2014 in golf

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2014 in sports

This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2014.

Men's professional golf[]

Major championships

  • 10–13 April: Masters Tournament – Bubba Watson won by three strokes to claim his second Masters championship.
  • 12–15 June: U.S. Open – Martin Kaymer won by eight strokes, becoming the first German player to win the U.S. Open, and the first player to win the Players Championship and the U.S. Open in the same year. This was his second major victory.
  • 17–20 July: The Open Championship – Rory McIlroy won by two strokes over Rickie Fowler and Sergio García. It was his third career major championship, and his first Open Championship. With the win, he became the fourth player ever of 25 years old or under to have won at least three majors.
  • 7–10 August: PGA Championship – Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over Phil Mickelson. It was his fourth career major and his second PGA Championship. It was also his third win in three starts, dating back to the Open Championship three weeks earlier.

World Golf Championships

FedEx Cup playoff events - see 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Other leading PGA Tour events

For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2014 PGA Tour.

Leading European Tour events

For a complete list of European Tour results see 2014 European Tour.

Team events

  • 28–30 March: EurAsia Cup – The first EurAsia Cup ended in a 10–10 tie with the European and Asian teams sharing the Cup.
  • 26–28 September: Ryder Cup – Team Europe defeated Team USA by a score of 16½ – 11½. It was the third consecutive Ryder Cup victory for Europe, and also Europe's fifth consecutive home victory in the Ryder Cup.

Tour leaders

Awards

  • PGA Tour
    • FedEx Cup – United States Billy Horschel won the FedEx Cup after winning the final two playoff events, the BMW Championship and Tour Championship.
    • PGA Player of the Year – Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
    • Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) – Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
    • Leading money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) – Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (US$8,280,096)
    • Vardon Trophy – Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
    • Byron Nelson Award – Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
    • Rookie of the Year – United States Chesson Hadley
    • Payne Stewart Award – England Nick Faldo
  • European Tour
    • Golfer of the Year – Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
    • Rookie of the Year – United States Brooks Koepka
  • Web.com Tour
    • Player of the Year – Mexico Carlos Ortiz

Results from other tours

Other happenings

  • 11 May: Ian MacGregor, caddie for Alastair Forsyth, died of an apparent heart attack during the final round of the Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI, a tournament dual-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Challenge Tour.[1]
  • 18 May: For the second time, Miguel Ángel Jiménez extended his own record as the oldest golfer to win on the European Tour, winning the Open de España at age 50 years, 133 days.[2]
  • 18 May: Adam Scott became the world's number one golfer.
  • 4 August: Rory McIlroy regained the world number one position, last held in March 2013.

Women's professional golf[]

LPGA majors

  • 3–6 April: Kraft Nabisco Championship – Lexi Thompson won by three strokes over Michelle Wie; it was her first career major win, and her fourth career LPGA Tour win.
  • 19–22 June: U.S. Women's Open – Michelle Wie won by two strokes over Stacy Lewis; it was her first career major win, and her fourth career LPGA Tour win. It was also her first win on the U.S. mainland (her previous LPGA Tour wins had occurred in Mexico, Canada, and her home state of Hawaii).
  • 10–13 July: Ricoh Women's British Open – Mo Martin won by one stroke over Shanshan Feng and Suzann Pettersen. It was her first major win, and also her first LPGA Tour win.
  • 14–17 August: Wegmans LPGA Championship – Inbee Park successfully defended her LPGA Championship title, defeating Brittany Lincicome on the first hole of a playoff. It was her second LPGA Championship, and her fifth major title overall.
  • 11–14 September: The Evian Championship – Kim Hyo-joo won by one stroke over Karrie Webb, with Kim making birdie and Webb making bogey at the 72nd hole. It was Kim's first LPGA Tour victory.

Additional LPGA Tour events

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see 2014 LPGA Tour.
For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2014 Ladies European Tour.

Team events

  • 24–27 July: International Crown – Spain swept all four of its singles matches and won with 15 points, four points better than Sweden.

