This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2005.

Men's professional golf

Major championships

  • 7–10 April: Masters Tournament - Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title, and his 9th major. He temporarily returned to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings. DiMarco becomes only the second player (after Tom Watson) to lose playoffs in consecutive major championships.
  • 16–19 June: U.S. Open - Michael Campbell came from behind in the fourth round to win his first major with an even par score. He was the first New Zealander to win a major since Bob Charles won the British Open in 1963. Retief Goosen led after three rounds, but fell away badly on Sunday and tied for eleventh. Tiger Woods had a good final round to claim second place, but talk of his winning a Grand Slam was ended for another year.
  • 14–17 July: The Open Championship - Tiger Woods led wire-to-wire at the historic Old Course at St Andrews and won his second Open Championship, and 10th major, by 5 strokes. Scottish favorite Colin Montgomerie closed within a shot at one point on Sunday and finished on his own in second, his best ever result at The Open Championship. The Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, had a historic farewell as he retired from professional golf on Friday, July 15, after missing the cut. Woods became only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once.
  • 11–15 August: PGA Championship - Phil Mickelson won his second major championship, taking the PGA at Baltusrol Golf Club by scoring a -4 276. Thomas Bjørn and Steve Elkington both tied for second with -3. The tournament had to be completed on Monday due to bad weather: this was the first time that a Monday finish occurred at the PGA since 1986.

World Golf Championships (individual events)

Other leading PGA Tour events

For a full list of PGA Tour results, see 2005 PGA Tour.

Other leading European Tour events

For a full list of European Tour results, see 2005 European Tour

Tour money list / order of merit winners:

Full list

Awards

Team events

  • 22–25 September: Seve Trophy - After conceding an early lead Great Britain & Ireland pulled level before the singles, and then dominated the singles matches to win 16½ to 11½ and retain the Trophy.
  • 22–25 September: Presidents Cup - The match was all square going into the singles, but the USA pulled away to win 18½ to 15½.
  • 17–20 November: WGC-World Cup - Third round leaders Wales, represented by Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge, were declared the winners after the final round was called off due to bad weather.

Other happenings

  • 26 February: Former British Open champion Max Faulkner died.
  • 6 March: Tiger Woods won the Ford Championship at Doral and returned to Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, displacing Vijay Singh.
  • 20 March: Vijay Singh's tied second-place finish at the Bay Hill Invitational restored him to Number 1 after just two weeks.
  • 10 April: Tiger Woods became World Number 1 again after winning The Masters.
  • 13 May: Tiger Woods' record breaking run of 142 consecutive cuts made on the PGA Tour came to an end at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
  • 22 May: Vijay Singh started his third spell as World Number 1, reclaiming the position from Woods even though neither man played that weekend.
  • 13 June: Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh exchanged places at World Number 1 for the last time, with Woods opening a substantial gap in the rankings by early July.
  • 2 July: Tiger Woods became the first man to pass $50 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour.
  • 4 December: Colin Montgomerie won the Hong Kong Open and became the first man to win 20 million Euros on the European Tour.

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

  • 24–27 March: Kraft Nabisco Championship - Annika Sörenstam won by eight shots, claiming her eighth major title, and equalling Nancy Lopez's 27-year-old record of winning five consecutive LPGA starts.
  • 9–12 June: LPGA Championship - Annika Sörenstam cruised to a three shot win to claim her second major of the year and ninth of her career. Fifteen-year-old Michelle Wie was runner-up.
  • 23–26 June: U.S. Women's Open - South Korean Birdie Kim holes a 30-yard sand shot on the 72nd hole, punctuating her two-shot win over teenage amateurs Morgan Pressel and Brittany Lang. Kim, who scored her first and only LPGA tournament win, finished the event at 3-over-par 284. Sörenstam was never a factor, finishing nine shots back. Wie was in a three-way tie for the lead after three rounds, but ballooned to an 82 and finished tied with Sörenstam. Lorena Ochoa was at 3-over after 71 holes, but hit her tee shot into the water on the final hole and shot a quadruple-bogey 8.
  • 28–31 July: Weetabix Women's British Open - Another South Korean who had no previous LPGA tournament wins, Jeong Jang, cruises to a four-stroke win over Sophie Gustafson. Wie finished in a tie for third in her last tournament of the year before returning to high school.

For a full list of LPGA Tour results click here.

Ladies European Tour major (in addition to the Women's British Open)

  • 20–23 July: Evian Masters - Paula Creamer, an 18-year-old rookie pro on the LPGA tour, waltzed to an eight-stroke win over Wie and Ochoa.

