Golf Compendium

The 1957 U.S. Women's Open was the 12th time this major championship was played. And for the third time, the winner was Betsy Rawls. But Rawls was declared the winner only after a golfer who finished one stroke lower was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.

The BMW Masters was a men's professional golf tournament played in Shanghai, China, in the 2010s. Although it had a short history, this tournament — which was part of the European Tour its final four years — had several notable events and distinctions.

Some golf tournament organizers will employ what is known as the "Peoria System" for tournaments in which most of the golfers do not have real handicap indexes. The Peoria System is essentially a math formula that produces a single-day handicap for the golfers playing so that net scores can be use for tournament standings.

The 1958 U.S. Women's Open was the 13th time this championship was played. For Mickey Wright, it was her first USWO title, but far from her last. And she achieved several tournament firsts this year.

Who was the No. 1 player in women's golf at the end of 2025? Which golfers finished the year ranked the highest in the Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings of women's golf? Below is the year-end list of 2025's top-ranked golfers.

Which golfers finished the year 2025 in the Top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking? And who ended the year as the No. 1-ranked player? Following is the list of the highest-ranked golfers of 2025 in the men's world rankings.

The 1959 U.S. Women's Open was the 14th playing of this major championship. And for the first time, the tournament had a back-to-back winner — Mickey Wright.

Photo credit: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA , CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Mike Hill was a PGA Tour player in the 1960s and 1970s, and Senior Tour star in the 1990s. He was the younger brother of a more-famous older brother on the PGA Tour, but once he joined the Senior Tour Mike became the Hill family's bigger star.

Pinehurst System is the name of a golf competition format for 2-person teams. It starts on each hole with the partners each playing two strokes, then switches to alternate shot, with a switch of balls also included following the drives. This format is designed to allow teams comprised of two golfers whose abilities, or at least strengths, widely differ to compete fairly against other such teams, while allowing (requiring, really) the higher-handicap partner to contribute to the team's success.