2021 in golf

This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2021.

Men's professional golf

Major championships

• 8–11 April: Masters Tournament – Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese male golfer to win a major championship, and the first Asian-born golfer to win the Masters, finishing one stroke ahead of Will Zalatoris. ^[1]
• 20–23 May: PGA Championship – Phil Mickelson won by two strokes over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen; it was his second PGA Championship victory, and his sixth major championship victory. He is the oldest player to win a major championship. ^[2]
• 17–20 June: U.S. Open – Jon Rahm won by one shot over Louis Oosthuizen. It was his first major victory and he became the first U.S. Open champion from Spain. ^[3]
• 15–18 July: The Open Championship – Collin Morikawa won by two strokes over Jordan Spieth. It was his first Open Championship victory, and his second major victory. ^[4]

World Golf Championships

• 25–28 February: WGC-Workday Championship – Collin Morikawa won by three strokes over Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland, and Brooks Koepka. ^[5]
• 24–28 March: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play – Billy Horschel defeated Scottie Scheffler, 2 and 1, in the championship match. It was his first WGC victory. ^[6]
• 5–8 August: WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational – Abraham Ancer defeated Sam Burns and Hideki Matsuyama on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. ^[7] It was his first WGC (and PGA Tour) win.
• 28–31 October: WGC-HSBC Champions – Cancelled ^[8]

FedEx Cup playoff events

Main article: 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs

• 19–22 August: The Northern Trust – Tony Finau defeated Cameron Smith in a playoff. ^[9]
• 26–29 August: BMW Championship – Patrick Cantlay defeated Bryson DeChambeau in a playoff. ^[10]
• 2–5 September: Tour Championship – Patrick Cantlay won by one stroke over Jon Rahm. ^[11]

Other leading PGA Tour events

• 11–14 March: The Players Championship – Justin Thomas won by one stroke over Lee Westwood for his first Players victory. ^[12]

For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2020–21 PGA Tour.

Leading European Tour events

• 9–12 September: BMW PGA Championship – Billy Horschel won by one stroke over Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Laurie Canter, and Jamie Donaldson. He became the second American golfer to win the BMW PGA Championship (Arnold Palmer, 1975). ^[13]
• 18–21 November: DP World Tour Championship, Dubai – Collin Morikawa won by three strokes over Alexander Björk and Matt Fitzpatrick. He also won the Race to Dubai. ^[14]

For a complete list of European Tour results see 2021 European Tour.

Team events

• 24–26 September: Ryder Cup – Team USA defeated Europe by a score of 19 to 9. ^[15]

Tour leaders

• PGA Tour
  • FedEx Cup – Patrick Cantlay
  • Leading money winner – Jon Rahm (US$ 7,705,933) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• European Tour – Collin Morikawa (5,856 points)
• Japan Golf Tour – Chan Kim (¥127,599,803)
• Asian Tour – season extended into 2022
• PGA Tour of Australasia – Brad Kennedy (A$ 302,480) – 2020–21 season
• Sunshine Tour – Christiaan Bezuidenhout (R  7,789,088) – 2020–21 season

Awards

• PGA Tour
  • PGA Player of the Year – Jon Rahm
  • Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) – Patrick Cantlay
  • Vardon Trophy – Jon Rahm
  • Byron Nelson Award – Jon Rahm
  • Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award) – Will Zalatoris
  • Payne Stewart Award – Justin Rose
• European Tour
  • Golfer of the Year –
  • Rookie of the Year – Matti Schmid
• Korn Ferry Tour
  • Player of the Year – Stephan Jäger

Results from other tours

• 2020–21–22 Asian Tour
• 2020–21 PGA Tour of Australasia
• 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia
• 2021 PGA Tour Canada
• Forme Tour
• 2021 Challenge Tour
• 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour
• 2020–21 PGA Tour Latinoamérica
• 2020–21 Sunshine Tour
• 2021–22 Sunshine Tour
• 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour

