Amateur Golf
- 19–22 May: NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships - Arizona State won its seventh team championship. Maria Hernandez of Purdue won the individual title.
- 27–30 May: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships - Texas A&M won its first team championship. Arkansas finished strong, coming in as a runner-up. Matt Hill of North Carolina State won the individual title.
- 14–20 June: The Amateur Championship - Sixteen-year-old Matteo Manassero of Italy became the youngest person and first Italian ever to win the event.
- 3–9 August: U.S. Women's Amateur - Korean-American Jennifer Song defeated American Jennifer Johnson 3 & 1.
- 24–30 August: U.S. Amateur - Seventeen-year-old Korean An Byeong-hun became the youngest person and first from his country to win the event.
- 12–13 September: Walker Cup - Team USA won the Cup for the third straight time, defeating Team Great Britain & Ireland 16½–9½.
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