Golf
- July 24 – Tony Lema (32), American golf champion, died in an air crash at Munster, Indiana
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus
- U.S. Open - Billy Casper
- British Open - Jack Nicklaus becomes the fourth player to win all four major professional championships.
- PGA Championship - Al Geiberger
- PGA Tour money leader - Billy Casper - $121,945
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - Bobby Cole
- U.S. Amateur - Gary Cowan
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open - Mickey Wright
- LPGA Championship - Gloria Ehret
- U.S. Women's Open - Sandra Spuzich
- Titleholders Championship - Kathy Whitworth
- LPGA Tour money leader - Kathy Whitworth - $33,517
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“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)
“A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors.”
—Frank Butler (1890–1967)
“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)
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