Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Fuzzy Zoeller defeats Ed Sneed and Tom Watson in the second hole of a sudden-death playoff, the first time the Masters used a sudden-death format.
- U.S. Open - Hale Irwin
- British Open - Seve Ballesteros becomes the first golfer from Continental Europe to win a major since Arnaud Massy of France won this event in 1907.
- PGA Championship - David Graham
- PGA Tour money leader - Tom Watson - $462,636
- Ryder Cup - United States won 17-11 over Europe in the first Ryder Cup to feature a side representing all of Europe.
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - Jay Sigel
- U.S. Amateur - Mark O'Meara
Women's professional
- LPGA Championship - Donna Caponi
- U.S. Women's Open - Jerilyn Britz
- Classique Peter Jackson Classic - Amy Alcott
- LPGA Tour money leader - Nancy Lopez - $197,489
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