2005 in golf

Men's professional golf

Major championships

• 7-10 April: The Masters - Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title, and his 9th major. He returned to Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
• 16-19 June: U.S. Open -
• 14-17 July: The Open Championship -
• 11-14 August: PGA Championship -

World Golf Championships (individual events)

• 23-27 February: WGC-Accenture World Matchplay Championship - David Toms defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco 6&5 in the final.
• 18-21 August: WGC-NEC Invitational -
• 6-9 October: WGC-American Express Championship -

Other leading PGA Tour events

• 24-27 March: The Players Championship - American Fred Funk picked up the biggest win of his career at the age of forty eight.
• 3-6 November: The Tour Championship -

For a full list of PGA Tour results click here.

Other leading PGA European Tour events

• 26-29 May: BMW Championship -
• 15-18 September: HSBC World Match Play Championship -
• 27-30 October: Volvo Masters -

For a full list of PGA European Tour results click here.

Tour money list / order of merit winners:

• PGA Tour - current money list
• PGA European Tour - current order of merit
• Japan Golf Tour - current money list
• Asian Tour - current order of merit
• PGA Tour of Australasia - current order of merit
• Sunshine Tour - Charl Schwartzel of South Africa topped the 2004/05 order of merit with earnings of 1,635,850.44 South African Rand (full list). The first official money event of the 2005/06 season starts on 17 March.

Team events

• 22-25 September: Seve Trophy -
• 23-25 September: Presidents Cup -
• 17-20 November: WGC-World Cup -

Other happenings

• February: Former British Open champion Max Faulkner dies.
• 6 March: Tiger Woods wins the Ford Championship at Doral and returns 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 restores him to Number 1 after just two weeks.
• 10 April: Tiger Woods becomes Number 1 again after winning The Masters.

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 twenty seven year old record of winning five consecutive LPGA starts.
• 9-12 June: U.S. Women's Open -
• 23-26 June: LPGA Championship -
• 28-31 July: Weetabix Women's British Open -

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 -

Additional event

• 30 June - 3 July: HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship - 2005 is the inaugural staging of this event

Money list winners

• LPGA Tour - current money list
• Ladies European Tour - current order of merit (follow link at lower left)

Team events

• 11-13 February: Women's World Cup of Golf - Japan, represented by Ai Miyazato and Rui Kitada , won the inaugural staging of this event.
• 9-11 September: Solheim Cup -

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.

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

• 26-29 May: Senior PGA Championship -
• 7-10 July: Senior Players Championship -
• 21-24 July: Senior British Open -
• 28-31 July: U.S. Senior Open -
• 25-28 August: The Tradition -

For a full list of Champions Tour results click here

Money list winners

• Champions Tour - current money list
• European Seniors Tour - current order of merit

Amateur golf

• 30 May-4 June: The Amateur Championship -
• 1-4 June: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships -
• 13-14 August: Walker Cup -
• 24-28 August: U.S. Amateur Championship -

Table of results

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

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

See also

2005 in sports
Timeline of golf 2000-present

External links

Men's tours' official sites.

• PGA Tour, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour
• PGA European Tour, European Seniors Tour and Challenge Tour
• Japan Golf Tour (English version)
• Asian Tour
• PGA Tour of Australasia
• Sunshine Tour

Women's tours' official sites.

• LPGA Tour and Futures Tour
• Ladies European Tour

Rankings

• Official World Golf Rankings (updated Monday lunchtime GMT)

Golf news sites

Australia based:

• iseekgolf.com

U.K. based:

• BBC golf coverage
• Golf365.com

U.S. based:

• golf.com
• The Golf Channel