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Golf Etiquette
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Golf (gowf in
Scots) is a sport
in which individual players or teams hit a
ball into
a hole using various
clubs, and also is one of the few
ball games
that does not use a fixed standard playing area. It is defined in the
Rules
of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into
the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."
Golf is most often said to have originated in
Scotland
(although see History below), and has been played
for at least five centuries in the
British Isles. The oldest course in the world is The Old Links at
Musselburgh. Golf, in essentially the form we know today, has been played on
Scotland's
Musselburgh Links since 1672, while earlier versions of the game had been
played in the British Isles and the low-countries of Northern Europe for several
centuries before that. Although often viewed as an upper class pastime, golf is
an increasingly popular sport across all sections of society
[citation needed].
| Year |
Money winner |
Earnings (US$) |
Most wins |
|
2005 |
Tiger Woods |
10,628,024 |
6:
Tiger Woods |
|
2004 |
Vijay Singh |
10,905,166 |
9:
Vijay Singh |
|
2003 |
Vijay Singh |
7,573,907 |
5:
Tiger Woods |
|
2002 |
Tiger Woods |
6,912,625 |
5:
Tiger Woods |
|
2001 |
Tiger Woods |
5,687,777 |
5:
Tiger Woods |
|
2000 |
Tiger Woods |
9,188,321 |
9:
Tiger Woods |
|
1999 |
Tiger Woods |
6,616,585 |
8:
Tiger Woods |
|
1998 |
David Duval |
2,591,031 |
4:
David Duval |
|
1997 |
Tiger Woods |
2,066,833 |
4:
Tiger Woods |
|
1996 |
Tom Lehman |
1,780,159 |
4:
Phil Mickelson |
|
1995 |
Greg Norman |
1,654,959 |
3:
Lee Janzen,
Greg Norman |
|
1994 |
Nick Price |
1,499,927 |
6:
Nick Price |
|
1993 |
Nick Price |
1,478,557 |
4:
Nick Price |
|
1992 |
Fred Couples |
1,344,188 |
3:
John Cook;
Fred Couples;
Davis Love III |
|
1991 |
Corey Pavin |
979,430 |
2: 8 players (note 1) |
|
1990 |
Greg Norman |
1,165,477 |
4:
Corey Pavin |
|
1989 |
Tom Kite |
1,395,278 |
3:
Tom Kite;
Steve Jones |
|
1988 |
Curtis Strange |
1,147,644 |
4:
Curtis Strange |
|
1987 |
Curtis Strange |
925,941 |
3:
Paul Azinger;
Curtis Strange |
|
1986 |
Greg Norman |
653,296 |
4:
Bob Tway |
|
1985 |
Curtis Strange |
542,321 |
3:
Curtis Strange;
Lanny Wadkins |
|
1984 |
Tom Watson |
476,260 |
3:
Tom Watson;
Denis Watson |
|
1983 |
Hal Sutton |
426,668 |
2: 8 players (note 2) |
|
1982 |
Craig Stadler |
446,462 |
4:
Craig Stadler,
Tom Watson,
Calvin Peete |
|
1981 |
Tom Kite |
375,699 |
4:
Bill Rogers |
|
1980 |
Tom Watson |
530,808 |
7:
Tom Watson |
|
1979 |
Tom Watson |
462,636 |
5:
Tom Watson |
|
1978 |
Tom Watson |
362,429 |
5:
Tom Watson |
|
1977 |
Tom Watson |
310,653 |
5:
Tom Watson |
|
1976 |
Jack Nicklaus |
266,439 |
3:
Ben Crenshaw,
Hubert Green |
|
1975 |
Jack Nicklaus |
298,149 |
5:
Jack Nicklaus |
|
1974 |
Johnny Miller |
353,022 |
8:
Johnny Miller |
|
