johnny Revolta
John F. Revolta (April 5, 1911 – March 3, 1991) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.
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José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal (born 5 February 1966) is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.
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Julius Boros
Julius Nicholas Boros (March 3, 1920 – May 28, 1994) was a Hungarian-American professional golfer.
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Justin Leonard
Justin Charles Garrett Leonard (born June 15, 1972) is an American professional golfer.
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Keegan Bradley
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Kenny Perry
James Kenneth Perry (born August 10, 1960) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and will be eligible for the Champions Tour on his 50th birthday later in 2010.
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Lanny Wadkins
Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. (born December 5, 1949) is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1988.
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Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex".
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Leo Diegel
Leo Harvey Diegel (April 27, 1899 – May 5, 1951) was a prominent American professional golfer of the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Lionel Hebert
Lionel P. Hebert (January 20, 1928 – December 30, 2000) was an American golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour including the 1957 PGA Championship, the last to be held at match play. His older brother Jay won the same event at stroke play in 1960. Lionel also played on the 1957 Ryder Cup team. An ethnic Cajun, he was born and died in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Mark Brooks (golfer)
Mark David Brooks (born March 25, 1961) is an American professional golfer.
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Mark O'Meara
'''Mark Francis O'Meara''' (born January 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from their debut in 1986 to 2000.
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Martin Kaymer
Martin Kaymer (born 1984) is a German professional golfer.
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Mike Turnesa
Michael C. Turnesa (June 9, 1907 – October 31, 2000) was one of seven famous golfing brothers: Phil (1896-1987), Frank (1898-1949), Joe (1901-1991), Mike (1907-2000), Doug (1909-1972), Jim (1912-1971), and Willie (1914-2001). All but Willie turned professional.
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Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is a professional golfer from Zimbabwe and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.
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Olin Dutra
Olin Dutra (January 17, 1901 – May 5, 1983) was a professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger (born January 6, 1960) is an American professional golfer and occasional on air golf analyst. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994.
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Paul Runyan
Paul Scott Runyan (July 12, 1908 – March 17, 2002) was an American professional golfer. Fellow golfers nicknamed him "Little Poison," primarily because he didn't drive the ball very far but also had a terrific short game. Additionally, Runyan was small in stature (5'7") furthering the "Little Poison" moniker. Runyan is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame (inducted 1990), World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame, Arkansas Hall of Fame and the recipient of the Harvey Penick Lifetime Teaching Award. In addition, Runyan captured the PGA Tour money title in 1934 and was a 2-time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team (1933 and 1935). Runyan also received the PGA of America Distinguished Service Award.
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Payne Stewart
William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42.
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Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.
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Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.
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Rich Beem
Richard Michael Beem (born August 24, 1970) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
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Rodman Wanamaker
(Lewis) Rodman Wanamaker (February 13, 1863 – March 9, 1928, Atlantic City, New Jersey) was the second son of Philadelphia department store founder John Wanamaker and Mary Brown. He was a Republican and was a Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania in 1916. Wanamaker created aviation history by financing a two plane experimental seaplane class (the Curtiss Model H) in response to a prize contest announcement by London's The Daily Mail newspaper in 1913the Flying boat designs which resulted became very important in military and commercial aviation until well after the advent of the Jet Airliner, forming the basis for thirty plus years of international commercial air travel before there were widespread airports. In many parts of the world today, the Flying Boat, a legacy of his patriotism, is still very important.
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Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. He and two of the other greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, were born within six months of each other in 1912. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events.
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Shaun Micheel
Shaun Carl Micheel (born January 5, 1969) is an American golfer who is best known for his surprise victory in 2003 in one of golf's major championships, the PGA Championship.
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Steve Elkington
Stephen John Elkington (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1995 to 1998.
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Steve Stricker
Steven Stricker (born February 23, 1967) is an American professional golfer and is currently ranked No. 5 in the Official World Golf Rankings. He is best known for his exceptional putting touch along with his simple and smooth stroke.
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Ted Kroll
Ted J. Kroll (August 4, 1919 – April 23, 2002) was a professional golfer. He was born in New Hartford, New York.
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Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he is the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, having earned an estimated $90.5 million from winnings and endorsements in 2010.
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Tom Creavy
Thomas Daniel Creavy (February 3, 1911 – March 3, 1979) was an American professional golfer.
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Tommy Armour
Thomas Dickson Armour (September 24, 1894 – September 11, 1968) was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot.
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Vic Ghezzi
Victor J. Ghezzi (October 19, 1910 – May 30, 1976) was an American golfer. (Birth year sometimes listed as 1912) He won 11 times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1941 PGA Championship. He was selected for three Ryder Cup teams, 1939, 1941, and 1943 but each was canceled due to World War II. He was born in Rumson, New Jersey and died in Miami Beach, Florida.
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Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF (, ; born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships (The Masters in 2000 and the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004) and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006. He won the FedEx Cup in 2008.
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Walter Burkemo
Walter E. Burkemo (October 9, 1918 – October 8, 1986) was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1953 PGA Championship.
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Walter Hagen
Walter Charles Hagen (December 21, 1892 – October 6, 1969) was a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of eleven professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus (18) and Tiger Woods (14). He won the U.S. Open twice, and in 1922 he became the first native-born American to win the British Open, which he went on to win four times in total. He also won the PGA Championship a record-tying five times (1921, '24-'27), the Western Open five times, totalled 45 PGA wins in his career, and was a six time Ryder Cup captain.
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Willie Goggin
Willie Goggin (c.1907 - ) was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing the 1933 PGA Championship to Gene Sarazen.
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World War I
World War I was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, due largely to great technological advances in firepower without corresponding ones in mobility. It was the second deadliest conflict in history.
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Yang Yong-eun
Yang Yong-eun (, born 15 January 1972), or Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice, including the 2009 PGA Championship.
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BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 (FINAL ROUND)
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- Duration: 7:57
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
PGA champioship 2011 at Wentworth.This game is the championship match of world golf ranking. Luke Donald chased Lee Westwood with the accuracy of iron shot and misfortune(unlucky back spin) befell Westwood in play-off. BILINGUAL ( English & Japanese )
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2005 PGA Championship
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- Duration: 3:32
- Published: 15 Mar 2011
- Updated: 27 Mar 2012
Phil Mickelson Relive the excitement of the 87th PGA Championship. Phil Mickelson has done it again, claiming a major championship with more final-hole dramatics. Completing his weather-suspended final round in exciting fashion, Mickelson birdied the par-5 18th at Baltusrol with a brilliant up-and-down from the heavy greenside rough to win the 87th PGA Championship for his second career major title.
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Volvo PGA Championship Golf 1993 - Practice Day - Part One - (Nick Faldo)
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- Duration: 14:47
- Published: 30 Dec 2011
- Updated: 18 Feb 2012
Personal video footage taken from the Volvo PGA Championship practice day at Wentworth in 1993. Nick Faldo can be seen at the start of the footage playing some practice holes with Roger Winchester. Then it is back to the practice ground where you see other players such as Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Paul McGinley, Anders Forsbrand, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, Roger Winchester, Ove Sellberg, Jose Maria Olazabal and coach David Leadbetter. Bernhard Langer actually won the event at -14. www.golfwrx.com
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PGA Championship 2011 (FINAL ROUND)
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- Duration: 4:44
- Published: 15 Aug 2011
- Updated: 29 Mar 2012
BILINGUAL ( ENGLISH & JAPANESE )
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1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick: John Daly the Longshot (part 1)
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- Duration: 10:23
- Published: 04 May 2011
- Updated: 04 Apr 2012
This is part 1 of the 1991 PGA championship. It should be noted that I do not own the rights to this video, the video was created and is owned by the PGA and not me! PLEASE COMMENT
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Lee Westwood Leads After Round 1 of the 2012 Masters Tournament
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- Duration: 2:25
- Published: 06 Apr 2012
- Updated: 06 Apr 2012
We chatted with Lee about his first round of the 2012 Masters Tournament. See what he had to say about the round and what his thoughts are moving forward.
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PGA Championship 2011 Tuesday Preview
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- Duration: 5:46
- Published: 10 Aug 2011
- Updated: 19 Aug 2011
Amanda Balionis previews players to watch at the 2011 PGA Championship with an update from the PGA TOUR Network on SiriusXM.
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Monday Backspin: PGA Championship 2011
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- Duration: 5:12
- Published: 15 Aug 2011
- Updated: 20 Mar 2012
PGA TOUR Today host Amanda Balionis recaps Keegan Bradley's victory and all the news from the 2011 PGA Championship.
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Jason Day Driver Swing @ 2011 PGA Championship (18th Hole)
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- Duration: 2:12
- Published: 13 Aug 2011
- Updated: 26 Feb 2012
Jason Day hits a couple of drives down the 18th fairway at the 93rd PGA Championship. This is from his Wednesday practice round on August 10, 2011.
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Jason Dufner: 2011 PGA Championship, Round 4 Playoff Runner-Up
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- Duration: 2:28
- Published: 15 Aug 2011
- Updated: 05 Oct 2011
Jason Dufner stops by for a chat after his fourth round at the 2011 PGA Championship finishing as runner up to Bradley Keegan.
