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

Major championships

• 5–8 April:The Masters - AmericanZach 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 -Pádraig Harrington became the first European major winner of the 21st century, defeatingSergio García in a playoff.
• 9–12 August:PGA Championship -Tiger Woods won his fourth PGA Championship and 13th major.

World Golf Championships

• 19–25 February:WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship - SwedeHenrik Stenson defeated defending championGeoff Ogilvy 2 and 1. Stenson moved up to fifth in the world rankings, the highest position ever attained by a Swedish male golfer.^[1] For the first time at this event no American made the final, andChad Campbell was the only American quarterfinalist. He finished fourth after losing the playoff match toTrevor Immelman of South Africa.
• 22–25 MarchWGC-CA Championship -Tiger Woods won the event for the third consecutive year, and for the sixth time in his career.
• 2–5 August:WGC-Bridgestone Invitational -Tiger Woods repeated his CA Championship success and won the event for the third consecutive year.

FedEx Cup playoff events

• 23–26 August:The Barclays -Steve Stricker won by two shots and took the FedEx Cup points lead.
• 31 August-3 September:Deutsche Bank Championship -Phil Mickelson won by two shots and took the FedEx Cup points lead.
• 6–9 September:BMW Championship -Tiger Woods won his 60th PGA Tour event by 2 strokes overAaron Baddeley.
• 13–16 September:The Tour Championship - Woods won his 61st PGA Tour event, running away with the tournament on an easier-than-normalEast Lake Golf Club inAtlanta by 8 shots overMark Calcavecchia andZach 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 - AmericanPhil Mickelson 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 seePGA Tour.

Other leading European Tour events

• 24–27 May:BMW PGA Championship -Anders Hansen from Denmark won the event after holing a 25-foot birdie putt in a sudden-death playoff against England’sJustin Rose.
• 14–17 October:HSBC World Match Play Championship - South AfricanErnie Els defeatedÁngel 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 see2007 European Tour.

Team events

• 27–30 September:Presidents Cup - The United States defeated the International team by a score of 19½ to 14½.
• 27–30 September:Seve Trophy -Great Britain andIreland defeatedContinental Europe by the score of 16½ to 11 ½.
• 22–25 November:2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup - Scotland'sColin Montgomerie andMarc Warren, who were runners-up in 2006, defeatBoo Weekley andHeath Slocum of the USA in the third hole of a playoff.

Tour leaders

• PGA Tour -Tiger Woods headed the PGA Tour money list for the eighth time, and also won the inaugural FedEx Cup.^[2][3]
• European Tour -Justin Rose won his first Order of Merit becoming the youngest winner sinceRonan Rafferty in 1989.^[4]
• Japan Golf Tour -Toru Taniguchi topped the money list for the second time with earnings of¥171,744,498.^[5]
• Asian Tour -Liang Wenchong became the first golfer from mainland China to win the Order of Merit.^[6]
• PGA Tour of Australasia -Craig Parry won the Order of Merit for the third time, with earnings of A$422,004.^[7]
• Sunshine Tour - 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 byCharl Schwartzel ofSouth Africa for the third consecutive season with earnings ofR1,585,117.41, althoughErnie Els was the leading money winner, but had not played in sufficient events to qualify for the Order of Merit.^[8] The 2007 Order of Merit was won by another South African,James Kingston with earnings of R1,980,688.65.^[9]

Other happenings

• 4 January: The first shot of the firstFedEx Cup was hit at theMercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii.
• 12 January: Sixteen-year-oldTadd 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 theSony 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.^[10]
• 1 April: 20-year-old SpaniardPablo Martin-Benavides became the first amateur golfer to win aEuropean Tour event, at theEstoril Open de Portugal.
• 5 April:Jeev Milkha Singh was the first Indian golfer to participate in the Masters.^[11]
• 20 May: 15-year-old amateurRyo Ishikawa won the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup on theJapan Golf Tour.^[12]
• 15 July:Daniel Summerhays became the first amateur player to win aNationwide Tour event at theNationwide Children's Hospital Invitational.^[13]
• 30 November: SirBob Charles made the cut at theMichael Hill New Zealand Open at the age of 71 and became the oldest golfer to make a cut on aEuropean Tour event.

