Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - George Archer
- U.S. Open - Orville Moody
- British Open - Tony Jacklin
- PGA Championship - Raymond Floyd
- PGA Tour money leader - Frank Beard - $164,707
- Ryder Cup - United States and Britain tied 16 all in team golf.
Men's amateur
- British Amateur - Michael Bonallack
- U.S. Amateur - Steve Melnyk
Women's professional
- LPGA Championship - Betsy Rawls
- U.S. Women's Open - Donna Caponi
- Titleholders Championship - not played
- LPGA Tour money leader - Carol Mann - $49,152
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“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)
“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)
“If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.”
—Paul Gallico (1897–1976)