"1956 Masters Tournament The 1956 Masters Tournament was the 20th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jack Burke, Jr. won his first major championship and only Masters, one stroke ahead of amateur Ken Venturi. It was the final Masters played without a 36-hole cut. CBS televised the third and fourth rounds of the tournament for the first time, and has done so every year since. Burke shot a 71 (−1) on Sunday, one of only two players to break par in the final round; he rallied from a tournament record eight shots back"
"inception in 1934. It is the only major championship that is played at the same course each year. The U.S. Open and PGA Championship are played at courses around the United States, while the Open Championship is played at courses around the United Kingdom. Prior to the advent of the PGA Championship and The Masters, the four Majors were the U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur, the Open Championship, and the British Amateur. Women's golf does not have a globally agreed set of majors. The list of majors recognised by the dominant women's tour, the LPGA Tour in the U.S., has"
"December 8, 2018. The Masters Tournament, played in Augusta at Augusta National Golf Club in April is one of four major golf tournaments played in the United States. The tournament was created in 1931 by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, a financier from New York City. The course was designed by golf course architect Alister MacKenzie. Notable golfers from Georgia include Atlanta native Jones, noted as the greatest amateur golfer ever, Davis Love III of Sea Island and Tommy Aaron of Gainesville. Georgia is home to approximately twenty-two race tracks and drag strips. Some of the twenty-two tracks in Georgia"
"staged by the club since 1934 (except for 1943–45, when it was canceled due to World War II). The Masters evolved into one of golf's four major championships. Jones came out of retirement in 1934 to play in the Masters on an exhibition basis through 1948. Jones played his last round of golf at East Lake Golf Club, his home course in Atlanta, on August 18, 1948. A picture commemorating the event now sits in the clubhouse at East Lake. Citing health reasons, he quit golf permanently thereafter. Bobby Jones was often confused with the prolific golf course designer, Robert"
"on the following day, except for the first in 1935, which was 36 holes; the last 18-hole playoff was in 1970, and none of the full-round playoffs went to additional holes. The golf course was formerly a plant nursery and each hole is named after the tree or shrub with which it has become associated.<br> The course layout in 2014: Lengths of the course for the Masters at the start of each decade: The course was lengthened to in 2006. The first hole was shortened<br>by in 2009, resulting in the current length of . As with many other courses, Augusta"
"been two playoffs, in 1988 and 1992. Bay Course The Bay Course was designed in 1914 by Donald Ross and hosted the PGA Championship in 1942, the first of seven majors won by Sam Snead. <br> ""Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.""</small> ShopRite LPGA Classic The ShopRite LPGA Classic, known in full for sponsorship reasons as The ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Galloway, New Jersey, near Atlantic City. It took place annually from 1986 through 2006 and returned to the tour schedule in 2010 at the Bay Course"
"majors and the World Golf Championship events, but these are organised by other bodies. It is also the European Tour's designated ""Premier event"" for the purposes of the Official World Golf Rankings, with a minimum of 64 ranking points available to the winner. The winner of the tournament is given an exemption into that season's U.S. Open and the next three Open Championships. In 2000, Colin Montgomerie became the only player to win three years in a row. <nowiki>*</nowiki>"" – Because of bad weather, in 1960 the tournament was reduced to 63 holes, and in 1984 it was shortened to"
"Merion Cricket Club until 1941. This was the first U.S. Open at Merion, which hosted its fifth in 2013, all on the East Course. East Course ""Thursday, June 7, 1934"" ""Friday, June 8, 1934"" ""Saturday, June 9, 1934 (morning)"" ""Saturday, June 9, 1934 (afternoon)"" ""Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"" 1934 U.S. Open (golf) The 1934 U.S. Open was the 38th U.S. Open, held June 7–9 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia. Olin Dutra won his only U.S. Open, a stroke ahead of runner-up Gene Sarazen on the East Course. Dutra overcame an eight-stroke"
