This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2008.

Men's professional golf

Major championships

FedEx Cup playoff events - see 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Other leading PGA Tour events

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

Other leading European Tour events

For a complete list of European Tour results see 2008 European Tour.

Team events

  • 18–21 September: Ryder Cup - Team USA regains the trophy with a 16½–11½ win over Team Europe.

Tour leaders

Awards

Other tour results

Other happenings

  • 18 June – Tiger Woods announced he will miss the remainder of the 2008 season to recover from reconstructive anterior cruciate ligament surgery on his left knee.
  • 21 November – Jason Hak, an amateur from Hong Kong, became the youngest player ever to make the cut in a European Tour event, at 14 years and 304 days at the UBS Hong Kong Open.

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

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

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

Additional LPGA Tour events

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see 2008 LPGA Tour.

Team events

Money list leaders

Awards

Other happenings

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

Full results

Money list leaders

Amateur golf

Other happenings

World Golf Hall of Fame inductees

Other

Broadcaster Kelly Tilghman was suspended from The Golf Channel for two weeks in January after discussing Tiger Woods's dominance on the PGA Tour and saying that young players should "lynch him in a back alley." The comment came during the final round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship.[1]

Table of results

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

DatesTournamentStatus or tourWinner
18–20 JanWomen's World Cup of GolfProfessional world team championship Philippines
20–24 FebWGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipWorld Golf ChampionshipsUnited States Tiger Woods
20–23 MarWGC-CA ChampionshipWorld Golf ChampionshipsAustralia Geoff Ogilvy
3–6 AprKraft Nabisco ChampionshipLPGA majorMexico Lorena Ochoa
10–13 AprThe MastersMen's majorSouth Africa Trevor Immelman
8–11 MayThe Players ChampionshipPGA TourSpain Sergio García
20–23 MayNCAA Division I Women's Golf ChampionshipsU.S. college championshipSouthern Cal. / Azahara Muñoz
22–25 MayBMW PGA ChampionshipEuropean TourSpain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
22–25 MaySenior PGA ChampionshipSenior majorUnited States Jay Haas
28–31 MayNCAA Division I Men's Golf ChampionshipsU.S. college championshipUCLA / Kevin Chappell
30 May – 1 JunCurtis CupGreat Britain v. United States
Women's amateur team event
 United States
5–8 JunLPGA ChampionshipLPGA major

Taiwan Yani Tseng

12–15 JunU.S. OpenMen's majorUnited States Tiger Woods
16–21 JunThe Amateur ChampionshipAmateur men's individual tournamentNetherlands Reinier Saxton
26–29 JunU.S. Women's OpenLPGA majorSouth Korea Inbee Park
17–20 JulThe Open ChampionshipMen's majorRepublic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
24–27 JulEvian MastersLadies European Tour major and
LPGA Tour regular event
Sweden Helen Alfredsson
24–27 JulSenior British OpenSenior majorUnited States Bruce Vaughan
31 Jul – 3 AugWGC-Bridgestone InvitationalWorld Golf ChampionshipsFiji Vijay Singh
31 Jul – 3 AugWomen's British OpenLPGA and Ladies European Tour majorSouth Korea Jiyai Shin
31 Jul – 3 AugU.S. Senior OpenSenior majorArgentina Eduardo Romero
4–10 AugU.S. Women's AmateurAmateur women's individual tournamentUnited States Amanda Blumenherst
7–10 AugPGA ChampionshipMen's majorRepublic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
14–17 AugJELD-WEN TraditionSenior majorUnited States Fred Funk
18–24 AugU.S. AmateurAmateur men's individual tournamentNew Zealand Danny Lee
21–24 AugThe BarclaysPGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffFiji Vijay Singh
28 Aug – 1 SepDeutsche Bank ChampionshipPGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffFiji Vijay Singh
4–7 SepBMW ChampionshipPGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffColombia Camilo Villegas
18–21 SepRyder CupEurope v United States
men's professional team event
 Team USA
25–28 SepThe Tour ChampionshipPGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffColombia Camilo Villegas
2–5 OctSamsung World ChampionshipLPGA TourUnited States Paula Creamer
9–12 OctSenior Players ChampionshipSenior majorUnited States D. A. Weibring
30 Oct – 2 NovVolvo MastersEuropean TourDenmark Søren Kjeldsen
20–23 NovLPGA Playoffs at The ADTLPGA TourSouth Korea Jiyai Shin
28–30 NovLexus CupAsia v International
Women's professional team event
Team International

The following biennial events will next be played in 2009: Presidents Cup, Seve Trophy, Solheim Cup, Walker Cup.

References

  1. Sirak, Ron (2008-01-14). "Can Golf Channel announcer suspended 2 weeks for 'lynch' Tiger comment". ESPN. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-20.


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