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A look at senior golf tournaments and their winners PDF Print E-mail
Written by Denise I Smithson   
Senior golf tournament winners have been recognized since the 1980s. They play in many different events and include many top players that you might recognize the names. Seniors have the opportunity to play in tournaments around the world and win just like the well known athletes do today.
by DeniseISmithson


Senior golf tournament winners have been recognized since the 1980s. They play in many different events and include many top players that you might recognize the names. Seniors have the opportunity to play in tournaments around the world and win just like the well known athletes do today.

Seniors can play golf and they are recognized today for their golf efforts when they participate in some of the golf tournaments that are set up by the PGA and other organizations. Senior golf tournament winners must be 50 years of age or older. The Champions Tour is the leading senior tour and it is U.S. based. It was established in 1980 and is a very popular tour. There are five major championships that are a part of the senior tour. Each event plays over three rounds.

Initially, the Championship did not include five major chapionships. These have become part of it over the past two decades. As already stated, the senior golf tournament was started in 1980 by the PGA and the US Senior Open. In 1983 the Senior Players Championship became a part of the tournament. The tradition joined six years later in 1989. It was followed four years after that in 1993 by the Senior British Open Championship.

Golfing events specifically for seniors were already being held back in the 1930s but because of the success of the four tournaments mentioned above, the PGA Seniors Championship is still though by many people to be the beginning of Senior Tours. But the PGA Senior Championship actually began when players such as Gary Player and Arnold Palmer turned the proper age in order for them to participate. It was when they joined the PGA Seniors Championship that it became a tournament in its own right, especially since their presence on the Tour also attracted other senior golfers to join.

The senior golf tournament winners have varied over the years from American and other differing countries. Jack Nicklaus holds the most titles for senior major wins with a total of 8. In addition, he also holds the regular major win title with a total of 18 wins in his early years of golf. Names you will see today as the most popular winners for the events include Jay Haas with the title for at the Senior PGA Championship, Bruce Vaughan for the Senior British Open, Eduardo Romero for the U.S. Senior Open, The Tradition is led by Fred Funk, and D. A. Weibring holds the title for the latest Senior Players Championship.

Ever since the well known golfers ie, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer, started playing in the seniors league, other seniors have been able to join as well. Just because a golfer gets older he or she can still participate and the events described above give them the ideal opportunity to do so. These senior golfing events are part of famous tournaments, such as the PGA Championship, the US Open, etc, and they allow great golfers to continue to compete for the trophy and for the title.

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