This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2007.

Men's professional golf

The Masters The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four men's major golf championships, men's major championships in Professional golf tours, professional golf. Schedul ...

- American Zach Johnson won his first major tournament, in a high scoring week at Augusta. *14–17 June: U.S. Open - Ángel Cabrera became Argentina's first U.S. Open winner, claiming a victory by one stroke. *19–22 July:

Open Championship The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th ...

Pádraig Harrington Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three men's major golf championships, major championships: The Open Championship in 2 ...

became the first European major winner of the 21st century, defeating Sergio García in a playoff. *9–12 August:

PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The PGA is one of the four men's major golf champi ...

Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins, PGA Tour wins, ranks second in List of men's major championships winning golfers, men's m ...

won his fourth PGA Championship and 13th major.

World Golf Championships The World Golf Championships (WGC) were a group of annual professional golf tournaments played from 1999 through 2023 created by the International Federation of PGA Tours as a means of gathering the best players in the world together more freque ...

*19–25 February: WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship - Swede Henrik Stenson defeated defending champion Geoff Ogilvy 2 and 1. Stenson moved up to fifth in the world rankings, the highest position ever attained by a Swedish male golfer. For the first time at this event no American made the final, and Chad Campbell was the only American quarterfinalist. He finished fourth after losing the playoff match to Trevor Immelman of South Africa. *22–25 March WGC-CA Championship -

won the event for the third consecutive year, and for the sixth time in his career. *2–5 August: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational -

repeated his CA Championship success and won the event for the third consecutive year.

FedEx Cup The FedEx Cup is the championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction in 2007 marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Since its inception, the competition has been sponsored by FedEx. In 2022, the PGA Tour ...

playoff events *23–26 August: The Barclays -

Steve Stricker Steven Charles Stricker (born February 23, 1967) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has twelve victories on the PGA Tour, including the WGC-Match Play title in 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Pla ...

won by two shots and took the FedEx Cup points lead. *31 August-3 September: Deutsche Bank Championship -

Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six Men's major golf championships, major championships: three Masters ...

won by two shots and took the FedEx Cup points lead. *6–9 September: BMW Championship -

won his 60th PGA Tour event by 2 strokes over Aaron Baddeley. *13–16 September: The Tour Championship - Woods won his 61st PGA Tour event, running away with the tournament on an easier-than-normal

East Lake Golf Club East Lake Golf Club is a private golf club 5 miles east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1904, it is the oldest golf course in the city. East Lake was the home course of golfer Bobby Jones (golfer), Bobby Jones and much of its clubh ...

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by 8 shots over Mark Calcavecchia and Zach Johnson. Woods also won the FedEx Cup as season champion, collecting a $10 million retirement account deposit as FedEx Cup champion in addition to the $1.26 million first prize for the tournament. Other leading PGA Tour events *10–13 May:

The Players Championship The Players Championship (commonly known as simply The Players, stylized by the PGA Tour as THE PLAYERS Championship) is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, it began in 1974. The ...

- American

won his first Players Championship with a final round 3-under-par 69. It was the 31st win of Mickelson's career. ''For a complete list of PGA Tour results see

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour Champion ...

.'' Other leading European Tour events *24–27 May:

BMW PGA Championship The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain & Ireland), Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the ...

- Anders Hansen from Denmark won the event after holing a 25-foot birdie putt in a sudden-death playoff against England’s Justin Rose. *14–17 October: HSBC World Match Play Championship - South African Ernie Els defeated Ángel Cabrera by a score of 6&4 to win this tournament for the 7th time. *1–4 November: Volvo Masters - Justin Rose won in a playoff to overtake Ernie Els for the Order of Merit. ''For a complete list of European Tour results see 2007 European Tour.'' Team events *27–30 September:

Presidents Cup The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world except Europe as that continent competes against the United States in a similar but ...

- The United States defeated the International team by a score of 19½ to 14½. *27–30 September: Seve Trophy -

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

and

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

defeated

Continental Europe Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands. It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by som ...

by the score of 16½ to 11 ½. *22–25 November: 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup - Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren, who were runners-up in 2006, defeat Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum of the USA in the third hole of a playoff. Tour leaders *

headed the PGA Tour money list for the eighth time, and also won the inaugural FedEx Cup. *

European Tour The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European ...

- Justin Rose won his first Order of Merit becoming the youngest winner since

Ronan Rafferty Ronan Patrick Rafferty (born 13 January 1964) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who formerly played on the European Tour. He won the European Tour Harry Vardon Trophy, Order of Merit in 1989 European Tour, 1989. Early life Rafferty was ...

in 1989. *

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour () is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006, it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the ...

- Toru Taniguchi topped the money list for the second time with earnings of ¥171,744,498. *

Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours, tour in Asia except for Japan (which has its own Japan Golf Tour). It is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on ...

- Liang Wenchong became the first golfer from mainland China to win the Order of Merit. *

PGA Tour of Australasia The PGA Tour of Australasia, currently titled as the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tour for men, owned and operated by the PGA of Australia. Official events on the tour count for World Golf ...

