Golf
- October 25 – death of Payne Stewart (42) in an air accident
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament – José María Olazábal
- U.S. Open – Payne Stewart
- British Open – Paul Lawrie This Open is also remembered for the epic collapse of French golfer Jean van de Velde, who threw away a three–shot lead on the final hole, finding himself in a playoff which Lawrie won.
- PGA Championship – Tiger Woods
- PGA Tour money leader – Tiger Woods – $6,616,585
- PGA Tour Player of the Year – Tiger Woods
- PGA Tour Rookie of the Year – Carlos Franco
- Senior PGA Tour money leader – Bruce Fleisher – $2,515,705
- Ryder Cup – United States won 14½ to 13½ over Europe in team golf.
Amateur – Graeme Storm
- U.S. Amateur – David Gossett
- European Amateur – Grégory Havret
Women's professional
- Nabisco Dinah Shore – Dottie Pepper
- LPGA Championship – Juli Inkster
- U.S. Women's Open – Juli Inkster
- Classique du Maurier – Karrie Webb
- LPGA Tour money leader – Karrie Webb – $1,591,959
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“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)
“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)
“My attitude toward punctuation is that it ought to be as conventional as possible. The game of golf would lose a good deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. You ought to be able to show that you can do it a good deal better than anyone else with the regular tools before you have a license to bring in your own improvements.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)