Well it was another brilliant weekend on the Major
Professional Golf Tours from around the world and this week the European Tour
and Race to Dubai headed to Queensland, Australia for the Australian PGA
Championship and it was played on the RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia. It was a co – sanctioned event with the PGA Tour of
Australasia and carried a large prize purse of AU $1,750,000 for the taking.
All the top players from the PGA Tour of Australasia were there along with some
top players from the European Tour. Greg Chalmers (Australia) was the defending
champion and was keen to defend his title. There were also many of New
Zealand’s top professionals in the field as well. And it was the golfer by the
name of Nathan Holman (Australia) who scored rounds of 77+5, 68-4, 70-2 and a
final round 73+1 for a seventy two hole total of 288 even par but he was tied
on that score by Harold Varner III (USA) who scored rounds of 74+2, 73+1, 66-6
and a final round of 75+3 for a seventy two hole total of 288 even par also.
And the final player to tie on that scored was Dylan Frittelli (RSA) who scored
rounds of 70-2, 72 even par, 71-1 and a final round of 75+3 for a seventy two
hole total of 288 even par. So those three players headed back to the par four,
eighteenth hole for the first playoff hole.
So to the first playoff hole which was the par four,
eighteenth hole. They each choose a piece of paper from the PGA Tour of
Australasia Tour Officials hat which had a number on it which would determine
the playing order for the playoff. Dylan Frittelli (RSA) choose number one and
teed off first and hit his drive down the middle of the fairway but it drew to
the left on the wind and landed in the left rough. Nathan Holman (Australia)
choose number two and teed off second and struck a brilliant drive that landed
in the centre of the fairway and came to rest in the left side. Harry Varner
III (USA) choose number three and teed off third and he hit a poor drive that
he pulled well to the left and it came to rest in the left rough.
Dylan Frittelli (RSA) played his second shot first
and it came out of the rough with no control on it and hit the green and rolled
right threw into the TV Cables at the back of the green. Harry Varner III (USA)
played his second shot second and he was playing for the flier lie from the
rough but it didn’t come out as well as he thought it would. It landed short of
the green and rolled down the slope leaving a very difficult chip shot to get
the ball up and down for his par four. Nathan Holman (Australia) played his
second shot third from the fairway and knew if he could land it on the green he
would have a great chance of winning the Championship. He hit a brilliant shot
with his short iron that drew in from right to left and came to rest twenty
five feet from the pin underneath the hole.
Harry Varner III (USA) played his third shot first
and he hit a good chip under the circumstances but it came up short
understandably because if he had been too aggressive his ball would have rolled
down the slope at the back of the green. His ball came to rest twenty feet
short of the cup. Dylan Frittelli (RSA) played his third shot chip third and he
was allowed to drop his ball in the drop zone to get relief from the TV Cables
and Corporate Tent. He played the best shot he could under the circumstances of
the pressure of the playoff and flopped it up on the green and it rolled ten
feet past the cup on the green.
Nathan Holman (Australia) now putted for his birdie
three from twenty five feet and if he holed it he would win the Australian PGA
Championship for 2015. He calmed his nerve and hit a very good putt that just
missed on the right hand side and rolled three feet past the cup. He knew he had
virtually secure his par and had put some real pressure back on his fellow
competitors who both now had to hole there par putts to extend the playoff to a
second hole. Harry Varner III (USA) now
putted from twenty feet for his par and he knew that he more than likely had to
hole it if he was going to extend the playoff to a second hole. He struck a
very good putt but it just missed on the left hand side. It rolled four feet
past the cup. Dylan Frittelli (RSA) now putted for his par from ten feet and he
just like Harry Varner III (USA) knew he would have to hole it to extend the
playoff to a second hole. He struck a very good putt but just as it got to the
hole and looked like going in it veered to the right and came to rest four feet
past the cup. He tapped in for his par four. Then Harry Varner III (USA) tapped
in his four footer for his par four. Nathan Holman (Australia) now calmed his
nerve and calmly rolled in his three footer for his par and the victory!! It
was also his first win as a professional!! He got a hug and high five from his
caddie!! Then from his fellow competitors!! Then the Australian Professionals
that are mates of his sprayed champagne all over him to celebrate the win with
him!! He was congratulated by the PGA Tour of Australasia Tour official.
