Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Art Wall, Jr.
- U.S. Open - Billy Casper
- British Open - Gary Player
- PGA Championship - Bob Rosburg
- PGA Tour money leader - Art Wall, Jr. - $53,168
- Ryder Cup - United States 8½ to 3½ over Britain in team golf
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - Deane Beman
- U.S. Amateur - Jack Nicklaus
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open - Betsy Rawls
- LPGA Championship - Betsy Rawls
- U.S. Women's Open - Mickey Wright
- Titleholders Championship - Louise Suggs
- LPGA Tour money leader - Betsy Rawls - $26,774
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“And the wind shall say: “Here were decent godless people:
Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls.””
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.”
—Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960)
“If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.”
—Paul Gallico (1897–1976)
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