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disc</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_gymnastics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in gymnastics (page does not exist)">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_handball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in handball (page does not exist)">Handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_ice_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 in ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_ice_sports" title="2009 in ice sports">Ice sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_korfball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in korfball (page does not exist)">Korfball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_lumberjack_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in lumberjack sports (page does not exist)">Lumberjack sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_mind_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in mind sports (page does not exist)">Mind sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_modern_pentathlon" title="2009 in modern pentathlon">Modern pentathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_motorsport" title="2009 in motorsport">Motorsport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_orienteering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in orienteering (page does not exist)">Orienteering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_paralympic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in paralympic sports (page does not exist)">Paralympic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_precision_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in precision sports (page does not exist)">Precision sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_shooting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in shooting (page does not exist)">Shooting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_racquetball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in racquetball (page does not exist)">Racquetball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_roller_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in roller sports (page does not exist)">Roller sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_sailing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in sailing (page does not exist)">Sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_skiing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in skiing (page does not exist)">Skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_speedway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in speedway (page does not exist)">Speedway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_rugby_league_in_2009&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International rugby league in 2009 (page does not exist)">Rugby league‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_rugby_union" title="2009 in rugby union">Rugby union</a></li> <li>Snooker <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_snooker_season" title="2008–09 snooker season">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_snooker_season" title="2009–10 snooker season">2009–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_strength_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in strength sports (page does not exist)">Strength sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_weightlifting" title="2009 in weightlifting">Weightlifting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_squash_sport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in squash sport (page does not exist)">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_table_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in table tennis (page does not exist)">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_tennis" title="2009 in tennis">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_triathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in triathlon (page does not exist)">Triathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_volleyball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in volleyball (page does not exist)">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2009. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Men's_professional_golf"><span id="Men.27s_professional_golf"></span>Men's professional golf</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_golf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Men's professional golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">Major championships</a></b> </p> <ul><li>9–12 April: <b><a href="/wiki/2009_Masters_Tournament" title="2009 Masters Tournament">The Masters</a></b> - Argentina's <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Cabrera" title="Ángel Cabrera">Ángel Cabrera</a> won his second major in a sudden death playoff over <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Perry" title="Kenny Perry">Kenny Perry</a> (second hole) and <a href="/wiki/Chad_Campbell" title="Chad Campbell">Chad Campbell</a> (eliminated on first playoff hole).</li> <li>18–22 June: <b><a href="/wiki/2009_U.S._Open_Golf_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship">U.S. Open</a></b> - In a tournament plagued by rain, causing most of the final round to be played on Monday, American <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Glover" title="Lucas Glover">Lucas Glover</a> won his first major by two shots over fellow Americans <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Barnes" title="Ricky Barnes">Ricky Barnes</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Duval" title="David Duval">David Duval</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a>.</li> <li>16–19 July: <b><a href="/wiki/2009_Open_Championship" title="2009 Open Championship">The Open Championship</a></b> - In a return to Turnberry, the site of one of his legendary 1977 win, 59-year-old <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson_(golfer)" title="Tom Watson (golfer)">Tom Watson</a> led for much of the tournament before losing to fellow-American <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Cink" title="Stewart Cink">Stewart Cink</a> in a four hole playoff. <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> missed the cut — his second missed cut in a major as a professional.</li> <li>13–16 August: <b><a href="/wiki/2009_PGA_Championship" title="2009 PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a></b> - <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korean</a> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Yong-eun" title="Yang Yong-eun">Y.E. Yang</a> became the first Asian-born player to win a men's major championship, winning by three shots over Tiger Woods. This marked the first time that Woods failed to win a major after holding the third-round lead.</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/World_Golf_Championships" title="World Golf Championships">World Golf Championships</a></b> </p> <ul><li>26 February-1 March: <a href="/wiki/2009_WGC-Accenture_Match_Play_Championship" title="2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship">WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship</a> - Australian <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Ogilvy" title="Geoff Ogilvy">Geoff Ogilvy</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Paul_Casey" title="Paul Casey">Paul Casey</a> of England 4&3</li> <li>12–15 March <a href="/wiki/2009_WGC-CA_Championship" title="2009 WGC-CA Championship">WGC-CA Championship</a> - <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a> from the USA won at -19, one stroke ahead of fellow American <a href="/wiki/Nick_Watney" title="Nick Watney">Nick Watney</a>.</li> <li>6–9 August: <a href="/wiki/2009_WGC-Bridgestone_Invitational" title="2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational">WGC-Bridgestone Invitational</a> - American <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> won his 7th Bridgestone Invitational and 16th WGC.</li> <li>3–6 November: <a href="/wiki/2009_WGC-HSBC_Champions" title="2009 WGC-HSBC Champions">WGC-HSBC Champions</a> - <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a> won the HSBC Champions for the second time and his second WGC of the year.