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In 1976, the Pepsi-Wilson Tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, set a record for the longest sudden-death playoff on any men's professional tour. It took Peter Thomson 14 holes to defeat Graham Marsh, Brian Jones and Shozo Miyamoto. [3] This record still stands today.
5 strokes – Bob Murphy, 1996 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic 5 strokes ... Longest time between victories; 8 years, ... Playoff records. Most playoffs, season; 9 – 2002 ...
The longest sudden-death playoff in the history of the PGA Tour Champions occurred at the 1997 event when Bob Murphy defeated Jay Sigel on the ninth hole. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The record was broken the following year at the Royal Caribbean Classic .
j Craig Stadler won in a playoff against Dan Pohl. [58] k Larry Mize won in a playoff against Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman. [63] l Nick Faldo won in a playoff against Scott Hoch. [65] m Nick Faldo won in a playoff against Raymond Floyd. [66] n Mike Weir won in a playoff against Len Mattiace. [79] o Tiger Woods won in a playoff against Chris ...
In the 1980s, the significance of all historical tournaments was reassessed by golf historians, working together with PGA Tour staff, during the course of a major statistical research project. [3] The Open Championship was first recognized as an official tour event in 1995, and in 2002, all victories in earlier Open Championships were ...
1955: Amateur Bill Whedon becomes the first player in PGA Tour history to record two holes-in-one in the same round. [18] 1956: Arnold Palmer makes the Insurance City Open his first United States based PGA Tour victory by beating Ted Kroll in a playoff. [11] Afterwards Palmer said "Ted is a great guy—he even gave me the putter that beat him ...
Jack Nicklaus' Golf My Way is published and rapidly becomes one of the best-selling sports books of all time. Tom Weiskopf strikes a 420-yard (384 m) drive in the greenside bunker on the 10th hole at Augusta National—the longest drive in Masters history. Muirfield Village Golf Club opens from a Desmond Muirhead/Jack Nicklaus design.
The 1987 playoff started at the par-5 16th and went to a third extra hole at the par-4 18th, with three pars by the winner; [23] [24] [25] the next two ended at the first extra hole (17), also with pars by the victors. (The only playoff prior to the Stadium Course was in 1981; it also ended on the first hole with a par by the winner.) [26] [27]