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Golf instructional videotapes first hit the market.
Hollis Stacy, a 3-time winner of the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur, wins her third U.S. Women's Open.
Lee Trevino wins the PGA Championship, giving him two wins each in the PGA and the U.S. and British Opens. At the PGA, Trevino plays a TaylorMade metal driver, becoming the first golfer to win a major using the club that revolutionized golf.
Greg Norman's first PGA Tour victory comes in the Kemper Open.
Five years after their introduction, and three years after one was first used to win a PGA Tour event, the TaylorMade metalwood becomes the most-played woods on Tour.
Arnold Palmer wins his second straight PGA Seniors Championship with a tournament that includes a round of 63.
Four months after giving birth, Nancy Lopez wins the LPGA Uniden Invitational.
Juli Inkster wins two LPGA majors in her rookie season on Tour.
PGA: Tom Watson, $476,260
Senior PGA: Don January, $328,597
LPGA: Betsy King, $266,771
European: Bernhard Langer, £ 139,344
PGA (Vardon Trophy): Calvin Peete, 70.56
Senior PGA: Don January, 70.68
LPGA (Vare Trophy): Patty Sheehan, 71.40
The Masters: Ben Crenshaw
U.S. Open: Fuzzy Zoeller
British Open: Seve Ballesteros
PGA Championship: Lee Trevino
LPGA: Patty Sheehan
U.S. Open: Hollis Stacy
du Maurier: Juli Inkster
Nabisco: Juli Inkster
U.S.: Scott Verplank
British: Jose Maria Olazabal
U.S. Women's: Deb Richard
British Women's: Judy Rosenthal
