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 The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first maj ...

– Scottie Scheffler won three strokes ahead of

Rory McIlroy Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours. He is the current world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, and has spent over 100 weeks in tha ...

. 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 William Patrick Zalatoris (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional golfer. He has competed primarily on the PGA Tour, where he has won once, at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship . He also has three runner-up finishes in major champi ...

. 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 Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick (born 1 September 1994) is an English professional golfer. After winning the 2013 U.S. Amateur, he later won his first professional tournament at the 2015 British Masters. In 2022 he won his first major championship a ...

won by one shot over Scottie Scheffler and

. 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 Cameron Young (born May 7, 1997) is an American professional golfer. He has twice finished in the top three in major championships and has several other runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour. He has also won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour. He was vo ...

. 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

* 23–27 March:

WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play The WGC Match Play, currently titled as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's golf tournament that has been held since 1999. It is the only one of the World Golf Championships to have been contested ...

– Scottie Scheffler defeated

Kevin Kisner Kevin James Kisner (born February 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Early life Kisner was born in Aiken, South Carolina and attended South Aiken High School. He played college golf at the University of Geor ...

, 4 and 3, in the championship match. It was his first ever WGC victory, and this win moved him to World Number One in the

Official World Golf Ranking The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986. The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...

. * 27–30 October: WGC-HSBC Champions – ''Cancelled'' The WGC-Workday Championship and

WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational The WGC Invitational was a professional golf tournament that was held in the United States. Established in 1999 as a successor to the World Series of Golf, it was one of three or four annual World Golf Championships (WGC) until 2021, when the n ...

both lost their designation as World Golf Championships after 2021.

FedEx Cup playoff events

* 11–14 August: FedEx St. Jude Championship –

defeated

Sepp Straka Josef "Sepp" Straka (born 1 May 1993) is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice. Personal life Straka was born in Vienna, Austria, to an American mother and an Austrian father. His family moved to Vald ...

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 Scott Stallings (born March 25, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Stallings was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He attended Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and was a ...

. 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 –

won by one stroke over

Im Sung-jae Im Sung-jae ( ko, 임성재; born 30 March 1998), also known as Sungjae Im, is a South Korean professional golfer. Im won twice and was Player of the Year on the 2018 Web.com Tour. He was Rookie of the Year for the 2018–19 PGA Tour, and got hi ...

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 The 2020–21 PGA Tour was the 106th season of the PGA Tour, and the 54th since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on September 10, 2020. The 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs began on August 19, and concluded on September 5, 2021. Beca ...

season.

Other leading PGA Tour events

* 10–13 March: The Players Championship – Cameron Smith won by one stroke over Anirban Lahiri. It was his first Players Championship victory. ''For a complete list of PGA Tour results see

2021–22 PGA Tour The 2021–22 PGA Tour is the 107th season of the PGA Tour, and the 55th since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on September 13, 2021. The 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs will begin on August 8, and conclude on August 28, 2022. Chan ...

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Leading European Tour events

* 8–11 September: BMW PGA Championship – Shane Lowry won by 1 stroke over

and Jon Rahm. It was his second European Tour Rolex Series victory and first BMW PGA Championship win. * 17–20 November:

DP World Tour Championship, Dubai The DP World Tour Championship is a golf tournament on the European Tour and is the climax of the DP World Tour Rankings. It is contested on the Greg Norman-designed Earth course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The t ...

– Jon Rahm won by 2 strokes over Alex Noren and Tyrrell Hatton. It was his third

DP World Tour Championship The DP World Tour Championship is a golf tournament on the European Tour and is the climax of the DP World Tour Rankings. It is contested on the Greg Norman-designed Earth course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The ...

win and ninth DP World Tour win. ''For a complete list of European Tour results see

2022 European Tour The 2022 European Tour, titled as the 2022 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 51st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972 and the 1st edition of the DP World Tour Rankings. It is the first season of ...