Awards

• PGA Tour
  • FedEx Cup –Tiger Woods
  • Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) -Tiger Woods
  • Leading money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) -Tiger Woods
  • Vardon Trophy -Tiger Woods
  • Byron Nelson Award -Tiger Woods
  • Rookie of the year -Brandt Snedeker
  • Comeback Player of the Year -Steve Stricker
• Champions Tour
  • Player of the Year -Jay Haas
  • Rookie of the Year -Denis Watson
  • Comeback Player of the Year -R. W. Eaks
• Nationwide Tour
  • Player of the Year -Nick Flanagan
• European Tour
  • Player of the Year -Pádraig Harrington
  • 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

LPGA majors

• 29 March-1 April:Kraft Nabisco Championship - AmericanMorgan 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 - NorwegianSuzann Pettersen won theLPGA Championship, her first major championship, by one stroke overKarrie Webb.
• 28 June-1 July:U.S. Women's Open - AmericanCristie Kerr won her first major championship and tenth LPGA Tour title.
• 2–5 August:Ricoh Women's British Open - World number oneLorena Ochoa from Mexico won her first major championship.

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

• 25–28 July:Evian Masters - AmericanNatalie Gulbis won as a professional for the first time, beatingJeong Jang in a sudden-death playoff.

For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results seeLadies European Tour.

Additional LPGA Tour events

• 17–22 July:HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship -Seon Hwa Lee beatAi Miyazato 2&1 for her second career victory.
• 15–18 November:LPGA Playoffs at The ADT -Lorena Ochoa 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 seeLPGA Tour.

Team events

• 19–21 January:Women's World Cup of Golf -Julieta Granada andCeleste Troche, representingParaguay, won the event, held inSun City,South Africa.
• 14–16 September:Solheim Cup - Team USA successfully defended its title, beating Europe 16 to 12 inHalmstad, Sweden, winning the Solheim Cup on foreign soil for the first time since 1996.
• 7–9 December:Lexus Cup - 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

• LPGA Tour -Lorena Ochoa 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 -Jiyai Shin led the money list for the second consecutive year.
• LPGA of Japan Tour -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 -Karrie Webb of Australia topped the 2006/07 money list with A$195,000 in earnings.

Awards

• LPGA Tour Player of the Year –Lorena Ochoa
• LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year –Angela Park
• LPGA TourVare Trophy –Lorena Ochoa
• LET Player of the Year –Bettina Hauert
• LET Rookie of the Year –Louise Stahle

Other happenings

• 23 April:Lorena Ochoa took over first place in theWomen's World Golf Rankings, overtakingAnnika Sörenstam, who held the top position for 60 weeks, since the Rankings were introduced in February 2006.
• 29 April:Silvia Cavalleri won theCorona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.
• 16 July: The LPGA announced that it had acquired theDuramed Futures Tour effective immediately.

Senior majors

• 24–27 May:Senior PGA Championship - ZimbabweanDenis Watson shot a final round 68 for his first major victory.
• 5–8 July:U.S. Senior Open - AmericanBrad Bryant shot a final round 68 to win his first major; third-round leaderTom Watson went 8-over-par in the final 8 holes, including 3 double bogeys.
• 26–29 July:Senior British Open - AmericanTom 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 - AmericanLoren Roberts shot 67-66-67-67=267 (-13) to win his third major. He was victorious by six strokes.

Full list of2007 Champions Tour results.
Full list of2007 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^{[permanent dead link‍]}

• 22–25 May:NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships -Duke University won the team championship for the third consecutive year.Stacy Lewis of theUniversity of Arkansas won the individual title.
• 30 May-2 June:NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships -Stanford won the team championship, its eighth and first since 1994.Jamie Lovemark ofSouthern California won the individual title.
• 18–23 June:The Amateur Championship -Drew Weaver of the United States defeatedTim Stewart of Australia, 2 & 1.
• 6–12 August:U.S. Women's Amateur -Maria José Uribe of Colombia defeatedAmanda Blumenherst of the United States, 1 up.
• 20–26 August:U.S. Amateur -Colt Knost of the United States defeated fellow AmericanMichael Thompson, 2 & 1. Knost, who won the 2007U.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 twoUSGA individual championships in the same year.
• 8–9 September:Walker Cup - The United States defeated Great Britain & Ireland 12½ to 11½.