- Craig Parry won the Order of Merit for the third time, with earnings of A$422,004. *

Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the Southern Africa Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the F ...

- With a change to a calendar based season, there were two Order of Merit winners on the Sunshine Tour during 2007, with tournaments held from 1 January 2007 to 25 February 2007 counting for both the 2006/07 and 2007 lists. The 2006/07 Order of Merit was headed by Charl Schwartzel of

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for the third consecutive season with earnings of R1,585,117.41, although Ernie Els was the leading money winner, but had not played in sufficient events to qualify for the Order of Merit. The 2007 Order of Merit was won by another South African, James Kingston with earnings of R1,980,688.65. Other happenings *4 January: The first shot of the first

was hit at the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii. *12 January: Sixteen-year-old Tadd Fujikawa became the youngest player in 50 years to make the cut at a PGA Tour event after shooting rounds of 71 and 66 at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He went on to finish tied for 20th in the tournament. Fujikawa qualified for the Sony Open by shooting 67 in the Aloha Section PGA qualifying event. *1 April: 20-year-old Spaniard Pablo Martin-Benavides became the first amateur golfer to win a

event, at the Estoril Open de Portugal. *5 April:

Jeev Milkha Singh Jeev Milkha Singh (born 15 December 1971) is an Indian professional golfer who became the first player from India to join the European Tour in 1998. He has won four events on the European Tour, becoming the most successful Indian on tour. H ...

was the first Indian golfer to participate in the Masters. *20 May: 15-year-old amateur Ryo Ishikawa won the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup on the

. *15 July: Daniel Summerhays became the first amateur player to win a

Nationwide Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. ...

event at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational. *30 November: Sir Bob Charles made the cut at the Michael Hill New Zealand Open at the age of 71 and became the oldest golfer to make a cut on a

event. Awards *

–

** Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) -

** Leading money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) -

** Vardon Trophy -

** Byron Nelson Award -

** Rookie of the year - Brandt Snedeker **Comeback Player of the Year -

* Champions Tour ** Player of the Year - Jay Haas ** Rookie of the Year - Denis Watson ** Comeback Player of the Year - R. W. Eaks *

** Player of the Year - Nick Flanagan *

**Player of the Year -

**Rookie of the Year - Martin Kaymer Other tour results * 2007 Asian Tour * 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia * 2007 Canadian Tour * 2007 Challenge Tour * 2007 Japan Golf Tour * 2007 Nationwide Tour * 2007 Tour de las Americas

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors *29 March-1 April: Kraft Nabisco Championship - American Morgan Pressel claimed a one-shot victory to win her first tournament and became the youngest ever winner of an LPGA major. *7–10 June:

LPGA Championship The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ...

- Norwegian Suzann Pettersen won the

, her first major championship, by one stroke over

Karrie Webb Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall ...

. *28 June-1 July: U.S. Women's Open - American

Cristie Kerr Cristie Kerr (born October 12, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked go ...

won her first major championship and tenth LPGA Tour title. *2–5 August: Ricoh Women's British Open - World number one

Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Reyes (; born 15 November 1981) is a Mexican former professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 LPGA Tour, 2003 to 2010 LPGA Tour, 2010. She was the Women's World Golf Rankings#World number ones, top-ranked ...

from Mexico won her first major championship. Ladies European Tour major (in addition to the Women's British Open) *25–28 July: Evian Masters - American Natalie Gulbis won as a professional for the first time, beating Jeong Jang in a sudden-death playoff. ''For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see Ladies European Tour.'' Additional LPGA Tour events *17–22 July: HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship - Seon Hwa Lee beat

Ai Miyazato is a former Japanese professional golfer who competed on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA). She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings on three occasions in 2010. Early life, family and amateur ...

2&1 for her second career victory. *15–18 November: LPGA Playoffs at The ADT -

emerged as the winner from a 32-player field to win the $1 million prize and raise her season earnings to just under $5 million. ''For a complete list of LPGA Tour results see

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...

.'' Team events *19–21 January:

Women's World Cup of Golf The Women's World Cup of Golf was a professional golf tournament contested by teams of two female golfers representing their respective countries. The tournament was played in several incarnations, first in 1992 as the Sunrise Cup World Team Ch ...

- Julieta Granada and Celeste Troche, representing

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

, won the event, held in Sun City,

. *14–16 September: Solheim Cup - Team USA successfully defended its title, beating Europe 16 to 12 in Halmstad, Sweden, winning the Solheim Cup on foreign soil for the first time since 1996. *7–9 December:

Lexus Cup The Lexus Cup was an annual golf tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing Asia and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the LPGA Tour,

- Team Asia took a commanding lead, winning all six matches on day one and won the event for the second consecutive year over Team International, 15-9. Money list leaders *

led the list with $4,364,994, becoming the first player in LPGA history to earn more than $3 million in a season. * Ladies European Tour - Sophie Gustafson topped the Order of Merit list with earnings of 222,081.47 euros. * Duramed Futures Tour - Emily Bastel of the United States topped the money list with earnings of $59,779. *

LPGA of Korea Tour The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for Women's sports, women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf ...