</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/FedEx_Cup" title="FedEx Cup">FedEx Cup</a> playoff events</b> - see <a href="/wiki/2009_FedEx_Cup_Playoffs" title="2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs">2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs</a> </p> <ul><li>27–30 August: <a href="/wiki/The_Barclays" class="mw-redirect" title="The Barclays">The Barclays</a> - American <a href="/wiki/Heath_Slocum" title="Heath Slocum">Heath Slocum</a>, who barely qualified for the playoffs, sank a 20-foot (6 m) par putt on the final hole to secure a one-shot win over a distinguished group made up of <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Els" title="Ernie Els">Ernie Els</a>, <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stricker" title="Steve Stricker">Steve Stricker</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a>.</li> <li>4–7 September: <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bank_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutsche Bank Championship">Deutsche Bank Championship</a> - American <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stricker" title="Steve Stricker">Steve Stricker</a> won for the third time this season, edging out countrymen <a href="/wiki/Jason_Dufner" title="Jason Dufner">Jason Dufner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Verplank" title="Scott Verplank">Scott Verplank</a> by one shot.</li> <li>10–13 September: <a href="/wiki/BMW_Championship_(PGA_Tour)" title="BMW Championship (PGA Tour)">BMW Championship</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> won for the sixth time this season. He won by eight strokes to take the lead in the points standings into The Tour Championship.</li> <li>24–27 September: <a href="/wiki/The_Tour_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tour Championship">The Tour Championship</a> - <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a> won by three shots over <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a>, whose second-place finish gave him the FedEx Cup.</li></ul> <p><b>Other leading PGA Tour events</b> </p> <ul><li>7–10 May: <a href="/wiki/2009_Players_Championship" title="2009 Players Championship">The Players Championship</a> - <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Stenson" title="Henrik Stenson">Henrik Stenson</a> from Sweden won at -12, four strokes ahead of <a href="/wiki/Ian_Poulter" title="Ian Poulter">Ian Poulter</a>.</li></ul> <p><i>For a complete list of PGA Tour results see <a href="/wiki/2009_PGA_Tour" title="2009 PGA Tour">2009 PGA Tour</a>.</i> </p><p><b>Other Leading European Tour events</b> </p> <ul><li>21–24 May: <a href="/wiki/BMW_PGA_Championship" title="BMW PGA Championship">BMW PGA Championship</a> - <a href="/wiki/Paul_Casey" title="Paul Casey">Paul Casey</a> birdied the final two holes to capture his third win of the year and move into third place in the world rankings.</li> <li>19–22 November: <a href="/wiki/Dubai_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Dubai World Championship">Dubai World Championship</a> - <a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Lee Westwood</a> won the inaugural contest, setting a course record of 64 in the final round to win by six strokes.</li></ul> <p><i>For a complete list of European Tour results see <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Tour" title="2009 European Tour">2009 European Tour</a>.</i> </p><p><b>Team events</b> </p> <ul><li>24–27 September: <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Trophy_with_Seve_Ballesteros" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros">Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros</a> - Team Great Britain & Ireland defeated Team Continental Europe 16½–11½. This was the fifth consecutive win for Team GB&I.</li> <li>8–11 October: <a href="/wiki/2009_Presidents_Cup" title="2009 Presidents Cup">Presidents Cup</a> - The U.S. Team defeated the International Team 19½–14½. This was the Americans' third consecutive win.</li></ul> <p><b>Tour leaders</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>10,508,163) <ul><li>Woods also earned a $10 million bonus ($9 million up front and $1 million deferred) for winning the FedEx Cup points race.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Lee Westwood</a> (<a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>4,237,762) <ul><li>This total includes the bonus of US$1.5 million (€996,810) earned for winning the Race to Dubai.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Golf_Tour" title="Japan Golf Tour">Japan Golf Tour</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ryo_Ishikawa" title="Ryo Ishikawa">Ryo Ishikawa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_Yen" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Yen">¥</a>183,524,051)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Tour" title="Asian Tour">Asian Tour</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thongchai_Jaidee" title="Thongchai Jaidee">Thongchai Jaidee</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>981,932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_of_Australasia" title="PGA Tour of Australasia">PGA Tour of Australasia</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sim" title="Michael Sim">Michael Sim</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">A$</a>315,087.66)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Tour" title="Sunshine Tour">Sunshine Tour</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anders_Hansen" title="Anders Hansen">Anders Hansen</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_rand" title="South African rand">R</a>4,286,038.20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OneAsia_Tour" title="OneAsia Tour">OneAsia Tour</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Strange" title="Scott Strange">Scott Strange</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>505,783.76)</li></ul> <p><b>Awards</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FedEx_Cup" title="FedEx Cup">FedEx Cup</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour#Player_and_rookie_of_the_year_awards" title="PGA Tour">PGA Player of the Year</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour#Player_and_rookie_of_the_year_awards" title="PGA Tour">Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour#Money_winners_and_most_wins_leaders" title="PGA Tour">Leading money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vardon_Trophy" title="Vardon Trophy">Vardon Trophy</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vardon_Trophy" title="Vardon Trophy">Byron Nelson Award</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour#Player_and_rookie_of_the_year_awards" title="PGA Tour">Rookie of the Year</a> - <a href="/wiki/Marc_Leishman" title="Marc Leishman">Marc Leishman</a></li> <li>Comeback Player of the Year - Not awarded<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payne_Stewart_Award" title="Payne Stewart Award">Payne Stewart Award</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Perry" title="Kenny Perry">Kenny Perry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a> <ul><li>Player of the Year - <a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Lee Westwood</a></li> <li>Rookie of the Year - <a href="/wiki/Chris_Wood_(golfer)" title="Chris Wood (golfer)">Chris Wood</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour">Champions Tour</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour_awards#Charles_Schwab_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour awards">Charles Schwab Cup</a> – <a href="/wiki/Loren_Roberts" title="Loren Roberts">Loren Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour_awards#Player-elected_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour awards">Player of the Year</a> - <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Bernhard Langer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour_awards#Player-elected_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour awards">Rookie of the Year</a> - <a href="/wiki/Russ_Cochran" title="Russ Cochran">Russ Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour_awards#Player-elected_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour awards">Comeback Player of the Year</a> -</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour_awards#Statistical_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour awards">Leading money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Bernhard Langer</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>2,139,451)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationwide Tour">Nationwide Tour</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_Tour#Money_list_and_Player_of_the_Year_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationwide Tour">Leading money winner</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sim" title="Michael Sim">Michael Sim</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>644,142)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_Tour#Money_list_and_Player_of_the_Year_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationwide Tour">Player of the Year</a> - <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sim" title="Michael Sim">Michael Sim</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Other tour results</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Asian_Tour" title="2009 Asian Tour">2009 Asian Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_PGA_Tour_of_Australasia" title="2009 PGA Tour of Australasia">2009 PGA Tour of Australasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Canadian_Tour" title="2009 Canadian Tour">2009 Canadian Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Challenge_Tour" title="2009 Challenge Tour">2009 Challenge Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Japan_Golf_Tour" title="2009 Japan Golf Tour">2009 Japan Golf Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Nationwide_Tour" title="2009 Nationwide Tour">2009 Nationwide Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Sunshine_Tour" title="2009 Sunshine Tour">2009 Sunshine Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Tour_de_las_Am%C3%A9ricas" title="2009 Tour de las Américas">2009 Tour de las Américas</a></li></ul> <p><b>Other happenings</b> </p> <ul><li>22 February: 18-year-old New Zealander <a href="/wiki/Danny_Lee_(golfer)" title="Danny Lee (golfer)">Danny Lee</a> became the second amateur golfer to win a <a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a> event, at the <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Walker_Classic" title="Johnnie Walker Classic">Johnnie Walker Classic</a>. Lee also became the youngest ever winner on the <a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-08aus_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-08aus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 September: 17-year-old Japanese golfer <a href="/wiki/Ryo_Ishikawa" title="Ryo Ishikawa">Ryo Ishikawa</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Rory_McIlroy" title="Rory McIlroy">Rory McIlroy</a>'s record as the youngest ever golfer to reach the top 50 of the <a href="/wiki/Official_World_Golf_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="Official World Golf Rankings">Official World Golf Rankings</a>.</li> <li>27 November: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> was involved in an early morning car accident close to his Orlando, Florida home. A media storm subsequently developed around the circumstances of the accident and newspaper allegations that Woods had been having an extra-marital affair. Woods pulled out of his <a href="/wiki/Chevron_World_Challenge" class="mw-redirect" title="Chevron World Challenge">Chevron World Challenge</a> tournament and admitted to 'transgressions' and apologised for letting his family down. Subsequently, after multiple women came forward alleging to have had affairs with Woods, he announced on 11 December that he would be taking an indefinite leave from competitive golf, and admitted to marital infidelity.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women's_professional_golf"><span id="Women.27s_professional_golf"></span>Women's professional golf</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_golf&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Women's professional golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">LPGA majors</a></b> </p> <ul><li>2–5 April: <b><a href="/wiki/2009_Kraft_Nabisco_Championship" title="2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship">Kraft Nabisco Championship</a></b> - American <a href="/wiki/Brittany_Lincicome" title="Brittany Lincicome">Brittany Lincicome</a> won her third LPGA tournament and first major after scoring an eagle on the last hole.</li> <li>11–14 June: <b><a href="/wiki/LPGA_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Championship">LPGA Championship</a></b> - Swedish rookie <a href="/wiki/Anna_Nordqvist" title="Anna Nordqvist">Anna Nordqvist</a> won her first major and first LPGA tournament by four strokes over <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Wright" title="Lindsey Wright">Lindsey Wright</a>.</li> <li>9–12 July: <b><a href="/wiki/2009_U.S._Women%27s_Open" title="2009 U.S. Women's Open">U.S. Women's Open</a></b> - A birdie on the 72nd hole gave Korean <a href="/wiki/Eun-Hee_Ji" class="mw-redirect" title="Eun-Hee Ji">Eun-Hee Ji</a> a one-shot win over <a href="/wiki/Candie_Kung" title="Candie Kung">Candie Kung</a> for her first major and second LPGA tournament title.</li> <li>30 July-2 August: <b><a href="/wiki/2009_Women%27s_British_Open" title="2009 Women's British Open">Ricoh Women's British Open</a></b> - <a href="/wiki/Catriona_Matthew" title="Catriona Matthew">Catriona Matthew</a> became the first Scottish woman to win a major, competing 11 weeks after giving birth to her second child.</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Ladies_European_Tour" title="Ladies European Tour">Ladies European Tour</a> major</b> (in addition to the Women's British Open) </p> <ul><li>23–26 July: <a href="/wiki/2019_Evian_Championship" title="2019 Evian Championship">Evian Masters</a> - Japan's <a href="/wiki/Ai_Miyazato" title="Ai Miyazato">Ai Miyazato</a> defeated Sweden's <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Gustafson" title="Sophie Gustafson">Sophie Gustafson</a> on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff for her first LPGA Tour win.</li></ul> <p><i>For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see <a href="/wiki/Ladies_European_Tour" title="Ladies European Tour">Ladies European Tour</a>.</i> </p><p><b>Additional LPGA Tour events</b> </p> <ul><li>17–20 September: <a href="/wiki/Samsung_World_Championship" title="Samsung World Championship">Samsung World Championship</a> - Korean <a href="/wiki/Na_Yeon_Choi" class="mw-redirect" title="Na Yeon Choi">Na Yeon Choi</a> won her first LPGA Tour title by one shot over <a href="/wiki/Ai_Miyazato" title="Ai Miyazato">Ai Miyazato</a> of Japan.</li> <li>19–23 November: <a href="/wiki/LPGA_Tour_Championship" title="LPGA Tour Championship">LPGA Tour Championship</a> - Rookie <a href="/wiki/Anna_Nordqvist" title="Anna Nordqvist">Anna Nordqvist</a> won the rain-shortened championship, her second win of the 2009 season.</li></ul> <p><i>For a complete list of LPGA Tour results see <a href="/wiki/LPGA_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Tour">LPGA Tour</a>.</i> </p><p><b>Team events</b> </p> <ul><li>21–23 August: <a href="/wiki/2009_Solheim_Cup" title="2009 Solheim Cup">Solheim Cup</a> - Team <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a> won the Cup for the third straight meeting with a 16–12 victory over Team <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>.