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No.3 Shot of 2011 - Keegan Bradley at PGA Championship
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- Duration: 1:29
- Published: 15 Dec 2011
- Updated: 14 Apr 2012
In the final round of the PGA Championship, Keegan Bradley drains a clutch 35-foot birdie putt at the par-3 17th hole. Bradley would go on to win in a three-hole playoff over Jason Dufner.
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PGATOUR.COM Match Play: Favorites at PGA Championship 2011
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- Duration: 4:46
- Published: 08 Aug 2011
- Updated: 14 Aug 2011
Fred Albers with SiriusXM and Sean Martin of Golfweek discuss the chances of various Americans, Irishmen and past PGA Champions winning this week at Atlanta Athletic Club.
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Fowler shot tracker at PGA Championship
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- Duration: 0:18
- Published: 13 Aug 2011
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
Rickie Fowler hits drive with shot tracker at 2011 PGA Championship.
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Keegan Bradley: 2011 PGA Championship, Round 4 Win Interview
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 15 Aug 2011
- Updated: 05 Oct 2011
We catch up with Keegan Bradley after his win at the 2011 PGA Championship.
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Guy yells mashed potatoes after tiger swing
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- Duration: 0:29
- Published: 15 Aug 2010
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
Guy yells mashed potatoes after tiger swings haha
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Rory hits root - PGA Championship
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- Duration: 0:42
- Published: 11 Aug 2011
- Updated: 13 Aug 2011
Can Woods Contend at PGA Championship?
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- Duration: 2:02
- Published: 11 Aug 2011
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
Tiger Woods is playing in just his second major of the year, as he tees it up in the PGA Championship, which begins Thursday. Woods has won this PGA tournament four times, but has not won a major in three years. (August 10)
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Jason Dufner: 2011 PGA Championship, Round 2
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- Duration: 5:05
- Published: 13 Aug 2011
- Updated: 05 Oct 2011
Jason Dufner stops by for a chat after his second round at the 2011 PGA Championship.
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PGA Championship Golf - Tiger Woods and Steve Williams Is The Draw
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- Duration: 2:42
- Published: 10 Aug 2011
- Updated: 11 Nov 2011
PGA Championship Golf - Tiger Woods and Steve Williams Is The Draw - The PGA Championship will start tomorrow, Thursday, August 11th, at the Atlanta Athletic Club. But while you'd think the buzz is about the current winners, it's about Tiger Woods, still The World's Greatest Golfer, and his now ex-caddie, Steve Williams. The two have been a couple, if you will, for about 14 years or so, but for some reason best known to the two of them, Tiger Woods called it quits. Rather than stay silent, Williams went to Adam Scott, and helped him win the World Golf Championship last weekend. Then Williams let his emotions show saying the victory was "the best win I've ever had," when TV cameras were in his face. That did it. Woods called Williams, but what was said, we don't know. Let's just say it's fair to say that Tiger wasn't happy.
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Keegan Bradley: 2011 PGA Championship, Round 2
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- Duration: 3:33
- Published: 13 Aug 2011
- Updated: 05 Oct 2011
Keegan Bradley stops by for a chat after his second round at the 2011 PGA Championship.
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Rory McIlroy: Preview of 2011 PGA Championship
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- Duration: 3:34
- Published: 10 Aug 2011
- Updated: 17 Nov 2011
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland discusses the season's final major - the 2011 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Tiger Woods Greatest Moments
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- Duration: 4:15
- Published: 17 Mar 2012
- Updated: 10 Apr 2012
This a video of Tiger Woods' greatest moments of his career. Including clips from The Masters, The US Open, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, WGC, Canadian Open, Phoenix Open, FBR Open, The Players, PGA Championship, Presidents Cup, The Memorial and much more. In this video you will see all of his greatest shots including chip ins, Hole in ones, huge putts, clutch putts, and outstanding iron shots.
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Jr. PGA Championship Final Round
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- Published: 05 Aug 2011
- Updated: 18 Apr 2012
Jr. PGA Championship Final Round
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| name | PGA Championship |
|---|---|
| nickname | Glory's last shot |
| location | |
| establishment | 1916 |
| course | Atlanta Athletic Club-Highlands Course in 2011 |
| par | 70 in 2011 |
| yardage | in 2011 |
| tour | PGA TourPGA European TourJapan Golf Tour |
| format | Stroke play 1958–presentMatch play 1916–1957 |
| month played | August |
| purse | $8,000,000 (2011) |
| aggregate | 265* David Toms (2001)*record for all majors |
| to-par | −18 Bob May (2000)−18 Tiger Woods (2000, 2006) |
| current champion | Keegan Bradley |
| current | 2011 PGA Championship }} |
In line with the other majors, winning "The PGA" gives a golfer several privileges which make his career much more secure, if he is not already one of the elite players of the sport. PGA champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (Masters, U.S. Open, and the Open Championship) for the next five years, and are exempt from qualifying for the PGA Championship for life. They also receive membership on the PGA and European Tours for the following five seasons and invitations to The Players Championship for five years. The PGA Championship has been held at a large number of venues, some of the early ones now quite obscure, but currently it is usually staged by one of a small group of celebrated courses, each of which has also hosted several other leading events.
History
In 1894, with 41 golf courses operating in the United States, two unofficial national championships for amateur golfers were organized. One was held at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island, and the other at St. Andrew's Golf Club in New York State. In addition, St. Andrew's conducted an Open championship for professional golfers at the same time as the amateur event. None of these championships were officially sanctioned by any governing body for American golf, and this caused considerable controversy among players and organizers. The controversy led to the formation of the United States Golf Association later in 1894; the USGA became the first formal golf organization in the country. After this, golf quickly became a sport of national popularity and importance.In February 1916 the Professional Golfers Association of America was established in New York City. One month earlier, the wealthy department store owner Rodman Wanamaker hosted a luncheon at the Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle. This gathering of Wanamaker with the leading golf professionals of the day prepared the agenda for the formal organization of the PGA. The new organization's first president was Robert White, one of Wykagyl's best-known golf professionals of the time. Golf historians have dubbed Wykagyl "The Cradle of the PGA".
The first PGA Championship was held later in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Eastchester, New York. The winner, Jim Barnes, received $500 and a diamond-studded gold medal donated by Rodman Wanamaker. The 2011 winner, Keegan Bradley, earned $1.445 million. The champion is also awarded a replica of the Wanamaker Trophy, which was also donated by Wanamaker, to keep for one year, and a smaller-sized keeper replica Wanamaker Trophy.
Initially a match play event, the tournament was changed to stroke play in 1958. Network television broadcasters, preferring a large group of well-known contenders on the final day, pressured tournament organizers to make the format change.
In 1971, the PGA was played in February in Florida, and was the first major of the calendar year for the only time in its existence. Until the 1960s, the tournament was often played in late July, the week following The Open Championship, making it virtually impossible for players to compete in both majors. In 1965, the PGA was contested in August, and that move was made permanent in 1969, save for the one-year move to February in 1971.
The PGA Championship is primarily played in the eastern half of the United States, only ten times has it ventured west. The last championship played in the Mountain Time Zone was in 1985 and the last in the Pacific was 1998 at Sahalee near Seattle; no western venues are currently scheduled through 2018, which will be the 100th PGA Championship.
Qualification
The PGA Championship was established for the purpose of providing a high-profile tournament specifically for professional golfers at a time when they were generally not held in high esteem in a sport that was largely run by wealthy amateurs. This origin is still reflected in the entry system for the Championship. It is the only major which does not explicitly invite leading amateurs to compete (it is possible for amateurs to get into the field, although the only viable way is by winning one of the other major championships), and the only one which reserves a large number of places, 20 of 156, for club professionals. These slots are determined by the top finishers in the club pro championship, which is held in June.Since 1968, the PGA Tour has been independent of the PGA of America. The PGA Tour is an elite organization of tournament professionals, but the PGA Championship is still run by the PGA of America, which is mainly a body for club and teaching professionals. The PGA Championship is the only major that does not explicitly grant entry to the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, although it invariably invites all of the top 100 (not just top 50) players who are not already qualified.