Money list leaders

Awards

  • LPGA:
    • Race to the CME Globe – New Zealand Lydia Ko
    • Player of the Year – United States Stacy Lewis
    • Rookie of the Year – New Zealand Lydia Ko
    • Vare Trophy – United States Stacy Lewis
  • LET:
    • Player of the Year –
    • Rookie of the Year – Wales Amy Boulden
  • LPGA of Japan Tour Player of the Year – South Korea Ahn Sun-ju

Other tour results

Other happenings

  • 8 January – The LPGA announced a renamed CME Group Tour Championship and season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". The winner of the Race will receive a $1 million bonus. The Race is similar to the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai.[3]
  • 29 May – The LPGA announced that the LPGA Championship will become the "KPMG Women's PGA Championship" in 2015 and be conducted by the PGA of America.[4]
  • 11 September – On her way to the Evian Championship title, Kim Hyo-joo shot 61 in the first round, the lowest round ever in a major championship for either sex.[5]
  • 12 October - With her win at , Kim Hyo-joo became the first LPGA of Korea Tour player to earn more than 1 billion KRW during one season.
  • 18 November – The LPGA announces that the first major of its season will be renamed from the Kraft Nabisco Championship to the ANA Inspiration effective with the 2015 edition. The new title sponsor is All Nippon Airways, replacing the former Kraft Foods (now Mondelēz International) and its Nabisco subsidiary, which had sponsored the tournament since 1982.[6]

Senior men's professional golf[]

Senior majors

  • 15–18 May: Regions Tradition - Kenny Perry won his third Champions Tour major and his first Regions Tradition, winning by one stroke over Mark Calcavecchia. Perry became the first golfer to win three consecutive Champions Tour major starts since Gary Player in 1987–88 (in 2013, Perry won the Senior Players Championship and U.S. Senior Open before skipping The Senior Open Championship).[7]
  • 22–25 May: Senior PGA Championship – Colin Montgomerie won his first major of any kind, finishing four strokes ahead of Tom Watson. It is his first win on U.S. soil.
  • 26–29 June: Constellation Senior Players Championship - German Bernhard Langer won his first Senior Players Championship and his third career senior major, by defeating Jeff Sluman in a playoff. It was also his 21st career Champions Tour victory, as well as his 92nd career professional victory.
  • 10–13 July: U.S. Senior Open – Colin Montgomerie won his second major of the 2014 season, defeating Gene Sauers in a 3-hole aggregate playoff.
  • 24–27 July: The Senior Open Championship – German Bernhard Langer won his second major of the year by a record 13 strokes over Colin Montgomerie.

Full results

Money list leaders

  • Champions Tour – German Bernhard Langer topped the money list for the sixth time (third consecutive) with earnings of US$3,074,189. This surpassed Hale Irwin's 2002 record for single-season winnings.
  • European Senior Tour – Colin Montgomerie topped the Order of Merit with earnings of €624,543.

Awards

  • Champions Tour
    • Charles Schwab Cup – Germany Bernhard Langer
    • Player of the Year – Germany Bernhard Langer
    • Rookie of the Year – United States Scott Dunlap
    • Leading money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) – Germany Bernhard Langer
    • Lowest stroke average (Byron Nelson Award) – Germany Bernhard Langer

Other happenings

Amateur golf[]

Other happenings

  • 22 January – Augusta National Golf Club, The R&A, and the USGA jointly announced the creation of a new major men's amateur tournament, the Latin America Amateur Championship. The tournament, set to hold its first edition in January 2015, will be open to amateurs from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The winner will receive invitations to the Masters, The Amateur Championship, the U.S. Amateur, and any other USGA event for which he is eligible apart from the U.S. Open. In addition, the winner and runner-up will receive automatic entry to final qualifying for the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.[9]

World Golf Hall of Fame inductees[]

Changes to the induction process were announced in March 2014.[10][11] The following individuals were announced as new inductees on 15 October 2014, with induction occurring on 13 July 2015 in conjunction with the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews:[12]

  • England Laura Davies (Female Competitor)
  • Australia David Graham (Male Competitor)
  • United States Mark O'Meara (Male Competitor)
  • United States A. W. Tillinghast (Lifetime Achievement)

Deaths[]

  • 30 January – Danielle Downey (born 1980), LPGA and Futures Tour player
  • 21 March – Jack Fleck (born 1921), PGA Tour player, best known for defeating Ben Hogan in a playoff at the 1955 U.S. Open
  • 12 April – Beverly Hanson (born 1924), three-time LPGA Tour major winner
  • 2 July – Errie Ball (born 1910), oldest living player from first Masters Tournament
  • 22 August – Jack Harris (born 1922), life member of PGA Australia
  • 12 September – Hugh Royer Jr. (born 1936), PGA Tour player. He won the 1970 Western Open
  • 9 November – Rubén Alvarez (born 1961), European Tour player from Argentina
  • 6 December – Fred Hawkins (born 1923), PGA Tour winner, runner-up at 1958 Masters Tournament
  • 21 December – Tom Nieporte (born 1928), three-time PGA Tour winner

Table of results[]