- Jiyai Shin led the money list for the second consecutive year. *

LPGA of Japan Tour The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. The tour was founded in 1968. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the mo ...

- Momoko Ueda claimed the LPGA of Japan Tour money list title, at age 21 the youngest player ever to hold the title. * Ladies Asian Golf Tour - Da-Ye Na of Korea led the money list with US$44,500 in earnings. * ALPG Tour -

of Australia topped the 2006/07 money list with A$195,000 in earnings. Awards * LPGA Tour Player of the Year –

* LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year –

Angela Park Angela Park (, born August 25, 1988) is a Brazilian Americans, Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States. Childhood and personal life Park was born in Foz do ...

*LPGA Tour Vare Trophy –

* LET Player of the Year – Bettina Hauert * LET Rookie of the Year –

Louise Stahle Louise Stahle (born 19 March 1985) is a professional golf player who has played on both the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She won the British Ladies Amateur back-to-back in 2004 and 2005 Early years Stahle was born in Lun ...

Other happenings *23 April:

took over first place in the Women's World Golf Rankings, overtaking

Annika Sörenstam Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 96 international p ...

, who held the top position for 60 weeks, since the Rankings were introduced in February 2006. *29 April: Silvia Cavalleri won the Corona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour. *16 July: The LPGA announced that it had acquired the Duramed Futures Tour effective immediately.

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors *24–27 May: Senior PGA Championship - Zimbabwean Denis Watson shot a final round 68 for his first major victory. *5–8 July: U.S. Senior Open - American Brad Bryant shot a final round 68 to win his first major; third-round leader Tom Watson went 8-over-par in the final 8 holes, including 3 double bogeys. *26–29 July:

Senior British Open The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...

- American Tom Watson shot a final round 73 (+2) to win his fifth Senior Major and third Senior British Open. *23–26 August: JELD-WEN Tradition - Zimbabwean/Irishman Mark McNulty shot a final round 68 for his first major victory. *4–7 October:

Senior Players Championship The Senior Players Championship, stylised by the PGA Tour as The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, is one of the five major championships on golf's PGA Tour Champions. The inaugural event was played in 1983 and the age minimum is 50, the standard f ...

- American Loren Roberts shot 67-66-67-67=267 (-13) to win his third major. He was victorious by six strokes. Full list of 2007 Champions Tour results.
Full list of 2007 European Seniors Tour results. Money list leaders * Champions Tour - Jay Haas topped the money list for the second straight year with earnings of US$2,581,001
Final money list
* European Seniors Tour - Carl Mason headed the Order of Merit for the third time
Final Order of Merit list

Amateur golf

*22–25 May: NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships -

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

won the team championship for the third consecutive year. Stacy Lewis of the

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It is the Flagship campus, flagship campus of the University of Arkan ...

won the individual title. *30 May-2 June: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships -

Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...

won the team championship, its eighth and first since 1994. Jamie Lovemark of

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its densely populated coastal reg ...

won the individual title. *18–23 June:

The Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been held annually in the United Kingdom since 1885 except during the two World Wars, and in 19 ...

- Drew Weaver of the United States defeated Tim Stewart of Australia, 2 & 1. *6–12 August: U.S. Women's Amateur - Maria José Uribe of Colombia defeated Amanda Blumenherst of the United States, 1 up. *20–26 August:

U.S. Amateur The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August ov ...

- Colt Knost of the United States defeated fellow American Michael Thompson, 2 & 1. Knost, who won the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links on 14 July, became only the second man to win both the U.S. Amateur Public Links and U.S. Amateur in the same year, and only the sixth person to win two

USGA The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. Together with The R&A, the USGA produces and interprets the rules ...

individual championships in the same year. *8–9 September:

Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland featuring players from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup ...

- The United States defeated Great Britain & Ireland 12½ to 11½. Other happenings *23 January:

The R&A The R&A (or more formally, the R&A Trust Company (No. 1) Limited) is the collective name of a group of companies that together play a significant role within the game of golf. Historically, "the R&A" was a colloquial name for the Royal and A ...

published the first edition of the men's

World Amateur Golf Ranking The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by The R&A, the governing body of the sport of golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 2,600 amateur tournaments per year (and amateurs ...

, which was topped by Richie Ramsay of Scotland.

World Golf Hall of Fame inductees

The following individuals were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on 12 November: *

Joe Carr Joseph Benedict Carr (22 February 1922 – 3 June 2004) was an Irish amateur golfer. Early life Carr was born in Inchicore, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, to George and Margaret Mary "Missie" Waters (the fifth of seven children). At 10 days ol ...

(Lifetime Achievement) * Hubert Green (Veterans) * Charles B. Macdonald (Lifetime Achievement) * Kel Nagle (Veterans) * Se Ri Pak (LPGA point system) * Curtis Strange (PGA Tour)

Table of results

This table summarises all the results referred to above in date order. The following biennial events will next be played in 2008:

Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States, with hosting duties alternating between venues in Europe and the United States for each edition. The cup is named after the English businessman S ...

, Curtis Cup, Espirito Santo Trophy.

References

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