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Golfers with Most Tour Wins

In 1945 Byron Nelson won 18 official tours and one unofficial. The sportsman won 11 tour events in succession. This is also a record. Sam Snead became a professional golfer in 1934. By 1965 the golfer won 81 PGA tour events.

Kathy Whitworth, a professional golf player, has set up a record among sportswomen by winning 88 times on LPGA from 1959 to 1991.

The Youngest Golfer to Play in a PGA Tour

Michelle Wie holds the record to be the youngest golfer in PGA Tournament. The golfer was 14 years, 2 months and 29 days when playing at Sony Open in Hawaii in 2004.

The other golfer Lorens Chan is the second-youngest who played in Sony Open in 2009. At that time she was 14 years, 7 months old.

The Oldest National Champion

Pamela Fernando established a record when she at age 54 years and 282 days old won Women’s Championship in Sri Lanka in 1981.

The Largest Number of Played Holes

In 1997 Erik Freeman played 467 holes in the course of twelve hours using a golf cart. The course with nine holes measured 2992 meters.

The Largest Number of Balls Hit in an Hour

On the 30d of June 1995, Sean Murphy established a record of 2146 balls from 91,5 meters distance.

The Longest Hole Shot in One

This record was established by Robert Mitera at Miracle Hill Golf Club in Omaha, Nebraska on the 7th of October 1965. He hit the ball in a hole from the distance measured 408 meters. So the golfer put the ball in the 10th hole. By sportswomen this record makes up 359 meters and belongs to Marie Robie. The record was set up in 1949.

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Sam Jackson Snead (1912-2002) was an American professional golf player. Sam Snead was born in Ashwood, Virginia. The golfer was among the top players in the course of most 4 decades. Being a student at the High School Snead was a distinguished sportsman. First he played football. But after the hand injury, Snead was carried away by golf.

Samuel Snead managed to attract attention of the audience due to several wins in professional golf in 1937. In 1946 the golfer won his first major PGA title.

After doing the military service during the World War 2, Snead returned to professional sport. In 1946 he won at Open British Golf Championship. In 1949 the golfer managed to gain two wins: at PGA and Masters. Sam Snead received the third title in his career in 1951. The golfer won Masters for three times, in 1952 for the second time and in 1954 for the third time. In 1960 together with Arnold Palmer, Jimmy Demaret (in 1961), Snead gained two wins for the American team during the Canadian Championship.

The sportsman got the nickname “Slamming Sammy” as he was admired for “perfect swing”. At Golf Association, Sam Snead was in the lead in size of winnings. The golfer won 51 PGA events more than any other golf player in the history of this sport.

Sam Snead was famous for his folksy style. The golfer who wore a straw hat used to play barefoot during golf tournaments. His favorite statement was the following one: “Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.” In 1974 Sam Jackson Snead was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. In 1998 the golfer earned the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods is a professional golf player. He was born on the 30th December, 1975, California. He was called “Tiger” by his father in memory of a soldier from the South Vietnam Army. Tiger Woods is famous as the leading golf player who gained 14 major titles. The golfer is the highest paid professional sportsman in the world. During his professional career, Tiger Woods won fourteen professional major golf tournaments and 71 PGA Tournaments. He is one of the greatest star sportsmen since Jack Nicklaus. Before becoming a professional golf player, Woods displayed his uniqueness in his childhood. His father showed him how to play golf when Woods was 9 months old. At the age of 2, Woods performed a famous and momentous event: he hit a ball into a hole during the show of Michael Douglas.

From 1994 to 1996 Tiger Woods won three successive titles of amateur golf. In 1996 the golf player went in on professional sport. This year he also signed a 40$ million contract with Nike. In the course of ten golf seasons, Tiger Woods was ranked high by the public, when winning 46 PGA contests.

During the very first Masters Tournament in 1997, Woods scored a victory. Later on, the golf player won PGA (1999), British (2000), and American (2000) championships. Due to these victories, Tiger Woods was ranked among those players who won all major golf contests during their professional career.

In April 2001, Woods won Masters again, thus becoming the owner of all golf titles in a new century (British and the USA championship, Masters, PGA). By winning Masters in 2001 and 2002, Woods joined Nicklaus and Nick Faldo who are the only players to win twice these championships sequentially.

From 1999 to 2000, Tiger Woods gained six consecutive victories. Such record could not be beaten since the times of Ben Hogan in 1948. By strengthening his reputation of being Jack Nicklaus’ successor, Tiger Woods won the British championship in 2005. This year Nicklaus appeared at the golf contests for the last time. The next year, Woods won the British championship again. In 2006 and 2007 the golf player won PGA championship.

Interesting Facts about Tiger Woods:

· According to Forbes, Tiger Woods is the highest-paid sportsman in the world.
· The golf player founded Tiger Woods Fund that helps children from poor Afro-American families to play golf;
· Tiger Woods participated in such advertising campaigns as Nike, Buick and Gillette;
· Tiger Woods worked on golf course projects in Carolina, Dubai;
· Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 computer game has been released;
· On eBay online shopping and auction website, there a golf set with Tiger Woods was sold for $425 000.

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