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| Nathan Holman (Australia) on the left is congratulated by his caddie on the right after he holed the winning putt!! |
Then he was interviewed by the on course
commentator, Pat Welsh and he asked him “The Aussie, Aussie, Aussie cheer is
ring out, I look at the Joe Kirkwood Cup and see some of the greatest names
there in global golf and Nathan Holman is about to join them, what a day”. And Nathan Holman (Australia) replied “Yeah,
it was crazy, off that double start and then played nicely again, and then to
try and lose it in the end, was pretty annoying, and it was a tough wait in
that scoring hut, but to get the job done on the first playoff hole was
pleasing!!” Then Pat Welsh said “We have the chairman of the PGA of Australia,
Mark Gibson and you are going to hand over one of the most covered prizes in
Australian Golf, Nathan it is all yours enjoy it!!” Then Nathan Holman
(Australia) held up the Joe Kirkwood Cup to celebrate winning the Australian
PGA Championship and was photographed by the surrounding media!!
Nathan Holman (Australia) won € 225,251 for his the
win and moved to seventh position on the current 2016 Race to Dubai Points list
standings with 225,251 points earned from the one event he has played to date
this season so far. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) is the current leading that list
with 678,970 points earned from the one event he has played to date this season
so far. From the one event Nathan Holman (Australia) has played to date this
season so far he has made one cut and achieved one top ten finish that came
this week with his maiden European Tour win!! He will be happy with his second,
third and final rounds that were under par and close to par especially his
second round 68-4!! And he will also be extremely pleased with how he made par
on the first playoff hole to secure the title!! And he will be happy he
survived the first round with 77+5 when over thirty players in the field scored
80 or worse in the brutally windy conditions!!
It was his first European Tour International
Schedule victory in his sixteenth European Tour event. He moves to 225,251
points in The Race to Dubai. He could move to just inside the top 170 of the
Official World Golf Ranking, from 318th. This victory beats his previous best
European Tour performance of tied eleventh in the 2015 Maybank Malaysian Open.
He becomes the first, first-time winner of the 2016 European Tour season. He
becomes the first Australian to win on The European Tour since Jason Day
(Australia) (2015 US PGA Championship). He wins the first three-man European
Tour play-off since The 144th Open Championship, won by Zach Johnson (USA). In
the play-off he beat American Harold Varner III (USA) and South African Dylan
Frittelli (RSA). The last three man-play-off prior to the Australian PGA
Championship also featured one Australian (Marc Leishman), one South African
(Louis Oosthuizen) and one American (Zach Johnson).
He becomes the seventeenth consecutive Australian
winner of the Australian PGA Championship. He becomes the sixth Australian to
win a European Tour event on home soil. They are: Jarrod Moseley (Australia)
(1999 Heineken Classic), Lucas Parsons (Australia) (2000 Greg Norman Holden
International), Aaron Baddeley (Australia) (2001 Greg Norman Holden
International and 2007 MasterCard Masters), Craig Parry (Australia) (2005
Heineken Classic), Rod Pampling (Australia) (2009 Sportsbet Masters – Nov 2008)
and Nathan Holman (Australia) (2016 Australian PGA Championship). He became the
120th Australian victory in European Tour history. He becomes the 41st
different Australian to win in European Tour history. This victory extends
Australia’s winning years on The European Tour to four seasons, dating back to
the 2013 season. He gains his largest European Tour prize of €225,251. He gains
a European Tour exemption until the end of the 2017 European Tour season. And
finally he gains his first win as a professional.
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| Nathan Holman (Australia) holds aloft the Joe Kirkwood Cup he won for winning the Australian PGA Championship!! |
Nathan Holman
(Australia) (born 19 April 1991) is an Australian professional golfer from
Melbourne, Australia who plays on both the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European
Tour. In December 2015, he won the Australian PGA Championship for his first
professional victory. He is coached by Marty Joyce and his home club is
Woodlands Golf Club in Melbourne. His career low round is 62 (−10) shot at
Riversdale Golf Club in Melbourne. Nathan Holman (Australia) had a successful
amateur career and just prior to turning professional he was ranked number two
in Australia and number 25 in the world. He played regularly as an amateur on
the PGA Tour of Australasia in the last twelve months of his amateur career,
including a top twenty finish in the Victorian PGA Championship. He also tied
for fifth at the Heritage Classic and tied for third in the Victorian Open.
