As at 3rd of July 2022 the list includes former open champions: Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Zach Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth, Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry and Collin Morikawa. Scroll down for a full exemption list.
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.
Phil Mickelson holds the record for the lowest score ever recorded by an over 50 year old at The Masters. Phil set the record at the 2023 Masters with an incredible round of 65 (-7).
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.
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 answer is no. Although most professional golfers do wear gloves some of them who don’t were/are: Ben Hogan, Fred Couples, Arron Oberholser, Lucas Glover, and Jonathan Byrd (on occasion).
Jon Rahm's LIV golf team, Legion XIII, in 2024 includes Tyrrell Hatton from Scotland, Kieran Vincent from South Africa, and Caleb Surratt from the USA.
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.
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