PGA Grand Slam of Golf

PGA Grand Slam of Golf
Tournament information
Location	Southampton, Bermuda
Established	1979
Course(s)	Port Royal Golf Course
Par	71
Length	6,821 yards (6,237 m)
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour (unofficial event)
Format	Stroke play - 36 holes
Prize fund	$1.35 million
Month played	October
Final year	2014
Final champion
	Martin Kaymer

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf was an annual off-season golf tournament contested from 1979 until 2014 when the tournament was cancelled. It was contested by the year's winners of the four major championships of regular men's golf, which are the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship. It was one of several invitational events for leading male golfers held each year after the PGA Tour and the European Tour seasons had concluded. The competition was organized by the PGA of America and the prize money did not count toward the PGA Tour money list.

Bermuda

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Location in the north Atlantic Ocean

The tournament was staged since 1979 with a couple of short breaks. Beginning in 1991, it was played as a two-day, 36-hole stroke play competition, except in 1998 and 1999, when it was played at match play. From 1979 to 1990, it was played as a one-day, 18-hole stroke play competition. If a player won more than one major in a calendar year or a player declined the invitation to play, the PGA of America filled the four-man field by inviting the former major winner(s) with the best overall finishes in that year's majors.

Initially the PGA Grand Slam of Golf was played at a different golf course each year, but from 1994 to 2006, it was played at the Poipu Bay Golf Course in Koloa, Hawaii on the island of Kauai. The tournament in Hawaii allowed the event to be televised in prime-time American television with live coverage because of the time difference.

In 2007, the tournament moved to the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda and it was played in mid-October, reflecting the earlier end to the main part of the PGA Tour season after the introduction of the FedEx Cup.^[2] In 2009, the event stayed in Bermuda but moved to the Port Royal Golf Course.^[3]

The final prize fund was $1.35 million, of which $600,000 went to the winner. This was the lowest first prize some of the competitors had played for all year, but on the other hand there was a guaranteed $200,000 for coming in last. From 1991 to 2005, the prize fund was $1 million, of which $400,000 went to the winner. In 2006, the purse was $1.25 million, with $500,000 going to the winner.

In the 2004 tournament at Poipu Bay Golf Course, Phil Mickelson shot a 59 in the second round.^[4]

The 1986–90 tournaments were played at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, site of the PGA Championship in 1989.

The event was to be moved to Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California for the 2015 contest,^[5] but on July 7, 2015 the PGA announced that the 2015 event will not be played at the course due to outcry over comments that course owner Donald Trump made about Latino immigrants.^[6]^[7] After being unable to find a suitable replacement venue, the 2015 event was canceled.^[7]

In March 2016, the event was discontinued altogether after the PGA of America concluded it no longer fit in "today's golf landscape."^[8]

World Series of Golf

The year's four major champions in a 36-hole event was previously applied at the original "World Series of Golf," played from 1962 through 1975 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Held in early September, Jack Nicklaus won four of the fourteen events, including the first two, and was runner-up in six. All editions had a winner's share of $50,000, a substantial prize in its early years, significantly more than a major. The event changed to a limited field PGA Tour event in 1976 and continues as the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Courses

Years	Venue	Location
2009–2014	Port Royal Golf Course	Southampton, Bermuda
2007–2008	Mid Ocean Club	Tucker's Town, Bermuda
1994–2006	Poipu Bay Golf Course	Koloa, Hawaii
1992–1993	PGA West Nicklaus Resort Course	La Quinta, California
1991	Kauai Lagoons Resort	Kauai, Hawaii
1986–1990	Kemper Lakes Golf Club	Kildeer, Illinois
1982	PGA National Golf Club	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1981	Breakers West Golf Course	West Palm Beach, Florida
1980	Hazeltine National Golf Club	Chaska, Minnesota
1979	Oak Hill Country Club	Rochester, New York

