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Nick Faldo overcomes a 6-shot deficit and beats Greg Norman by five shots to win The Masters. Norman's final-round collapse is the largest in Masters history.
Tiger Woods wins his third straight U.S. Amateur, the first man to win three in a row.
The Strata, made by Spalding, is the first multilayer non-wound golf ball.
The MC Tour, by Precept, is the first three-piece, non-wound ball with a urethane cover.
The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is canceled due to flooding at Spyglass Hill Golf Club. It is the first time since 1949 that a PGA Tour event is not completed.
Kelli Kuehne wins the U.S. Women's Amateur and the British Ladies Amateur.
Judy Bell becomes the first female president of the USGA.
The European Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA TOUR, PGA Tour of Australasia and Southern Africa Tour form the International Federation of PGA Tours. The alignment would lead to the World Golf Championships and the first widely accepted worldwide golf ranking system.
Died This Year:
Money Leaders:
Senior PGA: Jim Colbert, $1,627,890
LPGA: Karrie Webb, $1,002,000
European: Colin Montgomerie, Scotland, £ 875,146
Scoring Leaders:
Senior PGA: Hale Irwin, 69.47
LPGA (Vare Trophy): Annika Sorenstam, 70.47
Men's Major Championship Winners:
U.S. Open: Steve Jones
British Open: Tom Lehman
PGA Championship: Mark Brooks
Women's Major Championship Winners:
Amateur Champions:
British: Warren Bladon
U.S. Women's: Kelli Kuehne
British Women's: Kelli Kuehne
President's Cup
U.S. 16.5, International 15.5
Solheim Cup
U.S. 17, Europe 11
