Greg Norman is called the Great White Shark in a reference to his blond hair, size, aggressive golf playing style and his birthplace (Queensland, Australia) home of the native animal the shark.
The Solheim Cup is a biennial transatlantic match play competition for professional women golfers featuring the 12 best European players from the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the 12 best U.S. players from the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour.
Tiger Woods (1997-2023), Gary Player (1959-1982) and Fred Couples (1983-2007) hold the record for most consecutive cuts (23) made at the Masters Tournament.
The players in the USA Ryder Cup team for 2023 were Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Max Homa, Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.
Andrew Magee is the only player to have ever scored a hole in one on a par 4 in PGA Tour history. On the 25th of January 2001 he scored his ace at the Phoenix Open.
Every event on the PGA tour awards FedEx Cup points – the number of points a player earns is based on the prizemoney for the tournament and the player’s tournament finish. The player with the most points at the end of the season is crowned the FedEx Cup champion.
The course record at The Old Course at St Andrews is 61. The record is held by Ross Fisher who shot the 61 at the 2017 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
According to our research in 2023 Jack Nicklaus was estimated to have a net worth of around $400 million. (Some estimates even go as high as $1.1 billion.)
It’s a PGA tournament sponsored by CJ Group. It features the top 60 available players from the previous season's final FedEx Cup standings and exempt players.
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