"operates its own PGA Tour co-sanctioned professional golf tournament. Multiple men's and women's Southeastern Conference Championships and three NCAA Women's Championships have been played on the University Golf Course. The course also hosted one of the Men's NCAA Regional Tournaments in 2012. The University of Georgia Golf Course is a public golf course and is available to students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as the general public. The golf course was renovated in 2006. The Masters Tournament is held in nearby Augusta, Georgia. Founded in 1982, the Fanning Institute is named for Vice President and Professor Emeritus J.W. Fanning,"
"the mid-1950s and became good friends with Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, chairman of Augusta National. The club decided to add a par 3, nine-hole course in 1958, which Alister MacKenzie had suggested in the 1930s. Cobb was asked to design it with input from Roberts, and the 1,060 yard ""little course"" opened in 1959. The ""Par-3 Contest"" has been held on Wednesday of Masters week since 1960. In fifty years of Masters play, no one has ever won the Par-3 and the main tournament in the same week. Cobb added a fresh touch to the ""big course"" in 1967"
"1968, and 1989. It also hosted the Ryder Cup in 1995; the PGA Championship returned in 2013. The first round of the tournament was briefly interrupted by the Northeast blackout of 2003. East Course Previous course lengths for major championships ""Thursday, August 14, 2003"" ""Friday, August 15, 2003"" ""Saturday, August 16, 2003"" ""Sunday, August 17, 2003"" ""Final round"" ""Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"" 2003 PGA Championship The 2003 PGA Championship was the 85th PGA Championship, held from August 14-17 at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club near Rochester, New York. Shaun Micheel won his only major title,"
"British Masters The British Masters is a professional golf tournament. It was founded in 1946 as the Dunlop Masters and was held every year up to 2008, except for 1984. Dunlop's sponsorship ended in 1982, and the name sponsor changed frequently thereafter, with the word ""British"" usually also in the tournament's official name. The tournament was not held from 2009 to 2014 but returned to the schedule in 2015. The 2015 event was held at Woburn and was won by Matthew Fitzpatrick. Alex Norén won in 2016 at The Grove while Paul Dunne won in 2017 at Close House Golf"
"week before the 2019 Masters Tournament. The course was formerly a plant nursery, and each hole on the course is named after the tree or shrub with which it has become associated. Several of the holes on the first nine have been renamed, as well as hole #11. Lengths of the course for the Masters at the start of each decade: Unlike most other private or public golf courses in the US, Augusta National has never been rated. During the 1990 Masters Tournament, a team of USGA raters, organized by ""Golf Digest"", evaluated the course and gave it an unofficial"
"Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only three (since the first Masters Tournament in 1934) to win three majors by the age of 25. The 2014 event was the twelfth Open Championship played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. The most recent was in 2006, with Tiger Woods winning his second consecutive Open Championship title, holding off Chris DiMarco with a two-shot victory. The first open at the venue was in 1897, won by amateur Harold Hilton by a stroke ahead of James Braid. Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1947): Each player is classified according to the first"
"year. Through 2015, this was the fourth and last time a player won the Masters and PGA Championship in the same calendar year. Nicklaus had previously won both in 1963, preceded by Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956 and Sam Snead in 1949. This was the third PGA Championship at the South Course, which previously hosted in 1960 and 1966. It is the current venue for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which began in 1976 as the ""World Series of Golf"" on the PGA Tour, preceded by the American Golf Classic, which debuted in 1961. Source: ""Thursday, August 7, 1975"" ""Friday, August 8,"
"The 2016 edition was played at The Grove and hosted by Luke Donald. The 2017 tournament was played at Close House Golf Club and hosted by Lee Westwood. The 2018 tournament was played at Walton Heath Golf Club and hosted by Justin Rose. The 1967 event was notable for providing British television with its first live hole in one, as Tony Jacklin aced the 16th hole at Royal St George's. British Masters The British Masters is a professional golf tournament. It was founded in 1946 as the Dunlop Masters and was held every year up to 2008, except for 1984."
