Grand Slam (Snrs)
Asia
Amex
Played as the American Express Grand Slam (March 24-26; Snr PGA Tour unofficial money event). Second-placed Gibby Gilbert (USA) and Graham Marsh (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Aoki (Jpn). Final round cut to nine holes due to snow. [Glen Oaks CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Amex
Played as the American Express Grand Slam (March 25-27; Snr PGA Tour unofficial money event). Second-placed Gary Player (RSA) finished 7 shots behind defending champion Trevino (USA ). [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Fuji
Played as the Fuji Electric Grand Slam (March 26-28; Snr PGA Tour unofficial money event). Second-placed Gary Cowan (Can) finished 2 shots behind Trevino (USA). [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Fuji
Played as the Fuji Electric Grand Slam (March 27-29; Snr PGA Tour unofficial money event). Second-placed Gary Player (RSA) finished 7 shots behind Floyd (USA). In Japan a player could play senior events from the beginning of the year in which he turned 50; this allowed 49-year-old Floyd to play this event, well ahead of his 50th birthday in September. [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Fuji
Played as the Fuji Electric Grand Slam (March 29-31; Snr PGA Tour unofficial money event). Second-placed Lee Trevino (USA) finished 4 shots behind Barber (USA), who won on his 60th birthday. [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Fuji
Played as the Fuji Electric Grand Slam (March 23-25; Snr PGA Tour unofficial money event). Second-placed Chi-san Hsu (Taiw) finished shots behind Charles (NZ), who this event for the third straight year. [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Fuji
Played as the Fuji Electric Grand Slam (March 24-26). Second-placed Don January (USA), Larry Mowry (USA) and Charles Coody (USA) finished 4 shots behind defending champion Charles (NZ). [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Fuji
Played as the Fuji Electric Grand Slam (March 25-27). Second-placed Larry Mowry (USA) and Billy Casper (USA) finished 1 shot behind Charles (NZ). Reduced to 36 holes due to rain. [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
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Not sure if Coca-Cola (or Fuji) Seniors Grand Slam was played in 1987.
Asia
Coca-Cola
Played as the Coca-Cola Seniors Grand Slam (May 23-25). Second-placed and defending champion Miller Barber (USA) finished 6 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Elder (USA). [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Coca-Cola
Played as the Coca-Cola Seniors Grand Slam (Oct 4-6). Second-placed Billy Casper (USA) finished 3 shots behind Barber (USA). [Oak Hills CC, nr Katori, Chiba, Japan].
Asia
Coca-Cola
Played as the Coca-Cola Seniors Grand Slam (Sept 28-30). Second-placed Miller Barber (USA) finished 7 shots behind Elder (USA), who recorded his first win as a senior golfer. [Yokohama CC, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan].
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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