List of qualification criteria as of 2010:
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| Year | ! Champion | ! Country | ! Venue | ! Location of venue | ! Winner's Score | share (United States dollar>$) | |
| align=center | 2011 | Keegan Bradley | | | Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course | Johns Creek, Georgia | 71-64-69-68=272 (−8) | 1,445,000 |
| align=center | 2010 | Martin Kaymer| | Whistling Straits, Straits Course | Kohler, Wisconsin | 72-68-67-70=277 (−11) | 1,350,000 | |
| align=center | 2009 | Yang Yong-eun| | Hazeltine National Golf Club | Chaska, Minnesota | 73-70-67-70=280 (−8) | 1,350,000 | |
| align=center | 2008 | Pádraig Harrington| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan>Bloomfield Township, Michigan | 71-74-66-66=277 (−3) | 1,350,000 | |
| align=center | 2007 | Tiger Woods (4)| | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 71-63-69-69=272 (−8) | 1,260,000 | |
| align=center | 2006 | Tiger Woods (3)| | Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 | Medinah, Illinois | 69-68-65-68=270 (−18) | 1,224,000 | |
| align=center | 2005 | Phil Mickelson| | Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey>Springfield, New Jersey | 67-65-72-72=276 (−4) | 1,170,000 | |
| align=center | 2004 | Vijay Singh (2)| | Whistling Straits, Straits Course | Kohler, Wisconsin | 67-68-69-76=280 (−8) | 1,125,000 | |
| align=center | 2003 | Shaun Micheel| | Oak Hill Country Club, East Course | Rochester, New York | 69-68-69-70=276 (−4) | 1,080,000 | |
| align=center | 2002 | Rich Beem| | Hazeltine National Golf Club | Chaska, Minnesota | 72-66-72-68=278 (−10) | 990,000 | |
| align=center | 2001 | David Toms| | Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course | Duluth, Georgia | 66-65-65-69=265 (−15) | 936,000 | |
| align=center | 2000 | Tiger Woods (2)| | Valhalla Golf Club | Louisville, Kentucky | 66-67-70-67=270 (−18) | 900,000 | |
| align=center | 1999 | Tiger Woods| | Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 | Medinah, Illinois | 70-67-68-72=277 (−11) | 630,000 | |
| align=center | 1998 | Vijay Singh| | Sahalee Country Club | Sammamish, Washington | 70-66-67-68=271 (−9) | 540,000 | |
| align=center | 1997 | Davis Love III| | Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course | Mamaroneck (town), New York>Mamaroneck, New York | 66-71-66-66=269 (−11) | 470,000 | |
| align=center | 1996 | Mark Brooks (golfer)Mark Brooks || | Valhalla Golf Club | Louisville, Kentucky | 68-70-69-70=277 (−11) | 430,000 | |
| align=center | 1995 | Steve Elkington| | Riviera Country Club | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles>Pacific Palisades, California | 68-67-68-64=267 (−17) | 360,000 | |
| align=center | 1994 | Nick Price (2)| | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 67-65-70-67=269 (−11) | 310,000 | |
| align=center | 1993 | Paul Azinger| | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio | 69-66-69-68=272 (−12) | 300,000 | |
| align=center | 1992 | Nick Price| | Bellerive Country Club | St. Louis, Missouri | 70-70-68-70=278 (−6) | 280,000 | |
| align=center | 1991 | John Daly (golfer)John Daly|| | Crooked Stick Golf Club | Carmel, Indiana | 69-67-69-71=276 (−12) | 230,000 | |
| align=center | 1990 | Wayne Grady| | Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club | Birmingham, Alabama | 72-67-72-71=282 (−6) | 225,000 | |
| align=center | 1989 | Payne Stewart| | Kemper Lakes Golf Club | Long Grove, Illinois | 74-66-69-67=276 (−12) | 200,000 | |
| align=center | 1988 | Jeff Sluman| | Oak Tree Golf Club | Edmond, Oklahoma | 69-70-68-65=272 (−12) | 160,000 | |
| align=center | 1987 | Larry Nelson (2)| | PGA National Resort & Spa | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida | 70-72-73-72=287 (−1) | 150,000 | |
| align=center | 1986 | Bob Tway| | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio | 72-70-64-70=276 (−8) | 145,000 | |
| align=center | 1985 | Hubert Green| | Cherry Hills Country Club | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado | 67-69-70-72=278 (−6) | 125,000 | |
| align=center | 1984 | Lee Trevino (2)| | Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club | Birmingham, Alabama | 69-68-67-69=273 (−15) | 125,000 | |
| align=center | 1983 | Hal Sutton| | Riviera Country Club | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles>Pacific Palisades, California | 65-66-72-71=274 (−10) | 100,000 | |
| align=center | 1982 | Raymond Floyd (2)| | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 63-69-68-72=272 (−8) | 65,000 | |
| align=center | 1981 | Larry Nelson| | Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course | Duluth, Georgia | 70-66-66-71=273 (−7) | 60,000 | |
| align=center | 1980 | Jack Nicklaus (5)| | Oak Hill Country Club, East Course | Rochester, New York | 70-69-66-69=274 (−6) | 60,000 | |
| align=center | 1979 | David Graham (golfer)David Graham|| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan>Bloomfield Township, Michigan | 69-68-70-65=272 (−8) | 60,000 | |
| align=center | 1978 | John Mahaffey| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 75-67-68-66=276 (−8) | 50,000 | |
| align=center | 1977 | Lanny Wadkins| | Pebble Beach Golf Links | Pebble Beach, California | 69-71-72-70=282 (−6) | 45,000 | |
| align=center | 1976 | Dave Stockton (2)| | Congressional Country Club, Blue Course | Bethesda, Maryland | 70-72-69-70=281 (+1) | 45,000 | |
| align=center | 1975 | Jack Nicklaus (4)| | Firestone Country Club, South Course | Akron, Ohio | 70-68-67-71=276 (−4) | 45,000 | |
| align=center | 1974 | Lee Trevino| | Tanglewood Park, Championship Course | Clemmons, North Carolina | 73-66-68-69=276 (−4) | 45,000 | |
| align=center | 1973 | Jack Nicklaus (3)| | Canterbury Golf Club | Beachwood, Ohio | 72-68-68-69=277 (−7) | 45,000 | |
| align=center | 1972 | Gary Player (2)| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 71-71-67-72=281 (+1) | 45,000 | |
| align=center | 1971 | Jack Nicklaus (2)| | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida | 69-69-70-73=281 (−7) | 40,000 | |
| align=center | 1970 | Dave Stockton| | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 70-70-66-73=279 (−1) | 40,000 | |
| align=center | 1969 | Raymond Floyd| | NCR Country Club, South Course | Dayton, Ohio | 69-66-67-74=276 (−8) | 35,000 | |
| align=center | 1968 | Julius Boros| | Pecan Valley Golf Club | San Antonio>San Antonio, Texas | 71-71-70-69=281 (+1) | 25,000 | |
| align=center | 1967 | Don January| | Columbine Country Club | Columbine Valley, Colorado | 71-72-70-68=281 (−7) | 25,000 | |
| align=center | 1966 | Al Geiberger| | Firestone Country Club, South Course | Akron, Ohio | 68-72-68-72=280 (E) | 25,000 | |
| align=center | 1965 | Dave Marr| | Laurel Valley Golf Club | Ligonier, Pennsylvania | 70-69-70-71=280 (−4) | 25,000 | |
| align=center | 1964 | Bobby Nichols| | Columbus Country Club | Columbus, Ohio | 64-71-69-67=271 (−9) | 18,000 | |
| align=center | 1963 | Jack Nicklaus| | Dallas Athletic Club, Blue Course | Dallas>Dallas, Texas | 69-73-69-68=279 (−5) | 13,000 | |
| align=center | 1962 | Gary Player| | Aronimink Golf Club | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania | 72-67-69-70=278 (−2) | 13,000 | |
| align=center | 1961 | Jerry Barber| | Olympia Fields Country Club | Olympia Fields, Illinois | 69-67-71-70=277 (−3) | 11,000 | |
| align=center | 1960 | Jay Hebert| | Firestone Country Club, South Course | Akron, Ohio | 72-67-72-70=281 (+1) | 11,000 | |
| align=center | 1959 | Bob Rosburg| | Minneapolis Golf Club | Minneapolis>Minneapolis, Minnesota | 71-72-68-66=277 (−3) | 8,250 | |
| align=center | 1958 | Dow Finsterwald| | Llanerch Country Club | Havertown, Pennsylvania | 67-72-70-67=276 (−4) | 5,500 |
Match play era winners
Multiple and consecutive champions
This table lists the golfers who have won more than one PGA Championship.| bgcolor="FFFFCC" |
Champions by nationality
This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality.| !Rank!!Nation!!Wins!!Winners | ||||
| align=center | 1 | | | 77 | 55 |
| align=center | 2 | | | 4 | 4 |
| align=center rowspan=4 | T3 | | | 2 | 1 |
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| align=center | |align=center>1 | |||
| align=center rowspan=3 | T6 | | | 1 | 1 |
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Match play era details
The table below lists the field sizes and qualification methods for the match play era. All rounds were played over 36 holes except as noted in the table.