"for golf for at least 400 years, although early participants were not welcomed by local landowners or authorities. The course was officially opened in 1832 with 6 holes, necessitating competitions to be played over 3 rounds. After a period of expansion which began in 1868, the course featured 18 holes by 1877 and was extended to a ""full length"" of 6095 yards in 1895. The last major alteration to the course was masterminded by Ben Sayers in 1932, since which time the layout of the course has hardly changed. Today the course measures 6,420 yards. Four golf clubs are based"
"expected to stay there. But of course, nobody can stay there."" Jones is most famous for his unique ""Grand Slam,"" consisting of his victory in all four major golf tournaments of his era (the open and amateur championships in both the U.S. & the U.K.) in a single calendar year (1930). In all Jones played in 31 majors, winning 13 and placing among the top ten finishers 27 times. After retiring from competitive golf in 1930, Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club soon afterwards in 1933. He also co-founded the Masters Tournament, which has been annually"
"Course. Local physician and civic personality John Ralston Williams cultivated oak trees and planted tens of thousands of them among the greens on what once was a farmed-out field. The East Course - which hosts the major tournaments - is built around the east branch of Allen Creek, which acts as a lateral hazard on 9 of its 18 holes. It has had several changes made over the years, first by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in the early 1960s and later (and more recently for the 1989 Open and 2003 PGA) by Tom Fazio and his design group. In 1941"
"designs to the terrain. The course opened in 1941, and it was at that time the name Huntingdale Golf Club was adopted. Today with its development as a Club, and advancement as an Australian Championship Golf Course, the future of Huntingdale Golf Club is secure. It proudly takes its place among the unique group of world class courses of which Melbourne is justly proud. Rising to fame in March 1979 with the inaugural hosting of The Australian Masters, Huntingdale has emerged as one of the most recognisable golf courses in Australia, and the world. Since 1979, Huntingdale has played host"
"spring of 1930, and he purchased it for $70,000 in 1931, with the plan to design a golf course on the site. Jones co-designed the Augusta National course with Alister MacKenzie; the new club opened in early 1933. He founded the Masters Tournament, first played at Augusta in March 1934. The new tournament, originally known as the Augusta National Invitational, was an immediate success, and attracted most of the world's top players right from its start. Jones came out of retirement to play, essentially on an exhibition basis, and his presence guaranteed enormous media attention, boosting the new tournament's fame."
"Championship in 2000 and adopted its current name in 2002.<br> ^The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.<br> DNP = did not play<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> DQ = disqualified<br> ... = not yet a major<br> ""T"" = tied for place<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. Amateur Professional JoAnne Carner JoAnne Gunderson Carner (born April 4, 1939) is an American former professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have"
"now and for all time entrenched Bobby Jones safely within the 'Impregnable Quadrilateral of Golf,' that granite fortress that he alone could take by escalade, and that others may attack in vain, forever. Jones remains the only man to have achieved the Grand Slam, since before the creation of The Masters and the advent of the professional era, the amateur championships were considered major championships. The modern definition could not be applied until at least 1934, when the Masters was founded, and still carried little weight in 1953 when Ben Hogan won the Masters, U.S. Open, and Open Championship. That"
"from Clifford Roberts, who later became the chairman of the club. They came across a piece of land in Augusta, Georgia, of which Jones said: ""Perfect! And to think this ground has been lying here all these years waiting for someone to come along and lay a golf course upon it."" The land had been an indigo plantation in the early nineteenth century and a plant nursery since 1857. Jones hired Alister MacKenzie to help design the course, and work began in 1931. The course formally opened in 1933, but MacKenzie died before the first Masters Tournament was played. The"
"encouraging tourism at the region. The golf course is located on the Rambla of Montevideo that runs alongside the Río de la Plata. It was designed by Alister MacKenzie and has 18 holes and 6,635 yards. It is officially known as the Parque de las Instrucciones del Año XIII, and is open tu public on Sunday afternoons, except in winter and during international tournaments. In 1975 it was declared an historical national monument. The course was inaugurated on May 25, 1934 before starting the 2nd edition of Torneo Abierto de Montevideo. It held the Copa Los Andes, among other South"
