Jan 1st, 2016 Article
Masters' field sits at 89 players
As we head into the New Year, the 2016 Masters' field sits at 89 players. And there are now 95 days to go....and counting.
As we head into the New Year, the 2016 Masters' field sits at 89 players. And there are now 95 days to go....and counting.
Golf Channel president, Mike McCarley, has reported that the changing of the guard at the top of professional golf is already having a positive impact in terms of bringing in younger viewers.
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Byeong Hun An has become the first Korean winner of the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award. His breakthrough 2015 season also yielded another prestigious title as the Challenge Tour Graduate of the Year.
For the duration of this weekend's Nedbank Golf Challenge, at the Gary Player Country Club, in Sun City, the popular Lee Westwood's Masterclass golf app will be free to download from the iTunes app store.
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As we reported recently former Open winner Justin Leonard has decided to massively cut back his schedule this season, playing only around 12 events, and has moved his family to Colorado. He's now bought a $9 million new crib there.
To our great disappointment, Paul Casey has decided not to rejoin the European Tour. So he won’t be coming to Hazeltine for the Ryder Cup. Boo hoo!
Russell Knox’ed on the door and walked straight through to collect his first PGA, European, and WGC titles at the WGC-HSBC Champions. His 68 was enough to take a two shot victory over Kevin Kisner, while Danny Willett charged through the leaderboard with a 62 to really heat things up in the Race to Dubai standings.
Rumour has it that Rory McIlroy is thinking of skipping the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next year. On the eve of the Turkish Airlines Open he’s said that he doesn’t like playing two events in a row, and will try and limit himself to a maximum of three events in a row for next year.
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Rory’s gander is properly back up, which is good to hear, especially after this final round performance at East Lakes, when it looked like he had completely lost interest. Now Rory is saying that the exploits of rivals Jordan Spieth - named yesterday as the PGA Tour player of the year - and Jason Day have given him "a sense of hunger again".