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

Dates Tournament Status or tour Winner
19–23 Feb WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship World Golf Championships Australia Jason Day
6–9 Mar WGC-Cadillac Championship World Golf Championships United States Patrick Reed
28–30 Mar EurAsia Cup Europe v Asia
men's professional team event		 Tied
3–6 Apr Kraft Nabisco Championship LPGA major United States Lexi Thompson
10–13 Apr Masters Tournament Men's major United States Bubba Watson
8–11 May The Players Championship PGA Tour Germany Martin Kaymer
15–18 May Regions Tradition Senior major United States Kenny Perry
20–23 May NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships U.S. college championship Duke /
22–25 May BMW PGA Championship European Tour Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
22–25 May Senior PGA Championship Senior major Scotland Colin Montgomerie
23–28 May NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships U.S. college championship Alabama / Cameron Wilson
6–8 Jun Curtis Cup Amateur women's team tournament  United States
12–15 Jun U.S. Open Men's major Germany Martin Kaymer
16–21 Jun The Amateur Championship Amateur men's individual tournament Scotland Bradley Neil
19–22 Jun U.S. Women's Open LPGA major United States Michelle Wie
24–28 Jun British Ladies Amateur Amateur women's individual tournament Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen
26–29 Jun Constellation Senior Players Championship Senior major Germany Bernhard Langer
10–13 Jul U.S. Senior Open Senior major Scotland Colin Montgomerie
10–13 Jul Ricoh Women's British Open LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour major United States Mo Martin
17–20 Jul The Open Championship Men's major Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
24–27 Jul International Crown LPGA Tour team event  Spain
24–27 Jul The Senior Open Championship Senior major Germany Bernhard Langer
31 Jul – 3 Aug WGC-Bridgestone Invitational World Golf Championships Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
4–10 Aug U.S. Women's Amateur Amateur women's individual tournament United States Kristen Gillman
7–10 Aug PGA Championship Men's major Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
14–17 Aug Wegmans LPGA Championship LPGA major South Korea Inbee Park
11–17 Aug U.S. Amateur Amateur men's individual tournament South Korea Gunn Yang
21–24 Aug The Barclays PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff United States Hunter Mahan
29 Aug – 1 Sep Deutsche Bank Championship PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff United States Chris Kirk
3–6 Sep Espirito Santo Trophy Women's amateur team event  Australia
4–7 Sep BMW Championship PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff United States Billy Horschel
10–13 Sep Eisenhower Trophy Men's amateur team event  United States
11–14 Sep The Evian Championship LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour major South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
11–14 Sep The Tour Championship PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff United States Billy Horschel
26–28 Sep Ryder Cup United States v. Europe
men's professional team event		 Europe Team Europe
21–26 Oct Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Amateur men's individual tournament Australia Antonio Murdaca
6–9 Nov WGC-HSBC Champions World Golf Championships United States Bubba Watson
20–23 Nov DP World Tour Championship, Dubai European Tour Sweden Henrik Stenson
20–23 Nov CME Group Tour Championship LPGA Tour New Zealand Lydia Ko

The following biennial events will next be played in 2015: Solheim Cup, Walker Cup, Presidents Cup, Seve Trophy, World Cup.

References[]

  1. ^ "Caddie Ian MacGregor dies after suffering a heart attack during the final round of the Madeira Islands Open". Golf.com. Associated Press. 11 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Jimenez Rewrites History on Home Soil" (Press release). PGA European Tour. 18 May 2014.
  3. ^ "The Race is On! LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"" (Press release). LPGA. 8 January 2014.
  4. ^ "PGA of America, LPGA, KPMG join forces for KPMG Women's PGA Championship" (Press release). PGA of America. 29 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Hyo-Joo Kim shoots record 61". ESPN. 11 September 2014.
  6. ^ "All Nippon Airways (ANA) Takes Flight as Title Sponsor of LPGA's "ANA Inspiration"" (Press release). LPGA. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  7. ^ Zenor, John (18 May 2014). "Kenny Perry wins Regions Tradition by a stroke". Yahoo! News. Associated Press.
  8. ^ "Kevin Sutherland sinks 12 birdies". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 August 2014.
  9. ^ Harig, Bob (22 January 2014). "Masters, Latin America team up". ESPN.
  10. ^ "World Golf Hall of Fame announces changes to enshrinement process". PGA Tour. 23 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Criteria & Process". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  12. ^ "World Golf Hall of Fame Welcomes Davies, Graham, O'Meara and Tillinghast as the Class of 2015" (Press release). World Golf Hall of Fame. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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