"was not held in 1989. When the event resumed in 1990, it was played at two courses each year from that year's event until 1996. One used every year was the TPC at Starr Pass (renamed Starr Pass Golf Club before the 1993 event). The TPC at Starr Pass shared time with Randolph Park in 1990; from 1991–96 the Tucson National GC was the other course used. In 1997, the event changed to the more traditional format of 72 holes played at only one course, and has been played since that year at the renamed Omni Tucson National Golf Resort"
"the organizer starting 2015 and moving the venue to different locations year to year. Monroe Golf Club Monroe Golf Club is a Donald Ross-designed course in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Opened for play in 1924, it is home to the annual Monroe Invitational Championship, a highly regarded amateur event first played in 1937. Monroe Golf Club was ranked #96 in ""Golfweek""'s 2011 top 100 best classic courses. Nearby to the northwest is the well-known Oak Hill Country Club, also designed by Ross. In the semi-finals of the 53rd Monroe Invitational Championship in 1993, 17-year-old Tiger Woods"
"Golf Course, opened in 1956 in northeast Spokane. It also was the driving force behind Spokane Memorial Stadium, named for Albi in 1962. The Esmeralda Open was held annually for over a decade, but most editions featured local and regional golfers, and was not part of the PGA Tour. The first in 1943 was a 54-hole event played at Downriver, and the 1949 tournament included Bing Crosby, who was raised in Spokane. It was not held in 1944, when the 1944 PGA Championship was played at Manito Golf and Country Club in south Spokane. In 1946, Spokane and the ART"
"in 2008. The course at Sedgefield was designed by noted architect Donald Ross; it opened in 1926 and was restored in 2007. (The other course of the 36-hole club was designed by Pete Dye, and was formerly known as Cardinal Golf and Country Club.) Ross also designed several courses at nearby Pinehurst Resort, including the notable No. 2 Course. ""Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.""<br> Main sources Ten players have won this tournament more than once, through 2018. Wyndham Championship The Wyndham Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in"
"a major championship. Designer of the course and five-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 60, made his final appearance at the PGA Championship. Playing with Woods, he needed an eagle on the 36th hole to make the cut; his pitch shot missed by inches and he settled for birdie. Valhalla later hosted the Ryder Cup in 2008, the first U.S. victory in nine years. The Senior PGA Championship was played at the course in 2004 and 2011 and the PGA Championship returned in 2014. Length of the course for previous majors: ""Thursday, August 17, 2000"" ""Friday, August 18, 2000"" ""Saturday, August"
"Waterloo Open Golf Classic The Waterloo Jaycees Greater Waterloo Open Golf Classic is the oldest and largest golf tournament in the state of Iowa. It has been played annually since 1934, and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2008. It is traditionally played over the course of third week/weekend in the month of July. The tournament actually consists of five separate tournaments which are organized and run simultaneously by a volunteer committee of Waterloo Jaycees. The tournaments are played on the three public golf courses in Waterloo, Iowa. The Waterloo Open has become nearly a week-long event, and kicks off annually"
"on Sunday. The Blue Course at Congressional was the longest in U.S. Open history to date, at . A lack of rainfall in the previous six weeks reduced its effective length, and it played firm and fast. ""Thursday, June 18, 1964"" ""Friday, June 19, 1964"" ""Saturday, June 20, 1964 (morning)"" ""Saturday, June 20, 1964 (afternoon)"" 1964 U.S. Open (golf) The 1964 U.S. Open was the 64th U.S. Open, held June 18–20 at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C. Ken Venturi won his only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up"
"professionals, both club and touring. This contrasts to the other three majors, two of which are organized by bodies controlled by golf's amateur establishment, and the other run by a private club founded by a lifetime amateur. Since 1968, the PGA Championship has been run mainly for the top touring professionals, but unlike the other majors, it continues to reserve places for the club pros. Sam Snead and Bob Rosburg are the only players to win a major championship and the PGA Professional Championship. Bruce Fleisher and Larry Gilbert each would go on to win a senior major. Several other"