Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Gary Player
- U.S. Open - Andy North
- British Open - Jack Nicklaus
- PGA Championship - John Mahaffey
- PGA Tour money leader - Tom Watson - $362,429
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - Peter McEvoy
- U.S. Amateur - John Cook
Women's professional
- LPGA Championship - Nancy Lopez
- U.S. Women's Open - Hollis Stacy
- LPGA Tour money leader - Nancy Lopez - $189,814
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“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)
“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)
“A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors.”
—Frank Butler (1890–1967)