2008 in golf

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

Years in golf

2008 in sports

  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting

Men's professional golf

Major championships

FedEx Cup playoff events - see 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

  • 21–24 August: The Barclays - Vijay Singh won in a playoff against Sergio García and Kevin Sutherland.
  • 28 August – 1 September: Deutsche Bank Championship - Vijay Singh won his second consecutive playoff event with a tournament record 22 under par.
  • 4–7 September: BMW Championship - Camilo Villegas won his first PGA Tour event. Vijay Singh's finish as tied 44th was enough to ensure ownership of the 2008 FedEX Cup, providing he completed 72 holes at the final event.
  • 25–28 September: The Tour Championship - Camilo Villegas defeated Sergio García in a playoff. Vijay Singh won the FedEx Cup.

Other leading PGA Tour events

  • 20–24 February: WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship - Tiger Woods won the tournament for the third time, beating Stewart Cink in the final 8 and 7. He also becomes the first golfer to hold all three individual World Golf Championships titles simultaneously.
  • 20–23 March WGC-CA Championship - Geoff Ogilvy wrapped up the win on Monday after bad weather pushed the tournament into a fifth day.
  • 8–11 May: The Players Championship - Sergio García outlasted Paul Goydos in a one-hole playoff to claim his first PGA Tour title in three years.
  • 31 July – 3 August: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational - Vijay Singh won his first World Golf Championship event and his 32nd PGA Tour event overall, putting him in the record books for most victories by an international player.

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

  • 3–6 April: Kraft Nabisco Championship - The number one ranked player in the world, Lorena Ochoa, eased to a five-shot win over Suzann Pettersen and Annika Sörenstam to claim her second consecutive major.
  • 5–8 June: LPGA Championship - Taiwanese teenager Yani Tseng became the youngest ever LPGA Championship winner and the first Taiwanese golfer to win a major.
  • 26–29 June: U.S. Women's Open - Inbee Park notched a 4-stroke victory, becoming the youngest-ever winner in the 63-year history of the tournament.
  • 31 July – 3 August: Ricoh Women's British Open - Jiyai Shin, a member of the KLPGA, won her first major tournament in a three-stroke victory over Yani Tseng.

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

  • 24–27 July: Evian Masters - Helen Alfredsson won in the third sudden-death playoff hole over Na Yeon Choi. Alfredsson previously won this event in 1994 and 1998.

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

Additional LPGA Tour events

  • 2–5 October: Samsung World Championship - Paula Creamer won the limited field event by one stroke to claim her fourth LPGA Tour win of the season.
  • 20–23 November: LPGA Playoffs at The ADT - Jiyai Shin won the season-ending championship with its $1 million prize. She also became the first non-LPGA member to ever win three LPGA tournaments.

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

Team events

Money list leaders

Awards

Other happenings

  • 13 April: With a win at the Corona Championship, Lorena Ochoa earned enough points to qualify for the World Golf Hall of Fame. Her qualification would have become final when she completed ten years as an LPGA Tour member in 2012, but she chose to retire at the end of the 2010 season in order to start a family.
  • 27 April: 17-year-old rookie Vicky Hurst broke the Duramed Futures Tour 54-hole scoring record with an 18-under par 198 performance at the Jalapeno Golf Classic. The previous record had been set by Grace Park in 1999 at the Betty Puskar Golf Classic.

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

Full results

Money list leaders

  • Champions Tour - German Bernhard Langer topped the money list with earnings of $2,035,073.
  • European Seniors Tour - Welshman Ian Woosnam topped the Order of Merit with earnings of €320,120.

Amateur golf
  • 20–23 May: NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships - USC won its second team championship. Azahara Muñoz of Arizona State won the individual title on the first hole of a playoff with UCLA's Tiffany Joh.
  • 28–31 May: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships - UCLA swept the team and individual titles, with Kevin Chappell earning the individual title.
  • 30 May – 1 June: Curtis Cup - Team USA won the Cup for the sixth consecutive time, defeating Team Great Britain & Ireland 13–7.
  • 16–21 June: The Amateur Championship - Reinier Saxton of the Netherlands defeated Tommy Fleetwood of England, 3 & 2.
  • 4–10 August: U.S. Women's Amateur - Amanda Blumenherst of the United States defeated Azahara Muñoz of Spain, 2 & 1.
  • 18–24 August: U.S. Amateur - Danny Lee of New Zealand became the youngest winner in the history of the tournament, breaking the previous record set by Tiger Woods in 1994.

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 Championships Tiger Woods
20–23 MarWGC-CA ChampionshipWorld Golf Championships Geoff Ogilvy
3–6 AprKraft Nabisco ChampionshipLPGA major Lorena Ochoa
10–13 AprThe MastersMen's major Trevor Immelman
8–11 MayThe Players ChampionshipPGA Tour Sergio García
20–23 MayNCAA Division I Women's Golf ChampionshipsU.S. college championshipSouthern Cal. / Azahara Muñoz
22–25 MayBMW PGA ChampionshipEuropean Tour Miguel Ángel Jiménez
22–25 MaySenior PGA ChampionshipSenior major 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

Yani Tseng

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

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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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