| Years | Field size| | Qualification | 18 hole rounds |
| 1916–21 | 32| | sectional* | |
| 1922 | 64| | sectional | 1st two rounds |
| 1923 | 64| | sectional | |
| 1924–34 | 32| | 36 hole qualifier | |
| 1935–41 | 64| | 36 hole qualifier | 1st two rounds |
| 1942–45 | 32| | 36 hole qualifier | |
| 1946–55 | 64| | 36 hole qualifier | 1st two rounds |
| 1956 | 128| | sectional | 1st five rounds |
| 1957 | 128| | sectional | 1st five rounds, consolation matches (3rd-8th place) |
Records
Future sites
{| class=wikitable !Year !Edition !Course !City !State !Dates !Times Hosted |- | align=center| 2012 || align=center| 94th || Kiawah Island Golf Resort, The Ocean Course || Kiawah Island || South Carolina || August 9–12 || Never |- | align=center| 2013 || align=center| 95th || Oak Hill Country Club, East Course || Pittsford || New York || August 8-11 || 1980, 2003 |- | align=center| 2014 || align=center| 96th || Valhalla Golf Club || Louisville || Kentucky || August TBA || 1996, 2000 |- | align=center| 2015 || align=center| 97th || Whistling Straits, Straits Course || Kohler || Wisconsin || August TBA || 2004, 2010 |- | align=center| 2016 || align=center| 98th || Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course || Springfield || New Jersey || August TBA || 2005 |- | align=center| 2017 || align=center| 99th || Quail Hollow Club|| Charlotte || North Carolina || August TBA || Never |- | align=center| 2018 || align=center| 100th || Bellerive Country Club|| St. Louis || Missouri || August TBA || 1992 |} Source
Notes
References
External links
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| name | Nick Faldo |
|---|---|
| fullname | Nicholas Alexander Faldo |
| birth date | July 18, 1957 |
| birth place | Welwyn Garden City, Herts. |
| death date | |
| height | |
| weight | |
| nationality | |
| residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| children | Natalie (b. 1986), Matthew (b. 1989), Georgia (b. 1993), Emma Scarlet (b. 2003) |
| yearpro | 1976 |
| retired | |
| tour | PGA TourEuropean TourChampions Tour |
| prowins | 40 |
| pgawins | 9 |
| eurowins | 30 (5th all time) |
| champwins | |
| japwins | |
| asiawins | |
| sunwins | |
| auswins | |
| otherwins | 7 |
| majorwins | 6 |
| masters | Won: 1989, 1990, 1996 |
| usopen | 2nd: 1988 |
| open | Won: 1987, 1990, 1992 |
| pga | T2: 1992 |
| wghofid | 1014 |
| wghofyear | 1997 |
| award1 | Member of the Orderof the British Empire |
| year1 | 1998 |
| award2 | European TourOrder of Merit winner |
| year2 | 1983, 1992 |
| award3 | European TourPlayer of the Year |
| year3 | 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| award4 | European TourRookie of the Year |
| year4 | 1977 |
| award5 | PGA Player of the Year |
| year5 | 1990 |
| award6 | BBC SportsPersonality of the Year |
| year6 | 1989 |
| awardssection | }} |
Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE (born 18 July 1957) is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No. 1 on the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 98 weeks.
In 2006, Faldo became the lead golf analyst for CBS Sports.
Tournament career
Faldo was born in Welwyn Garden City, England. He borrowed some clubs from his neighbours after watching Jack Nicklaus play the 1971 Masters on television. While working as a carpet fitter, Faldo won the English Amateur and the British Youths Championship in 1975. He turned professional in 1976 and quickly achieved success, finishing 8th on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1977 and 3rd in 1978 and winning a European Tour event in each of those seasons. In the former year he became the youngest player to appear in the Ryder Cup at the age of 21. Faldo was one of the leading players on the European Tour in the early 1980s, and he topped the Order of Merit in 1983.However, feeling that he needed to refine his game in order to become a regular contender in major championships (British tabloids even dubbed him "Nick Foldo" after collapses at the 1983 Open Championship and the 1984 Masters), he spent the mid-1980s remodelling his swing under the tutelage of David Leadbetter. His performances dropped off for a couple of years as the changes occurred, but by 1987 he was playing at an even higher level, and he claimed his first major title at that year's Open Championship. He beat American Paul Azinger by one stroke, having parred every hole in his final round. Azinger held the lead for a time, but bogeyed both seventeen and eighteen.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Faldo was considered the best golfer in the world. He was noted for being remarkably composed under pressure, intimidating to his opponents, and won more of the four professional major tournaments (Faldo won six) than any other player in the world from 1987 through 1996 (Nick Price was second with three major victories during this period; Seve Ballesteros, a contemporary of Faldo's from Spain, won five majors from 1979 to 1988). He won the Open Championship again in 1990 in St Andrews, Scotland by six shots, and claimed it for a third time in 1992, outplaying American John Cook. He also won two more majors when he won the Masters Tournament in 1989 and 1990. At the 1989 Masters, he shot a 65, the low round of the tournament, to get into a playoff with Scott Hoch. He won the playoff after holing a somewhat lengthy putt on the 2nd playoff hole (Hoch had missed a 2-foot putt to win on the first playoff hole). At the 1990 Masters, he came from behind again to get into a playoff with Raymond Floyd, once again winning on the second playoff hole after Floyd pulled his approach shot into a pond left of the green. Faldo spent a total of 98 weeks altogether at the top of the Official World Golf Rankings, and claimed the European Tour Order of Merit a second time in 1992. During that time, Faldo said of his success: "The run doesn't have to end. If someone is going to beat me then I'm going to make sure they've worked for their victory. Let them come and get it from me." That year, he had worldwide earnings of £1,558,978, breaking the existing record.
Throughout this time, he remained a European Tour player while also visiting America regularly and playing events around the world, but in 1995 he decided to concentrate on playing on the PGA Tour, as his priority was to win further major championships (and three out of the four majors are played in the United States). At first this strategy didn't seem to work, as he had a moderate 1995 season and start to the 1996 season, but he won a famous victory at the 1996 Masters to collect his sixth and final major championship. He went into the final round trailing Greg Norman by six shots, but was the beneficiary of an infamous Sunday collapse by Norman; Faldo shot a 67 to win by five over Norman, who struggled mightily en route to a 78. Though this is commonly remembered as the tournament Norman threw away, Faldo's 67 was a memorable display of concentration and consistency which put pressure on Norman. After Faldo finished, he hugged Norman and whispered something in his ear, which years later Norman confirmed to have included the line "Don't let the bastards get you down," a reference to the media, which Faldo assumed would aggressively hound Norman for the loss. Norman said in interview after defeat that "He (Faldo) had gone way, way up in my estimations." Since then they have become firm friends and fishing partners, a passion they both share.
Faldo was named the PGA Tour Player of the Year in 1990 and the European Tour Player of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 1992, and has won 29 European Tour titles. As Faldo entered his forties, his form gradually declined and he devoted more time to off-course activities. The last season that he played regularly on the PGA Tour was 2001. Afterwards, he refocused on the European Tour, but has consistently played less than a full schedule. His most recent top-10 finish in a major to date (and quite probably the final of his career) was a tie for eighth place at the 2003 Open Championship. As of July 2005, his career European Tour earnings are just under €8 million, and his PGA Tour earnings are over $5 million.
Faldo is also the most successful Ryder Cup player ever, having won the most points of any player on either team and having represented the European Team a record 11 times and played a key role in making Europe competitive in the event. Having won 23 of his matches, lost 19, and halved 4, he also holds the record for having played the most Ryder Cup matches. He also holds the record for the most points won by any player 25 and is one of only six players to have scored a hole-in-one in the Ryder Cup.
While Faldo's professional individual tournament wins (39) pale in quantity to that of contemporaries Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros, and Bernhard Langer, the prestige and stature of his successes are impressive, and he has more major victories than any of these players. His CV boasts (often multiple) successes in high-profile tour events such as the French Open, Irish Open, Spanish Open, Swiss Open (now European Masters), the European PGA, the British Masters, the European Open, the Johnnie Walker Classic, and the Volvo Masters, as well as his Nissan Open, Doral Open, and Heritage successes in the US. These wins are not only supplemented by his six majors, but also by his wins in invitational events such as the Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge, the Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship, and the World Matchplay, as well as his team successes in the Dunhill Cup, the World Cup of Golf, and of course the Ryder Cup. In the first half of 2007, Faldo did not appear in any regular tour events. He did play in the 2007 British Open, missing the cut. In his first Champions Tour event, he finished tied for 14th in the Senior British Open.
On Tuesday 20 May 2008, Faldo confirmed that he would not take part in the 2008 Open at Birkdale. It was the first time he had not taken part in the competition since failing to qualify as an amateur in 1975. He entered himself into the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry and the 2010 Open Championship at St Andrews, missing the 36 hole cut at both events.
Ryder Cup captaincy
Faldo was selected as captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2008. The 37th Ryder Cup Golf Tournament was won 16½ – 11½ by Team USA to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the Americans had the lead after every session of play. It was held at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, which was a contributing factor in Faldo getting the captaincy; he had lived and worked in America for over a decade.Faldo had made a bold move to pick Ian Poulter as his wild card ahead of the much favoured Darren Clarke. This decision, questioned by many, paid off when Poulter emerged as the top scorer in the tournament with four wins from his five games. Faldo's relationship with the printed media during the competition was very erratic. During practice, photographers had taken pictures of him holding a list of names, seemingly outlining the partnerships for the coming days. In the following press conference, he denied the list had any part in his tactics and seemed irritated by continuing questions about it. Another controversial move was to play Sergio García and Lee Westwood, the two most experienced and successful Ryder cup players on his team, for only one session on the Saturday. His team selection was vindicated, however, as Europe finished the day 1 point ahead, closing the gap to 2 points behind the USA. On the final day of the competition, Faldo appeared to play a "bottom heavy" tactic, where Europe's biggest names (though not necessarily the most in-form players that week) would start lower down the order, thus if it went to a close finish Europe would have its most experienced players in the hot seat. The tactic failed however, as the USA, leading by 2 at the start of the day, gained the 5 points they required by the eighth match rendering the last four irrelevant. This led to some criticism of Faldo, even though ex-captain Tony Jacklin (speaking on Sky Sports) had commended Faldo's singles strategy at the start of play. Europe's cause was not helped by the poor performances of the three most experienced players on the European side, Pádraig Harrington, Sergio García, and Lee Westwood, who failed to win a single match between them all week. The raucous (and at times abusive) home crowd was also considered a key factor in the USA's victory.
