Golf Almanac

Welcome to our Golf Almanac section. Think of this as a compendium of lists - lists of award winners, statistical leaders and so on for the major tours. Plus links to similar information around About.com Golf, as well as to our Golf Timeline.

Tour Top Performers

PGA Tour
Career Wins | Career Majors | Yearly Win Leaders | Yearly Money Leaders
Scoring average: Vardon Trophy | Byron Nelson Award
Players of the Year | Rookies of the Year | PGA Tour Records

LPGA Tour
Career Wins | Career Majors | Yearly Win Leaders | Yearly Money Leaders | Yearly Scoring Leaders | Players of the Year | Rookies of the Year | LPGA Tour Records

Champions Tour
Career Wins | Career Majors | Yearly Win Leaders | Yearly Money Leaders | Yearly Scoring Leaders | Players of the Year

European Tour
Yearly Order of Merit Winners | Players of the Year | Rookies of the Year

Men's Majors/Team Events

The Masters: Past Champs | More - Tourney Index
U.S. Open: Past Champs | More - Tourney Index
British Open: Past Champs | More - Tourney Index
PGA Championship: Past Champs | More - Tourney Index
Ryder Cup: Match Results | More - Event Index
Presidents Cup: Match Results | More - Event Index

Women's Majors/Team Events

ANA Inspiration: Past Champs | More
KPMG Women's PGA Championship: Past Champs | More
U.S. Women's Open: Past Champs | More
Women's British Open: Past Champs | More
Solheim Cup: Match Results | More
The Evian Championship

Discontinued Women's Majors
Three tournaments that have been discontinued are accorded major status by the LPGA, meaning their winners are credited with winning a major championship. Those tournaments are:
• Western Open | Titleholders | du Maurier

Golf's Greatest Players

Our profiles of famous golfers offer brief biographies of each, along with major championships won, trivia, quotes and other info. These pages are the indexes for men and women, plus an all-inclusive index that lists all of the golfers we've profiled.
• Male Golfers | Female Golfers

Ranking the greatest male golfers of all-time
Ranking the greatest female golfers of all-time