Other happenings

• 23 January:The R&A published the first edition of the men'sWorld Amateur Golf Ranking, which was topped byRichie Ramsay of Scotland.

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

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

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

Dates	Tournament	Status or tour	Winner
19-21 Jan	Women's World Cup of Golf	Professional world team championship	Paraguay
19-25 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	World Golf Championships	Henrik Stenson
22-25 Mar	WGC-CA Championship	World Golf Championships	Tiger Woods
29 Mar-1 Apr	Kraft Nabisco Championship	LPGA major	Morgan Pressel
5-8 Apr	The Masters	Men's major	Zach Johnson
10–13 May	The Players Championship	PGA Tour	Phil Mickelson
22–25 May	NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships	U.S. college championship	Duke /Stacy Lewis
24–27 May	BMW PGA Championship	European Tour	Anders Hansen
24–27 May	Senior PGA Championship	Senior major	Denis Watson
30 May-2 Jun	NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships	U.S. college championship	Stanford /Jamie Lovemark
7-10 Jun	LPGA Championship	LPGA major	Suzann Pettersen
14-17 Jun	U.S. Open	Men's major	Ángel Cabrera
18-23 Jun	The Amateur Championship	Amateur men's individual tournament	Drew Weaver
28 Jun-1 Jul	U.S. Women's Open	LPGA major	Cristie Kerr
5-8 Jul	U.S. Senior Open	Senior major	Brad Bryant
19-22 Jul	The Open Championship	Men's major	Pádraig Harrington
19-22 Jul	HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship	LPGA Tour	Seon Hwa Lee
26-29 Jul	Evian Masters	Ladies European Tourmajor and LPGA Tour regular event	Natalie Gulbis
26-29 Jul	Senior British Open	Senior major	Tom Watson
2-5 Aug	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	World Golf Championships	Tiger Woods
2-5 Aug	Women's British Open	LPGA andLadies European Tourmajor	Lorena Ochoa
6-12 Aug	U.S. Women's Amateur	Amateur women's individual tournament	Maria José Uribe
9-12 Aug	PGA Championship	Men's major	Tiger Woods
16-19 Aug	JELD-WEN Tradition	Senior major	Mark McNulty
20-26 Aug	U.S. Amateur	Amateur men's individual tournament	Colt Knost
23-26 Aug	The Barclays	PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff	Steve Stricker
31 Aug-3 Sep	Deutsche Bank Championship	PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff	Phil Mickelson
6-9 Sep	BMW Championship	PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff	Tiger Woods
8-9 Sep	Walker Cup	Great Britain & Ireland v United States men's amateur team event	United States
13-16 Sep	The Tour Championship	PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff	Tiger Woods
14-16 Sep	Solheim Cup	United States v Europe women's professional team event	United States
27-30 Sep	Presidents Cup	International Team v United States men's professional team event	United States
27-30 Sep	Seve Trophy	Great Britain & Ireland v Europe men's professional team event	Great Britain & Ireland
4-7 Oct	Senior Players Championship	Senior major	Loren Roberts
11-14 Oct	HSBC World Match Play Championship	European Tour	Ernie Els
1-4 Nov	Volvo Masters	European Tour	Justin Rose
15-18 Nov	LPGA Playoffs at The ADT	LPGA Tour	Lorena Ochoa
22-25 Nov	Omega Mission Hills World Cup	Professional world team championship	Scotland
7-9 Dec	Lexus Cup	Asia v International Team women's professional team event	Asia

The following biennial events will next be played in 2008:Ryder Cup,Curtis Cup,Espirito Santo Trophy.

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