Broadcasting career
After cutting back on his playing schedule, Faldo became a broadcaster for ABC Sports' PGA Tour coverage, where he worked from 2004 to 2006. While never considered to be a particularly charismatic player, Faldo surprised many fans with his dry, British wit and insightful commentary as part of the ABC team.On 3 October 2006, it was announced that Faldo had signed a contract with CBS to replace Lanny Wadkins, to become the network's lead golf analyst. ''"I view this as a fabulous opportunity for me, which may come once every 10 years. But it will seriously curtail my playing career. My playing days aren't completely over but my priority now is given to CBS."'' Faldo's decision meant he missed the 2007 Masters, an event he had won three times. In 2007 he became the Golf Channel's lead golf analyst for their coverage on the PGA Tour.
Other activities and awards
In 1991 Faldo launched his golf course design practice Faldo Design, which has designed or remodelled dozens of courses spread across several continents. Designs include Chart Hills Golf Club (Kent, England), Sporting Club Berlin, Ocean Dunes, Vietnam, Cottonwood Hills near Hutchinson, Kansas, and the Wadi course (now named The Faldo) at Emirates Golf Club, Dubai. Faldo will be designing a championship golf course and a golf academy at Lavasa, India.As way of opening his first course design in the UK (Charthills) in Kent, Faldo teed up on the dog-leg right par four. He drove in to the middle-right of the fairway, he then teed another ball and drove off, the two balls finished within 6 inches of each other and to this day can be seen set in to the fairway in a protective case. This was a mark of the man's ability at his peak. So far he did as well several oversea golf course designs like The Fortress at Louisbourg Resort Golf & Spa on Cape Breton Island, Canada. Most recently, he designed a world-class course in San Miguel de Allende, México. Ventanas de San Miguel hosts an 18 hole par-70 course to be opened in late 2010. He has other business interests including coaching schools and pro shops. In 1996 he launched the Faldo Series to encourage young European golfers both male and female.
There are 1,200 participants between the ages of 11 and 21 each year and the top 60 players qualify for the Faldo Series Final, hosted each year by Faldo at The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales. The most notable graduate so far is the Englishman Nick Dougherty, who won on the European Tour for the first time in 2005.
Faldo has written several golf instructional books.
Along with the Marriott hotel chain, Faldo established The Faldo Golf Institute in 1997. This is a golf instructional program designed to help golfers of every level improve their skills and enjoyment of golf. The Institute has five locations: Orlando, Florida; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Palm Desert, California; Marco Island, Florida; and Hertfordshire, UK.
In 2007, Mercedes-Benz tapped Faldo to act as brand ambassador, to promote the revival of the Maybach brand of ultra-luxury automobiles.
Knighthood and other honors
Faldo was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1989 and inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2000, Faldo was ranked 18th greatest golfer of all time by ''Golf Digest'' magazine.He was awarded the MBE in 1998, then knighted in the 2009 Birthday Honours for his services to golf.
Personal life
Faldo met his first wife, Melanie Rockall, when he was 21. They married in 1979, but five years later they parted when she discovered he was having an affair with his manager's secretary, Gill Bennett. His divorce from Rockall came before his championship successes, and her settlement was relatively small. He married Bennett in 1986, and the couple had three children: Natalie, Matthew, and Georgia. They split up in 1995 after Faldo began a relationship with 20-year-old American golfing student Brenna Cepelak.The three-year affair with Cepelak ended when Faldo met Valerie Bercher. The spurned Cepelak famously battered Faldo's Porsche 959 with a golf club, causing £10,000 damage. Faldo's relationship with Bercher, a Swiss PR agent, began in 1998 when they met at the European Masters golf tournament. At the time, Bercher was working for marketing company IMG. She left her fiance Olivier Delaloye and married Faldo in July 2001 (the same day as his ex-caddie Fanny Sunesson got married, in a different location) in a lavish ceremony at his Windsor home, and they have a daughter Emma Scarlet (born 2003). It was announced in May 2006 that Faldo had filed for divorce.
Golf World famously summed up the true mark of genius when they profiled the careers of Faldo and his arch rival for many years Greg Norman: "Norman has played and won more events: 87–43; however, Faldo has won more US and European tour titles: 36–34. Norman has won more money; Faldo has won more majors: 6–2. Norman has won more friends, Faldo more admirers."
Faldo is a supporter of the Conservative Party.
Professional wins (40)
PGA Tour wins (9)
{| style="width:53%;" |- | style="width:33%; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;"|| Legend |
| Major Championships (6) |
| Other PGA Tour (3) |
| !No. | !Date | !Tournament | !Winning Score | !Margin of Victory | !Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | Sea Pines Heritage | 1 stroke | Tom Kite | ||
| 2 | The Open Championship | 1 stroke | Paul Azinger, Rodger Davis | ||
| 3 | Masters Tournament | Playoff | Scott Hoch | ||
| 4 | Masters Tournament | Playoff | Raymond Floyd | ||
| 5 | The Open Championship | 5 strokes | Mark McNulty, Payne Stewart | ||
| 6 | The Open Championship | 1 stroke | |||
| 7 | Doral-Ryder Open | 1 stroke | Peter Jacobsen, Greg Norman | ||
| 8 | Masters Tournament | 5 strokes | Greg Norman | ||
| 9 | Nissan Open | 3 strokes | Craig Stadler |
European Tour wins (30)
{| style="width:53%;" |- | style="width:33%; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;"|| Legend |
| Major Championships (6) |
| Other European Tour (24) |
| !No. | !Date | !Tournament | !Winning Score | !Margin ofVictory | !Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 17 Aug 1977 | Skol Lager Individual | Playoff | Craig Defoy, Chris Witcher | |
| 2 | 29 May 1978 | Colgate PGA Championship | 7 strokes | ||
| 3 | 26 May 1980 | Sun Alliance PGA Championship | 1 stroke | Ken Brown | |
| 4 | 25 May 1981 | Sun Alliance PGA Championship | 4 strokes | Ken Brown, Neil Coles | |
| 5 | 19 Sep 1982 | Haig Whisky TPC | 3 strokes | Manuel Calero | |
| 6 | 8 May 1983 | Paco Rabanne Open de France | Playoff | José Maria Cañizares, David J Russell, Seve Ballesteros | |
| 7 | 15 May 1983 | Martini International | Playoff | José Maria Cañizares | |
| 8 | 22 May 1983 | Car Care Plan International | 1 stroke | ||
| 9 | 24 Jul 1983 | Lawrence Batley International | 4 strokes | Warren Humphreys, Brian Waites, Paul Way | |
| 10 | 11 Sep 1983 | Ebel Swiss Open-European Masters | Playoff | Sandy Lyle | |
| 11 | 13 May 1984 | Car Care Plan International | 1 stroke | Howard Clark | |
| 12 | 17 May 1987 | Peugeot Spanish Open | 2 strokes | Hugh Baiocchi, Seve Ballesteros | |
| 13 | 19 Jul 1987 | The Open Championship | 1 stroke | Paul Azinger, Rodger Davis | |
| 14 | 26 Jun 1988 | Peugeot Open de France | 2 strokes | Denis Durnian, Wayne Riley | |
| 15 | 30 Oct 1988 | Volvo Masters | 2 strokes | Seve Ballesteros | |
| 16 | 9 Apr 1989 | Masters Tournament | Playoff | Scott Hoch | |
| 17 | 30 May 1989 | Volvo PGA Championship | 2 strokes | Ian Woosnam | |
| 18 | 4 Jun 1989 | Dunhill British Masters | 4 strokes | Ronan Rafferty | |
| 19 | 2 Jul 1989 | Peugeot Open de France | 1 stroke | Hugh Baiocchi, Bernhard Langer, Mark Roe | |
| 20 | 8 Apr 1990 | Masters Tournament | Playoff | Raymond Floyd | |
| 21 | 22 Jul 1990 | The Open Championship | 5 strokes | Mark McNulty, Payne Stewart | |
| 22 | 23 Jun 1991 | Carroll's Irish Open | 3 strokes | Colin Montgomerie | |
| 23 | 7 Jun 1992 | Carroll's Irish Open | Playoff | Wayne Westner | |
| 24 | 19 Jul 1992 | The Open Championship | 1 stroke | ||
| 25 | 2 Aug 1992 | Scandinavian Masters | 3 strokes | Robert Allenby, Peter Baker (golfer) | |
| 26 | 13 Sep 1992 | [[GA European Open | 3 strokes | Robert Karlsson | |
| 27 | 7 Feb 1993 | Johnnie Walker Classic | 1 stroke | Colin Montgomerie | |
| 28 | 4 Jul 1993 | Carroll's Irish Open | Playoff | José María Olazábal | |
| 29 | 5 Jun 1994 | Alfred Dunhill Open | Playoff | Joakim Haeggman | |
| 30 | 14 Apr 1996 | Masters Tournament | 5 strokes | Greg Norman |
Other wins (7)
Major championships
Wins (6)
{|class="sortable wikitable" !Year!!Championship!!54 Holes!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up |- style="background:#abcdef;" | 1987 ||The Open Championship ||1 shot deficit ||−5 (68–69–71–71=279) ||1 stroke || Paul Azinger, Rodger Davis |- style="background:#d0f0c0;" | 1989 ||Masters Tournament ||5 shot deficit ||−5 (68–73–77–65=283) ||Playoff 1 || Scott Hoch |- style="background:#d0f0c0;" | 1990 ||Masters Tournament (2)||3 shot deficit ||−10 (71–72–66–69=278) ||Playoff 2 || Raymond Floyd |- style="background:#abcdef;" | 1990 ||The Open Championship (2)||5 shot lead ||−18 (67–65–67–71=270) ||5 strokes || Mark McNulty, Payne Stewart |- style="background:#abcdef;" | 1992 ||The Open Championship (3)||4 shot lead ||−12 (66–64–69–73=272) ||1 stroke || John Cook |- style="background:#d0f0c0;" | 1996 ||Masters Tournament (3)||6 shot deficit ||−12 (69–67–73–67=276) ||5 strokes || Greg Norman |} 1 Defeated Scott Hoch in sudden death playoff – Faldo (5–3=8), Hoch (5–4=9) 2 Defeated Raymond Floyd in sudden death playoff – Faldo (4–4=8), Floyd (4–5=9)
Results timeline