Results

Year	Winner	Runner(s)-up	Third	Fourth
2014	Martin Kaymer (U.S. Open)	Bubba Watson (Masters)	Rory McIlroy (Open, PGA)	Jim Furyk (a)
2013	Adam Scott (Masters)	Justin Rose (U.S. Open)	Jason Dufner (PGA)	Pádraig Harrington (a)
2012	Pádraig Harrington (a)	Webb Simpson (U.S. Open)	(T3) Keegan Bradley (a) & Bubba Watson (Masters)
2011	Keegan Bradley (PGA)	Charl Schwartzel (Masters)	Rory McIlroy (U.S. Open)	Darren Clarke (Open)
2010	Ernie Els (a) (2)	David Toms (a)	(T3) Martin Kaymer (PGA) & Graeme McDowell (U.S. Open)
2009	Lucas Glover (U.S. Open)	Ángel Cabrera (Masters)	Stewart Cink (Open)	Yang Yong-eun (PGA)
2008	Jim Furyk (a) (2)	Pádraig Harrington (Open, PGA)	Retief Goosen (a)	Trevor Immelman (Masters)
2007	Ángel Cabrera (U.S. Open)	Pádraig Harrington (Open)	Jim Furyk (a)	Zach Johnson (Masters)
2006	Tiger Woods (Open, PGA) (7)	Jim Furyk (a)	Geoff Ogilvy (U.S. Open)	Mike Weir (a)
2005	Tiger Woods (Masters, Open) (6)	Phil Mickelson (PGA)	Michael Campbell (U.S. Open)	Vijay Singh (a)
2004	Phil Mickelson (Masters)	Vijay Singh (PGA)	Retief Goosen (U.S. Open)	Todd Hamilton (Open)
2003	Jim Furyk (U.S. Open)	Mike Weir (Masters)	Shaun Micheel (PGA)	Ben Curtis (Open)
2002	Tiger Woods (Masters, U.S. Open) (5)	(T2) Justin Leonard (a) & Davis Love III (a)		Rich Beem (PGA)
2001	Tiger Woods (Masters) (4)	David Toms (PGA)	Retief Goosen (U.S. Open)	David Duval (Open)
2000	Tiger Woods (U.S. Open, Open, PGA) (3)	Vijay Singh (Masters)	Tom Lehman (a)	Paul Azinger (a)
1999	Tiger Woods (PGA) (2)	Davis Love III (a)	José María Olazábal (Masters)	Paul Lawrie (Open)
1998	Tiger Woods (a)	Vijay Singh (PGA)	Lee Janzen (U.S. Open)	Mark O'Meara (Masters, Open)
1997	Ernie Els (U.S. Open)	Tiger Woods (Masters)	Davis Love III (PGA)	Justin Leonard (Open)
1996	Tom Lehman (Open)	Steve Jones (U.S. Open)	Nick Faldo (Masters)	Mark Brooks (PGA)
1995	Ben Crenshaw (Masters)	(T2) Steve Elkington (PGA) & Corey Pavin (U.S. Open)		John Daly (Open)
1994	Greg Norman (a) (3)	Nick Price (Open, PGA)	Ernie Els (U.S. Open)	José María Olazábal (Masters)
1993	Greg Norman (Open) (2)	Paul Azinger (PGA)	(T3) Lee Janzen (U.S. Open) & Bernhard Langer (Masters)
1992	Nick Price (PGA)	Tom Kite (U.S. Open)	Fred Couples (Masters)	Nick Faldo (Open)
1991	Ian Woosnam (Masters)	Ian Baker-Finch (Open)	Payne Stewart (U.S. Open)	John Daly (PGA)
1990	Andy North (a) (2)	Craig Stadler (a)	Payne Stewart (PGA)	Mike Ditka (b)^[9]
1989	Curtis Strange (U.S. Open)	Craig Stadler (a)	Ian Baker-Finch (a)	Greg Norman (a)
1988	Larry Nelson (PGA)	(T2) Larry Mize (Masters) & Scott Simpson (U.S. Open)		Greg Norman (a)
1987	No tournament
1986	Greg Norman (Open)	Fuzzy Zoeller (a)	(T3) Jack Nicklaus (Masters) & Bob Tway (PGA)
1983–85	No tournament
1982	Bill Rogers (Open)	David Graham (U.S. Open)	Larry Nelson (PGA)	Tom Watson (Masters)
1981	Lee Trevino (a)	Tom Watson (Open)	Jack Nicklaus (U.S. Open)	Seve Ballesteros (Masters)
1980	Lanny Wadkins (a)	Hale Irwin (U.S. Open)	(T3) David Graham (PGA) & Fuzzy Zoeller (Masters)
1979	(T1) Gary Player (Masters) & Andy North (U.S. Open)		(T3) John Mahaffey (PGA) & Jack Nicklaus (Open)