Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - George Archer
- U.S. Open - Orville Moody
- British Open - Tony Jacklin
- PGA Championship - Raymond Floyd
- PGA Tour money leader - Frank Beard - $164,707
- Ryder Cup - United States and Britain tied 16 all in team golf.
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - Michael Bonallack
- U.S. Amateur - Steve Melnyk
Women's professional
- LPGA Championship - Betsy Rawls
- U.S. Women's Open - Donna Caponi
- Titleholders Championship - not played
- LPGA Tour money leader - Carol Mann - $49,152
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.”
—Paul Gallico (1897–1976)
“Did I make you go insane?
Did I turn up your earphone and let a siren drive through?
Did I open the door for the mustached psychiatrist
who dragged you out like a golf cart?
Did I make you go insane?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“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)