2019 in golf

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Years in golf

2019 in sports

This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2019.

Men's professional golf[]

Major championships[]

  • 11–14 April: Masters Tournament – Tiger Woods won by one stroke over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, and Xander Schauffele. It was his fifth Masters championship, his 15th major championship, and his 81st PGA Tour win.[1]
  • 16–19 May: PGA Championship – Brooks Koepka won by two strokes over Dustin Johnson for his second consecutive PGA Championship victory. He is the first player to simultaneously hold the last two titles of two different major championships (2017 and 2018 U.S. Open).[2]
  • 13–16 June: U.S. Open – Gary Woodland won by three strokes over two-time defending champion Koepka. It was his first major victory.[3]
  • 18–21 July: The Open Championship – Shane Lowry won by six strokes over Tommy Fleetwood for his first major championship.[4]

World Golf Championships[]

FedEx Cup playoff events[]

Main article: 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs
  • 8–11 August: The Northern Trust – Patrick Reed won by one stroke over Abraham Ancer and moved to second in the FedEx Cup rankings.[9]
  • 15–18 August: BMW Championship – Justin Thomas won by three strokes over Patrick Cantlay. His third round 61 set the course record. His win moved him top the top of the FedEx Cup rankings.[10]
  • 22–25 August: Tour Championship – Rory McIlroy won by four strokes over Xander Schauffele. McIlroy became the second two–time winner of the FedEx Cup.[11]

Other leading PGA Tour events[]

  • 14–17 March: The Players Championship – Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over Jim Furyk. He became the first golfer to win both the BMW PGA Championship and the Players Championship.[12]

For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2019 PGA Tour.

Leading European Tour events[]

For a complete list of European Tour results see 2019 European Tour.

Team events[]

  • 12–15 December: Presidents Cup – The U.S. team won, 16–14, for the eighth straight time.

Tour leaders[]

Awards[]

Results from other tours[]

Other happenings[]

  • 6 January: Three tours were added to the Official World Golf Ranking: All Thailand Golf Tour, Professional Golf Tour of India, and Abema TV Tour.[14]
  • 6 January: Justin Rose regains the world number one ranking from Brooks Koepka.[15]
  • 28 January: It was announced that the 2019 Players Championship would include a $12.5 million purse, "the biggest prize professional golf has ever seen for a single tournament."[16]
  • 3 March: Dustin Johnson regains the world number one ranking from Justin Rose, one week after winning the WGC-Mexico Championship.[17]
  • 7 April: Rose regains the world number one ranking from Johnson.[18]
  • 14 April: Johnson returns to the number one ranking after finishing second at the Masters.[19]
  • 19 May: Brooks Koepka returns to the world number one ranking after winning the PGA Championship.[20]
  • 13 September: Kevin Chappell shot a 59 (11-under-par) in the second round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. It was the 11th round under 60 in PGA Tour history.[21]
  • 28 October: Tiger Woods wins the Zozo Championship to tied Sam Snead for most wins on the PGA Tour with 82.[22]

Women's professional golf[]

LPGA majors[]

  • 4–7 April: ANA Inspiration – Ko Jin-young won her first major by three strokes over Lee Mi-hyang.[23]
  • 30 May – 2 June: U.S. Women's Open – Lee Jeong-eun won her first major title by two strokes over a group of three players (Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Angel Yin).[24]
  • 20–23 June: KPMG Women's PGA Championship – Australian Hannah Green won her first major (and first LPGA Tour event) by one stroke over defending champion Park Sung-hyun. It was the first wire-to-wire win at the Women's PGA Championship since Yani Tseng in 2011 and the first major win by an Australian since Karrie Webb at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship.[25]
  • 25–28 July: The Evian Championship – Ko Jin-young won by two strokes over Shanshan Feng, Kim Hyo-joo, and Jennifer Kupcho. It was her second major championship of the year.[26]
  • 1–4 August: Women's British Open – Hinako Shibuno, of Japan, playing for the first time outside of her home country and in her first major, won by one stroke over American Lizette Salas.[27]

Additional LPGA Tour events[]

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see 2019 LPGA Tour.
For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2019 Ladies European Tour.

Team events[]

  • 13–15 September: Solheim Cup – Team Europe won the Cup with a 14½–13½ victory over Team USA.[29]

Money list leaders[]

Other tour results[]

Other happenings[]

Senior men's professional golf[]

Senior majors[]

Charles Schwab Cup playoff events[]

Full results[]

Money list leaders[]

Awards[]

  • PGA Tour Champions
    • Charles Schwab Cup – United States Scott McCarron
    • Player of the Year – United States Scott McCarron
    • Rookie of the Year – South Africa Retief Goosen
    • Leading money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) – United States Scott McCarron
    • Lowest stroke average (Byron Nelson Award) – South Africa Retief Goosen

Senior women's professional golf[]

Senior majors

Amateur golf[]

Golf in multi-sport events[]

  • 10–13 July: Pacific Games – New Caledonia swept the gold medals: men's individual (Dylan Benoit), women's individual (Emilie Ricaud), men's team and women's team.[56]
  • 8–11 August: Pan American Games – Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay took the men's gold medal in a playoff, American amateur Emilia Migliaccio took the women's gold medal and the American team (all amateurs) took the mixed team gold medal.[57]
  • 2–6 December: South Asian Games – Nepal took the men's individual (Subash Tamang) and team gold medals while Sri Lanka took the women's individual (Grace Yataeara) and team gold medals.[58]
  • 4–7 December: Southeast Asian Games – James Leow Kwang Aik of Singapore took the men's individual gold medal while Thailand won men's team gold. The Philippines took the women's gold medals with Bianca Pagdanganan taking the individual title.[59][60]

