Palmer's bag appearing on the Ryder Cup first day service table
In the first round of this year's Ryder Cup, the bag arnold Palmer used at the 1975 Ryder Cup was placed on The Blacksertin's No. 1 tee. The U.S. team was well ahead of the European team on the first day of the game, and this was the first time since Palmer's Ryder Cup in 1975 that the U.S. team led the first day of the game.
In 1975, Palmer led the team to a 21-11 victory over the then Great Britain & Ireland team in Laurel Valley, Pennsylvania. 41 years later, Davis Ralph III led the United States to establish a 4-0 lead first and eventually beat Europe 17:11.
That's not the only similarity between the two teams. Every U.S. player won at least once in Hersertin. When was the last time this happened? In 1975.
The fact that this year's Ryder Cup game inspired us to collect a lot of data. The following are all worth savoring.
Despite the European team's defeat, Belgian player Thomas Pieters became the greatest new player in the history of the UEFA Ryder Cup and the only New Team in Europe/Great britain & Ireland to score four points in a Ryder Cup match.
Palmer is full of legendary careers
Palmer died on September 25, 2016, at the age of 87. The following data is the pioneering work of the "Emperor of High Ball":
The 1960s: Associated Press Athlete of the Decade
1960, 1962: PGA Player of the Year
1960: Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year
1974: Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
2004: Presidential Medal of Freedom
2009: Congressional Gold Medal
Palmer was one of three golfers to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the other two being Jack Nicklaus in 2005 and Charlie Sifford in 2014.
7: The number of Grand Slam titles Palmer won between 1958 and 1964. During that time, he won more Grand Slam titles than anyone else, with Gary Plyre and Jack Nicklaus both winning Grand Slam titles three times.
Grand Slam achievements
Henrik Stenson won the British Open at the Royal Trond Stadium with a total score of 264, the lowest in Grand Slam history. David Thomas scored an overall of 265 when he won the PGA Championship in 2001, Steve Elkington shot 267 when he won the PGA Championship in 1995, and Greg Norman shot 267 when he won the British Open in 1993.
Stenson became the second player to shoot a 63 and win the title in the final round of Grand Slam history. Before him, Johnny Miller had done it when he won the U.S. Open in 1973.
Phil Mickelson finished runners-up in the 11th Grand Slam tournament since his career at the British Open, breaking his previous tie with Palmer. Jack Nicklaus has the most runners-up at a Grand Slam, at 19. Mickelson has now finished second twice after setting the lowest record in Grand Slam history, losing to Stenson at the 2016 British Open and Toms at the 2001 PGA Championship.
Golf at the Olympics
At the Rio Olympics, Justin Rose won the first Olympic gold medal in men's golf history in 40,867 days. Ross has won 16 professional titles in nine different countries during his career: seven in the United States, two in South Africa, and one each in Australia, Brazil, England, Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland and Spain.
Park became the second female athlete to win both a golf Grand Slam title and an Olympic gold medal. Babe Didrikson Zaharias won 10 golf Grand Slam titles and won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
Lange's three-game winning streak
Bernhard Langer won the Tour Championship overall for the third consecutive season: the Schwab Cup. However, that was not Lange's only triple title in 2016. He also topped the charts in terms of championship tour averages, prize money, par green rates, average birdies and more.
Lange finished first in the Carlsung Cup for the third consecutive year, while Colin Montgomery finished second for the third consecutive year.
University Frontline
For the second consecutive year, the 13th-ranked team eliminated one of the top seeded rivals in the Parker Twelfth League (Pac-12, America's most successful college sports league, known as the "Champions League", made up of twelve well-known universities in the Western United States that excelled in academic research and athletic competition), and won the NCAA Women's Championship. This year it was Washington who beat UCLA in the semifinals. In 2015, the Stanford team defeated the first-ranked USC team in the semifinals.
The University of Oregon men's team became the second team to play at home and win both individual and team competitions, with Aaron Wise winning the individual championship of the NCAA Championship. Ohio University did the same in 1945, when John Lorms won the individual championship.
Gao Baojing makes history
Gao Baojing achieved his second career Grand Slam title at the All Japan Air Championship. After winning the title, she became the youngest multi-time Grand Slam champion since Tom Morris Jr., who won the British Open in 1869. Morris II won the 1869 British Open at an age of 18 years and 4 months and 27 days. Gao Baojing won the ALL Day Air Race at an age of 18 years and 11 months and 10 days.
Gao Baojing's LPGA Tour wins soon approached her age. Take a look at the following male and female players who have achieved this:
Tiger Woods: 24 titles at age 24;
Nancy Lopez: 25 wins at age 25;
Mickey Wright: (Mickey Wright) won 26 titles at the age of 26;
Kathy Whitworth: (Kathy Whitworth) won 27 titles at the age of 27;
Jack Nicklaus: 29 wins at age 29;
Gao Baojing: She won the championship 14 times at the age of 19, and next April will be her 20th birthday.
Aria rose to prominence
Ariya Jutanugarn became the first player in LPGA Tour history to achieve the top 3 titles of her career in a row. She is also the first player since Suzann Pettersen in 2007 not to win the title in the previous season and five or more times in the following season. Peterson won the title five times that year. Other players who have not won in the previous season and five or more in the following season in the past 40 years include Lopez, who won nine times in 1978, and Debbie Austin, who won five times in 1977.
LPGA is the world of young people
This season's LPGA Tour has held a total of 33 matches, of which 26 have been won by players aged 23 or under. The winner of the 7 matches is a player aged 19 or younger, and the winner of only one match is a player aged 30 or older. The average age of an LPGA champion is 22.3 years.
Dustin Johnson won the U.S. Open
At OakMan, Dustin became the fifth U.S. Open champion in the past 100 years to follow the runner-up, joining Tiger Woods (2007-08), Payne Stewart (1998-99), Jack Nicklaus (1971-72) and Bobby Jones (three times).
Shane Lowry became the third player in U.S. Open history to lose the 4 or more stroke lead established before moving into the final round. Payne Stewart took a four-shot lead after 54 holes at the 1998 U.S. Open, while Mike Brady took a four-shot lead after a 54-hole at the 1919 U.S. Open, and they both finished second. Laurie's record is tied for 2nd place.
Willett put on a green jacket
Danny Willett became the third champion to shoot a bogey-free 67 or better in the final round of the Masters, joining Phil Mickelson (67 in 2010) and Doug Ford (66 in 1957).
The defending champions of the Masters have twice taken the lead after 54 holes, but each time it has not ended with a victory. Jordan Spieth took a one-shot lead in April, but shot a 73 in the final round to tie for second place. Ben Hogan took a lead in 1954 but shot a 75 in the final round to take second place.
McIlroy won the East Lake
Rory McIlroy won his 13th PGA Tour title at the Tour Championship. Over the past 30 years, only Tiger Woods (39) and Phil Mickelson (14) have won more titles than McIlroy before the age of 28.
McIlroy has won the title at least 3 times more than any other player in his 20s. The 29-year-old Jason Day has won the title 10 times. Jordan Spieth, 23, has won the title eight times. 26-year-old Patrick Rhett has won the title five times.
Hideki Matsuyama's strength
At the World Championships-HSBC Championships in Shanghai, Hideki Matsuyama became the second player to win with a 7-stroke lead or more. Tiger Woods is another, he has done it 4 times. Hideki Matsuyama now has as many titles (3 times) as another PGA Tour player from Japan, Shigeki Maruyama.
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