Pecan Valley
The main tournaments played at Pecan Valley are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Amateur
USGA
Played as the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. Reavie (USA) beat Danny Green (USA) at the 38th hole in the final. [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
America
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Played as the San Antonio Open Invitational (Feb 19-22). Second-placed Dick Lotz (USA) finished 5 shots behind Ron Cerrudo (USA), who recorded the second of his two PGA Tour wins. [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
America
x
Played as the Texas Open Invitational (May 8-11). 31-year-old Deane Beman (USA) beat Jack McGowan (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record the first of his four wins on the PGA Tour. In 1974 Beman became the PGA Tour's commissioner, serving in that position for 20 years. [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (50th) (July 18-21). Second-placed Bob Charles (NZ) finished 1 shot behind Boros (USA), who claimed his third and final major championship win. [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
America
x
Texas Open not played in 1968 as Pecan Valley hosted the US PGA Championship.
America
x
Played as the Texas Open Invitational (April 27-30). Second-placed Bob Charles (NZ) and Bob Goalby (USA) finished 1 shot behind Chi Chi Rodríguez (Puerto Rico). [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
America
Alamo
Played as the Alamo Ladies Open. Haynie (USA) beat Shirley Englehorn (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
America
Alamo
Played as the Alamo Ladies Open. Carol Mann (USA) and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished in second place behind Hagge (USA). [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
America
Civitan
Played as the San Antonio Civitan Open. Marlene Hagge (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Whitworth (USA). [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
America
Civitan
Played as the San Antonio Civitan Open. Whitworth (USA) beat Mickey Wright (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Pecan Valley GC, San Antonio, Texas. This course is now closed].
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
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.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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