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The Week in Golf Tour Round Up - Nov 28th

The Japan women’s golf tour ended its season on Sunday with the JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup, which was won by the year’s top player, Miyu Yamashita, with a 5-meter birdie putt on the first playoff hole. She edged out Minami Katsu who fired off nine birdies in a final-round 65, including a 20-meter birdie putt at the 18th that tied her with Yamashita on 15 under par. Erika Kikuchi was third at 13 under par at Miyazaki Country Club. Yamashita finished the day with a 70 and took home the top prize of 30 million yen ($210,000). It was Yamashita’s fifth win of the season and brought her 2022 winnings to 235 million yen ($1.67 million). Yuna Nishimura was second in the money rankings with 149 million yen ($1.1 million). The JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup is limited to JLPGA Tour...

This Week In Golf October 24th 2022

An interesting week in golf that saw McIlroy returning to world number 1, Dustin Johnson making piles of cash (surprise surprise), and locally, the emergence of a powerhouse amateur taking the Japan Open.

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Rory McIlroy successfully defended the CJ Cup in Congaree golf club, the 33-year-old Northern Irishman celebrating his 23rd PGA Tour win, which saw him return to the world number 1 spot. McIlroy was composed and consistent throughout the week, and even finishing with 2 bogeys saw him win by a shot over Kurt Kitayama and Korea’s CJ Kim in third. McIlroy said the key to his success in the last 12 months has been the work he had put in with his team and ‘being able to enjoy the game again’.

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Sensational Smith Holds Off Rahm At Sentry, New Years predictions Monday Update

While freezing your ginko's off in the January cold, you can’t beat watching last year's tour winners teeing it up In beautiful Maui while getting bucket loads of cash to do it at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

It was sensational viewing though with world No.1 Jon Rahm and Ozzie Mullet sensation Cam Smith going toe-to-toe for the final 2 days, the tournament producing some impressive low scores, not once, not twice, but trice for a new course record of 61 (made by Thomas, Rahm and Jones respectively) It was almost as good as Tiger and Charlie contenting in the PNC before Christmas…. Well almost.

It was however an eye-opener and a statement of intent if you will, for the upper echelons of golf’s top dogs. As we witnessed the winner, Smith, play a freewheeling style...

Winning, dreaming and giving make golf a beautiful game

Phil Mickelson, K.H. Lee and Justin Thomas are as different as they come but the trio delivered feel-good and standout moments on the PGA TOUR to show the beautiful game of golf is in a very good place and thriving for the right reasons. One tale was about winning, another about dreaming and the third was on giving.

Belonging to the generation of greats who include Vijay Singh and Ernie Els, the left-handed Mickelson, who turns 51 on June 16, would have been forgiven if he had chosen to wind down his World Golf Hall of Fame career on the over-50 circuit. However, Phil the Thrill showed he wasn’t done just yet competing against the young guns and displayed what winning truly meant with his heart-stopping victory at the PGA Championship in May making him the oldest major champion...

Ryder Cup 2018 5 takeaways from the European victory

So if you were lucky enough to have satelite TV, and dedicated enough to stay up late to watch the 42nd Ryder Cup, you would have been impressed with a fortified European team and rather disapointed with an incohesive and quiet team USA. The final scoreline of 17.5 - 10.5 suggests a romp, but there was in the afternoon of the single matches, a glimpse of hope for the Americans. But the barage of superior shot making by the Europeans, and a tight and punishing course in the form of Le Golf National, proved decisive in giving the Europeans victory on home soil.

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What happens if your ball strikes another players ball? Golfing Rules, Seriously!

On the course this past weekend, I putt from just off the green and my ball struck my playing partners ball, knocking it closer to the hole.

After a quick giggle, we began to discuss the ruling, 'I'll play from there and its a one-shot penalty for you' my friend said. 'I was off the green' I said, 'Doesn't matter' he said. Right, I said. 'Hang on, and I'll consult the rule book'.

Luckily, I had The R&A's Rules of Golf on my phone (Well worth a download and it's FREE)

Without quoting the book verbatim, there are basically three scenarios which you should be mindful of:

On the Fairway If your ball strikes a fellow players ball on the fairway by accident, both players will play from where their balls lie. There will be no penalty...