Dominion Charity Classic
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Dominion
Played as the Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Oct 22-24; first of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events). Bernhard Langer (Ger) beat Doug Barron (USA) with a 6-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th). 64-year-old Langer became the oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history. He also recorded his 42nd PGA Tour Champions win, equalling the 42 times he won on the European Tour earlier in his career. [James River course, The CC of Virginia, Richmond, VA].
America
Dominion
Played as the Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Oct 16-18). Second-placed Mike Weir (Can) finished 3 shots behind Phil Mickelson (USA), who joined Jim Furyk (2020) and Bruce Fleisher (1999) as the only players to win their first two PGA Tour Champions starts. [James River course, The CC of Virginia, Richmond, VA].
America
Dominion
Played as the Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Oct 18-20; first of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events). Second-placed Tommy Tolles (USA) finished 2 shots behind Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp). Monday finish required due to bad weather over the weekend. [James River course, The CC of Virginia, Richmond, VA].
America
Dominion
Played as the Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Oct 19-21; first of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events). Second-placed and defending champion Bernhard Langer (Ger) finished 1 shot behind Woody Austin (USA). [James River Course, The CC of Virginia, Richmond, VA].
America
Dominion
Played as the Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Oct 20-22; first of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events). Second-placed Scott Verplank (USA) finished 1 shot behind Bernhard Langer (Ger), who claimed his sixth PGA Tour Champions win of 2017, and 35th of his career. [James River Course, The CC of Virginia, Richmond, VA].
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Dominion
Played as the inaugural Dominion Charity Classic (Nov 4-6; second of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events). Scott McCarron (USA) beat Tom Byrum (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th), to win his second Champions Tour event. [James River Course, The CC of Virginia, Richmond, VA].
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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