Main golf events

The world golf competition is roughly divided into three systems, namely Men’s Professional Golf Tournament (PGA),&nbsp ; Women’s Professional Golf Tournament (LPGA) and Ryder Cup and President’s Cup in regional competitions.

Men’s Professional Tour can be ordered by size, bonus and influence: American Tour, European Tour, Japan Tour Tournament, South Africa Tour, Australia Tour and Asian Tour.

Major events

PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is the most influential of the six tournaments. Approximately 45 are held in the United States each year In the regular season, the total prize money for each race is between 5 and 5.3 million US dollars. Only the top 125 players in the PGA Tour prize money list are eligible to register for the competition.

European Tour

The European Tour has the largest number of events each year, about 50, and the total prize money is between US$1 and US$2 million. The venues are all over the world.

Day Tour

The Japanese Tour has about 30 competitions each year, and the total prize money for each station is around US$1 million. The competition is only held locally .

The Southern Tour and Australian Tour are relatively small, each with about 10 competitions each year, each The total prize money of the competition is not less than 1 million US dollars.  The Asian Tour has fewer matches, but it has developed rapidly in recent years.

Four Grand Slam tournaments

The Four Grand Slams are among all professional competitions, the highest-level, influential, and most popular competitions. They are: US Masters, US Open, British Open and US PGA Championship.

April Masters (Masters)

Established in 1934, the invitational tournament is held every year at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. It has special entry regulations, and its total prize money and championship prize money are the highest among the four major competitions. It is a fixed game in the four major competitions.

June US Open

The full name of the U.S. Open is the U.S. Open Championship. It was established in 1895 and hosted by the United States Golf Association (USGA). Professional and amateur players can participate in the most authoritative and hardest to win tournament in golf. Games are held in different stadiums in the United States every June. The competition is held over four days, with 18 holes played every day, for a total of 72 holes.

July British Open Golf Tournament

The full name of the British Open is the British Open Championship, hosted by the Royal Ancient Golf Club. It is the oldest and most prestigious tournament in the history of golf in the world. The first tournament was organized by the British Golf Association in 1860 and only 8 people participated. But now in terms of scale, it is the largest number of participants in the four major competitions, with 1,827 participants in 1993. The match was divided into four days of stroke play, with a total of 72 holes played.

August PGA (American Professional Golf Championship)

Sponsored by the Professional Golf Association of the United States, non-members are not eligible to participate; the competition began in 1916, and the winners will live their lives You can participate in PGA-sponsored competitions without preliminaries. Before 1916-1957, matchplay (match play, the number of holes to determine the winner) was used, and after 1958, it was changed to strokeplay (the total number of strokes was used to determine the victory).

The PGA Championship prize amount is second only to the American Masters. Held in August every year, it is the last of the four major competitions.

Regional competition

Regional competition is a competition of scale and influence in the world regional team competition, namely once a year Ryder Cup and President’s Cup two major events.

Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a team confrontation between European players and American players. Each time a European team is funded by the European Tour and the world The top 10 players in the points ranking and 2 players designated by the captain; while the US team is composed of 10 players and 2 players designated by the captain in a separate "Ryder Cup Ranking System". The match uses a match-play system, with a total of four double matches and one one-on-one match played in three days. The morning is a four-person two-ball game, the afternoon is a four-person four-ball game. The next morning and afternoon are exchanged. The last day is one-on-one. A win is 1 point, a tie is 0.5 points, a loss is 0 points, and the total score is more. Win.

Presidential Cup

The President’s Cup is a competition between the world’s top players other than European players and the United States team. The selection of the world team and the United States team The method is the same as the Ryder Cup, and the competition system is basically the same.

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