Vantage Championship
America
RJR
Played as the RJR Championship (Sept 13-15; not played in 2001). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 5 shots behind Fleisher (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
The 2001 Vantage Championship (Sept 14-16) was cancelled following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC. [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship (Sep 29-Oct 1). Nelson (USA) beat Gil Morgan (USA) with a birdie at the sixth playoff hole; Jim Dent (USA) was eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship (Oct 1-3). Second-placed Bruce Fleisher (USA) finished 3 shots behind Gibson (USA), who recorded his only win on the Snr PGA Tour. [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship (Oct 2-4). Second-placed and defending champion Hale Irwin (USA) finished 1 shot behind Morgan (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship (Oct 3-5). Second-placed Dave Eichelberger (USA) finished 1 shot behind Irwin (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship (Sept 27-29). Second-placed Kermit Zarley (USA), Gary Player (RSA) and defending champion Hale Irwin (USA) finished 1 shot behind Colbert (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship (Sept 29-Oct 1). Second-placed Dave Stockton (USA) finished 4 shots behind Irwin (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship. Second-placed Raymond Floyd (USA) finished 1 shot behind Gilbert (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship. Second-placed DeWitt Weaver (USA) finished 5 shots behind Trevino (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship. Second-placed Jim Dent (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Colbert (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship. Second-placed George Archer (USA), Jim Dent (USA) and Gibby Gilbert (USA) finished 1 shot behind Colbert (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship. Second-placed Al Geiberger (USA) and Bob Charles (NZ) finished 3 shots behind Coody (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
RJR
Played as the RJR Championship. Second-placed Rives McBee (USA) finished 1 shot behind Player (RSA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the Vantage Championship. Second-placed Al Geiberger (USA), Dave Hill (USA) and Dick Rhyan (USA) finished 3 shots behind Zembriski (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
America
Vantage
Played as the inaugural Vantage Championship (Oct 2-4). Second-placed Dave Hill (USA) finished 2 shots behind Tour rookie Geiberger (USA), who recorded his first Snr PGA Tour win. [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
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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