</li></ul> <p><b>Money list leaders</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LPGA_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Tour">LPGA Tour</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jiyai_Shin" title="Jiyai Shin">Jiyai Shin</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>1,807,334)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladies_European_Tour" title="Ladies European Tour">Ladies European Tour</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Gustafson" title="Sophie Gustafson">Sophie Gustafson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>281,315)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duramed_Futures_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Duramed Futures Tour">Duramed Futures Tour</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mina_Harigae" title="Mina Harigae">Mina Harigae</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>88,386)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LPGA_of_Korea_Tour" title="LPGA of Korea Tour">LPGA of Korea Tour</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hee_Kyung_Seo" class="mw-redirect" title="Hee Kyung Seo">Hee Kyung Seo</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Korean_won" title="South Korean won">₩</a>663,759,286)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LPGA_of_Japan_Tour" title="LPGA of Japan Tour">LPGA of Japan Tour</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sakura_Yokomine" title="Sakura Yokomine">Sakura Yokomine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a>175,016,384)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladies_Asian_Golf_Tour" title="Ladies Asian Golf Tour">Ladies Asian Golf Tour</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo-Mi_Suh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bo-Mi Suh (page does not exist)">Bo-Mi Suh</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>48,500)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ALPG_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="ALPG Tour">ALPG Tour</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Hull" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine Hull">Katherine Hull</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">A$</a>125,980)</li></ul> <p><b>Awards</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LPGA_Tour_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Tour Player of the Year">LPGA Tour Player of the Year</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lorena_Ochoa" title="Lorena Ochoa">Lorena Ochoa</a> claimed the title for the fourth consecutive year</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LPGA_Tour_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year">LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jiyai_Shin" title="Jiyai Shin">Jiyai Shin</a> won over second-place finisher <a href="/wiki/Anna_Nordqvist" title="Anna Nordqvist">Anna Nordqvist</a></li> <li>LPGA Tour <a href="/wiki/Vare_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Vare Trophy">Vare Trophy</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lorena_Ochoa" title="Lorena Ochoa">Lorena Ochoa</a> won the title with a scoring average of 70.16.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LET_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="LET Player of the Year">LET Player of the Year</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Catriona_Matthew" title="Catriona Matthew">Catriona Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LET_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="LET Rookie of the Year">LET Rookie of the Year</a> – <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anna_Nordqvist" title="Anna Nordqvist">Anna Nordqvist</a> clinched the title while playing only six events on the tour.</li></ul> <p><b>Other happenings</b> </p> <ul><li>13 July: LPGA commissioner <a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Bivens" title="Carolyn Bivens">Carolyn Bivens</a> resigned under pressure from players after four years in the job. <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Evans" class="mw-redirect" title="Marsha Evans">Marsha Evans</a> was named interim commissioner while a search was undertaken for a permanent replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-bivens-resign_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bivens-resign-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 October: The LPGA Tour announced that <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Whan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Whan (page does not exist)">Michael Whan</a> had been hired as its new commissioner.<sup id="cite_ref-whanhired_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whanhired-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18 November: The LPGA announced that the 2010 <a href="/wiki/LPGA_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Championship">LPGA Championship</a> will be sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Wegmans" title="Wegmans">Wegmans</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>, in place of that city's annual <a href="/wiki/Wegmans_LPGA" title="Wegmans LPGA">Wegmans LPGA</a> tour stop. The LPGA Championship used to be sponsored by <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> and took place in eastern Maryland.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senior_men's_professional_golf"><span id="Senior_men.27s_professional_golf"></span>Senior men's professional golf</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_golf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Senior men's professional golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Senior_major_golf_championships" title="Senior major golf championships">Senior majors</a></b> </p> <ul><li>21–24 May: <b><a href="/wiki/Senior_PGA_Championship" title="Senior PGA Championship">Senior PGA Championship</a></b> - Playing in his first <a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour">Champions Tour</a> event, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Allen_(golfer)" title="Michael Allen (golfer)">Michael Allen</a> won by two shots over <a href="/wiki/Larry_Mize" title="Larry Mize">Larry Mize</a>, becoming the first player since <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus" title="Jack Nicklaus">Jack Nicklaus</a> in 1990 to win a major in his Champions Tour debut.</li> <li>23–26 July: <b><a href="/wiki/Senior_British_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior British Open">Senior British Open</a></b> - American <a href="/wiki/Loren_Roberts" title="Loren Roberts">Loren Roberts</a> won his second Senior British Open and fourth senior major in a playoff with <a href="/wiki/Fred_Funk" title="Fred Funk">Fred Funk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_McNulty" title="Mark McNulty">Mark McNulty</a>.</li> <li>30 July-2 August: <b><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senior_Open" title="U.S. Senior Open">U.S. Senior Open</a></b> - American <a href="/wiki/Fred_Funk" title="Fred Funk">Fred Funk</a> won his second senior major by six strokes over <a href="/wiki/Joey_Sindelar" title="Joey Sindelar">Joey Sindelar</a>.</li> <li>20–23 August: <b><a href="/wiki/The_Tradition" title="The Tradition">JELD-WEN Tradition</a></b> - American <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reid_(golfer)" title="Mike Reid (golfer)">Mike Reid</a> won his second senior major in a playoff with <a href="/wiki/John_Cook_(golfer)" title="John Cook (golfer)">John Cook</a>.</li> <li>1–4 October: <b><a href="/wiki/Senior_Players_Championship" title="Senior Players Championship">Senior Players Championship</a></b> - American <a href="/wiki/Jay_Haas" title="Jay Haas">Jay Haas</a> won his third senior major, shooting six-under 64 in the final round to chase down <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson_(golfer)" title="Tom Watson (golfer)">Tom Watson</a> by one shot.</li></ul> <p><b>Full results</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Champions_Tour" title="2009 Champions Tour">2009 Champions Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Senior_Tour" title="2009 European Senior Tour">2009 European Senior Tour</a></li></ul> <p><b>Money list leaders</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour">Champions Tour</a> - German <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Bernhard Langer</a> topped the money list for the second straight year with earnings of <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>2,139,451.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Senior_Tour" title="European Senior Tour">European Senior Tour</a> - Scotsman <a href="/wiki/Sam_Torrance" title="Sam Torrance">Sam Torrance</a> topped the Order of Merit with earnings of <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>170,696.