2006 in golf

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This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2006.

Men's professional golf

Major championships

World Golf Championships (individual events)

Other leading PGA Tour events

For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2006 PGA Tour.

Other leading European Tour events

For a complete list of European Tour results see 2006 European Tour.

Tour money list and order of merit winners

Awards

Team events

Other tour results

Other happenings

  • 11 January: The PGA Tour announced new six-year network deals with CBS and NBC to commence in 2007, and a fifteen-year deal with the Golf Channel.[2]
  • 26 May: Frenchman Adrien Mörk shot the first 59 in the history of any of the PGA European Tour's three tours in the second round of the Challenge Tour's Moroccan Classic. [1]
  • 28 June: The PGA Tour announced further details of the
    US$10 million going to the winner.[3]
  • 29 October:
    Chrysler Championship) became the first pair of Asian players to win on the PGA Tour and the European Tour in the same weekend.[4]

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

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

  • 26–29 July: Evian Masters - Karrie Webb continued her return to form by winning the second richest event in women's golf.

For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2006 Ladies European Tour.

Additional LPGA Tour events

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results see 2006 LPGA Tour.

Money list winners

Team events

Other happenings

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

For a complete list of Champions Tour results see 2006 Champions Tour.
For a complete list of European Seniors Tour results see 2006 European Seniors Tour.

Money list winners

Amateur golf

Table of results

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

Dates Tournament Status or tour Winner
20-22 Jan Women's World Cup of Golf Professional world team championship  Sweden
22-26 Feb
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
World Golf Championships Australia Geoff Ogilvy
23-26 Mar The Players Championship PGA Tour Trinidad and Tobago Canada Stephen Ames
30 Mar-2 Apr
Kraft Nabisco Championship
LPGA major Australia Karrie Webb
6-9 Apr The Masters Men's major United States Phil Mickelson
25–28 May
BMW Championship
European Tour
England David Howell
25–28 May Senior PGA Championship Senior major United States Jay Haas
31 May-3 Jun
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships
U.S. college championship
Oklahoma State / Jonathan Moore
8-11 Jun
LPGA Championship
LPGA major
Se Ri Pak
15-18 Jun U.S. Open Men's major Australia Geoff Ogilvy
19-24 Jun The Amateur Championship Amateur men's individual tournament France Julien Guerrier
29 Jun-2 Jul U.S. Women's Open LPGA major Sweden Annika Sörenstam
6-9 Jul HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship
LPGA Tour
United States Brittany Lincicome
6-9 Jul U.S. Senior Open Senior major United States Allen Doyle
13-16 Jul Senior Players Championship Senior major United States Bobby Wadkins
20-23 Jul The Open Championship Men's major United States Tiger Woods
26-29 Jul
Evian Masters
Ladies European Tour major and LPGA Tour regular event Australia Karrie Webb
27-30 Jul
Senior British Open
Senior major

United States Loren Roberts

29-30 Jul Curtis Cup GB & Ireland v United States - women's amateur  United States
3-6 Aug Women's British Open LPGA and Ladies European Tour major United States Sherri Steinhauer
7-13 Aug
U.S. Women's Amateur
Amateur women's individual tournament United States Kimberly Kim
17-20 Aug PGA Championship Men's major United States Tiger Woods
24-27 Aug
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
World Golf Championships United States Tiger Woods
23-27 Aug
U.S. Amateur
Amateur men's individual tournament Scotland Richie Ramsay
24-27 Aug The Tradition Senior major Argentina Eduardo Romero
14-17 Sep
HSBC World Match Play Championship
European Tour
England Paul Casey
22-24 Sep Ryder Cup Europe v United States — men's professional European Union Team Europe
28 Sep-1 Oct
WGC-American Express Championship
World Golf Championships United States Tiger Woods
18-21 Oct Espirito Santo Trophy Women's world amateur team championship South Africa South Africa
26-29 Oct Eisenhower Trophy Men's world amateur team championship Netherlands Netherlands
26-29 Oct Volvo Masters
European Tour
India Jeev Milkha Singh
2-5 Nov
The Tour Championship
PGA Tour Australia Adam Scott
16-19 Nov
LPGA Playoffs at The ADT
LPGA Tour
Paraguay Julieta Granada
7-10 Dec
WGC-World Cup
World Golf Championships  Germany
15-17 Dec Lexus Cup Asia vs. International — women's professional Asia

The following biennial events will next be played in 2007: Presidents Cup; Seve Trophy; Solheim Cup; Walker Cup.

Miscellaneous

The first golf drive in space was made on 22 November 2006 funded by Canadian golf company Element 21 as part of the Expedition 14.

References

  1. ^ Fujikawa earns a major age distinction, KRT Wire, 15 June 2006.
  2. ^ "PGA Tour reaches television agreements". Archived from the original on 14 March 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2006.
  3. ^ "FedExCup to crown Tour's first season champion". PGA Tour. 28 June 2006. Archived from the original on 5 July 2006.
  4. ^ "Tour Celebrates Blockbuster Weekend". Asian Tour. 30 October 2006.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Sörenstam Crosses 20 Million Dollars in Career Earnings, lpga.com, September 14, 2006
  6. ^ Doyle becomes oldest winner of U.S. Senior Open Archived 2006-07-16 at the Wayback Machine pgatour.com, July 9, 2006.
  7. ^ South Africa holds on for a record-breaking victory Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, pgatour.co.za, 21 October 2006.