12–15 June: U.S. Open –
Martin Kaymer won by eight strokes, becoming the first German player to win the U.S. Open, and the first player to win the Players Championship and the U.S. Open in the same year. This was his second major victory.
17–20 July: The Open Championship –
Rory McIlroy won by two strokes over
Rickie Fowler and
Sergio García. It was his third career major championship, and his first Open Championship. With the win, he became the fourth player ever of 25 years old or under to have won at least three majors.
7–10 August: PGA Championship –
Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over
Phil Mickelson. It was his fourth career major and his second PGA Championship. It was also his third win in three starts, dating back to the Open Championship three weeks earlier.
6–9 March
WGC-Cadillac Championship –
Patrick Reed won his first WGC event, winning by one stroke. At age 23, he was the youngest ever winner of a WGC event.
6–9 November:
WGC-HSBC Champions –
Bubba Watson won, defeating
Tim Clark on the first playoff hole. It was his first
WGC victory, and his first victory outside of the United States.
13–16 November:
Turkish Airlines Open –
Brooks Koepka won from the clubhouse by one stroke over
Ian Poulter, who failed to make birdie at the par-5 18th hole. It was Koepka's first career European Tour victory.
28–30 March:
EurAsia Cup – The first EurAsia Cup ended in a 10–10 tie with the European and Asian teams sharing the Cup.
26–28 September:
Ryder Cup –
Team Europe defeated Team USA by a score of 16½ – 11½. It was the third consecutive Ryder Cup victory for Europe, and also Europe's fifth consecutive home victory in the Ryder Cup.
11 May: Ian MacGregor, caddie for
Alastair Forsyth, died of an apparent heart attack during the final round of the
Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI, a tournament dual-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Challenge Tour.[1]
18 May: For the second time,
Miguel Ángel Jiménez extended his own record as the oldest golfer to win on the European Tour, winning the
Open de España at age 50 years, 133 days.[2]
18 May:
Adam Scott became the world's number one golfer.
4 August:
Rory McIlroy regained the world number one position, last held in March 2013.
19–22 June: U.S. Women's Open –
Michelle Wie won by two strokes over
Stacy Lewis; it was her first career major win, and her fourth career LPGA Tour win. It was also her first win on the U.S. mainland (her previous LPGA Tour wins had occurred in Mexico, Canada, and her home state of Hawaii).
14–17 August: Wegmans LPGA Championship –
Inbee Park successfully defended her LPGA Championship title, defeating
Brittany Lincicome on the first hole of a playoff. It was her second LPGA Championship, and her fifth major title overall.
11–14 September: The Evian Championship –
Kim Hyo-joo won by one stroke over
Karrie Webb, with Kim making birdie and Webb making bogey at the 72nd hole. It was Kim's first LPGA Tour victory.
Additional LPGA Tour events
20–23 November:
CME Group Tour Championship –
Lydia Ko won in a playoff over
Julieta Granada and
Carlota Ciganda. It was her eighth professional victory, and fifth LPGA Tour victory. Her performance also secured her the $1,000,000 bonus for winning the Race to the CME Globe.
8 January – The LPGA announced a renamed
CME Group Tour Championship and season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". The winner of the Race will receive a $1 million bonus. The Race is similar to the PGA Tour's
FedEx Cup and the European Tour's
Race to Dubai.[3]
29 May – The LPGA announced that the
LPGA Championship will become the "
KPMG Women's PGA Championship" in 2015 and be conducted by the
PGA of America.[4]
11 September – On her way to the Evian Championship title, Kim Hyo-joo shot 61 in the first round, the lowest round ever in a major championship for either sex.[5]
18 November – The LPGA announces that the first major of its season will be renamed from the Kraft Nabisco Championship to the
ANA Inspiration effective with the 2015 edition. The new title sponsor is
All Nippon Airways, replacing the former
Kraft Foods (now
Mondelēz International) and its
Nabisco subsidiary, which had sponsored the tournament since 1982.[6]
15–18 May: Regions Tradition -
Kenny Perry won his third Champions Tour major and his first Regions Tradition, winning by one stroke over
Mark Calcavecchia. Perry became the first golfer to win three consecutive Champions Tour major starts since
Gary Player in 1987–88 (in 2013, Perry won the Senior Players Championship and U.S. Senior Open before skipping The Senior Open Championship).[7]
26–29 June: Constellation Senior Players Championship - German
Bernhard Langer won his first Senior Players Championship and his third career senior major, by defeating
Jeff Sluman in a playoff. It was also his 21st career Champions Tour victory, as well as his 92nd career professional victory.
Champions Tour – German
Bernhard Langer topped the money list for the sixth time (third consecutive) with earnings of US$3,074,189. This surpassed
Hale Irwin's
2002 record for single-season winnings.
6–8 June:
Curtis Cup – The United States defeated Great Britain and Ireland by a score of 13–7, giving the United States team five consecutive home victories in the competition.
22 January –
Augusta National Golf Club,
The R&A, and the
USGA jointly announced the creation of a new major men's amateur tournament, the
Latin America Amateur Championship. The tournament, set to hold its first edition in January 2015, will be open to amateurs from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The winner will receive invitations to the Masters, The Amateur Championship, the U.S. Amateur, and any other USGA event for which he is eligible apart from the U.S. Open. In addition, the winner and runner-up will receive automatic entry to final qualifying for the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.[9]
Changes to the induction process were announced in March 2014.[10][11] The following individuals were announced as new inductees on 15 October 2014, with induction occurring on 13 July 2015 in conjunction with the
2015 Open Championship at
St Andrews:[12]
12–15 June: U.S. Open –
Martin Kaymer won by eight strokes, becoming the first German player to win the U.S. Open, and the first player to win the Players Championship and the U.S. Open in the same year. This was his second major victory.
