Portland Open
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 15-18). Second-placed Billy Casper (USA) finished 3 shots behind Bert Yancey (USA). [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, OR].
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 16-19). Second-placed Dave Marr (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Jack Nicklaus (USA), who won this event for the third time in four years. [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 17-20). Second-placed Ken Venturi (USA) finished 3 shots behind Jack Nicklaus (USA), who won this event for the second time in three years. [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 19-22). George Knudson (Can) beat Mason Rudolph (USA) with a 40-foot chip shot for an eagle-three at the first playoff hole. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, OR].
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 20-23). Second-placed George Bayer (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jack Nicklaus (USA), who won on the PGA Tour for the second straight week. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, OR].
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 21-24). Second-placed Dave Hill (USA) finished 1 shot behind Billy Casper (USA), who won this event for the third straight time. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, OR].
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 22-25). Second-placed Paul Harney (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Billy Casper (USA). [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
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Played as the Portland Centennial Open Invitational (Oct 1-4; last played in 1948). Second-placed Bob Duden (USA) and Dave Ragan (USA) finished 3 shots behind Billy Casper (USA). [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 30-4; next played in 1959). Fred Haas Jr (USA) beat Ben Hogan (USA) and Johnny Palmer (USA) in an 18-hole Monday playoff (Haas 70, Hogan 71, Palmer 75), to record his second PGA Tour win. [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Aug 14-17). Second-placed Clayton Heafner (USA), Johnny Palmer (USA), Herman Keiser (USA) and George Payton (USA) finished 6 shots behind 37-year-old Charles Congdon (USA), who recorded the first of his two PGA Tour wins. [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
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Portland Open not played in 1946 as Portland GC hosted the PGA Championship (won by Ben Hogan).
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Played as the Portland Open Invitational (Sept 27-30). Second-placed Byron Nelson (USA) finished 14 shots behind Ben Hogan (USA), who recorded scores of 65-69-63-64 to set a new PGA Tour record low score of 261 (-27). [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
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Played as the inaugural Portland Open (Nov 23-26). Second-placed Mike Turnesa (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
FedEx Cup playoffs: the PGA Tour’s season finale starts in Memphis (TPC Southwind; Aug 11-14) and culminates in Atlanta (East Lake; Aug 25-28) … for the winner, the biggest prize in world golf … $18 million.
British Women’s Open: the year’s final women’s major championship heads for mighty Muirfield in East Lothian, Scotland, with Anna Nordqvist defending (Aug 4-7).
Anna Nordqvist: major championships aside, Solheim Cup stalwart Nordqvist notched up her first official Ladies European Tour win at the 2022 Ladies Dutch Open (aka Big Green Egg Open).
Cameron Smith: the Aussie PGA Tour player shot a blistering final round 64 to record his first major championship win at the home of golf in the 150th Open Championship.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Golf Son Gual is home to a course frequently rated the No.1 layout on the holiday island of Mallorca. Opening for play in 2007, this Thomas Himmel design combines the openness of a links-style layout with the stylish bunkering and not infrequent water hazards more typically associated with parkland courses.
Son Gual is located just a few kilometres from Palma (Mallorca). Palma's Old City shows clear influences from the city's Arab past.
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