Whistling Straits (Straits)
The main tournaments played at Whistling Straits (Straits) are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Team Events
Eurpn Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (43rd) (Sep 24-26; postponed from Sept 25-27, 2020 due to global coronavirus pandemic). 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: Steve Stricker (USA); Padraig Harrington (Ire/Europe). [Straits Course, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin].
Overall result: USA 19; Europe 9.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Xander Schauffele lost to Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) 3&2; Patrick Cantlay bt Shane Lowry (Ire) 4&2; Scottie Scheffler bt Jon Rahm (Esp) 4&3; Bryson DeChambeau bt Sergio Garcia (Esp) 3&2; Collin Morikawa halved with Viktor Hovland (Nor); Dustin Johnson bt Paul Casey (Eng) 1 up; Brooks Koepka bt Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 2&1; Tony Finau lost to Ian Poulter (Eng) 3&2; Justin Thomas bt Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 4&3; Harris English lost to Lee Westwood (Eng) 1 up; Jordan Spieth halved with Tommy Fleetwood (Eng); Daniel Berger bt Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng) 1 up.
Note: Dustin Johnson joined Arnold Palmer (1967), Gardner Dickinson (1967), Larry Nelson (1979) and Francesco Molinari (2018) as one of only five golfers to score a perfect 5-0-0 in a single Ryder Cup.
Team Events
Eurpn Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup not played in 2020 (scheduled for Sept 25-27, 2020; postponed until Sept 24-26, 2021 due to world coronavirus pandemic). [Straits Course, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (97th) (Aug 13-16 ). Second-placed Jordan Spieth (USA) finished 3 shots behind 27-year-old Day (Aus), who claimed his first major championship win after three second place finishes in the Majors. [Straits Course, Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (92nd) (Aug 12-15). First-time major championship winner Kaymer (Ger) beat Bubba Watson (USA) in a three-hole playoff: Kaymer 11 (E), Watson 12 (+1). Dustin Johnson (USA) just missed out on the playoff after incurring a two-shot penalty for grounding his club in a bunker on the final hole. Johnson, who had a one-shot lead at the time, didn't realise the "sand scrape" was deemed to be part of a bunker. [Straits course, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin].
Majors
USGA
The US Senior Open (July 5-8). Second-placed Ben Crenshaw (USA) finished 3 shots behind Bryant (USA), who recorded his first major championship win. [Straits course, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin].
Majors
PGA of America
The US PGA Championship (86th) (Aug 12-15). Singh (Fiji) beat Chris DiMarco (USA) and Justin Leonard (USA) in a three-hole playoff: Singh 10 (-1); DiMarco and Leonard both made par at the opening two playoff holes, but did not finish the third playoff hole (par-4 18th). [Straits course, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin].
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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