Nathan Holman (Australia) turned professional in
October 2013, and his first professional tournament was the Western Australia
Goldfields PGA Championship at Kalgoorlie Golf Course from 3–6 October 2013. In
only his fifth professional tournament, in November 2013, Nathan Holman
(Australia) made the cut at the 2013 Talisker Masters played at the Royal
Melbourne Golf Club and significantly, was tied for the lead at the half-way
mark. He went into the final round tied for second, having played the third
round with Adam Scott (Australia), a player Nathan Holman (Australia) has described
as an idol. Although Nathan Holman (Australia) faded in the final round with a
78, he did shoot three sub-par rounds to finish on -3 and fifteenth place in a
tournament field of 120 competitors. Nathan Holman (Australia) was a member of
the 2013 Golf Australia National Squad. Nathan Holman (Australia) played on the
2015 European Tour, although his schedule was limited due to injuries, and he
lost his playing privileges after finishing 135th on the Race to Dubai. He made
the cut in seven of ten events and earned 156,877 euros during the 2015
European Tour season.
In December 2015, Nathan Holman (Australia) won the
first professional tournament of his career, the Australian PGA Championship,
with a par on the first hole of a playoff with Harold Varner III (USA) of the
United States and Dylan Frittelli (RSA) of South Africa. The win at a
tournament co-sanctioned by the European Tour earned Nathan Holman (Australia) the
top spot on the 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit as well as spots in
the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon and the 2016 WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational. The win also secured Nathan Holman's (Australia) card on the
2015-2016 European Tour just two weeks after he had failed in his bid to secure
a spot on that tour via the qualifying school. Let’s hope he can carry this
form into the 2016 European Tour early events in January and I wish him all the
best for the rest of the 2016 European Tour season and Race to Dubai.
Coming in tied for second position at 288 even par
after seventy two holes and losing on the first playoff hole was Harold Varner
III (USA); he earned € 106,055 for his efforts but because he isn’t a
current member of the 2016 European Tour he doesn’t get a current 2016 Race to
Dubai Points list standings ranking. From the one event he has played to date
this season so far he has made one cut and achieved one top ten finish that
came this week. He will be content with his first, second and final rounds that
were all in the mid 70s and extremely happy with his third round 66-6 which was
the low round of the day and blemish free as well. But he will be mad that he
bogeyed the first playoff hole and handed the championship to Nathan Holman
(Australia). He was only playing in the Australian PGA Championship as a
sponsor’s exemption after recently gaining his 2015/16 USPGA Tour card and
making a great start to the season. Harold Varner III (USA) is an American
professional golfer who plays on the Web.com Tour and USPGA Tour. Despite his
smaller stature, Harold Varner III (USA) is one of the longest drivers of the
golf ball on tour. Harold Varner III (USA) is one of just a handful of
African-American professional golfers. Harold Varner III (USA) was born in
Akron, Ohio. He played his collegiate golf at East Carolina University and was
the first player in school history to be named Conference USA player of the
year. He also competed in the 2010 U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay in University
Place, Washington. Harold Varner III (USA) turned professional in 2012, missing
the cut at the Chiquita Classic. Prior to playing on the Web.com Tour, he
played on the eGolf Tour and Florida Tour. He qualified for the 2013 U.S. Open,
but missed the cut. Harold Varner III (USA) started playing on the Web.com Tour
in 2014, making 13 cuts in 21 tournaments with two top-10 finishes. His best
finish was tied for second at the Rex Hospital Open. He finished thirtieth on
the money list in his first full season. He also played in two USPGA Tour
events, the Northern Trust Open where he tied for seventieth and Wells Fargo
Championship where he missed the cut. In 2015, he had a fairly consistent
season that included five top-25 finishes and a runner-up finish at the Panama
Claro Championship. He finished the twenty fifth on the Web.com Tour regular
season money list, the last guaranteed spot, to earn a USPGA Tour card for the
2015–16 season. Harold Varner III (USA) is the first African American golfer to
advance to the USPGA Tour via the Web.com Tour. Let’s hope he can carry this
form into the early 2016 part of the 2015/16 USPGA Tour and FedEx Cup in
January and maybe achieve his maiden win? I wish him all the best for the 2016
season.
