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Women's professional golf is also organized by independent regional tours. Leading female golfers make incomes well over US$1 million per year, more than most other women athletes other than top tennis players. There are currently seven first tier regional tours: LPGA Tour (based in the United States) Ladies European Tour; LPGA of Japan Tour
Beginning in 2007 it is no longer part of the World Golf Championships, but it is still played, and is currently known as the Mission Hills World Cup. Also from 2000 to 2006, two or three of the four events were staged in the United States in most of the years, and one or two were staged elsewhere.
A "world rating value" is calculated. Any golfer currently ranked in the world top 200 is given a rating value. The world No. 1 is allocated 45, the No. 2 is allocated 37, the No. 3 is allocated 32, down to those ranked between 101 and 200 who are allocated a rating value of 1 each.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play event with no cut. If there was a tie after 72 holes, there was a sudden death playoff to decide a winner. Only three playoffs occurred in the tournament's history; in 1999, [18] 2005 [19] and 2018; [20] Tiger Woods being involved in two of them.
The Federation changed its name from the "World Amateur Golf Council" in 2003 to reflect its transition to governing all of golf. It was founded in 1958 for the purpose of arranging international competitions and it used to organize two World Amateur Team Championships, the Eisenhower Trophy for men and the Espirito Santo Trophy for women. [3]
The president is reported to have a 2.5 handicap with his home club set at Trump National Golf Club Bedminister, according to the United States Golf Association's Golf Handicap Information Network.
A golfer is a person who plays golf.Below is a list of male golfers, professional and amateurs, sorted alphabetically. Category:Lists of golfers contains lists of golfers sorted in several other ways: by nationality, by tour and by type of major championship won (men's, women's or senior).
The event is the championship of the United States Golf Association, and in having a very strict exempt qualifiers list – made up of recent major champions, professionals currently ranked high in the world rankings or on the previous year's money lists around the world, and leading amateurs from recent USGA events – about half of the 156 ...