Amateur Golf
- 30 May–4 June: The Amateur Championship - Ireland's Brian McElhinney beat Scotland's John Gallagher 5 & 4 in the final.
- 1–4 June: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships - The University of Georgia took the team title and James Lepp of the University of Washington won the individual title.
- 11–16 July: U.S. Amateur Public Links- Clay Ogden of West Point, Utah won 1 up over Martin Ureta of Chile. In the quarterfinals, Ogden defeated 15-year-old Michelle Wie, who had become the first woman ever to qualify for a men's USGA championship.
- 1–7 August: U.S. Women's Amateur - 17-year-old Morgan Pressel of the United States defeated Maru Martinez from Venezuela and a senior at Auburn University, 9 & 8 in the final match to win the championship.
- 13–14 August: Walker Cup - The United States won for the first time since 1997. Great Britain and Ireland needed to win the 18th hole of the last match on the course to tie that match and the Cup, and thus retain the trophy, but did not do so.
- 24–28 August: U.S. Amateur - Edoardo Molinari became the first Italian to win the tournament.
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