Deaths[]

  • 1 February – Alice Dye (born 1927), American amateur golfer and golf course designer.[61]
  • 15 February – Gene Littler (born 1930), American professional golfer, U.S. Open winner (1961), member World Golf Hall of Fame.[62]
  • 7 March – Dan Jenkins (born 1928), American author and sportswriter and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.[63]
  • 7 April – Arie Irawan (born 1990), Malaysian professional golfer who died during a PGA Tour China event.[64]
  • 9 April – Marilynn Smith (born 1929), American professional golfer, co-founder of LPGA, member of World Golf Hall of Fame.[65]
  • 3 June – Larry Beck (born 1939), American professional golfer, winner of the 1957 U.S. Junior Amateur.[66]
  • 5 June – Peter Toogood (born 1930), Australian amateur golfer, 1954 Australian Amateur winner.[67]
  • 15 July – Margaret Todd (born 1918), Canadian amateur golfer and member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.[68]
  • 29 July – Mário Gonzalez (born 1922), Brazilian professional golfer who won the Brazil Open a record eight times.[69]
  • 1 August – Gordon Brand Jnr (born 1958), Scottish golfer who won eight times on the European Tour.[70]
  • 9 September – Brian Barnes (born 1945), Scottish professional golfer who won nine times on the European Tour.[71]
  • 6 November – Pat O'Sullivan (born 1926), American amateur golfer and winner of the 1951 Titleholders Championship.[72]
  • 6 December – Jo Ann Washam (born 1950), American professional golfer who won three times on the LPGA Tour.[73]
  • 31 December – Ernie Jones (born 1932), Irish professional golfer.[74]
  • 31 December – J. L. Lewis (born 1960), American professional golfer who won twice on the PGA Tour.[75]

Table of results[]

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

Dates Tournament Status or tour Winner
17–20 Jan Latin America Amateur Championship Amateur men's individual tournament Mexico Álvaro Ortiz
21–24 Feb WGC-Mexico Championship World Golf Championships United States Dustin Johnson
14–17 Mar The Players Championship PGA Tour Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
27–31 Mar WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play World Golf Championships United States Kevin Kisner
3–6 Apr Augusta National Women's Amateur Amateur women's individual tournament United States Jennifer Kupcho
4–7 Apr ANA Inspiration LPGA major South Korea Ko Jin-young
11–14 Apr Masters Tournament Men's major United States Tiger Woods
9–12 May Regions Tradition Senior major United States Steve Stricker
16–19 May PGA Championship Men's major United States Brooks Koepka
17–22 May NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships U.S. college championship Duke / María Fassi
23–26 May Senior PGA Championship Senior major United States Ken Tanigawa
24–29 May NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships U.S. college championship Stanford / Matthew Wolff
30 May – 2 Jun U.S. Women's Open LPGA major South Korea Lee Jeong-eun
11–15 Jun The Womens Amateur Championship Amateur women's individual tournament England Emily Toy
13–16 Jun U.S. Open Men's major United States Gary Woodland
17–22 Jun The Amateur Championship Amateur men's individual tournament Republic of Ireland James Sugrue
20–23 Jun KPMG Women's PGA Championship LPGA major Australia Hannah Green
26–29 Jun European Amateur Amateur men's individual tournament Germany Matthias Schmid
27–30 Jun U.S. Senior Open Senior major United States Steve Stricker
11–14 Jul Bridgestone Senior Players Championship Senior major South Africa Retief Goosen
18–21 Jul The Open Championship Men's major Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry
24–27 Jul European Ladies Amateur Championship Amateur women's individual tournament England Alice Hewson
25–28 Jul WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational World Golf Championships United States Brooks Koepka
25–28 Jul The Evian Championship LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour major South Korea Ko Jin-young
25–28 Jul The Senior Open Championship Senior major Germany Bernhard Langer
1–4 Aug AIG Women's British Open LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour major Japan Hinako Shibuno
5–11 Aug U.S. Women's Amateur Amateur women's individual tournament Australia Gabriela Ruffels
8–11 Aug The Northern Trust PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff United States Patrick Reed
12–18 Aug U.S. Amateur Amateur men's individual tournament United States Andy Ogletree
15–18 Aug BMW Championship PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff United States Justin Thomas
22–25 Aug The Tour Championship PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
7–8 Sep Walker Cup Great Britain & Ireland v United States
men's amateur team event		  United States
13–15 Sep Solheim Cup Europe v United States
women's professional team event		 European Union Team Europe
19–22 Sep BMW PGA Championship European Tour England Danny Willett
26–29 Sep Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Amateur men's individual tournament China Lin Yuxin
18–20 Oct Dominion Charity Classic PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup playoff Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
31 Oct – 3 Nov WGC-HSBC Champions World Golf Championships Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
1–3 Nov Invesco QQQ Championship PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup playoff Scotland Colin Montgomerie
7–10 Nov Charles Schwab Cup Championship PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup playoff United States Jeff Maggert
21–24 Nov DP World Tour Championship, Dubai European Tour Spain Jon Rahm
21–24 Nov CME Group Tour Championship LPGA Tour South Korea Kim Sei-young
12–15 Dec Presidents Cup International team vs. United States team
men's professional team event		 United States U.S. team

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