The USGA GHIN App allows you to post your scores and create then maintain a handicap. It also helps with tracking of stats and providing course maps with GPS.
So far the only players who have scored an albatross in the Masters are Gene Sarazen in 1935, Bruce Devlin in 1967, Jeff Maggert in 1994 and Louis Oosthuizen 2012.
Each year the Honorary Starters at the Masters are a group of legendary golfers who are invited to hit the ceremonial tee shots on the first hole of the tournament.
The Nedbank Golf Challenge, first played in 1981, is an annual men's professional golf tournament played at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa.
The DP World Tour is the men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group, with a global schedule featuring a minimum of 39 tournaments in 26 different countries across the 2023 season.
The Concessional Golf Club was designed by Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin. The pair shared a memorable moment of Ryder Cup history when Jack conceded the final putt in the 1969 Ryder Cup to Tony, resulting in the first tie in the competition's history.
Some oppose LIV Golf because it challenges the norm that has existed and supported many players and staff for many years, notably the USPGA and European Tours. The second concern that's raised most often is the funding being from Saudi Arabia.
The name is a reference to the roman number 54 (LIV) which is also the perfect score if a player shoots a birdie on every hole on a par 72 course. It is also the number of holes played in a LIV event, 54 holes, three times 18.
LIV might say there is no official South African team but with South Africans Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace and Dean Burmester grouped together we might expect the Stinger GC team to get extra support from that corner of the world.
The players on the 2022 International Presidents Cup team are Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Mito Pereira, Adam Scott, Corey Connors, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Taylor Pendrith, Sebastian Munoz, Cameron Davis, Si Woo Kim, and KH Lee.
Bounce on a golf wedge refers to the angle between the leading edge of the club's sole (the bottom part that interacts with the ground) and the lowest point of the club's sole or trailing edge.
Hubert Green has won two major championships, the 1977 US Open at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the 1985 PGA Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.
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