Additional LPGA Tour event

Money list winners

Team events

Other happenings

  • 26 February: 15 year old Michelle Wie achieves her career best finish on the LPGA Tour, placing tied 2nd at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay.
  • 22 May: 18 year old Paula Creamer became the youngest first time winner on the LPGA Tour since 1952 at the Sybase Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury.
  • 5 October: Michelle Wie turned pro six days before her sixteenth birthday.
  • 6 November: Annika Sörenstam becomes first professional golfer to win same tournament five-straight times at Mizuno Classic.

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

  • 26–29 May: Senior PGA Championship - Mike Reid won a three-man playoff to claim his first Champions Tour title.
  • 7–10 July: Senior Players Championship - Peter Jacobsen won his second Champions Tour event and his second senior major.
  • 21–24 July: Senior British Open - Tom Watson won his second Senior British Open and his fourth senior major.
  • 28–31 July: U.S. Senior Open - Allen Doyle won his third senior major. Doyle, who started the final round nine shots out of the lead, shot a final-round 63, a course record which tied for the lowest round ever in the U.S. Senior Open, and saw the leaders come back to him. Doyle would win by one stroke. His final-round comeback is unprecedented in the history of the senior majors; in the mainstream majors, only Paul Lawrie's comeback from 10 shots down on the final day of the 1999 Open Championship surpasses this feat.
  • 25–28 August: The Tradition - Loren Roberts defeated Dana Quigley on the second playoff hole to win his first senior major.

For a complete list of Champions Tour results see 2005 Champions Tour.

Money list winners

Amateur golf

Tables of results

Overview

This table summarises all the results referred to above in date order.

DateTournamentStatus or tourWinner
11–13 FebWomen's World Cup of GolfProfessional world team championshipJapan
23–27 FebWGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipWorld Golf ChampionshipsDavid Toms
24–27 MarThe Players ChampionshipPGA TourFred Funk
24–27 MarKraft Nabisco ChampionshipLPGA majorAnnika Sörenstam
7–10 AprMasters TournamentMen's major championshipTiger Woods
26–29 MayBMW ChampionshipEuropean TourÁngel Cabrera
26–29 MaySenior PGA ChampionshipSenior majorMike Reid
30 May – 4 JunThe Amateur ChampionshipAmateur men's individual tournamentBrian McElhinney
1–4 JunNCAA Division I Men's Golf ChampionshipsU.S. college championshipteam - Georgia
individual James Lepp (Washington)
9–12 JunLPGA ChampionshipLPGA majorAnnika Sörenstam
16–19 JunU.S. OpenMen's major championshipMichael Campbell
23–26 JunU.S. Women's OpenLPGA majorBirdie Kim
30 Jun – 3 JulHSBC Women's World Match Play ChampionshipLPGA TourMarisa Baena
7–10 JulSenior Players ChampionshipSenior majorPeter Jacobsen
11–16 JulU.S. Amateur Public LinksAmateur men's individual tournamentClay Ogden
14–17 JulThe Open ChampionshipMen's major championshipTiger Woods
20–23 JulEvian MastersLadies European Tour major and LPGA TourPaula Creamer
21–24 JulSenior British OpenSenior majorTom Watson
28–31 JulWomen's British OpenLPGA and Ladies European Tour majorJeong Jang
28–31 JulU.S. Senior OpenSenior majorAllen Doyle
1–7 AugU.S. Women's AmateurAmateur women's individual tournamentMorgan Pressel
11–14 AugPGA ChampionshipMen's major championshipPhil Mickelson
13–14 AugWalker CupGB & Ireland v USA - men's amateur teamUSA
18–21 AugWGC-NEC InvitationalWorld Golf ChampionshipsTiger Woods
24–28 AugU.S. AmateurAmateur men's individual tournamentEdoardo Molinari
25–28 AugThe TraditionSenior majorLoren Roberts
9–11 SepSolheim CupUS v Europe - women's professionalUSA
15–18 SepHSBC World Match Play ChampionshipEuropean TourMichael Campbell
22–25 SepSeve TrophyGB & Ireland v Rest of Europe - men's professionalGB & Ireland
22–25 SepPresidents CupUSA v International Team - men's professionalUSA
6–9 OctWGC-American Express ChampionshipWorld Golf ChampionshipsTiger Woods
27–30 OctVolvo MastersEuropean TourPaul McGinley
3–6 NovThe Tour ChampionshipPGA TourBart Bryant
17–20 NovWGC-World CupWorld Golf ChampionshipsWales

The following biennial events will next be played in 2006: Curtis Cup; Eisenhower Trophy; Espirito Santo Trophy; Ryder Cup

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