17–20 July: The Open Championship –
Rory McIlroy won by two strokes over
Rickie Fowler and
Sergio García. It was his third career major championship, and his first Open Championship. With the win, he became the fourth player ever of 25 years old or under to have won at least three majors.
7–10 August: PGA Championship –
Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over
Phil Mickelson. It was his fourth career major and his second PGA Championship. It was also his third win in three starts, dating back to the Open Championship three weeks earlier.
6–9 March
WGC-Cadillac Championship –
Patrick Reed won his first WGC event, winning by one stroke. At age 23, he was the youngest ever winner of a WGC event.
6–9 November:
WGC-HSBC Champions –
Bubba Watson won, defeating
Tim Clark on the first playoff hole. It was his first
WGC victory, and his first victory outside of the United States.
13–16 November:
Turkish Airlines Open –
Brooks Koepka won from the clubhouse by one stroke over
Ian Poulter, who failed to make birdie at the par-5 18th hole. It was Koepka's first career European Tour victory.
28–30 March:
EurAsia Cup – The first EurAsia Cup ended in a 10–10 tie with the European and Asian teams sharing the Cup.
26–28 September:
Ryder Cup –
Team Europe defeated Team USA by a score of 16½ – 11½. It was the third consecutive Ryder Cup victory for Europe, and also Europe's fifth consecutive home victory in the Ryder Cup.
11 May: Ian MacGregor, caddie for
Alastair Forsyth, died of an apparent heart attack during the final round of the
Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI, a tournament dual-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Challenge Tour.[1]
18 May: For the second time,
Miguel Ángel Jiménez extended his own record as the oldest golfer to win on the European Tour, winning the
Open de España at age 50 years, 133 days.[2]
18 May:
Adam Scott became the world's number one golfer.
4 August:
Rory McIlroy regained the world number one position, last held in March 2013.
19–22 June: U.S. Women's Open –
Michelle Wie won by two strokes over
Stacy Lewis; it was her first career major win, and her fourth career LPGA Tour win. It was also her first win on the U.S. mainland (her previous LPGA Tour wins had occurred in Mexico, Canada, and her home state of Hawaii).
14–17 August: Wegmans LPGA Championship –
Inbee Park successfully defended her LPGA Championship title, defeating
Brittany Lincicome on the first hole of a playoff. It was her second LPGA Championship, and her fifth major title overall.
11–14 September: The Evian Championship –
Kim Hyo-joo won by one stroke over
Karrie Webb, with Kim making birdie and Webb making bogey at the 72nd hole. It was Kim's first LPGA Tour victory.
Additional LPGA Tour events
20–23 November:
CME Group Tour Championship –
Lydia Ko won in a playoff over
Julieta Granada and
Carlota Ciganda. It was her eighth professional victory, and fifth LPGA Tour victory. Her performance also secured her the $1,000,000 bonus for winning the Race to the CME Globe.
8 January – The LPGA announced a renamed
CME Group Tour Championship and season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". The winner of the Race will receive a $1 million bonus. The Race is similar to the PGA Tour's
FedEx Cup and the European Tour's
Race to Dubai.[3]
29 May – The LPGA announced that the
LPGA Championship will become the "
KPMG Women's PGA Championship" in 2015 and be conducted by the
PGA of America.[4]
11 September – On her way to the Evian Championship title, Kim Hyo-joo shot 61 in the first round, the lowest round ever in a major championship for either sex.[5]
18 November – The LPGA announces that the first major of its season will be renamed from the Kraft Nabisco Championship to the
ANA Inspiration effective with the 2015 edition. The new title sponsor is
All Nippon Airways, replacing the former
Kraft Foods (now
Mondelēz International) and its
Nabisco subsidiary, which had sponsored the tournament since 1982.[6]
15–18 May: Regions Tradition -
Kenny Perry won his third Champions Tour major and his first Regions Tradition, winning by one stroke over
Mark Calcavecchia. Perry became the first golfer to win three consecutive Champions Tour major starts since
Gary Player in 1987–88 (in 2013, Perry won the Senior Players Championship and U.S. Senior Open before skipping The Senior Open Championship).[7]
26–29 June: Constellation Senior Players Championship - German
Bernhard Langer won his first Senior Players Championship and his third career senior major, by defeating
Jeff Sluman in a playoff. It was also his 21st career Champions Tour victory, as well as his 92nd career professional victory.
Champions Tour – German
Bernhard Langer topped the money list for the sixth time (third consecutive) with earnings of US$3,074,189. This surpassed
Hale Irwin's
2002 record for single-season winnings.
6–8 June:
Curtis Cup – The United States defeated Great Britain and Ireland by a score of 13–7, giving the United States team five consecutive home victories in the competition.
22 January –
Augusta National Golf Club,
The R&A, and the
USGA jointly announced the creation of a new major men's amateur tournament, the
Latin America Amateur Championship. The tournament, set to hold its first edition in January 2015, will be open to amateurs from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The winner will receive invitations to the Masters, The Amateur Championship, the U.S. Amateur, and any other USGA event for which he is eligible apart from the U.S. Open. In addition, the winner and runner-up will receive automatic entry to final qualifying for the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.[9]
Changes to the induction process were announced in March 2014.[10][11] The following individuals were announced as new inductees on 15 October 2014, with induction occurring on 13 July 2015 in conjunction with the
2015 Open Championship at
St Andrews:[12]