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The men's major golf championships, also known simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious events in professional golf. [1] The competitions are the Masters Tournament, the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, and The Open Championship, contested annually.
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Before the start of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986, unofficial end of year world golf rankings were published by Mark McCormack in his World of Professional Golf annual from 1968 to 1985. McCormack's rankings listed Jack Nicklaus as the number one from 1968 to 1977, Tom Watson from 1978 to 1982 and Seve Ballesteros from 1983 to 1985.
The 44-year-old American describes himself as “a golf course photographer, explorer and general golf course sicko,” and in his quest to set a new Guinness World Record last year, he played the ...
In the 1980s, the significance of all historical tournaments was reassessed by golf historians, working together with PGA Tour staff, during the course of a major statistical research project. [3] The Open Championship was first recognized as an official tour event in 1995, and in 2002, all victories in earlier Open Championships were ...
Mike Dobbyn is an American professional long-drive golfer who holds the world record for the farthest drive in history: a recorded drive at 551 yards. [1] In regular professional golf, the hardest hitters average just over 300 yards. [2] However, although his longest drive is 551 yards, most of his drives range between 350 and 450 yards.
The Official World Golf Ranking, the metric for assessing the world's best players as well as the standard for admission into golf's majors, has announced updates to the way it awards points. The ...
This is a list of golfers who have appeared in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). The rankings started on 6 April 1986 and are updated each week. 120 golfers have reached the top 10. Tiger Woods holds the record for the most weeks in the world top 10, with 906.