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background:#eee;" !align="left"|Tournament !!1976 !! 1977 !! 1978 !! 1979 |- |The Masters | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|40 |- |U.S. Open | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP |- |The Open Championship | style="text-align:center;"|T28 | style="text-align:center;"|T62 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T7 | style="text-align:center;"|T19 |- |PGA Championship | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP |}{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background:#eee;" !align="left"|Tournament !!1980 !! 1981 !! 1982 !! 1983 !! 1984 !! 1985 !! 1986 !! 1987 !! 1988 !! 1989 |- |The Masters | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|T20 | style="text-align:center;"|T15 | style="text-align:center;"|T25 | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|T30 | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|1 |- |U.S. Open | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|T55 | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|T18 |- |The Open Championship | style="text-align:center;"|T12 | style="text-align:center;"|T11 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T4 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T8 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T6 | style="text-align:center;"|T53 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|5 | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|1 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|T11 |- |PGA Championship | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|T14 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|T20 | style="text-align:center;"|T54 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|T28 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T4 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T9 |}
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background:#eee;" !align="left"|Tournament !! 1990 !! 1991 !! 1992 !! 1993 !! 1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 |- |The Masters | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|T12 | style="text-align:center;"|T13 | style="text-align:center;"|T39 | style="text-align:center;"|32 | style="text-align:center;"|T24 | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|CUT |- |U.S. Open | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T3 | style="text-align:center;"|T16 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T4 | style="text-align:center;"|T72 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|T45 | style="text-align:center;"|T16 | style="text-align:center;"|T48 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|CUT |- |The Open Championship | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|T17 | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|1 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|2 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T8 | style="text-align:center;"|T40 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|T51 | style="text-align:center;"|T44 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT |- |PGA Championship | style="text-align:center;"|T19 | style="text-align:center;"|T16 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T2 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|3 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T4 | style="text-align:center;"|T31 | style="text-align:center;"|T65 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|T54 | style="text-align:center;"|T41 |}
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background:#eee;" !align="left"|Tournament !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 |- |The Masters | style="text-align:center;"|T28 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|T14 | style="text-align:center;"|T33 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|WD | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP |- |U.S. Open | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|7 | style="text-align:center;"|T72 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T5 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP |- |The Open Championship | style="text-align:center;"|T41 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|T59 | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|T8 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|T11 | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|CUT | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|CUT |- |PGA Championship | style="text-align:center;"|T51 | style="text-align:center;"|T51 | style="text-align:center;"|T60 | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|T49 | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP | style="text-align:center;"|DNP |} {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background:#eee;" !align="left"|Tournament !2010 |- |The Masters | style="text-align:center;"|DNP |- |U.S. Open | style="text-align:center;"|DNP |- |The Open Championship | style="text-align:center;"|CUT |- |PGA Championship | style="text-align:center;"|DNP |}
DNP = did not play WD = withdrew CUT = missed the half way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place. Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
See also
References
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| name | Lee Westwood |
|---|---|
| fullname | Lee John Westwood |
| nickname | Westy |
| birth date | April 24, 1973 |
| birth place | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England |
| death date | |
| height | |
| weight | |
| nationality | |
| residence | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England |
| yearpro | 1993 |
| retired | |
| tour | European Tour (joined 1994) |
| extour | PGA Tour |
| prowins | 35 |
| pgawins | 2 |
| eurowins | 21 (tied 9th all time) |
| japwins | 4 |
| asiawins | |
| sunwins | |
| auswins | |
| nwidewins | |
| chalwins | |
| champwins | |
| seneurowins | |
| otherwins | |
| majorwins | |
| masters | 2nd: 2010 |
| usopen | 3rd/T3: 2008, 2011 |
| open | 2nd: 2010 |
| pga | T3: 2009 |
| wghofid | |
| wghofyear | |
| award1 | European TourOrder of Merit winner |
| year1 | 2000, 2009 |
| award2 | European TourGolfer of the Year |
| year2 | 1998, 2000, 2009 |
| awardssection | }} |
Early life
Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Westwood began to play golf aged 13 with a half set bought by grandparents. His father John, a mathematics teacher, took up the game at the same time to encourage his son. A talented sportsman at school, Lee played rugby, cricket and football.Westwood had a later start at the game than many future tournament professionals, but less than two years later he was the junior champion of Nottinghamshire. In 1990 he won his first amateur tournament, the Peter McEvoy Trophy. In 1993 he won the British Youth Championship and turned professional.
Professional career
In 1996 he won his first professional tournament, the Volvo Scandinavian Masters, closely followed by the Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters in Japan. His success continued in 1997 defending his Japanese title and winning the Malaysian Open, the Volvo Masters in Spain, and the Holden Australian Open, beating Greg Norman in a playoff. He also partnered with Nick Faldo in the Ryder Cup that year.Westwood has won 21 events on the European Tour and has also won tournaments in North America, Africa, Asia and Australia. His most successful year to date has been 2000 when he won seven tournaments worldwide and was ranked first on the European Order of Merit, ending Colin Montgomerie's long run of European Tour dominance.
Westwood took a significant break from the game following the birth of son Samuel Bevan in 2001, and together with a restructuring of his swing under David Leadbetter, led to him being out of contention in tournaments until his 2003 victory in Germany, his 25th worldwide.
Westwood returned to the winners circle in 2007 by winning both the Valle Romano Open de Andalucia and the Quinn Direct British Masters to bring his total European Tour wins to 18. As a result he moved back into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Westwood finished the 2007 season with five top 10 finishes in the last five events. He carried this form into the 2008 season, starting with two tied second places and a fifth, moving back into the top 20 in the world rankings. At the Masters, Westwood finished tied for 11th and he narrowly missed out on becoming the first European in 38 years to win the U.S. Open, finishing 3rd on level-par, his best finish in a major. He followed this up in 2009 with two further 3rd place finishes, in the Open and the PGA Championship. In October 2009, Westwood ended his two-year wait for a tournament win by winning the Portugal Masters. This was followed the next month with a win at the Dubai World Championship, which also brought with it the inaugural Race to Dubai title. Westwood has played in the Gary Player Invitational charity event several times to assist Player raise money for children in need around the world.
Westwood earned a career-best second place at the 2010 Masters Tournament, leading by one shot going into the final day before being overtaken by eventual champion Phil Mickelson. Westwood came through with his 2nd tour victory at the St. Jude Classic the week before the U.S. Open. Westwood claimed another second place finish at the 2010 Open Championship, although he was a distant runner-up to Louis Oosthuizen. Despite the two 2nd place finishes at the season's first three majors, Westwood did not compete in the PGA Championship due to injury.
In May 2011, Westwood contested a playoff at the BMW PGA Championship with fellow Englishman and at the time world number two Luke Donald. On the par five 18th, Donald hit his approach shot into the green leaving six feet for birdie. Westwood attempted to follow him in close to the hole but got too much backspin on his pitch and the ball spun back into the water hazard. Westwood eventually chipped up from the drop zone and went on to make double bogey. Donald would then hole his birdie putt to win the championship and in the process become the new world number one.
In June 2011, Westwood equalled his best performance at the U.S. Open finishing in a tie for third place at Congressional CC, an event which was dominated by Rory McIlroy. This was the fourth time in his career that Westwood had finished third in a major.
World Ranking
Westwood first reached the top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings in July 1998 and spent a total of 160 weeks in the top 10 between then and August 2001.Westwood dropped out of top 100 in mid-2002. Returning to the top 100 in late 2003, Westwood's ranking remained in the 20 to 80 range from 2004 and 2007. Early in 2008 he returned to the top 20 where he has remained since. He returned to the top 10 briefly at the end of the 2008 season and again after the 2009 PGA Championship.
On 31 October 2010, Westwood became the World number one golfer, ending the reign of Tiger Woods. He remained World number one for 17 weeks, before being replaced by Martin Kaymer who held the top spot for 8 weeks. Westwood regained the number one spot after winning the Indonesian Masters on 24 April 2011 and held it for 5 weeks before being replaced by Luke Donald. He has spent over 260 weeks in the top-10 through mid-2011.
