Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Nick Faldo
- U.S. Open - Hale Irwin
- British Open - Nick Faldo
- PGA Championship - Wayne Grady
- PGA Tour money leader - Greg Norman - $1,165,477
- Senior PGA Tour money leader - Lee Trevino - $1,190,518
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - Rolf Muntz
- U.S. Amateur - Phil Mickelson
- European Amateur - Klas Erikson
Women's professional
- Nabisco Dinah Shore - Betsy King
- U.S. Women's Open - Betsy King
- LPGA Championship - Beth Daniel
- Classique du Maurier - Cathy Johnston-Forbes
- LPGA Tour money leader - Beth Daniel - $863,578
- The inaugural Solheim Cup match was won by the United States who beat Europe 11½ - 4½
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“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.”
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Their only monument the asphalt road
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