Other happenings

• 20 June: Jon Rahm regained the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking after winning the U.S. Open, gaining it for the third time, replacing Dustin Johnson. ^[3]
• 11 July: Dustin Johnson regained the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking, gaining it for the seventh time, replacing Rahm. ^[16]
• 18 July: Rahm regained the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking, gaining it for the fourth time, replacing Johnson. ^[17]

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

• 1–4 April: ANA Inspiration – Patty Tavatanakit won her first major by two strokes over Lydia Ko. ^[18]
• 3–6 June: U.S. Women's Open – Yuka Saso won her first major in a playoff over Nasa Hataoka. ^[19]
• 24–27 June: KPMG Women's PGA Championship – Nelly Korda won her first major by three strokes over Lizette Salas. ^[20]
• 22–25 July: The Evian Championship – Minjee Lee won her first major at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Lee Jeong-eun. ^[21]
• 19–22 August: Women's British Open – Anna Nordqvist won her third major by one stroke over Georgia Hall, Madelene Sagström and Lizette Salas. ^[22]

Additional LPGA Tour events

• 18–21 November: CME Group Tour Championship – Ko Jin-young won for the second consecutive year. She also won the Race to the CME Globe, Player of the Year, and topped the money list. ^[23]

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see 2021 LPGA Tour.
For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2021 Ladies European Tour.

Team events

• 4–6 September: Solheim Cup – The European team defeated the United States, 15 to 13. ^[24]

Money list leaders

• LPGA Tour – Ko Jin-young ($3,502,161)
• Ladies European Tour – Atthaya Thitikul (3,591.96 points)
• LPGA of Japan Tour – Mone Inami (¥255,192,049)
• LPGA of Korea Tour – Park Min-ji (₩1,521,374,313)
• ALPG Tour –
• Symetra Tour – Lilia Vu ($162,292)

Other tour results

• 2021 ALPG Tour
• 2020–21 LPGA of Japan Tour
• 2021 LPGA of Korea Tour
• 2021 Symetra Tour

Other happenings

• 28 June: Nelly Korda became the number one golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings after her win at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, replacing Ko Jin-young. ^[20]
• 25 October: Ko regains number one position from Korda after winning the BMW Ladies Championship. ^[25]
• 8 November: Korda regains the number one position from Ko. ^[26]

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

• 6–9 May: Regions Tradition – Alex Čejka beat Steve Stricker in a playoff to claim his first senior victory in only his third start on the PGA Tour Champions. ^[27]
• 27–30 May: KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship – Alex Čejka won his second senior major in his second start. ^[28]
• 24–27 June: Bridgestone Senior Players Championship – Steve Stricker won his third senior major by six strokes over Jerry Kelly. ^[29]
• 8–11 July: U.S. Senior Open – Jim Furyk won his first senior major by three strokes over Retief Goosen and Mike Weir. ^[30]
• 22–25 July: The Senior Open Championship – Stephen Dodd won his first senior major by one stoke over Miguel Ángel Jiménez. ^[31]

Charles Schwab Cup playoff events

• 22–24 October: Dominion Charity Classic – Bernhard Langer won in a playoff over Doug Barron, becoming the oldest winner on the PGA Tour Champions. ^[32]
• 5–7 November: TimberTech Championship – Steven Alker won by two strokes over Jim Furyk and Miguel Ángel Jiménez. ^[33]
• 11–14 November: Charles Schwab Cup Championship – Phil Mickelson won by one stroke over Alker. ^[34]

Full results

• 2020–21 PGA Tour Champions season
• 2021 European Senior Tour

Senior women's professional golf

• 29 July – 1 August: U.S. Senior Women's Open – Annika Sörenstam won by eight strokes over Liselotte Neumann. ^[35]
• 26–29 August: Senior LPGA Championship – Trish Johnson won her second Senior LPGA by one stroke over Becky Morgan. ^[36]

