British Open Golf Championship 2008
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The game of professional golf in America
Professional golf is one of the most popular games in America. Players like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson are known across the world. With the advent of high-profile professional golfers like Tiger Woods, professional golf in the United States has skyrocketed in the current principal. With this in mind, here's a look at the game of golf and American professional golf tournaments. The PGA Tour is one of the most important tournaments in the USA. It takes place on an annual basis, usually in August. The tournament is the last of the four major championships and the cash reward for winning the tournament is the whopping $ 7,000,000. Another major tournament is the Masters. It is one of America's most popular and prestigious golf championships. The Masters is held every year in the field same course located in Augusta, Georgia. The regular schedule for this tournament kicks off in the first weekend of April. The cash reward for the Masters is a little more larger than the PGA tour this is a total of $ 7,500,000. Once the Masters tournament is over, golfers have a month off and then return in June to tour tournament resume. The big event of the day, the U.S. Open. U.S. Open shares a similarity with the PGA Championship is played at different courses. However, the game is a little more difficult because the courses chosen in this tournament are often more difficult it more difficult to obtain good results. Tiger Woods has the record the best score and won a 12 in the U.S. 2000 Open. Another similarity shared by the two championships is the prize money is $ 7,000,000 as well. Finally, one of the richest prizes for a golf tournament in America is The Players Championship. Owned and operated by the PGA Tour. The prize from 2008 was $ 9.5 million. This tournament is played annually at the Stadium Course at the Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass (TPC at Sawgrass) in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Besides money $ 9,500,000 prize, the winner will also receive 80 points on their Official World Golf Ranking, a 5-year exemption on the PGA Tour, an invitation three years of the Masters, a three-year exemption for the British Open, and an exemption for the British Open and PGA Championship that year. The field is usually in the top 50 golfers in the world ranking. The Players Championship is world renowned for the signature hole the Stadium Course - the 17th hole (par 3), also known as "the Green Island." The last three holes are considered one of the toughest finishes in golf. The Players Championship is played in mid-May each year. For golf lovers, a holiday in the United States should include one of these tournaments. It is a good and rare opportunity to see the best players in the world battle it out in the the course.
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