GOLF TOURNAMENTS

Men Tournaments: the most important ones are The United States Open for Pros, the US Amateurs, The Masters by invitation for pros, The PGO Championships, The British Open and The British Amateur. Women Tournaments: The British Ladies Amateur Championship, The United States Women?s Amateur and The US Women?s Open. There are also other international matches, in principle between the United States and United Kingdom teams but have been opened to other countries in recent years. The Walker Cup Match, for amateurs and the Ryder Cup Match, for pros which are men?s tournaments. This last one is the most famous tournament for teams and was first played in 1927 with twelve players per country between the United States and the United Kingdom. At present it is played every two years and, in 1979 the rules were modified allowing for it to be played between the USA and Europe. The Curtis Cup Match is played by amateur women. Some world competitions are the Eissenhower Cup for amateurs, the World Cup for pros, the Shunnomura Trophy, the  Francis H. I. Brown  International Team Match Trophy for seniors. There is also the Espirito Santo Trophy for women. One of the most remarkable memories in golf history is that of American amateur  player Bobby Jones who, in 1930 won the Golf Grand Slam, winning The British Open, The British Amateur, The United States Open, and the United States Amateur. One of the best women players in history was Babe Didrikson Zaharias an American who played both as an amateur and a pro.


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