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Team events

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

Tour leaders

* PGA Tour ** FedEx Cup –

** Leading money winner – Scottie Scheffler () (record) * European Tour –

(4,754 points) * Japan Golf Tour –

Kazuki Higa Kazuki Higa ( ja, 比嘉一貴, born 23 April 1995) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour, as well as topping the money list in 2022. Professional career Higa attended Tohoku Fukushi University and turne ...

() * Asian Tour ** 2020–21–22 season –

Tom Kim Kim Joo-hyung ( ko, 김주형; born 21 June 2002), commonly known as Tom Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer. He has won twice each on the PGA Tour, the Asian Tour, and the Korean Tour. Early life and amateur career Kim was born in Seo ...

() ** 2022 season –

Sihwan Kim Sihwan Kim (born December 4, 1988) is an American professional golfer. He plays on the European Tour and the Asian Tour, where he has won two titles. He also plays in the LIV Golf League. Amateur career Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, and mo ...

() * PGA Tour of Australasia – 2021–22 season:

Jediah Morgan Jediah Morgan (born 30 November 1999) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia and LIV Golf League. He won the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship in 2022 and also won the 2021–22 PGA Tour of Aust ...

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Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vod ...

– 2021–22 season: Shaun Norris ()

Awards

* PGA Tour ** PGA Player of the Year – Cameron Smith ** Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) – Scottie Scheffler ** Vardon Trophy –

** Byron Nelson Award –

** Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award) –

** Payne Stewart Award – Billy Andrade * European Tour ** Golfer of the Year – Ryan Fox ** Rookie of the Year –

Thriston Lawrence Thriston Lawrence (born 3 December 1996) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He claimed his maiden victory on the European Tour in the weather-shortened Joburg Open in 2021 and ...

* Korn Ferry Tour ** Player of the Year –

Justin Suh Justin Suh (born June 12, 1997) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking between October 2018 and April 2019. Career Suh represented the United States at the 2018 Eisenhow ...

Results from other tours

2020–21–22 Asian Tour The 2020–21–22 Asian Tour was the 26th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2020–21– ...

2022 Asian Tour The 2022 Asian Tour was the 27th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. LIV Golf alliance With LIV Golf's initial investment in the Asian Tour having been ...

2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia The 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2021–22 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australas ...

2022–23 PGA Tour of Australasia The 2022–23 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2022–23 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, is a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australas ...

2022 PGA Tour Canada The 2022 PGA Tour Canada was the 36th season of the Canadian Tour, and the ninth under the operation and running of the PGA Tour. Changes for 2022 Order of Merit name change It was the first season in which the Order of Merit was rebranded as th ...

2022 Challenge Tour The 2022 Challenge Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour. The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and wa ...

2022 Japan Golf Tour The 2022 Japan Golf Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments organised by the Japan Golf Tour Organization. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2022 season. Unofficial events The following events were sancti ...

2022 PGA Tour Latinoamérica The 2022 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the tenth season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour. Changes for 2022 Following a disrupted 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pan ...

2021–22 Sunshine Tour The 2021–22 Sunshine Tour is the 22nd season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in t ...

2022–23 Sunshine Tour The 2022–23 Sunshine Tour is the 23rd season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the ...

2022 Korn Ferry Tour The 2022 Korn Ferry Tour is the 32nd season of the top developmental tour for the PGA Tour in men's golf, and the third under the current sponsored name of Korn Ferry Tour. Schedule The table below shows the Korn Ferry Tour's 2022 schedule. The nu ...

Other happenings

* 1 January: Jon Rahm remains World Number 1 in the

. He has stayed at this spot since July 2021. * 28 March: Scottie Scheffler gains the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking, obtaining it for the first time, after winning the

2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play The 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 23rd WGC Match Play, played March 23–27 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. The tournament was won by 2021 runner-up Scottie Scheffler, who defeated Kevin Kisner 4 and 3 in the final. With ...

tournament. * 24 October:

takes the top spot from Scottie Scheffler after winning the

CJ Cup The CJ Cup is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament was played for the first time in October 2017 at the start of the 2017–18 season, and is sponsored by CJ Group. The first three editions were played at the Nine Bridges ...

tournament.

