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It took one extra hole, but Tommy Fleetwood outlasted Marcus Kinhult on Sunday to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa. The victory in the European Tour’s penultimate tournament of the season was Fleetwood’s fifth on the circuit but his first since January 2018 and came in the midst of a remarkably consistent stretch in which he has made the cut in 41 consecutive starts worldwide.
With his victory in Sun City, Fleetwood moved to No. 2 in the Race to Dubai, enhancing his prospect of adding a second season-long crown to the one he captured in 2017 with this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on tap.
Both Ernie Els and Pádraig Harrington had their thoughts and conversations consumed with their respective captaincy duties while playing together in the Nedbank Golf Challenge, writes Michael Vlismas.
Catriona Matthew, who has agreed to return as Europe’s Solheim Cup captain at the Inverness Club in 2021, has the dynamics of the match on her mind as talks loom about a potential merger between the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour, writes Lewine Mair.
Brendon Todd won his second consecutive PGA Tour start, the Mayakoba Golf Classic, on Monday morning in Mexico, with a 20-foot birdie on the 15th hole upon resumption of play following a Sunday suspension proving to be the difference.
In this issue, GGP presents our seventh All-Amateur team selections, honoring the world’s best amateur, mid-amateur and senior-amateur competitors. Of the 179 men and women from 26 nations that we selected, two stood out as our Amateurs of the Year: Stanford University graduate Brandon Wu and Lara Tennant, winner of this year’s US and British senior women’s amateurs.
Matt Kuchar is still trying to heal the damage to his reputation caused by the criticism concerning his payment to a fill-in caddie after winning last year’s Mayakoba Golf Classic.
As the Presidents Cup in his homeland approaches, Jason Day is searching for form. One possible factor in his struggles is that he is on his fourth caddie of the year.
England’s Arron Edwards-Hill shot a sparkling closing round of 64 to overhaul South Africa’s Dylan Melville and win the 23rd Faldo Series Grand Final at the Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates, writes Colin Callander.
Less can be truly more in golf, particularly when it comes to clubhouses, this week’s instalment of The Divot posits.
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