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). [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].
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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:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
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.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
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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