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2022 in golf

This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2022.

Men's professional golf

Major championships

  • 7–10 April: Masters Tournament – Scottie Scheffler won three strokes ahead of Rory McIlroy. It was his first Masters victory, and his first major championship victory. He is one of three players who had won the Masters at 25 years of age or younger over the last 40 years.
  • 19–22 May: PGA Championship – Justin Thomas won in a 3-hole playoff against Will Zalatoris. It was his second PGA Championship victory, and his second overall major championship victory. Out of 22 players who have won multiple PGA Championships, Thomas was only the fifth player to win the event twice before turning 30.
  • 16–19 June: U.S. Open – Matt Fitzpatrick won by one shot over Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris. It was his first major victory and first overall victory in his PGA Tour career. Fitzpatrick is the 13th golfer to win both the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open in his career, and only the second golfer to win both on the same course.
  • 14–17 July: The Open Championship – Cameron Smith won by one stroke over Cameron Young. It was his first Open Championship victory, and his first major victory. Smith was only the third golfer to score 64 or lower in the final round of the event.

World Golf Championships

The WGC-Workday Championship and WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational both lost their designation as World Golf Championships after 2021.

FedEx Cup playoff events

  • 11–14 August: FedEx St. Jude Championship – Will Zalatoris defeated Sepp Straka in a 3-hole playoff. It was his first PGA Tour win and first FedEx Cup playoff event victoryr.
  • 18–21 August: BMW Championship – Patrick Cantlay won by one stroke over Scott Stallings. It was his second back-to-back win at the event and third FedEx Cup playoff event victory in his career. Cantlay became the first player to win the BMW Championship in consecutive years ever since the FedEx Cup began in 2007. No one else had accomplished this feat with any other playoff events.
  • 25–28 August: Tour Championship – Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over Im Sung-jae and Scottie Scheffler. It was his sixth FedEx Cup playoff event victory, third FedEx Cup title, and third Tour Championship victory.

The Northern Trust was renamed the FedEx St. Jude Championship after the 2020–21 PGA Tour season.

Other leading PGA Tour events

For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2021–22 PGA Tour.

Leading European Tour events

For a complete list of European Tour results see 2022 European Tour.

Team events

  • 22–25 September: Presidents Cup – The U.S. team won, 17–12, for the ninth straight time.

Tour leaders

Awards

Results from other tours

Other happenings

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

  • 31 March – 3 April: Chevron Championship – Jennifer Kupcho won by two strokes over Jessica Korda. It was her first major victory and first overall win in her LPGA career. Kupcho is the seventh player to claim her first LPGA Tour title in the tournament.
  • 2–5 June: U.S. Women's Open – Minjee Lee won by four strokes over Mina Harigae. It was her first U.S. Women's Open victory, and second overall major win in her LPGA career.
  • 23–26 June: KPMG Women's PGA Championship – Chun In-gee won by one stroke over Minjee Lee. It was her third major win, and first KPMG Women's PGA Championship victory in her LPGA career. She became the third player from South Korea to win at least three majors.
  • 21–24 July: The Evian Championship – Brooke Henderson won by one stroke over Sophie Schubert. It was her second major victory, and first Evian Championship win. Henderson is the first Canadian golfer, male or female, to win multiple major titles.
  • 4–7 August: Women's British Open – Ashleigh Buhai defeated Chun In-gee in a playoff by one stroke. It was her first major win, and first overall win in her LPGA career. Buhai is the third South African golfer to win a Women's British Open at Muirfield.

Additional LPGA Tour events

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see 2022 LPGA Tour.<br> For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2022 Ladies European Tour.

Money list leaders

The Symetra Tour was renamed to the Epson Tour after the 2021 season.

Other tour results

Other happenings

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

Charles Schwab Cup playoff events

Full results

Senior women's professional golf

Amateur golf

Deaths

  • 9 January – Bob Shearer (born 1948), Australian professional golfer and course architect who had one win on the PGA Tour.
  • 19 January – Bob Goalby (born 1929), American professional golfer who had 11 wins on the PGA Tour including one Masters Tournament victory.
  • 24 January – Tomoo Ishii (born 1923), Japanese professional golfer.
  • 28 January – Elis Svärd (born 1996), Swedish professional golfer who had one win on the Nordic Golf League.
  • 13 February – Eduardo Romero (born 1954), Argentine professional golfer who won over 80 professional golf tournaments across 5 or more tours, and was mayor of Villa Allende from 2015 until his death.
  • 19 February – Kyi Hla Han (born 1961), Burmese professional golfer who had one win in the Asian Tour and in the PGA Tour of Australasia. He served as executive chairman of the Asian Tour from 2006 until his death.
  • 7 March – Ramón Báez Romano (born 1929), Dominican golfer, businessman, and politician.
  • 15 March – Lu Liang-Huan (born 1936), Taiwanese golfer who had 8 victories on the Japan Golf Tour.
  • 27 March – Joan Joyce (born 1940), American professional golfer who also played several other sports.
  • 12 April – Shirley Spork (born 1927), American professional golfer and co-founder of the LPGA Tour.
  • 14 April – Jack Newton (born 1950), Australian professional golfer who had 1 victory on the PGA Tour.
  • 23 April – Sheila Vaughan (born 1942), English amateur golfer.
  • 3 May – Bert Weaver (born 1932), American professional golfer who had 1 victory on the PGA Tour.
  • 28 May – Mary Everard (born 1942), English amateur golfer.
  • 31 May – Bart Bryant (born 1962), American professional golfer who had 3 victories on the PGA Tour including the Tour Championship.
  • 16 June – Don Allen (born 1937–1938), American amateur golfer.
  • 1 July – Angela Bonallack (born 1937), English amateur golfer.
  • 4 July – Mac McLendon (born 1945), American professional golfer who had 4 victories on the PGA Tour.
  • 6 July – Dale Douglass (born 1936), American professional golfer who had 3 victories on the PGA Tour and 11 wins including one senior major on the PGA Tour Champions.
  • 9 July – Tommy Jacobs (born 1935), American professional golfer who had 4 victories on the PGA Tour.
  • 19 August – David Marsh (born 1934), British amateur golfer. He served as the Chairman of Everton F.C. from 1991 to 1994.
  • 20 August – Tom Weiskopf (born 1942), American professional golfer who had 16 victories including one major win on the PGA Tour.
  • 21 September – Russell Weir (born 1951), Scottish golfer.
  • 2 October – Shirley Englehorn (born 1940), American professional golfer who won 11 LPGA Tour tournaments, including one major.
  • 9 October – Margie Masters (born 1934), Australian professional golfer who won one LPGA Tour tournament.
  • 13 October – Peter Butler (born 1932), English professional golfer who won several tournaments in Europe.
  • 4 November – Dow Finsterwald (born 1929), American professional golfer who had 11 victories on the PGA Tour, including one major.
  • 23 December – Ed Updegraff (born 1922), American amateur golfer and urologist.
  • 24 December – Kathy Whitworth (born 1939), American professional golfer who had 88 victories on the LPGA Tour.
  • 31 December – Barry Lane (born 1960), English professional golfer who had 5 victories on the European Tour.

Table of results

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

Notes

References

External links

Men's tours' official sites

Women's tours' official sites

Rankings