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2017 in golf

This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2017.

Men's professional golf

Major championships

World Golf Championships

FedEx Cup playoff events

Other leading PGA Tour events

For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2017 PGA Tour.

Leading European Tour events

For a complete list of European Tour results see 2017 European Tour.

Team events

  • 28 September – 1 October: Presidents Cup – The U.S. team won, 19–11, for the seventh straight time.

Tour leaders

Awards

Results from other tours

Other happenings

  • 19 February: Dustin Johnson became the number one golfer in the world.
  • 14 March: The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, owners and operators of Muirfield, voted overwhelmingly to admit women to the club for the first time. The R&A responded by reinstating Muirfield as a venue for The Open Championship. The club had been removed from the rotation in 2016 after voting against admitting women.
  • 8 August: The PGA of America and the PGA Tour jointly announced that beginning in 2019, the PGA Championship would move from August to May, and The Players Championship would move from May to March.
  • 23 August: Augusta National Golf Club, operator of the Masters Tournament, announced that Billy Payne, who had served as club chairman since October 2006, would retire effective with the start of the club's next season on October 16. Payne's replacement is Fred Ridley, a past president of the USGA.

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see 2017 LPGA Tour.

Additional LPGA Tour events

Ladies European Tour event

For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2017 Ladies European Tour.

Legends Tour event

Team events

  • 18–20 August: Solheim Cup – Team USA won the Cup with a 16½–11½ victory over Team Europe.

Money list leaders

Awards

Other tour results

Other happenings

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

Charles Schwab Cup playoff events

Full results

Money list leaders

Awards

Amateur golf

Other happenings

Golf in multi-sport events

Other headlines

  • 11 December: The USGA and R&A jointly announced two significant changes to the Rules of Golf:
  • From 1 January 2018, video review protocols would be changed by means of a "Local Rule" to be followed by all major golf tours. All televised tournaments would dedicate at least one official to monitor the event's TV coverage to handle rules issues. Viewer feedback on potential rules violations would no longer be accepted, and the only acceptable source of video evidence of rules violations would be the event's broadcast partner(s).
  • Also from 1 January 2018, another Local Rule removes the 2-stroke penalty for signing an incorrect scorecard in cases when the golfer was not notified of a rules violation at the time of signing. From 1 January 2019, the penalty for signing an incorrect scorecard will be completely removed from the Rules of Golf.

Deaths

  • 4 January – Wayne Westner (born 1961), South African golfer who won twice on the European Tour.
  • 13 January – John Jacobs (born 1925), Ryder Cup player and captain, founder of European Tour, and World Golf Hall of Fame member.
  • 27 January – Betty Stanhope-Cole (born 1937), Canadian amateur golf and member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.
  • 2 March – Simon Hobday (born 1940), South African golfer who won the 1994 U.S. Senior Open.
  • 15 March – Jackie Pung (born 1921), American golfer who won the 1952 U.S. Women's Amateur and five times on the LPGA Tour.
  • 19 March – Ken Still (born 1935), American golfer who won three times on the PGA Tour.
  • 20 March – John Paul Cain (born 1936), American golfer who won twice on the Senior PGA Tour.
  • 10 April – Al Besselink (born 1923), American golfer who had five PGA Tour wins.
  • 1 June – Roberto De Vicenzo (born 1923), Argentine golfer who won the 1967 Open Championship and World Golf Hall of Fame member.
  • 3 June – Vincent Tshabalala (born 1942), South African golfer who won the 1976 French Open.
  • 22 June – Sandy Tatum (born 1920), American amateur golfer and former United States Golf Association president.
  • 7 September – Charles Owens (born 1932), American golfer who won two Senior PGA Tour events.
  • 9 September – Doug Sewell (born 1929), English professional golfer.
  • 7 December – Tommy Horton (born 1941), English golfer who won four times on the European Tour and 23 times on the European Seniors Tour.
  • 17 December – Al Kelley (born 1935), American golfer who won one Senior PGA Tour event.

Table of results

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

References