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Top 10 ... plus one

Yeah, yeah. We know the British Open is golf's oldest event, and then the U.S. Open, but what comes next?
 
According to the PGA Tour, here are its top 10 longest running events (first year in parentheses): 1, British Open (1860); 2, U.S. Open (1895); 3, BMW Championship (1899); 4, RBC Canadian Open (1904); 5, PGA Championship (1916); 6, Valero Texas Open (1922); 7, Northern Trust Open (1926); 8, FBR Open (1932); 9, Masters (1934); 10, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (1937).

And next week's Zurich Classic of New Orleans joined the list in 1938 and is the 11th oldest event on the PGA Tour.

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