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.
The USA has won 27 of 43 events with 2 ties. The Great Britain and Ireland team won just 3 of 22 matches (and 1 tie) up to 1977 after which continental Europe joined in. From 1979 onwards the European team has won 11 of 21 matches with 1 tie.
You can now buy 2-piece, 3-piece or 4-piece golf balls. Manufacturers have determined they can provide different playability based on how the ball is constructed.
Scottie Scheffler brought an American theme to the champions dinner serving: Cheeseburger sliders, firecracker shrimp, Tortilla soup, Texas ribeye steak or blackened redfish and Warm chocolate chip cookie skillet.
The Junior Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between Europe and the United States for golfers aged 18 and under. It is based on the men's Ryder Cup format. It is run by the same organisations, the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe.
TGL Golf League is a high-tech golf league featuring 6 teams each made of 3 top PGA Tour Players. Each season 15 virtual 18 hole matches played in a custom-built, state-of-the-art arena.
The official longest drive in PGA Tour history has been achieved by Davis Love III. He hit a 476 yards (435 metres) drive on the 18th hole at the Kapalua's Plantation Course at the 2004 Mercedes Championship.
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.
The most successful Portuguese golfer at the time of writing is Ricardo Gouveia. Gouveia has 5 wins across the main European Tour and the Challenge Tour.
Karsten Solheim came up with a unique way to reward tour professionals for winning tournaments using ping putters. Each victory is commemorated by creating two gold plated replicas of the winning putter. One of them is given to the winning champion and the other one is kept at Ping's headquarters in Phoenix.
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.
The top 15 ranked players at the end of the qualifying periods were eligible for the Olympics, however there was a limit of four players in each competition from any given country. Beyond the top 15, players were eligible based on the world rankings, with a maximum of two eligible players from each country that did not already have two or more players among the top 15. The host country was guaranteed a spot, as were each of the five continental regions.
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