Saturday, April 18, 2009

A look at senior golf tournament winners

By Denise I Smithson

Ever since 1980 the winners of senior golfing tournaments have enoyed the recognition that they deserve. Through senior tournaments a golfer can continue their golfing career and still enjoy the excitement of competion. Today many senior players compete in the events which are held both in the United States as well as in other countried, with the result that many of them have become even more well known.

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.

Senior Tour winners include famous golfers from the United States as well as from outher countries around the world. With the most titles for the most senior wins is Jack Nicklaus. This well known golfer and highly respected golfer also holds eighteen regular major wins and this he accomplished back in the early days of his golfing career. But Jack Nicklaus is not the only famous golfer to win. Another familiar and respected golfer is Jay Haas. This champion has won the Senior British Open title, while Eduardo Remeor won the US Seniors Open. Great golfers who have contributed much to golf all participating in great Senior Tournaments.

Senior golf tournament winners are excellent golfers and they are over the age of 50. There are many people who love to play golf when they get older and these events allow you to continue playing and winning trophies. Many of these events are included in the most popular tournaments known around the world which include the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, and more. Seniors have been included in the game since the 1980s when the well known golfers began to turn the age of when they were in their own league.

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