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The ___MASK40___ World ___MASK17___ Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers ( although there is no rule prohibiting women from being ranked ). It was introduced in 1986 and is endorsed by the four major championships and six major professional tours , five of which are charter members of the International Federation of PGA Tours : ___MASK22___ ___MASK17___ tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional ___MASK17___ tournaments are organised into a regular schedule . There are separate tours for men and women , with each tour being based in a specific geographical region , although some of their tournaments may be held in other parts of the world . In ___MASK17___ the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained . An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status . A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not ___MASK93___ in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated ; a professional may not ___MASK93___ in amateur tournaments unless the Committee is notified , acknowledges and confirms the participation . It is very difficult for a professional to regain his or her amateur status ; simply agreeing not to take payment for a particular tournament is not enough . A player must apply to the governing body of the sport to have amateur status reinstated . The 2007 Open ___MASK59___ was the 136th Open ___MASK59___ , played 19 -- 22 ___MASK8___ at Carnoustie ___MASK17___ Links . Pádraig Harrington of Ireland defeated Sergio García of Spain in a playoff to take the title and his first major championship . A field of 156 players participated in the championship , and the purse was £ 4 , 200 , 000 ( an increase of £ 200 , 000 over 2006 ) ; the winner received £ 750 , 000 ( an increase of £ 30 , 000 over 2006 ) . Using conversion rates at the time of the tournament , the purse was € 6 , 158 , 474 for the European Tour ' s Order of Merit rankings and US $ 8 , 637 , 720 for the PGA Tour ' s ___MASK23___ list . The Players ___MASK59___ ( often styled as THE PLAYERS ___MASK59___ or THE PLAYERS ) is an annual ___MASK17___ tournament on the PGA Tour . Originally known as the Tournament Players ___MASK59___ , it began in 1974 . The Players ___MASK59___ offers the highest prize fund of any tournament in ___MASK17___ ($ 10 million in 2015 ). The field usually includes the top 50 players in the world rankings , but unlike the three major championships staged in the United States , it is not an official event on the European Tour . Sergio García Fernández ( born 9 ___MASK100___ ___MASK75___ ) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour . He has won over 20 international tournaments , including The Players Championship in 2008 . Carnoustie is a ___MASK82___ and former police burgh in the ___MASK15___ area of Angus , Scotland . It is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North ___MASK63___ coast . In the 2011 census , Carnoustie had a population of 11 , 394 , making it the fourth largest ___MASK82___ in Angus . The PGA ___MASK59___ ( often referred to as the U . S . PGA ___MASK59___ or U . S . PGA outside of the United States ) is an annual ___MASK17___ tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers ' Association of America . It is one of the four major championships in professional ___MASK17___ , and it is the ___MASK17___ ___MASK84___ ' s final major , played in mid - August on the third weekend prior to Labor Day weekend . ( It was rescheduled for 2016 to late July to accommodate ___MASK17___ ' s return to the Olympics .) It is an official ___MASK23___ event on the PGA Tour , European Tour , and Japan Golf Tour , with a purse of $ 10 million since the 97th edition in 2015 . Angus is one of the 32 local ___MASK24___ council areas of Scotland , a registration county and a lieutenancy area . The council area borders Aberdeenshire , Dundee City and Perth and Kinross . Main industries include agriculture and fishing . Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the north of the county . The Carnoustie ___MASK17___ Links are in Carnoustie , Angus , Scotland . Its historic championship ___MASK17___ ___MASK94___ is one of the venues in ___MASK4___ rotation . Ponte Vedra ___MASK42___ is an unincorporated seaside ___MASK62___ in St . Johns County , Florida , United States . Located eighteen miles ( 29 km ) southeast of downtown Jacksonville and north of St . Augustine , it is part of the Jacksonville Beaches area . ___MASK4___ , often referred to as The Open or the British Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf . Held in the United Kingdom , it is administered by The R & A and is the only major outside the United States . The Open is currently the third major of the year , between the U . S . Open and the PGA Championship , and is played in mid - July . Scotland ( Scots : ) is a ___MASK55___ that is ___MASK18___ of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the ___MASK43___ of Great Britain . It shares a border with ___MASK25___ to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North ___MASK63___ to the east and the North Channel and Irish ___MASK63___ to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the ___MASK55___ is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . PGA Tour Canada is a men ' s ___MASK22___ ___MASK17___ tour headquartered in Oakville , Ontario . It was formally started in 1970 and was initially known as the Peter Jackson Tour , and became the Canadian Professional ___MASK17___ Tour in 1986 . The U . S . PGA Tour took over operation of the tour on November 1 , 2012 , at which time it was renamed PGA Tour Canada . Historically , it has been commonly known as the Canadian Tour . The Web . com Tour is the developmental tour for the U . S .- based PGA Tour , and features ___MASK22___ golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour , or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx ___MASK37___ points to stay at that level . Those who are on the top ___MASK5___ of the ___MASK23___ list at year ' s end are given PGA Tour memberships for the next season . Since the 2013 season , the Web . com Tour has been the dominant pathway for non - members to earn their PGA Tour card , and Q - School has been for entry onto the Web . com tour , not the PGA Tour as was previously the case . Pádraig P . Harrington ( born 31 ___MASK16___ 1971 ) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour . He has won three major championships : ___MASK4___ in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship , also in 2008 . He has spent over 300 weeks in the top - 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking , and reached a career - high ranking of third in July 2008 . China , officially the ___MASK77___ ' s ___MASK72___ of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK64___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . ___MASK17___ is a club and ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a ___MASK94___ in as few strokes as possible . The PGA Tour ( officially rendered in all ___MASK92___ letters , as PGA TOUR ) is the organizer of the main professional ___MASK17___ tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America . It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour , as well as PGA Tour Champions ( for golfers ___MASK56___ 50 and older ) and the Web . com Tour ( for professional players who have not yet qualified to play in the PGA Tour ), as well as PGA Tour Canada , PGA Tour Latinoamérica , and PGA Tour China . It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach , Florida , a suburb of Jacksonville . PGA Tour China is a China - based men ' s ___MASK22___ ___MASK17___ tour as part of the PGA Tour ' s global expansion . The tour started in 2014 .