Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Seve Ballesteros
- U.S. Open - Larry Nelson
- British Open - Tom Watson
- PGA Championship - Hal Sutton
- PGA Tour money leader - Hal Sutton - $426,668
- Senior PGA Tour money leader - Don January - $237,571
- Ryder Cup - United States won 14½ - 13½ over Europe in team golf.
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - Philip Parkin
- U.S. Amateur - Jay Sigel
Women's professional
- Nabisco Dinah Shore - Amy Alcott
- LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
- U.S. Women's Open - Jan Stephenson
- Classique Peter Jackson Classic - Hollis Stacy
- LPGA Tour money leader - JoAnne Carner - $291,404
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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)
“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)