Miami Beach Open
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Played as the (last) Miami Beach Open (March 23/24; 36-hole event). Second-placed Chick Harbert (USA) finished 1 shot behind 32-year-old Al Balding (Can), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Miami Beach GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time known as Bayshore GC].
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Played as the Miami Beach Open (March 22-25). Second-placed Dow Finsterwald (USA) and Billy Maxwell (USA) finished 1 shot behind 28-year-old Gardner Dickinson Jr (USA), who recorded the first of his seven PGA Tour wins. [Miami Beach GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time known as Bayshore GC].
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Played as the Miami Beach Open (March 24-27; last played in 1951). Second-placed Bob Rosburg (USA) finished 2 shots behind 36-year-old Eric Monti (USA), who recorded the first of his three PGA Tour wins. [Miami Beach GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time known as Bayshore GC].
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Played as the Miami Beach Open (March 8-11; next played in 1955). Second-placed Chuck Klein (USA) and Sam Snead (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jim Ferrier (Aus/USA). [Normandy Shores GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time called Normandy Isle GC].
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Played as the Miami Beach Open (March 9-12; last played in 1929). Second-placed Lawson Little (USA) finished 3 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Normandy Shores GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time known as Normandy Isle GC. Each player also played one of their first two rounds at Miami Beach GC; at the time known as Bayshore GC].
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Played as the Miami Beach Open (Jan 11/12; next played in 1950). Second-placed George Christ (USA) finished 1 shot behind Gene Sarazen (USA), who won this title for the third straight year. [Final two rounds at La Gorce CC, Miami Beach, FL. First two rounds at Miami Beach GC; at the time known as Bayshore GC].
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Played as the Miami Beach Open (Jan 2/3). Second-placed Johnny Farrell (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Gene Sarazen (USA). [Miami Beach GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time known as Bayshore GC].
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Played as the inaugural Miami Beach Open (Jan 3/4). Second-placed Jock Hutchison (Scot/USA) finished 4 shots behind Gene Sarazen (USA), who recorded the first of his three straight wins in this event. [Miami Beach GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time known as Bayshore GC].
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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