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

* 31 March – 3 April:

Chevron Championship The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...

– 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 The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...

– Minjee Lee won by four strokes over

Mina Harigae Mina Harigae (born November 1, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur golfer, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. Harigae won the California Women's Amateur Championship for four ...

. 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 The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ...

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Chun In-gee Chun In-gee ( ko, 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, the ...

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 Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the ...

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 Ashleigh Ann Buhai ( née Simon, born 11 May 1989) is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf. Amateur career Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the youn ...

defeated

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

* 17–20 November: CME Group Tour Championship – Lydia Ko won by two strokes over Leona Maguire. It was her second CME Group Tour Championship win. ''For a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see

2022 LPGA Tour The 2022 LPGA Tour was the 73rd edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, in Lake Buena Vista, Flori ...

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

2022 Ladies European Tour The 2022 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). Schedule The table below shows the 2022 schedule. The season featur ...

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Money list leaders

* LPGA Tour – Lydia Ko () *

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...

– Linn Grant (3,625 points) * LPGA of Japan Tour –

Miyū Yamashita (born 2 August 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 11 wins. Career Yamashita was born in Neyagawa, Osaka in 2001 and started playing golf when she was five years old. She turned profession ...

() *

LPGA of Korea Tour The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours. Based o ...

– Park Min-ji () * WPGA Tour of Australasia – ''unpublished'' * Epson Tour –

Linnea Ström Linnea Ström (born 14 October 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer. She joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour after graduating from the Symetra Tour as 2018 Rookie of the Year. Amateur career Ström became a member of the Swedish National Golf T ...

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

Other tour results

2022 WPGA Tour of Australasia The WPGA Tour of Australasia, formerly known as the ALPG Tour, is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia. WPGA stands for Women's Professional Golfers' Association. The tour was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Associ ...

2022 LPGA of Japan Tour The 2022 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 54th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. Leading money winner was Miyū Yamashita with ¥235,020,967. She also w ...

2022 LPGA of Korea Tour The 2022 LPGA of Korea Tour was the 45th season of the LPGA of Korea Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf' Association. Schedule Below is the schedule for the 2022 season. "Date" is the ending ...

2022 Epson Tour The 2022 Epson Tour is a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2022 in the United States. The Epson Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmen ...

Other happenings

* 1 January –

Nelly Korda Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual ...

remains world number 1 in the

Women's World Golf Rankings The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (L ...

, continuing her lead from 2021. * 31 January – Ko Jin-young gains the top spot in the world rankings. * 31 October –

Atthaya Thitikul Atthaya Thitikul ( th, อาฒยา ฐิติกุล, , ; born 20 February 2003) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She is the youngest golfer ever to win a professional gol ...

displaced Ko Jin-young as world number 1. * 14 November – Korda regains the top ranking after winning the

Pelican Women's Championship The ANNIKA, formerly the Pelican Women's Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in Florida on the LPGA Tour. A new event in 2020, it was played at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair near Tampa. Nelly Korda won the 2021 event in a ...

. * 28 November – Lydia Ko regained the number 1 world ranking for the first time since 2017.

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

* 12–15 May:

Regions Tradition The Tradition (known as the Regions Tradition for sponsorship reasons) is an event on the PGA Tour Champions. First staged in 1989, the PGA Tour recognizes the event as one of the five senior major golf championships. Unlike the U.S. Senior Open ...

– Steve Stricker won by 6 strokes over Pádraig Harrington. It was his fourth senior major victory, and second Regions Traditions win in his PGA Tour Champions career. This win was a

wire-to-wire Wire-to-wire is a term used in competitive events and sports for a champion who maintained the lead during an entire competition. The term originated from horse racing where a wire would stretch across the start and finish line thus the euphemism ...

victory. * 26–29 May:

KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship The Senior PGA Championship, established in 1937, is the oldest of the five major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognized as a major championship by both PGA ...

