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With respective performances that went above and beyond, Rory McIlroy and Jin Young Ko stood out from their peers in 2019. We honor McIlroy, a four-time winner this year, and Ko, a two-time major champion in ’19, as GGP’s players of the year.
Despite a trying final round, Spain’s Pablo Larrazábal won the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa on Sunday.
Lewine Mair visits with Robert MacIntyre, the European Tour’s rookie of the year, whose success on the world stage runs counter to the comfort he finds in his humble Scottish hometown.
All things considered, the joint venture on which Mike Whan, the commissioner of the LPGA Tour, and Marta Figueras-Dotti, who chairs the Ladies European Tour board, shook hands last Tuesday adds up to good Christmas tidings.
Scorching temperatures in South Africa prompted a sartorial decision from the co-sanctioning European and Sunshine tours allowing Alfred Dunhill Championship competitors to sport shorts during competition.
Ireland’s Conor Purcell, who became the latest leading amateur to announce he has turned professional, finished T29 in his pro debut at last week’s AVJennings NSW Open in Australia, writes Colin Callander.
In its final instalment of 2019, The Divot offers a dissertation on divots themselves.
Mike Cullity
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