Did YOU Know?

• The world's longest golf course is the International Golf Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
• The world's highest golf course is the Tactu Golf Club in Morococha, Peru, which is situated at 14,335 feet above sea level at its lowest point.
• The most holes-in-one ever hit in a year is 28, by Scott Palmer in 1983.
• The most holes-in-one hit in a career is 68 by Harry Lee Bonner from 1967 to 1985.
• Phil Mickelson is probably the most successful left-handed golfer ever, but aside from golf he does everything else right-handed.
• It’s quite common today for purses on the PGA Tour to routinely exceed $5 million.
• The first PGA Championship was held in 1916 and was won by Jim Barnes.
• The first LPGA Championship was held in 1955 and was won by Beverly Hanson.
• There are approximately 31,857 golf courses in the world.
• The countries with the most golf courses per capita (minimum 500,000 population) are: Scotland (9,379 people per course), New Zealand (10,374), Australia (11,063), Republic of Ireland (14,127), Northern Ireland (14,353), Canada (15,480), Wales (18,321), United States (18,514), Sweden (21,295) and England (27,725).