Ryder Cup
Westwood made his Ryder Cup debut in 1997 where he partnered fellow Englishman Nick Faldo in both sets of fourballs and foursomes. In the 1999 Ryder Cup, he partnered Darren Clarke for the fourballs and foursomes, picking up 2 points. At The Belfry in 2002 he teamed up with Sergio García in a successful partnership in which they won 3 and lost 1 of their four matches. In the 2004 Ryder Cup, Westwood sank the putt which took Europe's points tally to 14 and thereby ensured that they retained the Cup. Europe eventually won 18½–9½. It was his first victory in singles. He and Darren Clarke were the wildcard selections in 2006 and Westwood justified his selection by not losing a game, a feat he had also achieved in 2004. He is the eighth most successful European golfer on points scored, with the second highest scoring rate. During the 2008 Matches, Westwood sat out for the first session in his Ryder Cup career during the matches after a controversial decision by captain Nick Faldo. The European Team ended up losing to the U.S. 16½–11½. In October 2010, Westwood was a member of the European team that won the 2010 Ryder Cup with a one point win over the USA.
Personal life
Westwood married Laurae Coltart, the sister of Scottish Ryder Cup player Andrew Coltart, in January 1999. The couple have two children, Samuel Bevan (born 2001) and Poppy Grace (born 2004). He is good friends with fellow Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke and from April 2006, he co-owns a private jet with him.In 2007, Westwood was presented with an Honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Nottingham Trent University. The University named its sports hall after the golfer in October 2010. He announced the creation of the Lee Westwood Academy on 5 February 2009, a set of three day academies across nine venues in England. The Academy is sponsored by Ping, Solarsport, The Co-operative Group and the British Junior Golf Tour. In recognition of his work with young golfers, he was awarded with the Golf Foundation’s ‘Spirit of Golf’ Award just before the Open Championship, an award which was previously held by Gary Player and Tony Jacklin. On 28 August 2010, Westwood officially opened his first, and one of the UK's few, golf schools. The school operates around a permanent two year schooling timetable, which encorporates practical golf and sport studies. Westwood's father always encouraged him to strive academically, and this ethos has been the background of the school. The school is also sponsored by Ping and Solarsport, along with UPS delivery services and Dunlop.
Westwood's interests include films, snooker and cars. He is also a big football fan who supports Nottingham Forest.
Westwood is represented by International Sports Management.
Westwood was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.
Westwood claims, proudly, to have never read an entire book in his life.
Amateur wins
Professional wins (35)
European Tour wins (21)
| !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning Score!!Margin ofVictory!!Runner(s)-up | |||||
| 1 | Volvo Scandinavian Masters | Playoff | Paul Broadhurst, Russell Claydon | ||
| 2 | Volvo Masters Andalucia | 3 strokes | Pádraig Harrington | ||
| 3 | Deutsche Bank-SAP Open-TPC of Europe | 1 stroke | Darren Clarke | ||
| 4 | 7 Jun 1998 | National Car Rental English Open | 2 strokes | Greg Chalmers, Olle Karlsson | |
| 5 | 11 Jul 1998 | The Standard Life Loch Lomond | 4 strokes | ||
| 6 | 4 Oct 1998 | Belgacom Open | Playoff | Fredrik Jacobson | |
| 7 | TNT Dutch Open | 1 stroke | Gary Orr | ||
| 8 | 2 Aug 1999 | Smurfit European Open | 3 strokes | ||
| 9 | 5 Sep 1999 | Canon European Masters | 2 strokes | Thomas Bjørn | |
| 10 | Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe | 3 strokes | Emanuele Canonica | ||
| 11 | 25 Jun 2000 | Compaq European Grand Prix | 3 strokes | Fredrik Jacobson | |
| 12 | 9 Jul 2000 | Smurfit European Open | 1 stroke | Ángel Cabrera | |
| 13 | 6 Aug 2000 | Volvo Scandinavian Masters | 3 strokes | Michael Campbell | |
| 14 | 24 Sep 2000 | Belgacom Open | 4 strokes | Eduardo Romero | |
| 15 | BMW International Open | 3 strokes | Alex Čejka | ||
| 16 | 28 Sep 2003 | Dunhill Links Championship | 1 stroke | Ernie Els | |
| 17 | Valle Romano Open de Andalucia | 2 strokes | Fredrik Andersson Hed | ||
| 18 | Quinn Direct British Masters | 5 strokes | Ian Poulter | ||
| 19 | Portugal Masters | 2 strokes | Francesco Molinari | ||
| 20 | Dubai World Championship | 6 strokes | Ross McGowan | ||
| 21 | Ballantines Championship | 1 stroke | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
European Tour playoff record (2–5)
| !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result | ||||
| 1 | 1996 | Volvo Scandinavian Masters | Paul Broadhurst, Russell Claydon | Won with birdie on second extra hole over Claydon;Broadhurst eliminated on first extra hole with bogey |
| 2 | 1998 | Belgacom Open | Fredrik Jacobson | Won with birdie on first extra hole; Jacobson made par |
| 3 | 2007 | HSBC Champions | Ross Fisher, Phil Mickelson | Lost to Mickelson birdie on second extra hole; Fisher made par and Westwood did not complete the hole |
| 4 | 2008 | Quinn Insurance British Masters | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Lost to Fernandez-Castano par on third extra hole; Westwood made bogey |
| 5 | 2009 | Open de France ALSTOM | Martin Kaymer | Lost to Kaymer par on first extra hole; Westwood made double bogey |
| 6 | 2010 | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Lost to Jimenez par on third extra hole; Westwood made bogey |
| 7 | 2011 | BMW PGA Championship | Luke Donald | Lost to Donald birdie on first extra hole; Westwood made double bogey |
PGA Tour wins (2)
| !No. | !Date | !Tournament | !Winning Score | !Margin of Victory | !Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | Freeport-McDermott Classic | 3 strokes | Steve Flesch | ||
| 2 | St. Jude Classic | Playoff | Robert Garrigus, Robert Karlsson |
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
| !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result | ||||
| 1 | 2010 | St. Jude Classic | Robert Garrigus, Robert Karlsson | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole over Karlsson;Garrigus eliminated on first extra hole with bogey |
Japan Golf Tour wins (4)
| !No. | !Date | !Tournament | !Winning Score | !Margin of Victory | !Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 10 Nov 1996 | Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters | Playoff | Costantino Rocca, Jeff Sluman | |
| 2 | 16 Nov 1997 | Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki | |
| 3 | 15 Nov 1998 | Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters | 2 strokes | Masashi Ozaki | |
| 4 | 22 Nov 1998 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | 3 strokes | Darren Clarke |
Other wins (8)
Results in major championships
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 |- |The Masters |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T24 |align="center"|44 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T19 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|CUT |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|T96 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |align="center"|T64 |align="center"|T18 |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T29 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T16 |} {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 |- |The Masters |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|44 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T30 |align="center"|T11 |align="center"|43 |- |U.S. Open |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T5 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T36 |align="center"|T33 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T36 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center"|T23 |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|T64 |align="center"|T47 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|4 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T31 |align="center"|T35 |align="center"|T67 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|T15 |align="center"|T44 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T17 |align="center"|T29 |align="center"|T32 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |} {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !! 2010 !! 2011 |- |The Masters |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|T11 |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|T16 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |- |The Open Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|CUT |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |}DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10
Summary
Results in World Golf Championship events
| !Tournament!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008 | ||||||||||
| align="left" | R64 | R32 | DNP | R32 | DNP | R64 | R32 | R64 | R64 | R32 |
| align="left" | NT1 | DNP | T35 | T13 | T51 | T32 | DNP | T34 | ||
| align="left" | T33 | T20 | WD | T15 | T46 | T24 | WD | T22 |
| !Tournament!!2009!!2010!!2011 | |||
| align="left" | R32 | R32 | R32 |
| align="left" | T61 | T30 | T18 |
| align="left" | WD | ||
| align="left" |
1Cancelled due to 11 September attacks DNP = Did not play QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied WD = withdrew NT = No Tournament Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Equipment
Team appearances
See also
References
External links
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| name | Jason Dufner |
|---|---|
| birth date | March 24, 1977 |
| birth place | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| death date | |
| height | |
| weight | |
| nationality | |
| residence | Auburn, Alabama, U.S. |
| college | Auburn University |
| yearpro | 2000 |
| retired | |
| tour | PGA Tour |
| extour | Nationwide Tour |
| prowins | 2 |
| eurowins | |
| japwins | |
| asiawins | |
| sunwins | |
| auswins | |
| nwidewins | 2 |
| chalwins | |
| champwins | |
| seneurowins | |
| otherwins | |
| majorwins | |
| masters | T30: 2010 |
| usopen | T33: 2010 |
| open | CUT: 2010, 2011 |
| pga | 2nd: 2011 |
| wghofid | |
| wghofyear | |
| awardssection | }} |
Early life
Dufner was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to the Washington, D.C. area when he was 11 years old, and then to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida when he was 14. It was there that he started playing golf, and played for St. Thomas Aquinas High School during his sophomore, junior and senior years.
Amateur career
Dufner was a walk-on at Auburn University, where he won three times in his college career and was an Honorable Mention All-American in 1997. He graduated from Auburn in 2000 with a degree in Economics.In 1998 Dufner played in the finals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links at Torrey Pines. He lost to Trevor Immelman, 3 and 2.