The other player to tie for second position on 288
even par and losing on the first playoff hole was Dylan Frittelli (RSA); he
also earned € 106,055 for his efforts and he moved to twelfth position on
the current 2016 Race to Dubai Points list standings with 128,792 points earned
from the two events he has played to date this season so far. From the two
events he has played to date this season so far he has made two cuts and
achieved one top ten finish that came this week. He will be happy with his
first, second and third rounds that were all at par and under par especially
his 70-2 in the first round when conditions were brutally tough because of high
winds!! But he will be disappointed with his final round 75+3 and his bogey on
the first playoff hole to hand the Championship to Nathan Holman (Australia).
But it has been a good last couple of weeks to start the 2016 European Tour
season for him. Dylan Ashley Frittelli
(RSA) (born 1990) is a South African professional golfer. Dylan Frittelli (RSA) was born in
Johannesburg. He played college golf at the University of Texas, where he won
the decisive match to lead his team to victory at the 2012 NCAA Championship. Dylan Frittelli (RSA) turned
professional after that victory and played on the European Tour via sponsor’s
exemptions for the rest of 2012. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2013 and
won his first tour event at the Kärnten Golf Open in June. Let’s hope he can
continue this form for the rest of the 2016 European Tour season and Race to
Dubai and perhaps achieve his maiden European Tour win? I wish him all the best
for the 2016 European Tour season and Race to Dubai.
Coming in solo fourth position at 289+1 after
seventy two holes was Zander Lombard (RSA); he earned € 60,067 for his
efforts but because he isn’t a current member of the 2016 European Tour he
doesn’t get a current 2016 Race to Dubai Points list standings ranking. From
the one event he has played to date this season so far he has made one cut and
achieved one top ten finish that came this past week. He will be happy with his
first and third rounds that were both under par especially 67-5 in the first
round which was blemish free and saw him lead by two shots!! But he will be
disappointed with his second and final rounds that were both in the mid 70s. Especially
his front nine in the final round of 39+3!! And at the tender age of twenty it
was great to see him have such a high finish on the European Tour. Let’s hope
this can really launch his professional career in the right direction and he
can make the most of the starts he gets on the European Tour in the early part
of the 2016 season. I wish him all the best for 2016 for whatever tour he plays
on.
Coming in solo fifth position at 290+2 after seventy
two holes was Cameron Smith (Australia); he earned € 50,055 for his
efforts but because he isn’t a current member of the 2016 European Tour he
doesn’t get a current 2016 Race to Dubai Points list standings ranking. From
the one event he has played to date this season so far he has made one cut and
achieved one top ten finish that came this past week. He will be happy with his
second and third rounds that were both under par especially his 69-3 in the
second round!! But he will be disappointed with his first and final rounds that
were both over par especially his first round 78+6 which saw him make a nine on
the par four, thirteenth hole!! And his 38+3 on the back nine of his final
round which saw him play the last six holes in three over par when he was tied
for the lead!! But it was good to see him have such a high finish in a huge
event like this at the tender age of twenty two. Cameron Smith (Australia) (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian
professional golfer. He was a member of the Golf Australia national squad. He
turned professional in 2013. Cameron Smith (Australia) has played on the PGA
Tour of Australasia since 2013. His best finish is tied for second at the 2015
Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship. Cameron Smith (Australia) played on the
Asian Tour in 2014, finishing in the top-10 seven times and finishing fifth on
the Order of Merit. His best finish was tied for second at the CIMB Niaga
Indonesian Masters. Cameron Smith (Australia) has been coached and mentored
since 2004 by Golf Queensland coach Grant Field. After qualifying for the 2015
U.S. Open, his top-4 finish earned him an invitation to the 2016 Masters
Tournament. The finish also earned Cameron Smith (Australia) Special Temporary
Membership on the USPGA Tour for the remainder of the 2014–15 season. Cameron
Smith (Australia) earned his 2015–16 USPGA Tour card by earning enough as a
non-member to have been in the top 125 on the money list. Let’s hope he can
carry on this form for the early events of the 2016 part of the 2015/16 USPGA
Tour season. I wish him all the best for the 2015/16 USPGA Tour season when it
recommences in early January.
