Carnoustie the Championship course, on which several international tournaments are held, the Burnside course and the Buddon course. Carnoustie Golf Links is one of the venues in The Open Championship's rotation. The course first played host to The Open in 1931, when it was won by Tommy Armour of the USA. Subsequent winners have included Henry Cotton of England in 1937, Ben Hogan of the USA in 1953, Gary Player of South Africa in 1968, Tom Watson of the USA in 1975, Paul Lawrie of Scotland in 1999, Pádraig Harrington of Ireland in 2007, and Francesco Molinari of Italy in 2018.
Danielle Lawrie pitched 4 no-hitters, three of them perfect games (an NCAA tying top-5 season record). To start the year, Lawrie won her first 18 decisions to combine with a last three from 2009 for a 21 consecutive game win streak. The UCLA Bruins broke it on April 1 to open the Pac-10 season. For one of the wins, on February 19, Lawrie won her 100th career game vs. the UCSB Gauchos. For one of her no-hitters, she would achieve a career feat of 14 consecutive perfect innings pitched that began in a win over the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine on March 7