By The Numbers

6 - The age at which Tiger Woods made his first holein-one. The ace took place on May 12, 1982. Woods, who has misremembered making his first ace at the age of eight, was born on Dec. 30, 1975, which makes him 6 at the time of the hole in one. The event happened at Heartwell Golf Course in Long Beach, Calif. Heartwell is a 2,143-yard par-3 course with a par of 54 and it’s still around today, if you’d like to try. By the way, Woods has collected 20 aces over his lifetime.

151 - The number of British Opens the event at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, England represents, when it is conducted July 20-23. The “Open Championship,” as it is known in Europe, is the oldest of golf’s majors, first conducted in 1860. This championship will be the 13th at Royal Liverpool. Rory McIlroy captured the last British Open at Royal Liverpool in 2014. He opened the tournament with a 66 and went wire to wire to capture the third leg of the career Grand Slam. McIlroy won the 2014 PGA at Valhalla a month later, but has not won a major championship since. Some other notable British Open winners at Hoylake include Tiger Woods, Peter Thomson, Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones.

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- As in days, as in the time it normally takes a player to complete the 18 holes of Nullarbor Links, aka the longest golf course in the world. The par-72 course, located in Southern Australia, is spread over 848 miles … that’s right, miles! The unique design features one hole in each of 18 towns along the Eyre Highway. In other words, this is not course you would want to walk, even with a pull-cart. While it is recommended to set aside for days to complete a round, speedy players have been known to finish in three days.

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- Scott Langley’s score in the 2018 Web .com (now Korn Ferry) Panama Championship at Panama Golf Club. The score amounted to 7-under par, good enough to capture the championship, Langley’s only win during a 10 year professional career. The Parkway South High grad also made the cut at the 2010 U.S. Open as an amateur, after winning the 2010 NCAA individual championship at Illinois. The lefthander also won the Metropolitan Open in consecutive years, 2008-09, and the Metropolitan Amateur in 2010. Langley retired from pro golf in 2021 and in December 2002 became the USGA’s head of men’s player relations.

42 - The percentage of the world’s golf courses that are located the United States. According to a 2021 report by the National Golf Foundation, 38,081 golf courses exist across 206 countries and dependent territories. More than 16,000 of those courses are in the U.S., or 42 percent. While the U.S. has by far the most, it is not close to being the most golf-intensive. While the U.S. has 0.004 layouts per square mile, the UK is the most golf-centric nation in the top 10 of “most courses,” boasting a density of 0.033 per square mile, or a course every 22.8 square miles. In terms of volume, Japan has the second-highest number of golf courses globally and is the only non-English-speaking country in the top 5.

1998 - The year Persimmon Woods Golf Club opened. The highly-regarded layout covers 6,939 yards from the back tees and is a classic Midwestern design. Persimmon will host the 2023 Metropolitan Amateur for the third time Aug. 3-5. The club also staged the championship in 2003, when Scott Edwards beat Shawn Jasper in a three-hole playoff, and in 2013, when Kyle Weldon won his second consecutive Jim Tom Blair Trophy.