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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.
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 0,000 went to the winner. This was the lowest first prize some of the competitors have played for all year, but on the other hand there was a guaranteed 0,000 for coming in last. From 1991 to 2005, the prize fund was million, of which 0,000 went to the winner. In 2006, the purse was .25 million, with 0,000 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.
[6]
After being unable to find a suitable course, the 2015 event was canceled
2014
Martin Kaymer (U.S. Open)
United States Bubba Watson (Masters)
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (Open, PGA)
United States Jim Furyk (a)
2013
Adam Scott (Masters)
England Justin Rose (U.S. Open)
United States Jason Dufner (PGA)
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (a)
2012
Pádraig Harrington (a)
United States Webb Simpson (U.S. Open)
(T3) United States Keegan Bradley (a) & United States Bubba Watson (Masters)
2011
Keegan Bradley (PGA)
South Africa Charl Schwartzel (Masters)
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (U.S. Open)
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (Open)
2010
Ernie Els (a) (2)
United States David Toms (a)
(T3) Germany Martin Kaymer (PGA) & Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (U.S. Open)
2009
Lucas Glover (U.S. Open)
Argentina Ángel Cabrera (Masters)
United States Stewart Cink (Open)
South Korea Yang Yong-eun (PGA)