Who Is The Best?

The Golf world rankings are done judging by points earned from playing in various competitons. Tiger Woods was the leader of the golf rankings for a record breaking 623 weeks! But he has since gone off form and has dropped down. these are the current top ten on the world rankings as of May 17 2012:

1. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)





2. Luke Donald (England)

3.Lee Westwood (England)

4.Bubba Watson (USA)

5.Matt Kuchar (USA)

6.Hunter Mahan (USA)

7.Tiger Woods (USA)

8.Steve Stricker (USA)

9.Martin Kaymer (Germany)

10.Phil Mickelson (USA)

World rankings via http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/

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Major Tournaments

Each year, there are four tournaments which are considered the 'major' tournaments. these are:

•  The US open, this is held in a different venues throughout the U.S.A each year. This year, it will be in the Olympic Club, San Francisco, for the fifth time since 1998! It is taking place from June 11-17 this year.

• The British Open ('The Open'), it is held in different venues throughout Britain each year.  It is being held in Royal Lytham & St. Anne's this year from 15-22 July.

• The USPGA Championship, this championship is also held in various venues throughout the U.S.A. This year it is being held in The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, from the 9-12 August 2012.

• The Augusta Masters, this is the only major that is held in the same place each year. In Augusta National, Augusta, Georgia. It took place from April 2-8 this year, and Bubba Watson won.

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Info via.:

•  http://www.masters.com/
• http://www.theopen.com/
• http://www.pga.com/
• http://www.usopen.com/

The Ryder Cup

It is named 'Ryder Cup' after the man who donated the cup, Samuel Ryder. It is a bi-yearly event between the top golfers of the USA vs the top golfers of Europe. It changes venue each time it is played, each team (USA and Europe) switching between who hosts it each time. The first Ryder cup took place in 1927 is Massachusetts, USA. Each year it is on, each golf association picks a captain for each side. They then pick, in Europe's case, the leading 5 players on the world points list (based on how well they have preformed in certain events) and the next 5 not qualified for that list, and then two players chosen by the captain. For the USA, it is the top 8 on the Ryder cup list and 4 captains picks. the Ryder cup this year (2012) will take place in Medinah Country Club, Illinois, USA. the last one in Europe was in Celtic Manor Resort, Wales.

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Venues via. http://www.rydercup.com/

Where is Golf Most Popular?

Golf has to be most popular in the USA, this is mainly because of the size of it. It is also extremely popular in the UK and Ireland, for their size about the same popularity. It is also popular around continental Europe in countries such as Sweden, Italy, Germany etc. They all have big names on the European tours such as Martin Kaymer (Germany), Robert Karlsson (Sweden), and Edoardo and Fernando Molinari (Italy).

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Todays Professional Venues

Today, professional golf is played on two separate tours, the US tour and the European tour. There are players from virtually every country o the planet. The US tour is played in states of America such as Hawaii, California, New York etc. Also, the prize money is huge nowadays with the highest earner so far this year Bubba Watson earning $3,204,778.00 so far! And Tiger Woods has earned around $93,328,925 in his career!

Current money list leader via. http://espn.go.com/golf/moneylist

Tiger woods earnings via. http://www.databasegolf.com/players/playerpage.htm?samid=WoodsTig01

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ORIGIN OF GOLF:
Golf originated in Scotland in the 15th century. It then began to catch on and spread throughout Europe as the Romans began to take over Europe. different variations of the game have been reported from countries such as Holland, China, France and England. It is thought though that the modern game originated in Scotland. Today it is virtually played everywhere form America to Zimbabwe and everywhere in between.

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Hi, my name is Harry and this is my first post on my new blog, Geography of Golf. I hope you enjoy because it is a subject that interests me.