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Men's professional golf

Major championships

  • 7–10 April: Masters Tournament - Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title, and his 9th major. He temporarily returned to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
  • 16–19 June: U.S. Open - Michael Campbell came from behind in the fourth round to win his first major with an even par score. He was the first New Zealander to win a major since Bob Charles won the British Open in 1963. Retief Goosen led after three rounds, but fell away badly on Sunday and tied for eleventh. Tiger Woods had a good final round to claim second place, but talk of his winning a Grand Slam was ended for another year.
  • 14–17 July: The Open Championship - Tiger Woods led wire-to-wire at the historic Old Course at St Andrews and won his second Open Championship, and 10th major, by 5 strokes. Scottish favorite Colin Montgomerie closed within a shot at one point on Sunday and finished on his own in second, his best ever result at The Open Championship. The Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, had a historic farewell as he retired from professional golf on Friday, July 15, after missing the cut. Woods became only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once.
  • 11–15 August: PGA Championship - Phil Mickelson won his second major championship, taking the PGA at Baltusrol Golf Club by scoring a -4 276. Thomas Bjørn and Steve Elkington both tied for second with -3. The tournament had to be completed on Monday due to bad weather: this was the first time that a Monday finish occurred at the PGA since 1986.

World Golf Championships (individual events)

Other leading PGA Tour events

For a full list of PGA Tour results, see 2005 PGA Tour.

Other leading European Tour events

For a full list of European Tour results, see 2005 European Tour

Tour money list / order of merit winners:

Full list

Awards

Team events

  • 22–25 September: Seve Trophy - After conceding an early lead Great Britain & Ireland pulled level before the singles, and then dominated the singles matches to win 16½ to 11½ and retain the Trophy.
  • 22–25 September: Presidents Cup - The match was all square going into the singles, but the USA pulled away to win 18½ to 15½.
  • 17–20 November: WGC-World Cup - Third round leaders Wales, represented by Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge, were declared the winners after the final round was called off due to bad weather.

Other happenings

  • 26 February: Former British Open champion Max Faulkner died.
  • 6 March: Tiger Woods won the Ford Championship at Doral and returned to Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, displacing Vijay Singh.
  • 20 March: Vijay Singh's tied second-place finish at the Bay Hill Invitational restored him to Number 1 after just two weeks.
  • 10 April: Tiger Woods became World Number 1 again after winning The Masters.
  • 13 May: Tiger Woods' record breaking run of 142 consecutive cuts made on the PGA Tour came to an end at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
  • 22 May: Vijay Singh started his third spell as World Number 1, reclaiming the position from Woods even though neither man played that weekend.
  • 13 June: Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh exchanged places at World Number 1 for the last time, with Woods opening a substantial gap in the rankings by early July.
  • 2 July: Tiger Woods became the first man to pass $50 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour.
  • 4 December: Colin Montgomerie won the Hong Kong Open and became the first man to win 20 million Euros on the European Tour.

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

  • 24–27 March: Kraft Nabisco Championship - Annika Sörenstam won by eight shots, claiming her eighth major title, and equalling Nancy Lopez's 27-year-old record of winning five consecutive LPGA starts.
  • 9–12 June: LPGA Championship - Annika Sörenstam cruised to a three shot win to claim her second major of the year and ninth of her career. Fifteen-year-old Michelle Wie was runner-up.
  • 23–26 June: U.S. Women's Open - South Korean Birdie Kim holes a 30-yard sand shot on the 72nd hole, punctuating her two-shot win over teenage amateurs Morgan Pressel and Brittany Lang. Kim, who scored her first LPGA tournament win, finished the event at 3-over-par 284. Sörenstam was never a factor, finishing nine shots back. Wie was in a three-way tie for the lead after three rounds, but ballooned to an 82 and finished tied with Sörenstam. Lorena Ochoa was at 3-over after 71 holes, but hit her tee shot into the water on the final hole and shot a quadruple-bogey 8.
  • 28–31 July: Weetabix Women's British Open - Another South Korean who had no previous LPGA tournament wins, Jeong Jang, cruises to a four-stroke win over Sophie Gustafson. Wie finished in a tie for third in her last tournament of the year before returning to high school.

For a full list of LPGA Tour results click here.

Ladies European Tour major (in addition to the Women's British Open)

  • 20–23 July: Evian Masters - Paula Creamer, an 18-year-old rookie pro on the LPGA tour, waltzed to an eight-stroke win over Wie and Ochoa.