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amateur_golf">Amateur golf</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_golf&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Amateur golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>19–22 May: <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Golf_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Golf Championship">NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships</a> - <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils" title="Arizona State Sun Devils">Arizona State</a> won its seventh team championship. <a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(golfer)" title="María Hernández (golfer)">María Hernández</a> of <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers" title="Purdue Boilermakers">Purdue</a> won the individual title.</li> <li>27–30 May: <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Golf_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships">NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships</a> - <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies" title="Texas A&M Aggies">Texas A&M</a> won its first team championship. <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks" title="Arkansas Razorbacks">Arkansas</a> finished strong, coming in as a runner-up. <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hill_(golfer)" title="Matt Hill (golfer)">Matt Hill</a> of <a href="/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack" title="NC State Wolfpack">North Carolina State</a> won the individual title.</li> <li>14–20 June: <a href="/wiki/The_Amateur_Championship" title="The Amateur Championship">The Amateur Championship</a> - Sixteen-year-old <a href="/wiki/Matteo_Manassero" title="Matteo Manassero">Matteo Manassero</a> of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> became the youngest person and first Italian ever to win the event.</li> <li>3–9 August: <a href="/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Amateur" title="U.S. Women's Amateur">U.S. Women's Amateur</a> - <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">Korean</a>-American <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Song" title="Jennifer Song">Jennifer Song</a> defeated American <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Johnson_(golfer)" title="Jennifer Johnson (golfer)">Jennifer Johnson</a> 3 & 1.</li> <li>24–30 August: <a href="/wiki/U.S._Amateur" title="U.S. Amateur">U.S. Amateur</a> - Seventeen-year-old Korean <a href="/wiki/An_Byeong-hun" title="An Byeong-hun">An Byeong-hun</a> became the youngest person and first from his country to win the event.</li> <li>12–13 September: <a href="/wiki/Walker_Cup" title="Walker Cup">Walker Cup</a> - Team USA won the Cup for the third straight time, defeating Team Great Britain & Ireland 16½–9½.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_Golf_Hall_of_Fame_inductees"><a href="/wiki/World_Golf_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Golf Hall of Fame">World Golf Hall of Fame</a> inductees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_golf&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World Golf Hall of Fame inductees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> (Lifetime Achievement)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christy_O%27Connor_Snr" title="Christy O'Connor Snr">Christy O'Connor Snr</a> (Veterans)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">José María Olazábal</a> (International)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lanny_Wadkins" title="Lanny Wadkins">Lanny Wadkins</a> (PGA Tour)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Table_of_results">Table of results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_golf&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Table of results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This table summarizes all the results referred to above in date order. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Dates</th> <th>Tournament</th> <th>Status or tour</th> <th>Winner </th></tr> <tr> <td>26 Feb-1 Mar</td> <td><a href="/wiki/WGC-Accenture_Match_Play_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship">WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Golf_Championships" title="World Golf Championships">World Golf Championships</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Ogilvy" title="Geoff Ogilvy">Geoff Ogilvy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12-15 Mar</td> <td><a href="/wiki/WGC-CA_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WGC-CA Championship">WGC-CA Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Golf_Championships" title="World Golf Championships">World Golf Championships</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2-5 Apr</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kraft_Nabisco_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Kraft Nabisco Championship">Kraft Nabisco Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">LPGA major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brittany_Lincicome" title="Brittany Lincicome">Brittany Lincicome</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9-12 Apr</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Masters_Tournament" title="Masters Tournament">The Masters</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">Men's major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Cabrera" title="Ángel Cabrera">Ángel Cabrera</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7–10 May</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Players_Championship" title="The Players Championship">The Players Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Stenson" title="Henrik Stenson">Henrik Stenson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19–22 May</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Golf_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Golf Championship">NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships</a></td> <td>U.S. college championship</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils" title="Arizona State Sun Devils">Arizona St.</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(golfer)" title="María Hernández (golfer)">María Hernández</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21–24 May</td> <td><a href="/wiki/BMW_PGA_Championship" title="BMW PGA Championship">BMW PGA Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Casey" title="Paul Casey">Paul Casey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21–24 May</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_PGA_Championship" title="Senior PGA Championship">Senior PGA Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_major_golf_championships" title="Senior major golf championships">Senior major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Allen_(golfer)" title="Michael Allen (golfer)">Michael Allen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27–30 May</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Golf_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships">NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships</a></td> <td>U.S. college championship</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies" title="Texas A&M Aggies">Texas A&M</a> / <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hill_(golfer)" title="Matt Hill (golfer)">Matt Hill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11-14 Jun</td> <td><a href="/wiki/LPGA_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Championship">LPGA Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">LPGA major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anna_Nordqvist" title="Anna Nordqvist">Anna Nordqvist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14-20 Jun</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Amateur_Championship" title="The Amateur Championship">The Amateur Championship</a></td> <td>Amateur men's individual tournament</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Matteo_Manassero" title="Matteo Manassero">Matteo Manassero</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18-21 Jun</td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">Men's major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Glover" title="Lucas Glover">Lucas Glover</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9-12 Jul</td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Open" title="U.S. Women's