Professional career
In his early career, Dufner struggled to hold down a place on the PGA Tour. He was a member of the PGA Tour in 2004 and the Nationwide Tour in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. Dufner won two events during his time on the Nationwide Tour, the BUY.COM Wichita Open in 2001 and the LaSalle Bank Open in 2006. He finished in 8th place on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2006 to earn his PGA Tour card for 2007. He finished 127th in the FedEx Cup standings in 2007, and failed to qualify at the PGA Tour Q-School, where he finished T149. He retained conditional status for the 2008 PGA Tour season, and then finished T11 at the Q-School that year to earn his card for 2009. He has been a member of the PGA Tour every year since. In 2009, Dufner finished in the top-10 on six occasions, including a third place finish at the RBC Canadian Open, and a runner up place at the Deutsche Bank Championship, part of the FedEx Cup playoffs. As a result, Dufner went on to finish the year 11th in the FedEx Cup standings and 33rd on the year's money list.Dufner had a less successful 2010 season, recording only two top-10 finishes. However, his best finish of the year came in a major championship, at the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. He finished in a tie for fifth place, two strokes short of the playoff. This was the best result to date Dufner had recorded in a major. He was eliminated in the third FedEx Cup playoff event and did not qualify for the The Tour Championship.
Early in 2011, Dufner had a chance to win his first PGA Tour title at the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale when he finished tied for the lead at 18-under-par after 72 holes, before eventually losing in a playoff to Mark Wilson. Wilson made a birdie on the second extra hole and the best Dufner could manage there was a par. He also had a good finish in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans where a final-round 66 boosted him to a tie for third place. Dufner earned entry into the 2011 U.S. Open after Anders Hansen withdrew; previously during a qualifying tournament in Georgia, Dufner had lost in a playoff to Russell Henley. He also played in the 2011 Open Championship as a result of Tiger Woods pulling out due to injury. He missed the cut in both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship.
2011 PGA Championship
At the 2011 PGA Championship, Dufner was in contention to win his first major and maiden PGA Tour title, when he entered the final round in the last group and tied for the lead with Brendan Steele at seven under par. Dufner completed the front nine in 33, two under par, while playing partner Steele dropped four shots early on and fell out of contention. Dufner held the lead for most of the final round and was bogey-free through 14 holes. After his nearest challenger, Keegan Bradley, make triple bogey on the 15th, Dufner had a five-stroke advantage with four holes to play. Dufner then hit his tee shot on 15 into the water hazard right of the green on the par three. He got up and down from the drop zone to make bogey, but followed this with bogeys at 16 and 17. Meanwhile, Bradley scored back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 to take the clubhouse lead at eight under, wiping out Dufner's advantage. Dufner parred the 18th and the two American players went into a three-hole aggregate playoff. On the first playoff hole, both players hit their approach shots to 16 within a few feet. Bradley made his birdie put, while Dufner missed his birdie, giving Bradley to take a one-stroke advantage to the 17th.Both players found the green from the tee, and while Bradley two-putted for his par, Dufner knocked his first putt well past the hole, and three-putted the green to fall two strokes behind with one to play. At the last hole, Bradley's second shot cleared the water by a few yards; Dufner then followed with a shot on the same line and made his birdie putt. Bradley only needed to two-putt for the championship, which he did. This was Dufner's best major finish, winning $865,000 of the purse, with both of his career high finishes in majors coming at the PGA Championship. With his second place finish, he rose to 38th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Professional wins (2)
PGA Tour playoff record (0-2)| !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result | ||||
| 1 | 2011 | Waste Management Phoenix Open | Lost to Wilson birdie on second extra hole; Dufner made par | |
| 2 | 2011 | PGA Championship | Keegan Bradley | Lost three-hole aggregate playoff: Bradley 3-3-4=10 (-1), Dufner 4-4-3=11 (E) |
Nationwide Tour wins (2)
| !No. | !Date | !Tournament | !Winning score | !Margin of victory | !Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | BUY.COM Wichita Open | 3 strokes | David Gossett, Jeff Gove Todd Rose | ||
| 2 | LaSalle Bank Open | 1 stroke | Cliff Kresge |
Results in major championships
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !2001 !2002 !2003 !2004 !2005 !2006 !2007 !2008 !2009 |- |The Masters |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T40 |align="center"|62 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |}{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !2010 !2011 |- |The Masters |align="center"|T30 |align="center"|DNP |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|T33 |align="center"|CUT |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|CUT |- |PGA Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T5 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |} DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
See also
References
External links
Category:American golfers Category:Auburn Tigers men's golfers Category:PGA Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Ohio Category:Golfers from Florida Category:People from Cleveland, Ohio Category:People from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Category:1977 births Category:Living people
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| birth date | June 07, 1986 |
| birth place | Woodstock, Vermont, U.S. |
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| residence | Jupiter, Florida, U.S. |
| college | St. John's University |
| yearpro | 2008 |
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| tour | PGA Tour |
| extour | Nationwide TourNGA Hooters Tour |
| prowins | 4 |
| pgawins | 2 |
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| otherwins | 2 |
| majorwins | 1 |
| masters | DNP |
| usopen | DNP |
| open | DNP |
| pga | Won: 2011 |
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Keegan Bradley (born June 7, 1986) is an American professional golfer who is a rookie on the PGA Tour. He has won two tour events, most notably the 2011 PGA Championship. He is one of three golfers to win in their major debut.
Early life and college career
Keegan Bradley is the elder child of Mark Bradley, the head professional at the Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis Club just outside Jackson, Wyoming. Growing up as an all-state ski racer in Woodstock, Vermont, Bradley decided as a teenager to pursue golf over skiing. He moved to Hopkinton, Massachusetts prior to his senior year at Hopkinton High School, where he won the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Division 2 individual state championship in 2004. Bradley attended St. John's University and won nine collegiate events before graduating in 2008.His aunt is former LPGA player and World Golf Hall of Fame member Pat Bradley. As a child he attended some of her tournaments and he credits her with inspiring his success in the game.
Professional career
Bradley turned professional in 2008 and began playing on the NGA Hooters Tour, where he won at Southern Dunes in his fifth and final start of the year. Bradley won a second Hooters Tour event in 2009 at the Texas Honing Open. He played two Nationwide Tour events that year, making the cut in both of them. He attempted to earn a 2010 PGA Tour card through qualifying school but fell short by two strokes. In 2010, Bradley played on the Nationwide Tour, where he recorded four consecutive top-five finishes late in the season to finish 14th on the money list and earn his PGA Tour card for 2011. After making the cut in his first PGA Tour event, the 2011 Sony Open in Hawaii, Bradley finished T-7 the following week at the Bob Hope Classic. He added a second top 10 finish at the Valero Texas Open in April.Bradley won his first PGA Tour event at the 2011 HP Byron Nelson Championship. He defeated Ryan Palmer on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. The victory gained him entry into the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, where he shared the 36-hole lead and led midway through the final round before finishing T-15.
2011 PGA Championship
The week after the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Bradley played in his first major, the 2011 PGA Championship. A second-round 64 propelled him into a share of the lead at the halfway stage, and Bradley remained only one shot out of the lead after 54 holes. In the final round, he triple-bogeyed the 15th hole to fall five shots behind Jason Dufner with three holes to play before recovering with back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 which, combined with three consecutive bogeys for Dufner, left Dufner and Bradley tied after 72 holes of regulation play. Bradley won the three-hole playoff with a birdie and two pars, while Dufner went par-bogey-birdie to finish one stroke behind. Bradley became only the third player after Francis Ouimet (1913) and Ben Curtis (2003) to win a major in his first attempt, and was the the first golfer to win a major with a long putter. He also became the seventh consecutive first-time major winner and the first American major champion since Phil Mickelson won the 2010 Masters. With the victory, Bradley moved from number 108 to number 29 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Professional wins (4)
PGA Tour wins (2)
{| width=53% | valign=top width=33% align=left || Legend |
| Major Championships (1) |
| Other PGA Tour (1) |
| !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of victory!!Runner-up | |||||
| 1 | HP Byron Nelson Championship | Playoff | Ryan Palmer | ||
| 2 | PGA Championship | Playoff | Jason Dufner |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)
| !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result | ||||
| 1 | 2011 | HP Byron Nelson Championship | Ryan Palmer | Won with par on the first extra hole; Palmer made bogey |
| 2 | 2011 | PGA Championship | Jason Dufner | Won three-hole aggregate playoff:Bradley 3–3–4=10 (−1), Dufner 4–4–3=11 (E) |
NGA Hooters Tour wins (2)
Major championships
Wins (1)
{|class="wikitable" !Year!!Championship!!54 Holes!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner-up |-bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | 2011 ||PGA Championship || 1 shot deficit ||−8 (71–64–69–68=272) || Playoff1 || Jason Dufner |} 1 Defeated Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff: Bradley (3–3–4=10) and Dufner (4–4–3=11)
Results timeline
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !!2011 |- |The Masters |align="center"|DNP |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|DNP |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|DNP |- |PGA Championship |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |}DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
Results in World Golf Championships
| !Tournament!!2011 | |
| align="left" | DNP |
| align="left" | DNP |
| align="left" | T15 |
| align="left" |
DNP = Did not play QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
See also
References
External links
Category:American golfers Category:PGA Tour golfers Category:Winners of men's major golf championships Category:St. John's University (New York) alumni Category:People from Windsor County, Vermont Category:People from Hopkinton, Massachusetts Category:1986 births Category:Living people
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