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With a fine sense of the dramatic, constantly gesticulating when a putt slipped by the hole or tossing a club when he hit a bad shot, Tyrrell Hatton survived a six-man playoff that concluded under floodlights Sunday to win the Turkish Airlines Open, his fourth European Tour title. Hatton, a 28-year-old Englishman, had to play the 18th hole at the Montgomery Maxx Royal course four extra times to overcome the challenge of five rivals before he could get his hands on the $2 million first prize, by far the biggest of his life.
Justin Rose, who came up short of a three-peat at the Turkish Airlines Open, puts a positive spin on his struggles in 2019 in a conversation with John Hopkins.
England’s Eddie Pepperell astonished his playing partners in the third round of the Turkish Airlines Open by hitting one shot after another into a lake in front of the fourth green at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course, running out of balls and walking off.
Victor Perez, the Scotland-based Frenchman who continued a run of stellar play with a playoff loss at the Turkish Airlines Open, has followed a non-traditional path to success.
The easiest part of Tiger Woods’ job as captain of the US Presidents Cup team may have been naming himself to the playing roster. He also added Tony Finau, Gary Woodland and Patrick Reed.
Ai Suzuki, a standout on Japan’s Ladies Professional Golf Association circuit, won the Toto Japan Classic, the only LPGA Tour event played in her homeland, on Sunday.
Spain’s Carlota Ciganda won the LPGA’s Aon Risk Reward Challenge and its $1 million prize despite skipping the past two tournaments.
Scott McCarron clinched the PGA Tour Champions’ season-long Charles Schwab Cup title Sunday when Jeff Maggert made a dramatic eagle from the fairway on the third playoff hole to defeat Retief Goosen and win the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Country Club in Arizona.
Ron Green Jr. catches up with Ed “The Grip” Fiori, who beat Woods at the 1996 Quad City Classic and wound up with a piece of the game’s history.
The mixed French foursome of Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Candace Mahé, Julien Sale and Adrien Pendariès captured the combined title at the Spirit International Amateur in Trinity, Texas, on Saturday. The American duo of Andy Ogletree and Cole Hammer won the men’s title, while South Koreans Jeong Hyun Lee and Ina Yoon won the women’s crown.
England’s Ben Schmidt heads to the Justin Rose Telegraph Junior Golf Championship in Portugal this week hoping to add to his list of successes during a spectacular 2019 season, writes Colin Callander.
Despite skeptics who might liken it to baseball in Ireland, golf is a delightful fit in Turkey, this week’s instalment of The Divot explains.
Mike Cullity
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