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:
Solheim Cup: can Europe defend the most prestigious team trophy in women’s professional golf, when the 17th Solheim Cup is played out at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (Sept 4-6).
Italian Open: Nicolai Højgaard recorded his first European Tour win (Sept 5), just a week after his twin brother Rasmus landed the European Masters title (Aug 29); the first brothers to win back-to-back on the European Tour.
Who's Who:
Patrick Cantlay: moved into the world top 5, after winning the final two FedEx Cup playoff events and scooping the $15 million first prize.
Trish Johnson: kept the Senior LPGA Championship trophy in European hands, with her second win in this event in its four-year history.
The San Roque Club: "... how best to revitalise a course that had previously been fit to play regular host to the European Tour’s qualifying school finals..." by Toby Ingleton.
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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