The event is open to all qualified amateur and professional female golfers and is held at a variety of golf courses throughout the United Kingdom. Originally known as the Ladies’ British Open, the tournament was first held in 1976 at Fulford Golf Club in Yorkshire, Eng. The Women’s ...
domination, during which American golfers won 12 times in 14 years. For the next 11 years there was only one American winner, with the Claret Jug going to Spain’s Seve Ballesteros, Australia’s Greg Norman, and England’s Nick Faldo, among others. In 1995 the Open became part of the ...
Golfers must be at least 50 years old and male to participate in the Champions Tour, formerly called the Senior PGA Tour. If the player has not competed professionally before, they must be one of the top finishers in a qualifying tournament before earning a spot on the Champions Tour. The ...
Golf The game of golf was invented by the Scottish and today avid golfers around the world dream of playing on the famous and ancient golf course at St Andrews, not far from Edinburgh.22 The Scots took their recreation seriously: by the sixteenth century, golf was already so popular that t...