Amateur golf

• 14–17 January: Latin America Amateur Championship – Cancelled ^[37]
• 8–9 May: Walker Cup – The United States team won, 14–12. ^[38]
• 21–26 May: NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships – Rachel Heck (Stanford) took the individual title ^[39] and Ole Miss captured their first team title. ^[40]
• 28 May – 2 June: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships – Turk Pettit (Clemson) took the individual title ^[41] and Pepperdine captured their second team title. ^[42]
• 7–12 June: The Womens Amateur Championship – Louise Duncan of Scotland defeated Jóhanna Lea Lúðvíksdóttir of Iceland, 9 and 8, in the final. ^[43]
• 14–19 June: The Amateur Championship – Laird Shepherd of England defeated countryman Monty Scowsill after 38 holes. ^[44]
• 23–26 June: European Amateur – Christoffer Bring of Denmark won by two strokes over Ludvig Åberg of Sweden. ^[45]
• 21–24 July: European Ladies Amateur Championship – Ingrid Lindblad of Sweden won by three strokes over Alexandra Försterling of Germany. ^[46]
• 2–8 August: U.S. Women's Amateur – American Jensen Castle defeated Hou Yu-chiang of Taiwan, 2 and 1, in the final. ^[47]
• 9–15 August: U.S. Amateur – James Piot defeated Austin Greaser, 2 and 1, in the final. ^[48]
• 26–28 August: Curtis Cup – The United States team won, 12.5–7.5. ^[49]
• 3–6 November: Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship – Keita Nakajima of Japan, the number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, defeated Kho Taichi of Hong Kong in a playoff. ^[50]

Other happenings

Golf in multi-sport events

• 29 July – 7 August: Summer Olympics – In the men's tournament: Xander Schauffele of the United States won the gold medal, Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia won the silver and Pan Cheng-tsung of Chinese Taipei won the bronze after a seven-man playoff. ^[51] In the women's tournament: Nelly Korda of the United States won the gold medal, Mone Inami of Japan took the silver medal in a playoff over Lydia Ko of New Zealand who won bronze. ^[52]

Deaths

• 16 January – Jimmy Powell (born 1935), American professional golfer who had four wins on the Senior PGA Tour. ^[53]
• 20 January – Lonnie Nielsen (born 1953), American professional golfer who had two wins on the Champions Tour. ^[54]
• 26 January – Bob McCallister (born 1934), American professional golfer who had two wins on the PGA Tour. ^[55]
• 19 February – Bill Wright (born 1936), American professional golfer who was the first African-American to win a United States Golf Association national title. ^[56]
• 25 February – Lyndsay Stephen (born 1956), Australian professional golfer who had two wins on the PGA Tour of Australasia. ^[57]
• 13 March – Rocky Thompson (born 1939), American professional golfer who had three wins on the Senior PGA Tour. ^[58]
• 18 March – DeWitt Weaver (born 1939), American professional golfer who had two wins on the PGA Tour. ^[59]
• 23 March – Bob Lewis (born 1944), American amateur golfer who finished runner-up at the 1980 U.S. Amateur. ^[60]
• 29 March – Jerry McGee (born 1943), American professional golfer who had four wins on the PGA Tour. ^[61]
• 6 April – Al Mengert (born 1929), American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. ^[62]
• 23 April – Bill Johnston (born 1925), American professional golfer who had two wins on the PGA Tour. ^[63]
• 23 May – Lionel Platts (born 1934), English professional golfer. ^[64]
• 25 June – Brian Bamford (born 1935), English professional golfer. ^[65]
• 16 July – David Snell (born 1933), English professional golfer. ^[66]
• 20 September – Billy Maxwell (born 1929), American professional golfer who won the 1951 U.S. Amateur and seven PGA Tour events. ^[67]
• 23 September – Bruce Fleisher (born 1948), American professional golfer who won the 1968 U.S. Amateur, one PGA Tour event and 18 Champions Tour events. ^[68]
• 24 October - Fredrik Andersson Hed (born 1972), Swedish professional golfer who had one win on the European Tour.
• 28 November - Lee Elder (born 1934), American professional golfer who won four PGA Tour events and eight Senior PGA Tour events. He was also the first black golfer to play in the Masters Tournament. ^[69]

