Oakland Hills
The main tournaments played at Oakland Hills are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (129th) (Aug 6-12). [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Amateur
USGA
The US Amateur Championship (116th) (Aug 15-21). 20-year-old Curtis Luck (Aus) beat 19-year-old Brad Dalke (USA) 6 and 4 in the 36-hole final to claim the Havemeyer Trophy. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (90th) (Aug 7-10). Second-placed Sergio García (Esp) and Ben Curtis (USA) finished 2 shots behind Harrington (Ire), who won his third major championship in his last six attempts. Harrington became the first European since 1930 to win the US PGA crown, and the first European to win back-to-back Majors. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (35th) (Sept 17-19). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Bernhard Langer (Ger); Hal Sutton (USA). [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Overall result: Europe 18.5, USA 9.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Tiger Woods bt Paul Casey (Eng) 3&2; Phil Mickelson lost to Sergio García (Esp) 3&2; Davis Love III halved with Darren Clarke (N.Ire); Jim Furyk bt David Howell (Eng) 6&4; Kenny Perry lost to Lee Westwood (Eng) 1 hole; David Toms lost to Colin Montgomerie (Scot) 1 hole; Chad Campbell bt Luke Donald (Eng) 5&3; Chris DiMarco bt Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) 1 hole; Fred Funk lost to Thomas Levet (Fra) 1 hole; Chris Riley lost to Ian Poulter (Eng) 3&2; Jay Haas lost to Padraig Harrington (Ire) 1 hole; Stewart Cink lost to Paul McGinley (Ire) 3&2.
Amateur
USGA
The US Amateur Championship (102nd) (Aug 19-25). Ricky Barnes (USA) beat Hunter Mahon (USA) 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (96th) (June 13-16). Second-placed Tom Lehman (USA) and Davis Love III (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time major championship winner Jones (USA). Jones won a playoff in a regional qualifier to earn a place in this US Open. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
USGA
The US Senior Open (July 25-28). Nicklaus (USA) beat Chi Chi Rodriguez (PR/USA) in an 18-hole playoff (Nicklaus 65, Rodriguez 69). This win gave Nicklaus three of the four senior major championship titles of 1991. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (85th) (June 13-16). Second-placed Dave Barr (Can), Denis Watson (Zim) and Tze-Chung "T.C." Chen (Taiw) finished 1 shot behind North (USA), who recorded the last of his three PGA Tour wins (two of them US Open Championships). [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
USGA
The US Senior Open (July 9-12). Palmer (USA) beat Billy Casper (USA) and Bob Stone (USA) in an 18-hole playoff (Palmer 70, Stone 74, Casper 77). [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (61st) (Aug 2-5). First-time major championship winner Graham (Aus) beat Ben Crenshaw (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole (par-3 3rd). [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (54th) (Aug 3-6). Second-placed Tommy Aaron (USA) and Jim Jamieson (USA) finished 2 shots behind Player (RSA), who recorded the second of his two US PGA wins. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (61st) (Jun 15-17). Second-placed Doug Sanders (USA) and Bob Goalby (USA) finished 1 shot behind Littler (USA). [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (51st) (Jun 14-16). Second-placed Clayton Heafner (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Hogan (USA). This was the third of Hogan's four US Open wins. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (41st) (June 10-12). Second-placed Sam Snead (USA) finished 2 shots behind Guldahl (USA). [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (33rd). Defending champion Glenna Collett (USA) beat Leona Pressler (USA) 4 and 3 in the final. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (28th) (June 5/6). Second-placed Bobby Jones (USA, amateur) finished 3 shots behind Walker (Eng). [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
America
WGA
Played as the Western Open (Aug 23-25). Second-placed Jock Hutchison (Scot/USA) and Laurie Ayton Sr (Scot) finished 10 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Mike Brady (USA), who was the club pro at Oakland Hills CC. [South course, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan].
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
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
You can subscribe to the Where2Golf channel on YT if you like to see more video content. You'll find a "Subscribe" button on any of our YouTube videos. Or if you want a quick and direct access subscribe here. Once done, any new published videos will show up in your Subscriptions feed.
