1995 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1996 ,
1997 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- January 8 - For the first time in 25 years, no one garners 75 percent of the votes needed to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Phil Niekro comes closest with 68 percent.
''For fuller coverage, see: 1996 In Football (soccer) ''
- ---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Galway
- ---National Camogie League: Cork
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Monaghan
- ---National Football League: Monaghan
Men's Golf
- - $1,780,159
- - $1,627,890
- Tiger Woods became the first golfer to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles. This was the sixth consecutive year in which he won a USGA championship, one short of Bobby Jones ' record of seven. In September, he turned professional. In the last five regular tournaments of the year on the PGA TOUR , his finishes were 5-3-1-3-1, placing him among the tour's top 30 money-winners for the year and thereby qualifying him for the season-ending TOUR Championship . Woods was named the PGA TOUR's Rookie of the Year.
Women's Golf
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- won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.
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