2007 in Sports - Golf

Golf

Men's professional

  • Masters Tournament – Zach Johnson
  • US Open at Oakmont – Ángel Cabrera
  • British Open at Carnoustie – Pádraig Harrington beats Sergio García in a play-off.
  • PGA Championship at Southern Hills – Tiger Woods wins his thirteenth major championship, and fourth PGA Championship.

Men's amateur

  • British Amateur – Drew Weaver
  • U.S. Amateur – Colt Knost
  • European Amateur – Benjamin Hebert

Women's professional

  • Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club (Rancho Mirage, California) – Morgan Pressel, at 18 years 313 days, becomes the youngest woman to ever win a major. She is also the first American to win this particular event since Dottie Pepper in 1999.
  • LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock Golf Course (Havre de Grace, Maryland) – Norway's Suzann Pettersen wins her first major.
  • US Women's Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (Southern Pines, North Carolina) – American Cristie Kerr wins her first major.
  • Women's British Open at St Andrews – World Number 1 Lorena Ochoa of Mexico wins her first major.

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