2000-2001: The Tiger Slam. Woods becomes the first person to own all four professional major titles at the same time.
2001: Annika Sorenstam shoots the only 59 in LPGA history at the Standard Register Ping.
2001: The terrorist attacks of 9/11 force the postponement of the Ryder Cup.
2001: The U.S. Supreme Court decides in favor of Casey Martin, allowing him to use a cart in competition.
2002-03: Martha Burk clashes with Augusta National and Hootie Johnson over the club's membership policies.
2002: Annika Sorenstam wins 11 times in 23 starts, most by an LPGA player in 38 years.
2002: Long Island's Bethpage State Park becomes the first truly public course to host the U.S. Open.
2003: Annika Sorenstam plays the Bank of America Colonial, the first woman to play a PGA Tour event since 1945.
2004: The USGA and R&A place limits on the sizes of driver heads, club lengths, and the C.O.R. of clubfaces.
2004: Phil Mickelson finally wins a major beating Ernie Els by one stroke in the Masters.
2004: Vijay Singh wins nine events, eventually replacing Woods atop the World Ranking.
2004: Michelle Wie plays the PGA Tour's Sony Open at age 14 and misses the cut by one stroke
2005: Carolyn Bivens is named the first female commissioner of the LPGA Tour, but is forced to resign in 2009.
2005: Tiger misses the cut at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship after a record 142 starts in the money.
2006-07: From the 2006 British Open through the 2007 Buick Invitational, Tiger wins seven straight PGA Tour events.
2006: Phil Mickelson makes double bogey on the last hole at Winged Foot to miss out on a third-straight major.
2007: The PGA Tour debuts a season-long competition for the new FedEx Cup.
2008: The USGA and R&A bans "U-grooves" for 2010, the first equipment rollback in more than 75 years.
2008: Tiger Woods beats Rocco Mediate in a U.S. Open playoff at Torrey Pines on a broken leg.
2008: Padraig Harrington wins his second straight British Open before outdueling Sergio Garcia in the PGA Ch.
2008: After three straight shellackings by the Europeans, the United States wins its first Ryder Cup since 1999.
2009: Stewart Cink beats 59-year-old Tom Watson in a playoff at the British Open.
2009: Y.E. Yang comes from two strokes back to beat Tiger Woods by three at the PGA Championship.
2009: The International Olympic Committee announces golf will return to the 2016 games in Brazil.
2005-2009: Korean players dominate the LPGA Tour, winning more than 30 times in five years.
