Rookies are doing very well on the nascent 2015-2016 PGA TOUR season. Meanwhile the LPGA, European Tour, and Champions Tours are approaching their finales for 2015.
Let’s hit the links.
Hole #1: Ko #1 Again
Lydia Ko got the 10th win of her young career this week, taking the LPGA Taiwan Championship by nine shots and getting the world #1 ranking back. [Link]
Hole #2: Show those Pearly Whites
Smylie Kaufman had reason to do just that after firing a final round 61 Sunday to win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open by a stroke over a six pack of players. [Link]
Hole #3: Rose Blossoms in Hong Kong
Justin Rose won his eighth career victory on the European Tour by taking the Hong Kong Open by a stroke over Lucas Bjerregaard. [Link]
Hole #4: No Golf for You
China has again banned golf for party members. [Link]
Hole #5: Little and Long
Who says small guys can’t hit it far? [Link]
Hole #6: Tiger-less for 2016?
With a “long and tedious” rehab from a second back surgery still ahead of him, it could be a long time until we see Tiger Woods in competition again. [Link]
Hole #7: Hitting Two
Jacques Kruyswijk was just trying to extricate himself from a tricky lie on the Sunshine Tour and wound up adding injury to insult. [Link]
Hole #8: I’d Like 25,000 Golf Balls, Please
Jordan Spieth is now immortalized with a fitting mosaic. [Link]
Hole #9: iPhone vs. Golf Ball
I guess this falls into the because we can category. [Link]