Open">U.S. Women's Open</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">LPGA major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eun-Hee_Ji" class="mw-redirect" title="Eun-Hee Ji">Eun-Hee Ji</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16-19 Jul</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">Men's major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Cink" title="Stewart Cink">Stewart Cink</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23-26 Jul</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evian_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="Evian Masters">Evian Masters</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ladies_European_Tour" title="Ladies European Tour">Ladies European Tour</a> <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">major</a> and<br /> <a href="/wiki/LPGA" title="LPGA">LPGA Tour</a> regular event</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ai_Miyazato" title="Ai Miyazato">Ai Miyazato</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23-26 Jul</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_British_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior British Open">Senior British Open</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_major_golf_championships" title="Senior major golf championships">Senior major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Loren_Roberts" title="Loren Roberts">Loren Roberts</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 Jul-2 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_British_Open" title="Women's British Open">Women's British Open</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/LPGA" title="LPGA">LPGA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ladies_European_Tour" title="Ladies European Tour">Ladies European Tour</a> <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Catriona_Matthew" title="Catriona Matthew">Catriona Matthew</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 Jul-2 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senior_Open" title="U.S. Senior Open">U.S. Senior Open</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_major_golf_championships" title="Senior major golf championships">Senior major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Funk" title="Fred Funk">Fred Funk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3-9 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Amateur" title="U.S. Women's Amateur">U.S. Women's Amateur</a></td> <td>Amateur women's individual tournament</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Song" title="Jennifer Song">Jennifer Song</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6-9 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/WGC-Bridgestone_Invitational" class="mw-redirect" title="WGC-Bridgestone Invitational">WGC-Bridgestone Invitational</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Golf_Championships" title="World Golf Championships">World Golf Championships</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13-16 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/PGA_Championship" title="PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">Men's major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Yong-eun" title="Yang Yong-eun">Y.E. Yang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20-23 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/JELD-WEN_Tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="JELD-WEN Tradition">JELD-WEN Tradition</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_major_golf_championships" title="Senior major golf championships">Senior major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reid_(golfer)" title="Mike Reid (golfer)">Mike Reid</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21-23 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Solheim_Cup" title="Solheim Cup">Solheim Cup</a></td> <td>United States v Europe<br />women's professional team event</td> <td><span data-sort-value="United States"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">Team USA</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24-30 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Amateur" title="U.S. Amateur">U.S. Amateur</a></td> <td>Amateur men's individual tournament</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/An_Byeong-hun" title="An Byeong-hun">An Byeong-hun</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27-30 Aug</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Barclays" class="mw-redirect" title="The Barclays">The Barclays</a></td> <td>PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Heath_Slocum" title="Heath Slocum">Heath Slocum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-7 Sep</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bank_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutsche Bank Championship">Deutsche Bank Championship</a></td> <td>PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stricker" title="Steve Stricker">Steve Stricker</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10-13 Sep</td> <td><a href="/wiki/BMW_Championship_(PGA_Tour)" title="BMW Championship (PGA Tour)">BMW Championship</a></td> <td>PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12-13 Sep</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walker_Cup" title="Walker Cup">Walker Cup</a></td> <td>Great Britain & Ireland v United States <br />men's amateur team event</td> <td><span data-sort-value="United States"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">Team USA</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17-20 Sep</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsung_World_Championship" title="Samsung World Championship">Samsung World Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/LPGA_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="LPGA Tour">LPGA Tour</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Na_Yeon_Choi" class="mw-redirect" title="Na Yeon Choi">Na Yeon Choi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24-27 Sep</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Tour_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tour Championship">The Tour Championship</a></td> <td>PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24-27 Sep</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Trophy_with_Seve_Ballesteros" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros">Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros</a></td> <td>Great Britain & Ireland v Europe <br />men's professional team event</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Team <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Great Britain</a> & <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1-4 Oct</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_Players_Championship" title="Senior Players Championship">Senior Players Championship</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_major_golf_championships" title="Senior major golf championships">Senior major</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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href="https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=4645808">No comeback player of year in '09</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-08aus-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-08aus_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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Federation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Majors<br />(<a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(golf)" title="Grand Slam (golf)">Grand Slam</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(golf)" title="Triple Crown (golf)">Triple Crown</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">Men</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masters_Tournament" title="Masters Tournament">Masters Tournament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_National_Golf_Club" title="Augusta National Golf Club">Augusta National</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Championship" title="PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Open_Championship_venues" title="List of The Open Championship