Table of results

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

Dates	Tournament	Status or tour	Winner
14–17 Jan	Latin America Amateur Championship	Amateur men's individual tournament	Cancelled
25–28 Feb	WGC-Workday Championship	World Golf Championships	Collin Morikawa
11–14 Mar	The Players Championship	PGA Tour	Justin Thomas
24–28 Mar	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	World Golf Championships	Billy Horschel
1–4 Apr	ANA Inspiration	LPGA major	Patty Tavatanakit
8–11 Apr	Masters Tournament	Men's major	Hideki Matsuyama
6–9 May	Regions Tradition	Senior major	Alex Čejka
8–9 May	Walker Cup	Great Britain & Ireland v United States men's amateur team event	United States
20–23 May	PGA Championship	Men's major	Phil Mickelson
21–26 May	NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships	U.S. college championship	Ole Miss / Rachel Heck
27–30 May	Senior PGA Championship	Senior major	Alex Čejka
28 May – 2 Jun	NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships	U.S. college championship	Pepperdine / Turk Pettit
3–6 Jun	U.S. Women's Open	LPGA major	Yuka Saso
7–12 Jun	Womens Amateur Championship	Amateur women's individual tournament	Louise Duncan
14–19 Jun	The Amateur Championship	Amateur men's individual tournament	Laird Shepherd
17–20 Jun	U.S. Open	Men's major	Jon Rahm
23–26 Jun	European Amateur	Amateur men's individual tournament	Christoffer Bring
24–27 Jun	Women's PGA Championship	LPGA major	Nelly Korda
24–27 Jun	Senior Players Championship	Senior major	Steve Stricker
8–11 Jul	U.S. Senior Open	Senior major	Jim Furyk
15–18 Jul	The Open Championship	Men's major	Collin Morikawa
21–24 Jul	European Ladies Amateur	Amateur women's individual tournament	Ingrid Lindblad
22–25 Jul	The Evian Championship	LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour major	Minjee Lee
22–25 Jul	The Senior Open Championship	Senior major	Stephen Dodd
29 Jul – 1 Aug	Summer Olympics	Men's tournament	Xander Schauffele
29 Jul – 1 Aug	U.S. Senior Women's Open	Senior women's major	Annika Sörenstam
4–7 Aug	Summer Olympics	Women's tournament	Nelly Korda
2–8 Aug	U.S. Women's Amateur	Amateur women's individual tournament	Jensen Castle
5–8 Aug	WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational	World Golf Championships	Abraham Ancer
9–15 Aug	U.S. Amateur	Amateur men's individual tournament	James Piot
19–22 Aug	Women's British Open	LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour major	Anna Nordqvist
19–23 Aug	The Northern Trust	PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff	Tony Finau
26–28 Aug	Curtis Cup	Amateur women's team event	United States
26–29 Aug	BMW Championship	PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff	Patrick Cantlay
26–29 Aug	Senior LPGA Championship	Senior women's major	Trish Johnson
2–5 Sep	Tour Championship	PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff	Patrick Cantlay
4–6 Sep	Solheim Cup	Europe v United States women's professional team event	Europe
9–12 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	European Tour	Billy Horschel
24–26 Sep	Ryder Cup	United States team vs. European team men's professional team event	United States
22–24 Oct	Dominion Charity Classic	PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup playoff	Bernhard Langer
28–31 Oct	WGC-HSBC Champions	World Golf Championships	Cancelled
3–6 Nov	Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship	Amateur men's individual tournament	Keita Nakajima
5–7 Nov	TimberTech Championship	PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup playoff	Steven Alker
11–14 Nov	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup playoff	Phil Mickelson
18–21 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	European Tour	Collin Morikawa
18–21 Nov	CME Group Tour Championship	LPGA Tour	Ko Jin-young

Notes

1. This total does not include FedEx Cup bonuses.

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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 Archived 21 December 2012 at archive.today (English version)
• Asian Tour
• PGA Tour of Australasia
• Sunshine Tour

Women's tours' official sites

• LPGA Tour
• Ladies European Tour
• Symetra Tour

Rankings

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