1973 |
Jack Nicklaus |
308,362 |
7:
Jack Nicklaus |
|
1972 |
Jack Nicklaus |
320,542 |
7:
Jack Nicklaus |
|
1971 |
Jack Nicklaus |
244,491 |
6:
Lee Trevino |
|
1970 |
Lee Trevino |
157,037 |
4:
Billy Casper |
|
1969 |
Frank Beard |
164,707 |
3: 4 players (note 3) |
|
1968 |
Billy Casper |
205,169 |
6:
Billy Casper |
|
1967 |
Jack Nicklaus |
188,998 |
5:
Jack Nicklaus |
|
1966 |
Billy Casper |
121,945 |
4:
Billy Casper |
|
1965 |
Jack Nicklaus |
140,752 |
5:
Jack Nicklaus |
|
1964 |
Jack Nicklaus |
113,285 |
5:
Tony Lema |
|
1963 |
Arnold Palmer |
128,230 |
7:
Arnold Palmer |
|
1962 |
Arnold Palmer |
81,448 |
8:
Arnold Palmer |
|
1961 |
Gary Player |
64,540 |
6:
Arnold Palmer |
|
1960 |
Arnold Palmer |
75,263 |
8:
Arnold Palmer |
|
1959 |
Art Wall, Jr. |
53,168 |
5:
Gene Littler |
|
1958 |
Arnold Palmer |
42,608 |
4:
Ken Venturi |
|
1957 |
Dick Mayer |
65,835 |
4:
Arnold Palmer |
|
1956 |
Ted Kroll |
72,836 |
4:
Mike Souchak |
|
1955 |
Julius Boros |
63,122 |
6:
Cary Middlecoff |
|
1954 |
Bob Toski |
65,820 |
4:
Bob Toski |
|
1953 |
Lew Worsham |
34,002 |
5:
Ben Hogan |
|
1952 |
Julius Boros |
37,033 |
5:
Jack Burke Jr.,
Sam Snead |
|
1951 |
Lloyd Mangrum |
26,089 |
6:
Cary Middlecoff |
|
1950 |
Sam Snead |
35,759 |
11:
Sam Snead |
|
1949 |
Sam Snead |
31,594 |
7:
Cary Middlecoff |
|
1948 |
Ben Hogan |
32,112 |
10:
Ben Hogan |
|
1947 |
Jimmy Demaret |
27,937 |
7:
Ben Hogan |
|
1946 |
Ben Hogan |
42,556 |
13:
Ben Hogan |
|
1945 |
Byron Nelson |
63,336 |
18:
Byron Nelson |
|
1944 |
Byron Nelson |
37,968 |
8:
Byron Nelson |
|
1943 |
No records kept |
- |
1:
Sam Byrd,
Harold McSpaden,
Steve Warga |
|
1942 |
Ben Hogan |
13,143 |
6:
Ben Hogan |
|
1941 |
Ben Hogan |
18,358 |
7:
Sam Snead |
|
1940 |
Ben Hogan |
10,655 |
6:
Jimmy Demaret |
|
1939 |
Henry Picard |
10,303 |
8:
Henry Picard |
|
1938 |
Sam Snead |
19,534 |
8:
Sam Snead |
|
1937 |
Harry Cooper |
14,139 |
8:
Harry Cooper |
|
1936 |
Horton Smith |
7,682 |
3:
Ralph Guldahl,
Jimmy Hines,
Henry Picard |
|
1935 |
Johnny Revolta |
9,543 |
5:
Henry Picard,
Johnny Revolta |
|
1934 |
Paul Runyan |
6,767 |
7:
Paul Runyan |
|
1933 |
N/A |
N/A |
9:
Paul Runyan |
|
1932 |
N/A |
N/A |
4:
Gene Sarazen |
|
1931 |
N/A |
N/A |
4:
Wilfred Cox |
|
1930 |
N/A |
N/A |
8:
Gene Sarazen |
|
1929 |
N/A |
N/A |
8:
Horton Smith |
|
1928 |
N/A |
N/A |
7:
Bill Mehlhorn |
|
1927 |
N/A |
N/A |
7:
Johnny Farrell |
|
1926 |
N/A |
N/A |
5:
Bill Mehlhorn,
Macdonald Smith |
|
1925 |
N/A |
N/A |
5:
Leo Diegel |
|
1924 |
N/A |
N/A |
5:
Walter Hagen |
|
1923 |
N/A |
N/A |
5:
Walter Hagen,
Joe Kirkwood, Sr. |
|
1922 |
N/A |
N/A |
4:
Walter Hagen |
|
1921 |
N/A |
N/A |
4:
Jim Barnes |
|
1920 |
N/A |
N/A |
4:
Jock Hutchison |
|
1919 |
N/A |
N/A |
5:
Jim Barnes |
|
1918 |
N/A |
N/A |
1:
Patrick Doyle,
Walter Hagen,
Jock Hutchison |
|
1917 |
N/A |
N/A |
2:
Jim Barnes,
Mike Brady |
|
1916 |
N/A |
N/A |
3:
Jim Barnes |
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