GTE West Classic
America
FHP Health
Played as the FHP Health Care Classic (March 1-3). Morgan (USA) beat Gary Player (RSA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Ojai Valley Inn & CC, Ojai, nr Ventura, California].
America
FHP Health
Played as the FHP Health Care Classic (March 3-5). Devlin (Aus) beat Dave Eichelberger (USA) with a 22-foot birdie putt at the second playoff hole, to record his only win on the Snr PGA Tour and end a 23-year drought without a PGA Tour or Snr PGA Tour win. Reduced to 36 holes after final round was rained out. [Ojai Valley Inn & CC, Ojai, nr Ventura, California].
America
GTE
Played as the GTE West Classic. First-time US Senior Tr winner Sigel (USA) beat Jim Colbert (USA) with a birdie at the fourth playoff hole. [Ojai Valley Inn & CC, Ojai, nr Ventura, California].
America
GTE
Played as the GTE West Classic. Second-placed George Archer (USA) and Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Geiberger (USA). [Ojai Valley Inn & CC, Ojai, nr Ventura, California].
America
GTE
Played as the GTE West Classic. Second-placed Chi Chi Rodriguez (PR/USA) finished 3 shots behind Crampton (Aus). [Ojai Valley Inn & CC, Ojai, nr Ventura, California].
America
GTE
Played as the GTE West Classic (not played in 1990). Second-placed Gary Player (RSA) and Bruce Crampton (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Rodríguez (PR/USA). [Ojai Valley Inn & CC, Ojai, nr Ventura, California].
America
GTE
Played as the GTE West Classic. Second-placed Jim Dent (USA) and George Archer (USA) finished 2 shots behind Zembriski (USA), who recorded the last of his three US Snr Tr wins. [Ojai Valley Inn & CC, Ojai, nr Ventura, California].
America
GTE
Played as the GTE Classic. Second-placed Dale Douglass (USA) and Bruce Crampton (Aus) finished 3 shots behind Henning (RSA). [Wood Ranch CC, Simi Valley, California].
America
GTE
Played as the inaugural GTE Classic. Second-placed Bruce Crampton (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Charles (NZ). [Wood Ranch CC, Simi Valley, California].
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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