venues">venues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Challenge_Belt" title="Challenge Belt">Challenge Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claret_Jug" title="Claret Jug">Claret Jug</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Women's major golf championships">Women</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chevron_Championship" title="Chevron Championship">Chevron Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Open" title="U.S. Women's Open">U.S. Women's Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_PGA_Championship" title="Women's PGA Championship">Women's PGA Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Evian_Championship" title="The Evian Championship">The Evian Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_British_Open" title="Women's British Open">Women's British Open</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Senior_major_golf_championships" title="Senior major golf championships">Senior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Tradition" title="The Tradition">The Tradition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_PGA_Championship" title="Senior PGA Championship">Senior PGA Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senior_Open" title="U.S. Senior Open">U.S. Senior Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Players_Championship" title="Senior Players Championship">Senior Players Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Open_Championship" title="Senior Open Championship">Senior Open Championship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Senior_women%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Senior women's major golf championships">Senior Women's</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senior_LPGA_Championship" title="Senior LPGA Championship">Senior LPGA Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senior_Women%27s_Open" title="U.S. Senior Women's Open">U.S. Senior Women's Open</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International<br />events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Team</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Cup" title="Curtis Cup">Curtis Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisenhower_Trophy" title="Eisenhower Trophy">Eisenhower Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Espirito_Santo_Trophy" title="Espirito Santo Trophy">Espirito Santo Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Amateur_Team_Championship" title="European Amateur Team Championship">European Amateur Team Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Ladies%27_Team_Championship" title="European Ladies' Team Championship">European Ladies' Team Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Crown" title="International Crown">International Crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidents_Cup" title="Presidents Cup">Presidents Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solheim_Cup" title="Solheim Cup">Solheim Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Cup" title="Walker Cup">Walker Cup</a></li> <li>World Cup <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_(men%27s_golf)" title="World Cup (men's golf)">Men's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Cup_of_Golf" title="Women's World Cup of Golf">Women's</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multi-sport event</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Golf at the Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="Golf at the Summer Youth Olympics">Youth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Golf at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Inter-Allied_Games" title="Golf at the Inter-Allied Games">Inter-Allied Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Island_Games" title="Golf at the Island Games">Island Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Mediterranean_Games" title="Golf at the Mediterranean Games">Mediterranean Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Pacific_Games" title="Golf at the Pacific Games">Pacific Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="Golf at the Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_at_the_Summer_World_University_Games" title="Golf at the Summer World University Games">Summer World University Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rankings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Official_World_Golf_Ranking" title="Official World Golf Ranking">Men</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_world_number_one_male_golfers" title="List of world number one male golfers">No 1s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_male_golfers_who_have_been_in_the_world_top_10" title="List of male golfers who have been in the world top 10">top 10</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Golf_Rankings" title="Women's World Golf Rankings">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Amateur_Golf_Ranking" title="World Amateur Golf Ranking">Amateur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_golfers" title="Lists of golfers">Golfers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_male_golfers" title="List of male golfers">Male golfers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_golfers" title="List of female golfers">Female golfers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_major_championships_winning_golfers" title="List of men's major championships winning golfers">Men's major championship winners</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chronological_list_of_men%27s_major_golf_champions" title="Chronological list of men's major golf champions">chronologically</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LPGA_major_championship_winning_golfers" title="List of LPGA major championship winning golfers">Women's major championship winners</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chronological_list_of_LPGA_major_golf_champions" title="Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions">chronologically</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Champions_Tour_major_championship_winning_golfers" title="List of Champions Tour major championship winning golfers">Senior major championship winners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_golf" title="List of Olympic medalists in golf">Olympic medalists</a></li> <li>Most wins <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_Asian_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins">Asian Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_Challenge_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins">Challenge Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_European_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most European Tour wins">European Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_European_Senior_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most European Senior Tour wins">European Senior Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_Japan_Golf_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins">Japan Golf Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_Korn_Ferry_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most Korn Ferry Tour wins">Korn Ferry Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_Ladies_European_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins">Ladies European Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_LPGA_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins">LPGA Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_LPGA_of_Japan_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most LPGA of Japan Tour wins">LPGA of Japan Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_PGA_Tour_wins" title="List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins">PGA Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golfers_with_most_PGA_Tour_Champions_wins" title="List of golfers with most PGA Tour Champions wins">PGA Tour Champions</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists of<br />golf courses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">by feature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_clubs_granted_Royal_status" title="List of golf clubs granted Royal status">Granted Royal status</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_links_golf_courses" title="List