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Steven Alker Steven Craig Alker (born 28 July 1971) is a professional golfer from New Zealand who plays on the PGA Tour Champions, where he has won five events. He won the season-long 2022 Charles Schwab Cup on the PGA Tour Champions. Early life and profess ...

won by 3 strokes over

Stephen Ames Stephen Michael Ames (born April 28, 1964) is a professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour, who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions. The biggest win of his career was at The Players Championship in 2006. He holds dual citizenship of Trinidad an ...

. It was his first senior major win, and first KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship win in his Champions career. * 23–26 June: U.S. Senior Open – Pádraig Harrington won by 1 stroke over Steve Stricker. It was his first senior major win, and first overall victory in his Champions career. Harrington is the third straight player to win the U.S. Senior Open in his debut. * 7–10 July:

Bridgestone Senior Players Championship The Senior Players Championship, stylised by the PGA Tour as The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, is one of the five major championships on golf's PGA Tour Champions. The inaugural event was played in 1983 and the age minimum is 50, the standard fo ...

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Jerry Kelly Jerome Patrick Kelly (born November 23, 1966) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. Career Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Kelly graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turne ...

won by 2 strokes over Steve Stricker. It was his second senior major victory, and second Bridgestone Senior Players Championship victory in his Champions career. * 21–24 July: The Senior Open Championship – Darren Clarke won by 1 stroke over Pádraig Harrington. It was his first senior major victory, and first Senior Open Championship win.

Charles Schwab Cup playoff events

* 21–23 October:

Dominion Charity Classic The Dominion Energy Charity Classic is a professional golf tournament in Virginia on the PGA Tour Champions, played at Country Club of Virginia in Henrico, Virginia. The inaugural edition was in November 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, Fro ...

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won by 1 stroke over

K. J. Choi Choi Kyung-Ju ( ko, 최경주; born 19 May 1970), commonly known as K. J. Choi, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won more than twenty p ...

. It was his first Charles Schwab Cup event win in his Champions career. * 4–6 November:

TimberTech Championship :''There was also a tournament by the same name now called the Principal Charity Classic'' The Boca Raton Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. Since 2007, it has been played at the Old Course at Broken Sound Club in Boca R ...

– Bernhard Langer won by 6 strokes over Thongchai Jaidee and Paul Goydos. It was his fourth Charles Schwab Cup playoff event victory and 44th PGA Tour Champions win. * 10–13 November: Charles Schwab Cup Championship – Pádraig Harrington won by 7 strokes over

Alex Čejka Alexander Čejka (born 2 December 1970) is a Czech-German professional golfer. Čejka was born in Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia. He left the country with his parents as a refugee at the age of nine, eventually settling in Munich, where h ...

. It was his fourth PGA Tour Champions victory.

Full results

2022 PGA Tour Champions season The 2022 PGA Tour Champions season is the 42nd in which PGA Tour Champions, a golf tour for men age 50 and over, has operated. The tour officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. Schedule The following table shows the official schedule of ...

2022 European Senior Tour The 2022 European Senior Tour, titled as the 2022 Legends Tour, was the 31st season of the European Senior Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour. It was also the second season since rebranding ...

Senior women's professional golf

* 22–24 July:

Senior LPGA Championship The Senior LPGA Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the Legends Tour. It began in 2017 and the first event was played at The Pete Dye Course in French Lick, Indiana. The minimum age is 45. Despite the 2015 announcement by ...

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Karrie Webb Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of ...

won by 4 strokes over Annika Sörenstam. * 25–28 August:

U.S. Senior Women's Open The U.S. Senior Women's Open is one of fourteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. The newest USGA championship, it is open to women whose 50th birthday falls on or before the first day of competitio ...

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Jill McGill Jill McGill (born January 30, 1972) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. McGill was born in Denver, Colorado. She played college golf at the University of Southern California and won the U.S. Women's Amateur title in ...

won by 1 stroke over

Leta Lindley Leta Lindley (born June 1, 1972) is an American professional golfer who captured her first LPGA Tour title after 15 years on tour at the 2008 LPGA Corning Classic. Lindley, whose first golf job was painting stripes on range balls as an 11-year-o ...

