Some of the data available suggest that Jack Nicklaus’ average driving distance was 276 yards (252 metres) in 1967 and in 1980 it was around 269 yards (245 metres).
The European Ryder Cup team for 2021 has been finalised as follows: Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Bernd Wiesberger, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Paul Casey, Matt Fitzpatrick, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Shane Lowry, and Ian Poulter.
Arnold tied for second 3 times - 1964, 1968, and 1970 – but he never won the US PGA Championship. As he did win each of the other three majors, missing out on the PGA stopped him from winning a career Grand Slam.
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.
Jack Nicklaus was the first to successfully defend his Masters title. He won the tournament 6 times including the concurrent years of in 1965 and 1966.
The 2021 USA Ryder Cup team has been finalized. Six players qualified automatically: C Morikawa, D Johnson, B Dechambeau, B Koepka, J Thomas, and P Cantlay. Captain, Steve Stricker selected X Schauffele, T Finau, J Spieth, H English, and D Berger. This leaves one very notable big name out!
Arnold Palmer won the Florida Citrus Open Invitational in 1971. Arnold did not win the event named in his honor despite continuing to play in the event until 2004.
The Major Series of Putting is a series of 10 cash tournaments over 10 days held just off the Las Vegas Strip at a spectacular 20,000-square-foot circular putting stadium.
While there is no official Spanish LIV team if there was a 'Spanish' team we would look to the team captained by Sergio Garcia and including Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra along with Mexican golfers Abe Ancer and Carlos Ortiz.
The Players Championship is an annual PGA golf tournament. It is owned by the PGA tour. The field almost always includes the current top 50 golfers in the world rankings.
Arnold Palmer's record of 22-7-2, representing an overall winning percentage of 70.97% is the highest of any player to have played at least 15 matches.
Nike stopped making golf clubs due to declining sales of golf equipment and an increasingly competitive market dominated by companies such as Callaway, TaylorMade, and Titleist.
Forged irons are shaped from a solid piece of steel. For cast irons a mould is made of the shape of the head and molten metal is poured in to the cast.
There are 5 par threes on the North Course: the 4th hole is 228 yards (208 metres), the 7th hole is 284 yards (260 metres), the 9th hole is 171 yards (156 metres), the 11th hole is 290 yards (265 metres) and the 15th hole is 124 yards (113 metres) long.
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