Hoag Classic
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Hoag
The Hoag Classic (Mar 5-7; postponed until later in 2021 due to global coronavirus pandemic). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Hoag
Played as the Hoag Classic (Mar 6-8). Second-placed Fred Couples (USA), Glen Day (USA) and Robert Karlsson (Swe) finished 2 shots behind 50-year-old Ernie Els (RSA), who recorded his first PGA Tour Champions win in just his third start on the Tour. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Hoag
Played as the Hoag Classic (March 8-10; formerly Toshiba Classic). Kirk Triplett (USA) beat Woody Austin (USA) with a 12-foot eagle putt at the second playoff hole (par-5 18th). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (Mar 9-11). Second-placed Tommy Tolles (USA), Tom Pernice Jr (USA) and Scott McCarron (USA) finished 1 shot behind 55-year-old Vijay Singh (Fiji), who recorded his first individual win on the PGA Tour Champions. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Toshiba Classic not played in 2017.
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (Oct 7-9). Wire-to-wire winner Jay Haas (USA) beat Bart Bryant (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th), to record the last of his 18 PGA Tour Champions wins. Haas (62 years 312 days) became the second oldest player to win a PGA Tour Champions event, behind Mike Fetchick (who won the 1985 Hilton Head Seniors International aged 63). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (Oct 30-Nov 1). Second-placed Joe Durant (USA) finished 2 shots behind Duffy Waldorf (USA), who recorded his first Champions Tour win, helped by a second round 60 (-11). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 14-16). Second-placed Colin Montgomerie (Scot), Steve Pate (USA) and Bernhard Langer (Ger) finished 1 shot behind Fred Couples (USA), who recorded his tenth Champions Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 15-17). Second-placed Fred Couples (USA) finished 5 shots behind wire-to-wire winner David Frost (RSA). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 16-18). Second-placed Tom Kite (USA), Bernhard Langer (Ger) and Mark Calcavecchia (USA) finished 2 shots behind Loren Roberts (USA), who recorded the last of his 13 Champions Tour wins. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, CA].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 11-13). Second-placed Mark Wiebe (USA) finished 1 shot behind wire-to-wire winner Nick Price (Zim), who posted the last of his four Champions Tour wins. Price shot a career best 60 (-11) in his first round. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 5-7). Second-placed Ronnie Black (USA) finished 4 shots behind Fred Couples (USA), who recorded his second Champions Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 6-8). Second-placed Joey Sindelar (USA) and Mark O'Meara (USA) finished 1 shot behind Eduardo Romero (Arg), who posted the last of his five Champions Tour wins. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 7-9). Bernhard Langer (Ger) beat Jay Haas (USA) with a birdie at the seventh playoff hole, to claim his second Champions Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 9-11). Second-placed R.W. Eaks (USA) finished 2 shots behind Jay Haas (USA). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Classic (March 17-19). Second-placed John Harris (USA), Mark Johnson (USA) and Bobby Wadkins (USA) finished 1 shot behind 51-year-old Brad Bryant (USA), who recorded his first Champions Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 18-20). Second-placed Wayne Levi (USA) and Keith Fergus (USA) finished 4 shots behind 50-year-old Mark Johnson (USA), who recorded his first and only Champions Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 19-21). Second-placed Morris Hatalsky (USA) finished 1 shot behind Tom Purtzer (USA), who posted his second Champions Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 21-23). Second-placed Larry Nelson (USA) finished 4 shots behind 51-year-old Rodger Davis (Aus), who recorded his first and only Champions Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 8-10). Second-placed Allen Doyle (USA) finished 5 shots behind Hale Irwin (USA). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 2-4). 54-year-old José María Cañizares (Esp) beat Gil Morgan (USA) with a birdie at the ninth sudden-death playoff hole, to record his first and only Senior PGA Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 3-5). Second-placed Jim Thorpe (USA) and Howard Twitty (USA) finished 1 shot behind Allen Doyle (USA), who recorded his fifth Champions Tour win. Reduced to 36 holes when the third round was cancelled due to rain. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 12-14). 50-year-old Gary McCord (USA) beat John Jacobs (USA) with a birdie at the fifth playoff hole, to record the first of his two Senior PGA Tour wins. Allen Doyle (USA) and Al Geiberger (USA) were eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 13-15). Second-placed Hubert Green (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hale Irwin (USA), who shot a 62 (-9) in the final round. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 14-16). Bob Murphy (USA) beat Jay Sigel (USA) with a birdie at the ninth sudden-death playoff hole, to record the last of his 11 Senior PGA Tour victories. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 15-17). Second-placed Bob Eastwood (USA) finished 2 shots behind Jim Colbert (USA). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Toshiba
Played as the inaugural Toshiba Senior Classic (March 17-19). Second-placed Dave Stockton (USA) and Tom Wargo (USA) finished 1 shot behind George Archer (USA). [Mesa Verde CC, Costa Mesa, nr Newport Beach, CA].
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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