Amateur golf

* 20–23 January:

Latin America Amateur Championship The Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC) is an annual amateur golf tournament, organized in conjunction with the Augusta National Golf Club, organizer of the Masters Tournament; The R&A, organizers of The Open Championship; and the United Sta ...

– Aaron Jarvis won by 1 stroke over

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, Vicente Marzilio, Fred Biondi, and Santiago De la Fuente. * 20–25 May:

NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, played in the month of May, is the annual competition in women's collegiate golf for individuals and teams from universities in Division I. Golf was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA cha ...

– Rose Zhang (

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) took the individual title and the Cardinals captured their second team title. * 27 May – 1 June: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships – Gordon Sargent ( Vanderbilt) took the individual title and the Longhorns captured their fourth team title. * 10–12 June: Curtis Cup – The United States team won, 15–4. * 15–18 June: The Amateur Championship –

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defeated Sam Bairstow, 3 and 2, in the final. * 22–25 June:

The Womens Amateur Championship The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of the ...

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of England defeated

Louise Rydqvist Louise Rydqvist (born 18 July 2001) is a Swedish amateur golfer. In 2022, she won the Espirito Santo Trophy and was runner-up at The Womens Amateur Championship. Amateur career Drafted to the National Team in 2017, Rydqvist competed at the Europ ...

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, 4 and 3, in the final. * 22–25 June:

European Amateur The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament played at various locations throughout Europe. It is organized by the European Golf Association and was one of the "Elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Rank ...

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of Italy won by 1 stroke over

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of Denmark. * 20–23 July:

European Ladies Amateur Championship The European Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is organized by the European Golf Association and is one of the "elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking. The championship was first played in ...

– Savannah De Bock of Belgium won in a playoff against

Charlotte Heath Charlotte Heath (born 25 November 2001) is an English amateur golfer. She won the Smyth Salver as the low amateur at the 2023 Women's British Open. Amateur career Heath reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Girls Amateur Championship and won ...

of England. * 8–14 August:

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Saki Baba (born 25 April 2005) is a Japanese amateur golfer. She won the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur. Career In 2021, Baba finished sixth in the Kanto Women's Amateur and seventh in the Kanto Junior Championship. The next year, she won both tournaments. ...

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defeated

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of Canada, 11 and 9, in the final. * 15–21 August: U.S. Amateur – Sam Bennett defeated Ben Carr, 1 up, in the final. * 24–27 August: Espirito Santo Trophy – The Sweden team won for the third time, besting the United States team in a tiebreaker. * 31 August – 3 September: Eisenhower Trophy – Italy won its first Eisenhower Trophy by one stroke over Sweden. * 27–30 October:

Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia-Pacific. It is organized by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) and was first played in 2009. It was organized in c ...

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Harrison Crowe Harrison may refer to: People * Harrison (name) * Harrison family of Virginia, United States Places In Australia: * Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin In Canada: * Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Po ...

won by one stroke over

Jin Bo Jin Bo (; ; born 20 January 1993 in Helong, Yanbian) is a Chinese footballer of Korean descent who currently plays for Guangzhou R&F in the Chinese Super League. Club career Jin Bo went to Portugal following Chinese Football Association 500. ...

Golf in multi-sport events

Deaths

* 9 January –

Bob Shearer Robert A. Shearer (25 May 1948 – 9 January 2022) was an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect. Early life and amateur career Shearer was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the 1969 Australian Amateur, having been a joint ...

(born 1948), Australian professional golfer and course architect who had one win on the PGA Tour. * 19 January –

Bob Goalby Robert George Goalby (March 14, 1929 – January 19, 2022) was an American professional golfer. He won the Masters Tournament in 1968 Masters Tournament, 1968, after Roberto De Vicenzo notably made an error on his scorecard. It was Goalby's lon ...

(born 1929), American professional golfer who had 11 wins on the PGA Tour including one

victory. * 24 January –

Tomoo Ishii (9 June 1923 – 24 January 2022) was a Japanese professional golfer. Professional career Ishii was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and started playing golf at the age of 15. Ishii won a number of events on the Japanese and Asian circuit ...

