2022 in golf


This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2022.

Men's professional golf

Major championships">Men's major golf championships">Major championships

  • 7–10 April: Masters Tournament – Scottie Scheffler won three strokes ahead of Rory McIlroy. 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. 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 won by one shot over Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris. 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. 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]

The WGC-Workday Championship and WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational both lost their designation as World Golf Championships after 2021.

[FedEx Cup] playoff events

The Northern Trust was renamed the FedEx St. Jude Championship after the 2020–21 PGA Tour season.

Other leading PGA Tour events

''For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2021–22 PGA Tour.''

Leading European Tour events

''For a complete list of European Tour results see 2022 European Tour.''

Team events

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

Tour leaders

Awards

Results from other tours

Other happenings

Women's professional golf

LPGA majors

Additional LPGA Tour events

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see 2022 LPGA Tour.
''For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2022 Ladies European Tour.''

Money list leaders

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

Other tour results

Other happenings

Senior men's professional golf

Senior majors

Charles Schwab Cup playoff events

Full results

Senior women's professional golf

Amateur golf

Deaths

  • 9 January – Bob Shearer, Australian professional golfer and course architect who had one win on the PGA Tour.
  • 19 January – Bob Goalby, American professional golfer who had 11 wins on the PGA Tour including one Masters Tournament victory.
  • 24 January – Tomoo Ishii, Japanese professional golfer.
  • 28 January – Elis Svärd, Swedish professional golfer who had one win on the Nordic Golf League.
  • 13 February – Eduardo Romero, Argentine professional golfer who won over 80 professional golf tournaments across 5 or more tours, and was mayor of Villa Allende from 2015 until his death.
  • 19 February – Kyi Hla Han, 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, Dominican golfer, businessman, and politician.
  • 15 March – Lu Liang-Huan, Taiwanese golfer who had 8 victories on the Japan Golf Tour.
  • 27 March – Joan Joyce, American professional golfer who also played several other sports.
  • 12 April – Shirley Spork, American professional golfer and co-founder of the LPGA Tour.
  • 14 April – Jack Newton, Australian professional golfer who had 1 victory on the PGA Tour.
  • 23 April – Sheila Vaughan, English amateur golfer.
  • 3 May – Bert Weaver, American professional golfer who had 1 victory on the PGA Tour.
  • 28 May – Mary Everard, English amateur golfer.
  • 31 May – Bart Bryant, American professional golfer who had 3 victories on the PGA Tour including the Tour Championship.
  • 16 June – Don Allen, American amateur golfer.
  • 1 July – Angela Bonallack, English amateur golfer.
  • 4 July – Mac McLendon, American professional golfer who had 4 victories on the PGA Tour.
  • 6 July – Dale Douglass, 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, American professional golfer who had 4 victories on the PGA Tour.
  • 19 August – David Marsh, British amateur golfer. He served as the Chairman of Everton F.C. from 1991 to 1994.
  • 20 August – Tom Weiskopf, American professional golfer who had 16 victories including one major win on the PGA Tour.
  • 21 September – Russell Weir, Scottish golfer.
  • 2 October – Shirley Englehorn, American professional golfer who won 11 LPGA Tour tournaments, including one major.
  • 9 October – Margie Masters, Australian professional golfer who won one LPGA Tour tournament.
  • 13 October – Peter Butler, English professional golfer who won several tournaments in Europe.
  • 4 November – Dow Finsterwald, American professional golfer who had 11 victories on the PGA Tour, including one major.
  • 23 December – Ed Updegraff, American amateur golfer and urologist.
  • 24 December – Kathy Whitworth, American professional golfer who had 88 victories on the LPGA Tour.
  • 31 December – Barry Lane, 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.
DatesTournamentStatus or tourWinnerSource
20–23 JanLatin America Amateur ChampionshipAmateur men's individual tournament Aaron Jarvisefn|name=playersraindelay|Several rain delays were called during the first round, resulting in one extra day.Nowrap|

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