Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Jack Burke, Jr.
- U.S. Open - Cary Middlecoff
- British Open - Peter Thomson
- PGA Championship - Jack Burke, Jr.
- PGA Tour money leader - Ted Kroll - $72,836
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - John Beharrell
- U.S. Amateur - Harvie Ward
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open - Beverly Hanson
- LPGA Championship - Marlene Hagge
- U.S. Women's Open - Kathy Cornelius
- Titleholders Championship - Louise Suggs
- LPGA Tour money leader - Marlene Hagge - $20,235
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Their only monument the asphalt road
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