(born 1923), Japanese professional golfer. * 28 January –

Elis Svärd Elis Svärd (8 July 1996 – 28 January 2022) was a Swedish professional golfer. Early life and amateur career Svärd was born in Södertälje in 1996 and represented Salem Golf Club. He had success as a junior golfer and won a handful of title ...

(born 1996), Swedish professional golfer who had one win on the

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Eduardo Romero Eduardo Alejandro Romero (17 July 1954 – 13 February 2022) was an Argentine professional golfer. Nicknamed "El Gato" ("The Cat"), he won over 80 professional tournaments around the world, including eight on the European Tour and five on the Cha ...

(born 1954), Argentine professional golfer who won over 80 professional golf tournaments across 5 or more tours, and was mayor of

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from 2015 until his death. * 19 February –

Kyi Hla Han Kyi Hla Han ( my, ကြည်လှဟန်, ; 13 February 1961 – 19 February 2022) was a professional golfer from Myanmar who served as executive chairman of the Asian Tour. Professional career Han turned professional in 1980. He recorded ...

(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 Ramón Báez Romano (4 March 1929 – 7 March 2022) was a Dominican businessman, politician, and golfer. Coming from one of the most influential families in the Dominican Republic, he was Minister of Industry and Trade during the administratio ...

(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 Joan Joyce (August 18, 1940 – March 26, 2022) was the softball coach at Florida Atlantic, for 28 years until her death in 2022. She previously was a softball player for the Raybestos Brakettes and the Orange Lionettes. She also had set reco ...

(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 Dorothy Mary Everard (also Laupheimer, 8 October 1942 – 28 May 2022) was an English amateur golfer. She was runner-up in the 1967 Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship. She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1 ...

(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 Angela, Lady Bonallack ( Ward; 7 April 1937 – 1 July 2022) was an English amateur golfer. She was twice a finalist in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship and won the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1958 and 1963. She played ...

(born 1937), English amateur golfer. * 4 July –

Mac McLendon Benson Rayfield McLendon Jr. (August 10, 1945 – July 4, 2022) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s. McLendon was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Louisiana State University in Bato ...

(born 1945), American professional golfer who had 4 victories on the PGA Tour. * 6 July –

Dale Douglass Dale Dwight Douglass (March 5, 1936 – July 6, 2022) was an American professional golfer who won tournaments at both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour level. Douglass was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He grew up in Fort Morgan, Colorado, where g ...

(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

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. 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 Russell David Weir (11 July 1951 – 21 September 2022) was a Scottish professional golfer. He chose not to play on the main tours, remaining a club professional. He played mostly on the Scottish PGA circuit, the "Tartan Tour", where he won ove ...

(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 Margaret Ann Masters (24 October 1934 – 9 October 2022) was an Australian professional golfer. She won one title on the LPGA Tour in 1967, having been named Rookie of the Year two years earlier. Early life Masters was born in Swan Hill, Vic ...

(born 1934), Australian professional golfer who won one LPGA Tour tournament. * 13 October –

Peter Butler Peter or Pete Butler may refer to: * Pete Butler (coach) (1909–1983), American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator * Peter Butler (politician) (born 1951), Conservative Member of Parliament * 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 Edgar Rice Updegraff (March 1, 1922 – December 23, 2022) was an American amateur golfer and urologist. Undegraff was born in Boone, Iowa, and is a descendent of the German Op den Graeff family. Biography Medical career He received his bache ...

(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

PGA Tour
(and portal to Champions and Korn Ferry Tours)
European Tour
(and portal to European Senior and Challenge Tours)
Japan Golf Tour
(English version)
Asian Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia

Sunshine Tour

Women's tours' official sites

LPGA Tour

Ladies European Tour

Epson Tour

Rankings

Official World Golf Ranking
– updated each Monday
Women's World Rankings
– updated each Monday
World Amateur Golf Ranking
– updated each Wednesday {{Golf

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