PGA Grand Slam of Golf

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf was an annual off-season golf tournament contested from 1979 until 2014 when the tournament was cancelled. It was contested by the year's winners of the four major championships of regular men's golf, which are the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship. It was one of several invitational events for leading male golfers held each year after the PGA Tour and the European Tour seasons had concluded. The competition was organized by the PGA of America and the prize money did not count toward the PGA Tour money list.

PGA Grand Slam of Golf
Tournament information
LocationSouthampton, Bermuda
Established1979
Course(s)Port Royal Golf Course
Par71
Length6,821 yards (6,237 m)[1]
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour (unofficial event)
FormatStroke play - 36 holes
Prize fund$1.35 million
Month playedOctober
Final year2014
Final champion
Martin Kaymer
Bermuda
Location in the north Atlantic Ocean

The tournament was staged since 1979 with a couple of short breaks. Beginning in 1991, it was played as a two-day, 36-hole stroke play competition, except in 1998 and 1999, when it was played at match play. From 1979 to 1990, it was played as a one-day, 18-hole stroke play competition. If a player won more than one major in a calendar year or a player declined the invitation to play, the PGA of America filled the four-man field by inviting the former major winner(s) with the best overall finishes in that year's majors.

Initially the PGA Grand Slam of Golf was played at a different golf course each year, but from 1994 to 2006, it was played at the Poipu Bay Golf Course in Koloa, Hawaii on the island of Kauai. The tournament in Hawaii allowed the event to be televised in prime-time American television with live coverage because of the time difference.

In 2007, the tournament moved to the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda and it was played in mid-October, reflecting the earlier end to the main part of the PGA Tour season after the introduction of the FedEx Cup.[2] In 2009, the event stayed in Bermuda but moved to the Port Royal Golf Course.[3]

The final prize fund was $1.35 million, of which $600,000 went to the winner. This was the lowest first prize some of the competitors have played for all year, but on the other hand there was a guaranteed $200,000 for coming in last. From 1991 to 2005, the prize fund was $1 million, of which $400,000 went to the winner. In 2006, the purse was $1.25 million, with $500,000 going to the winner.

In the 2004 tournament at Poipu Bay Golf Course, Phil Mickelson shot a 59 in the second round.[4]

The 1986–90 tournaments were played at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, site of the PGA Championship in 1989.

The event was to be moved to Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California for the 2015 contest,[5] but on July 7, 2015 the PGA announced that the 2015 event will not be played at the course due to outcry over comments that course owner Donald Trump made about Latino immigrants.[6][7] After being unable to find a suitable replacement venue, the 2015 event was canceled.[7]

In March 2016, the event was discontinued altogether after the PGA of America concluded it no longer fit in "today's golf landscape."[8]

World Series of Golf

The year's four major champions in a 36-hole event was previously applied at the original "World Series of Golf," played from 1962 through 1975 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Held in early September, Jack Nicklaus won four of the fourteen events, including the first two, and was runner-up in six. All editions had a winner's share of $50,000, a substantial prize in its early years, significantly more than a major. The event changed to a limited field PGA Tour event in 1976 and continues as the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Courses

YearsVenueLocation
2009–2014Port Royal Golf CourseSouthampton, Bermuda
2007–2008Mid Ocean ClubTucker's Town, Bermuda
1994–2006Poipu Bay Golf CourseKoloa, Hawaii
1992–1993PGA West Nicklaus Resort CourseLa Quinta, California
1991Kauai Lagoons ResortKauai, Hawaii
1986–1990Kemper Lakes Golf ClubKildeer, Illinois
1982PGA National Golf ClubPalm Beach Gardens, Florida
1981Breakers West Golf CourseWest Palm Beach, Florida
1980Hazeltine National Golf ClubChaska, Minnesota
1979Oak Hill Country ClubRochester, New York

