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This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2005.

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Men's professional golf

Major championships

World Golf Championships (individual events)

Other leading PGA Tour events

For a full list of PGA Tour results, see 2005 PGA Tour.

Other leading European Tour events

For a full list of European Tour results, see 2005 European Tour

Tour money list / order of merit winners:

Full list

Awards

Team events

Other happenings

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

For a full list of LPGA Tour results click here.

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

Additional LPGA Tour event

Money list winners

Team events

Other happenings

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

For a complete list of Champions Tour results see 2005 Champions Tour.

Money list winners

Amateur golf

Tables of results

Overview

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

DateTournamentStatus or tourWinner
11–13 Feb Women's World Cup of Golf Professional world team championship Japan
23–27 Feb WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship World Golf Championships David Toms
24–27 Mar The Players Championship PGA Tour Fred Funk
24–27 Mar Kraft Nabisco Championship LPGA major Annika Sörenstam
7–10 Apr Masters Tournament Men's major championship Tiger Woods
26–29 May BMW Championship European Tour Ángel Cabrera
26–29 May Senior PGA Championship Senior major Mike Reid
30 May – 4 Jun The Amateur Championship Amateur men's individual tournament Brian McElhinney
1–4 Jun NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships U.S. college championshipteam - Georgia
individual James Lepp (Washington)
9–12 Jun LPGA Championship LPGA major Annika Sörenstam
16–19 Jun U.S. Open Men's major championship Michael Campbell
23–26 Jun U.S. Women's Open LPGA major Birdie Kim
30 Jun – 3 Jul HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship LPGA Tour Marisa Baena
7–10 Jul Senior Players Championship Senior major Peter Jacobsen
11–16 Jul U.S. Amateur Public Links Amateur men's individual tournament Clay Ogden
14–17 Jul The Open Championship Men's major championship Tiger Woods
20–23 Jul Evian Masters Ladies European Tour major and LPGA Tour Paula Creamer
21–24 Jul Senior British Open Senior major Tom Watson
28–31 Jul Women's British Open LPGA and Ladies European Tour major Jeong Jang
28–31 Jul U.S. Senior Open Senior major Allen Doyle
1–7 Aug U.S. Women's Amateur Amateur women's individual tournament Morgan Pressel
11–14 Aug PGA Championship Men's major championship Phil Mickelson
13–14 Aug Walker Cup GB & Ireland v USA - men's amateur teamUSA
18–21 Aug WGC-NEC Invitational World Golf Championships Tiger Woods
24–28 Aug U.S. Amateur Amateur men's individual tournament Edoardo Molinari
25–28 Aug The Tradition Senior major Loren Roberts
9–11 Sep Solheim Cup US v Europe - women's professionalUSA
15–18 Sep HSBC World Match Play Championship European Tour Michael Campbell
22–25 Sep Seve Trophy GB & Ireland v Rest of Europe - men's professionalGB & Ireland
22–25 Sep Presidents Cup USA v International Team - men's professionalUSA
6–9 Oct WGC-American Express Championship World Golf Championships Tiger Woods
27–30 Oct Volvo Masters European Tour Paul McGinley
3–6 Nov The Tour Championship PGA Tour Bart Bryant
17–20 Nov WGC-World Cup World Golf Championships Wales

The following biennial events will next be played in 2006: Curtis Cup; Eisenhower Trophy; Espirito Santo Trophy; Ryder Cup

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