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Flip Through the Golf Record Book

Here on About.com Golf, we have various entries on golf records - highs and lows, bests and worsts, and much more from the PGA and LPGA tours, plus from the major championships and more. This page is where we gather all those records and link you to the index pages for the various tours' and majors' record books. Click the category of golf records in which you're interested to start paging through the record book.

PGA Tour Records

Here you'll find such records as most consecutive birdies in a row on the PGA Tour, best 72-, 18- and 9-hole stroke totals, youngest and oldest to win PGA Tour tournament. In other words, you'll find PGA Tour records!

LPGA Tour Records

What we said above, only for the LPGA Tour.

Masters Records

Tournament records at Augusta National Golf Club for The Masters.

U.S. Open Records

Tournament records at the United States Open Golf Championship, as kept by the United States Golf Association.

British Open Records

Bests and worsts, highs and lows at The Open Championship, a k a the British Open.

PGA Championship Records

Interesting records for the PGA Championship, governed by the PGA of America.

U.S. Women's Open Records

More USGA records, these for the U.S. Women's Open.

Ryder Cup Records

This selection of records for the biennial, U.S. vs. Europe competition includes the best and worst winning percentages for individual players.

The Players Championship Records

The bests, firsts and mosts from the PGA Tour's flagship tournament, The Players Championship.

Tournament Records

This link takes you to our index page of PGA Tour tournament profiles. Each of those profiles includes, among other things, the tournament records for low round and low final score. So if that's what you're looking for, this is where you want to go.

Miscellaneous Records in the FAQs

Consider this the "and more" entry on this list of golf records. In our FAQ section you'll find a handful of FAQs relating to miscellaneous golf records - such as the lowest 18-hole scores of all-time (professional or otherwise) and age-shooter records (such as most strokes below age). Scroll to the bottom of the FAQ index page and look under the "Most Popular FAQs" headline to find them.
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