of links golf courses">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_venues_in_golf" title="List of Olympic venues in golf">Olympic venues</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">by country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_Canada" title="List of golf courses in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_Iceland" title="List of golf courses in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_India" title="List of golf courses in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_Norway" title="List of golf courses in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_the_Philippines" title="List of golf courses in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_Portugal" title="List of golf courses in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_South_Africa" title="List of golf courses in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_Sweden" title="List of golf courses in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of golf courses in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">by designer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_designed_by_Coore_%26_Crenshaw" title="List of golf courses designed by Coore & Crenshaw">Coore & Crenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_designed_by_Pete_Dye" title="List of golf courses designed by Pete Dye">Pete Dye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_designed_by_Robert_Trent_Jones" title="List of golf courses designed by Robert Trent Jones">Robert Trent Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_designed_by_Old_Tom_Morris" title="List of golf courses designed by Old Tom Morris">Old Tom Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_designed_by_Jack_Nicklaus" title="List of golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus">Jack Nicklaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_designed_by_Greg_Norman" title="List of golf courses designed by Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_designed_by_Donald_Ross" title="List of golf courses designed by Donald Ross">Donald Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_courses_designed_by_A._W._Tillinghast" title="List of golf courses designed by A. W. Tillinghast">A. W. Tillinghast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Countries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Australia" title="Golf in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_China" title="Golf in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_India" title="Golf in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Ireland" title="Golf in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_the_Philippines" title="Golf in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Russia" title="Golf in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Scotland" title="Golf in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Sweden" title="Golf in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Thailand" title="Golf in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_the_United_States" title="Golf in the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Wales" title="Golf in Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Years</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_golf_history_(1353%E2%80%931850)" title="Timeline of golf history (1353–1850)">1353–1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_golf_history_(1851%E2%80%931945)" title="Timeline of golf history (1851–1945)">1851–1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_golf_history_(1945%E2%80%931999)" title="Timeline of golf history (1945–1999)">1945–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_golf_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="Timeline of golf (2000–present)">2000–2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_golf" title="2004 in golf">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_golf" title="2005 in golf">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_golf" title="2006 in golf">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_golf" title="2007 in golf">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_golf" title="2008 in golf">2008</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_golf" title="2010 in golf">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_golf" title="2011 in golf">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_golf" title="2012 in golf">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_golf" title="2013 in golf">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_golf" title="2014 in golf">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_golf" title="2015 in golf">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_golf" title="2016 in golf">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_golf" title="2017 in golf">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_golf" title="2018 in golf">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_golf" title="2019 in golf">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_golf" title="2020 in golf">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_golf" title="2021 in golf">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_golf" title="2022 in golf">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_golf" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 in golf">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_golf" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 in golf">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Variations_of_golf" title="Variations of golf">Variations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beach_golf" title="Beach golf">Beach golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disc_golf" title="Disc golf">Disc golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Footgolf" title="Footgolf">Footgolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GolfCross" title="GolfCross">GolfCross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory_golf" title="Hickory golf">Hickory golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_golf" title="Indoor golf">Indoor golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_drive" title="Long drive">Long drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miniature_golf" title="Miniature golf">Miniature golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_golf" title="Park golf">Park golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitch_and_putt" title="Pitch and putt">Pitch and putt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotgun_start" title="Shotgun start">Shotgun start</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skins_game" title="Skins game">Skins game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_golf" title="Snow golf">Snow golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speed_golf" title="Speed golf">Speed golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_golf" title="Urban golf">Urban golf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Golf_Channel" title="Golf Channel">Golf Channel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Golf_Channel_personalities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Golf Channel personalities">personalities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GolfTV" title="GolfTV">GolfTV</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golf_Digest" title="Golf Digest">Golf Digest</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golf_Magazine" title="Golf Magazine">Golf Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golf_World" title="Golf World">Golf World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golfweek" title="Golfweek">Golfweek</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Links_(magazine)" title="Links (magazine)">Links</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Travel_%2B_Leisure_Golf" title="Travel + Leisure Golf">Travel + Leisure Golf</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_golf_video_games" title="List of golf video games">Video games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JTBC_Golf%26Sports" title="JTBC Golf&Sports">JTBC Golf&Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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