Results

YearWinnerRunner(s)-upThirdFourth
2014 Martin Kaymer (U.S. Open) Bubba Watson (Masters) Rory McIlroy (Open, PGA) Jim Furyk (a)
2013 Adam Scott (Masters) Justin Rose (U.S. Open) Jason Dufner (PGA) Pádraig Harrington (a)
2012 Pádraig Harrington (a) Webb Simpson (U.S. Open)(T3) Keegan Bradley (a) & Bubba Watson (Masters)
2011 Keegan Bradley (PGA) Charl Schwartzel (Masters) Rory McIlroy (U.S. Open) Darren Clarke (Open)
2010 Ernie Els (a) (2) David Toms (a)(T3) Martin Kaymer (PGA) & Graeme McDowell (U.S. Open)
2009 Lucas Glover (U.S. Open) Ángel Cabrera (Masters) Stewart Cink (Open) Yang Yong-eun (PGA)
2008 Jim Furyk (a) (2) Pádraig Harrington (Open, PGA) Retief Goosen (a) Trevor Immelman (Masters)
2007 Ángel Cabrera (U.S. Open) Pádraig Harrington (Open) Jim Furyk (a) Zach Johnson (Masters)
2006 Tiger Woods (Open, PGA) (7) Jim Furyk (a) Geoff Ogilvy (U.S. Open) Mike Weir (a)
2005 Tiger Woods (Masters, Open) (6) Phil Mickelson (PGA) Michael Campbell (U.S. Open) Vijay Singh (a)
2004 Phil Mickelson (Masters) Vijay Singh (PGA) Retief Goosen (U.S. Open) Todd Hamilton (Open)
2003 Jim Furyk (U.S. Open) Mike Weir (Masters) Shaun Micheel (PGA) Ben Curtis (Open)
2002 Tiger Woods (Masters, U.S. Open) (5)(T2) Justin Leonard (a) & Davis Love III (a) Rich Beem (PGA)
2001 Tiger Woods (Masters) (4) David Toms (PGA) Retief Goosen (U.S. Open) David Duval (Open)
2000 Tiger Woods (U.S. Open, Open, PGA) (3) Vijay Singh (Masters) Tom Lehman (a) Paul Azinger (a)
1999 Tiger Woods (PGA) (2) Davis Love III (a) José María Olazábal (Masters) Paul Lawrie (Open)
1998 Tiger Woods (a) Vijay Singh (PGA) Lee Janzen (U.S. Open) Mark O'Meara (Masters, Open)
1997 Ernie Els (U.S. Open) Tiger Woods (Masters) Davis Love III (PGA) Justin Leonard (Open)
1996 Tom Lehman (Open) Steve Jones (U.S. Open) Nick Faldo (Masters) Mark Brooks (PGA)
1995 Ben Crenshaw (Masters)(T2) Steve Elkington (PGA) & Corey Pavin (U.S. Open) John Daly (Open)
1994 Greg Norman (a) (3) Nick Price (Open, PGA) Ernie Els (U.S. Open) José María Olazábal (Masters)
1993 Greg Norman (Open) (2) Paul Azinger (PGA)(T3) Lee Janzen (U.S. Open) & Bernhard Langer (Masters)
1992 Nick Price (PGA) Tom Kite (U.S. Open) Fred Couples (Masters) Nick Faldo (Open)
1991 Ian Woosnam (Masters) Ian Baker-Finch (Open) Payne Stewart (U.S. Open) John Daly (PGA)
1990 Andy North (a) (2) Craig Stadler (a) Payne Stewart (PGA) Mike Ditka (b)[9]
1989 Curtis Strange (U.S. Open) Craig Stadler (a) Ian Baker-Finch (a) Greg Norman (a)
1988 Larry Nelson (PGA)(T2) Larry Mize (Masters) & Scott Simpson (U.S. Open) Greg Norman (a)
1987No tournament
1986 Greg Norman (Open) Fuzzy Zoeller (a)(T3) Jack Nicklaus (Masters) & Bob Tway (PGA)
1983–85No tournament
1982 Bill Rogers (Open) David Graham (U.S. Open) Larry Nelson (PGA) Tom Watson (Masters)
1981 Lee Trevino (a) Tom Watson (Open) Jack Nicklaus (U.S. Open) Seve Ballesteros (Masters)
1980 Lanny Wadkins (a) Hale Irwin (U.S. Open)(T3) David Graham (PGA) & Fuzzy Zoeller (Masters)
1979(T1) Gary Player (Masters) & Andy North (U.S. Open)(T3) John Mahaffey (PGA) & Jack Nicklaus (Open)

Note: a=alternate
b=Mike Ditka replaced Curtis Strange due to illness.

Multiple winners

Five golfers have won the event more than once:

  • Tiger Woods – 7 wins: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
  • Greg Norman – 3 wins: 1986, 1993, 1994
  • Andy North – 2 wins: 1979, 1990
  • Jim Furyk – 2 wins: 2003, 2008
  • Ernie Els – 2 wins: 1997, 2010

References

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