Additional LPGA Tour event

Money list winners

Team events

Other happenings

  • 26 February: 15 year old Michelle Wie achieves her career best finish on the LPGA Tour, placing tied 2nd at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay.
  • 22 May: 18 year old Paula Creamer became the youngest first time winner on the LPGA Tour since 1952 at the Sybase Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury.
  • 5 October: Michelle Wie turned pro six days before her sixteenth birthday.
  • 6 November: Annika Sörenstam becomes first professional golfer to win same tournament five-straight times at Mizuno Classic.

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

  • 26–29 May: Senior PGA Championship - Mike Reid won a three-man playoff to claim his first Champions Tour title.
  • 7–10 July: Senior Players Championship - Peter Jacobsen won his second Champions Tour event and his second senior major.
  • 21–24 July: Senior British Open - Tom Watson won his second Senior British Open and his fourth senior major.
  • 28–31 July: U.S. Senior Open - Allen Doyle won his third senior major. Doyle, who started the final round nine shots out of the lead, shot a final-round 63, a course record which tied for the lowest round ever in the U.S. Senior Open, and saw the leaders come back to him. Doyle would win by one stroke. His final-round comeback is unprecedented in the history of the senior majors; in the mainstream majors, only Paul Lawrie's comeback from 10 shots down on the final day of the 1999 Open Championship surpasses this feat.
  • 25–28 August: The Tradition - Loren Roberts defeated Dana Quigley on the second playoff hole to win his first senior major.

For a complete list of Champions Tour results see 2005 Champions Tour.

Money list winners

Amateur golf

Tables of results

Overview

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

Date Tournament Status or tour Winner
11–13 Feb Women's World Cup of Golf Professional world team championship Japan
23–27 Feb WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship World Golf Championships David Toms
24–27 Mar The Players Championship PGA Tour Fred Funk
24–27 Mar Kraft Nabisco Championship LPGA major Annika Sörenstam
7–10 Apr Masters Tournament Men's major championship Tiger Woods
26–29 May BMW Championship European Tour Ángel Cabrera
26–29 May Senior PGA Championship Senior major Mike Reid
30 May – 4 Jun The Amateur Championship Amateur men's individual tournament Brian McElhinney
1–4 Jun NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships U.S. college championship team - Georgia
individual James Lepp (Washington)
9–12 Jun LPGA Championship LPGA major Annika Sörenstam
16–19 Jun U.S. Open Men's major championship Michael Campbell
23–26 Jun U.S. Women's Open LPGA major Birdie Kim
30 Jun – 3 Jul HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship LPGA Tour Marisa Baena
7–10 Jul Senior Players Championship Senior major Peter Jacobsen
11–16 Jul U.S. Amateur Public Links Amateur men's individual tournament Clay Ogden
14–17 Jul The Open Championship Men's major championship Tiger Woods
20–23 Jul Evian Masters Ladies European Tour major and LPGA Tour Paula Creamer
21–24 Jul Senior British Open Senior major Tom Watson
28–31 Jul Women's British Open LPGA and Ladies European Tour major Jeong Jang
28–31 Jul U.S. Senior Open Senior major Allen Doyle
1–7 Aug U.S. Women's Amateur Amateur women's individual tournament Morgan Pressel
11–14 Aug PGA Championship Men's major championship Phil Mickelson
13–14 Aug Walker Cup GB & Ireland v USA - men's amateur team USA
18–21 Aug WGC-NEC Invitational World Golf Championships Tiger Woods
24–28 Aug U.S. Amateur Amateur men's individual tournament Edoardo Molinari
25–28 Aug The Tradition Senior major Loren Roberts
9–11 Sep Solheim Cup US v Europe - women's professional USA
15–18 Sep HSBC World Match Play Championship European Tour Michael Campbell
22–25 Sep Seve Trophy GB & Ireland v Rest of Europe - men's professional GB & Ireland
22–25 Sep Presidents Cup USA v International Team - men's professional USA
6–9 Oct WGC-American Express Championship World Golf Championships Tiger Woods
27–30 Oct Volvo Masters European Tour Paul McGinley
3–6 Nov The Tour Championship PGA Tour Bart Bryant
17–20 Nov WGC-World Cup World Golf Championships Wales

The following biennial events will next be played in 2006: Curtis Cup; Eisenhower Trophy; Espirito Santo Trophy; Ryder Cup

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