Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament – Vijay Singh
- U.S. Open – Tiger Woods wins by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a U.S. Open to–par record score of –12.
- British Open – Tiger Woods becomes the fifth golfer in history to achieve the modern "career grand slam", and sets the to–par record for all majors (–19).
- PGA Championship – Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year. He ties the to–par record for the PGA (–18) with Bob May, and wins in a playoff.
- PGA Tour money leader – Tiger Woods – $9,188,321
- PGA Tour Player of the Year – Tiger Woods
- PGA Tour Rookie of the Year – Michael Clark II
- Tiger Woods set or tied a total of 27 PGA Tour records during the year
- Senior PGA Tour money leader – Larry Nelson – $2,708,005
Men's amateur
- British Amateur – Mikko Ilonen
- U.S. Amateur – Jeff Quinney
- European Amateur – Carl Pettersson
Women's professional
- Nabisco Championship – Karrie Webb
- LPGA Championship – Juli Inkster
- U.S. Women's Open – Karrie Webb
- Classique du Maurier – Meg Mallon
- LPGA Tour money leader – Karrie Webb – $1,876,853
- The European team defeated the United States team 14 ½ – 11 ½ to regain the Solheim Cup.
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