Golf
Men's professional
- – Masters Tournament – Tiger Woods becomes the third golfer to win The Masters in two consecutive years
- – U.S. Open – Tiger Woods is the only golfer under par for the tournament.
- – British Open – Ernie Els wins his third major and first British Open.
- – PGA Championship – Rich Beem wins by one shot over Tiger Woods.
- PGA Tour money leader – Tiger Woods – $6,912,625
- PGA Tour Player of the Year – Tiger Woods
- PGA Tour rookie of the year – Jonathan Byrd
- Senior PGA Tour money leader – Hale Irwin – $3,028,304
- Ryder Cup – Europe defeats the United States 15.5-12.5.
Men's amateur
- British Amateur – Alejandro Larrazabal
- U.S. Amateur – Ricky Barnes
- European Amateur – Raphaël Pellicioli
Women's professional
- Kraft Nabisco Championship – Annika Sörenstam
- LPGA Championship – Se Ri Pak
- U.S. Women's Open – Juli Inkster
- Women's British Open – Karrie Webb
- LPGA Tour money leader – Annika Sörenstam – $2,863,904
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year – Annika Sörenstam
- The United States team defeats the European team 15 ½ – 12 ½ to regain the Solheim Cup.
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“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)
“emerald as heavy
as a golf course, ruby as dark
as an afterbirth,
diamond as white as sun
on the sea ...”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
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—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)