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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