2019 in golf

Last updated August 26, 2025

This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2019.

Men's professional golf

11–14 April: Masters Tournament – Tiger Woods won by one stroke over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, and Xander Schauffele. It was his fifth Masters championship, his 15th major championship, and his 81st PGA Tour win.^[1]
16–19 May: PGA Championship – Brooks Koepka won by two strokes over Dustin Johnson for his second consecutive PGA Championship victory. He is the first player to simultaneously hold the last two titles of two different major championships (2017 and 2018 U.S. Open).^[2]
13–16 June: U.S. Open – Gary Woodland won by three strokes over two-time defending champion Koepka. It was his first major victory.^[3]
18–21 July: The Open Championship – Shane Lowry won by six strokes over Tommy Fleetwood for his first major championship.^[4]

21–24 February: WGC-Mexico Championship – Dustin Johnson won by five strokes over Rory McIlroy. It was his third WGC-Mexico Championship win and sixth WGC tournament win.^[5]
27–31 March: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play – Kevin Kisner defeated Matt Kuchar, 3 & 2, in the championship match. It was his first WGC victory.^[6]
25–28 July: WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational – Brooks Koepka won by three strokes over Webb Simpson. It was his first WGC victory.^[7]
31 October – 3 November: WGC-HSBC Champions – Rory McIlroy won in a playoff over defending champion Xander Schauffele. McIlroy has now won three of the four WGC events.^[8]

8–11 August: The Northern Trust – Patrick Reed won by one stroke over Abraham Ancer and moved to second in the FedEx Cup rankings.^[9]
15–18 August: BMW Championship – Justin Thomas won by three strokes over Patrick Cantlay. His third round 61 set the course record. His win moved him top the top of the FedEx Cup rankings.^[10]
22–25 August: Tour Championship – Rory McIlroy won by four strokes over Xander Schauffele. McIlroy became the second two–time winner of the FedEx Cup.^[11]

14–17 March: The Players Championship – Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over Jim Furyk. He became the first golfer to win both the BMW PGA Championship and the Players Championship.^[12]

For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2019 PGA Tour.

19–22 September: BMW PGA Championship – Danny Willett won by three strokes over Jon Rahm.^[13]
21–24 November: DP World Tour Championship, Dubai – Jon Rahm won by one stroke over Tommy Fleetwood, also winning the Race to Dubai.

For a complete list of European Tour results see 2019 European Tour.

12–15 December: Presidents Cup – The U.S. team won, 16–14, for the eighth straight time.

PGA Tour – Brooks Koepka (US$9,684,006)
- This total does not include FedEx Cup bonuses.
European Tour – Jon Rahm (5,898 points)
Japan Golf Tour – Shugo Imahira (¥168,049,312)
Asian Tour – Jazz Janewattananond (US$1,058,524)
PGA Tour of Australasia – Ryan Fox (A$307,925)
Sunshine Tour – J. C. Ritchie (R 2,162,387) – 2019–20 season

6 January: Three tours were added to the Official World Golf Ranking: All Thailand Golf Tour, Professional Golf Tour of India, and Abema TV Tour.^[14]
6 January: Justin Rose regains the world number one ranking from Brooks Koepka.^[15]
28 January: It was announced that the 2019 Players Championship would include a $12.5 million purse, "the biggest prize professional golf has ever seen for a single tournament."^[16]
3 March: Dustin Johnson regains the world number one ranking from Justin Rose, one week after winning the WGC-Mexico Championship.^[17]
7 April: Rose regains the world number one ranking from Johnson.^[18]
14 April: Johnson returns to the number one ranking after finishing second at the Masters.^[19]
19 May: Brooks Koepka returns to the world number one ranking after winning the PGA Championship.^[20]
13 September: Kevin Chappell shot a 59 (11-under-par) in the second round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. It was the 11th round under 60 in PGA Tour history.^[21]
28 October: Tiger Woods wins the Zozo Championship to tied Sam Snead for most wins on the PGA Tour with 82.^[22]

4–7 April: ANA Inspiration – Ko Jin-young won her first major by three strokes over Lee Mi-hyang.^[23]
30 May – 2 June: U.S. Women's Open – Lee Jeong-eun won her first major title by two strokes over a group of three players (Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Angel Yin).^[24]
20–23 June: KPMG Women's PGA Championship – Australian Hannah Green won her first major (and first LPGA Tour event) by one stroke over defending champion Park Sung-hyun. It was the first wire-to-wire win at the Women's PGA Championship since Yani Tseng in 2011 and the first major win by an Australian since Karrie Webb at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship.^[25]
25–28 July: The Evian Championship – Ko Jin-young won by two strokes over Shanshan Feng, Kim Hyo-joo, and Jennifer Kupcho. It was her second major championship of the year.^[26]
1–4 August: Women's British Open – Hinako Shibuno, of Japan, playing for the first time outside of her home country and in her first major, won by one stroke over American Lizette Salas.^[27]