Rounding out the top eight in tied for sixth
position at 291+3 after seventy two holes was Dimitrios Papadatos (Australia);
he earned € 40,461 for his efforts and moved to thirty third equal
position on the current 2016 Race to Dubai Points list standings with 40,462
points earned from the one event he has played in. From the one event he has
played in to date this season so far he has made one cut and achieved one top
ten finish that came this week. He will be happy with his second and third
rounds that were consecutive 71-1s!! But disappointed with his first and final
rounds that were in the mid 70s. But will be pleased he has started his 2016
European Tour season off so well. Dimitrios
Papadatos (Australia) (born 4 June 1991) is an Australian professional
golfer. Dimitrios Papadatos
(Australia) turned professional in late 2012. He won his first professional
event at the New Zealand Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia in March 2014. Let’s
hope he can continue this fine form in the 2016 European Tour. I wish him all
the best for the rest of the 2016 European Tour season and Race to Dubai.
Also tied for sixth position was Richard Green
(Australia); he too earned € 40,461 for his efforts and moved to thirty
third equal position on the current 2016 Race to Dubai Points list standings
with 40,462 points earned from the one event he has played in. From the one
event he has played in to date this season so far he has made one cut and
achieved one top ten finish that came this week. He will be happy with his
third round 70-2!! But just content with his first, second and final rounds
that were all in the mid 70s. And it was good to see him get his 2016 European
Tour season off to such a great start. Richard
George Green (Australia) (born 19 February 1971) is an Australian
professional golfer. Richard Green
(Australia) was born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria. He turned
professional in 1992, and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia the same year. Richard Green (Australia) has been a
member of the European Tour since 1996, with his first win coming at the 1997
Dubai Desert Classic, where he became the first left-hander to win on the
European Tour since Bob Charles (NZL) at the Swiss Open in 1974. His
consistent performances in 2004 took him to a career best European Tour Order
of Merit finish of seventeenth. That same year he won the MasterCard Masters,
which is one of Australia's most prestigious tournaments, and also topped the PGA
Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit. In 2007 he won his second European Tour
event at the BA-CA Golf Open in Austria.
Richard Green
(Australia) held a share of the course record at Carnoustie with a 64, achieved
in the final round of the 2007 Open Championship. The round saw him jump twenty
seven places on the last day of the tournament to finish in a tie for fourth
with Ernie Els (RSA). He has
featured in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Richard Green (Australia) is also a
keen motor racing fan and owns a Porsche 911 racing car in which he has
competed in the Australian GT Championship on occasion as touring schedules
allow, including racing on the support card of the 2009 Australian Grand Prix.
Among the cars he has owned in the past (and has since sold) included the
Bathurst 1000 winning Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore, Perkins Engineering
Chassis 027. He has won three European Tour events to date so far with his most
recent being the 2010 Portugal Masters. He has also won two events on the PGA
Tour of Australasia with his most recent being the 2015 Oates Victorian Open.
And he has also represented Australia in the World Cup of Golf in 1998, 2008
and 2011. Let’s hope he can keep this form up for the rest of the 2016 European
Tour season. I wish him all the best for the rest of the 2016 European Tour
season and Race to Dubai.
The final player to tie for sixth position was
Matthew Millar (Australia); he too earned € 40,461 for his efforts but
because he isn’t a current member of the 2016 European Tour he doesn’t get a
current 2016 Race to Dubai Points list standings ranking. From the one event he
has played to date this season so far he has made one cut and achieved one top
ten finish that came this past week. He will be happy with his first and second
rounds that were at par and under par especially his second round 70-2!! But he
will be mad with his third and final rounds that were both in the mid 70s. It
was good to see him have another high finish on the European Tour. Matthew Millar (Australia) (born 5
September 1976) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour
of Australasia. Matthew Millar (Australia) turned professional in 1999. From
2006–09, he played on the European Tour, having come through all three stages
of qualifying school; his best year-end result was 115th on the 2006 Order of
Merit. Matthew Millar (Australia) recorded four top ten finishes on tour, with
a best finish of tied for fourth in the 2008 New Zealand Open. In
2011, Matthew Millar (Australia) qualified for his first major, The Open
Championship. He finished tied for sixty third position. In March 2015, Matthew
Millar (Australia) won his first professional event, the Holden New Zealand PGA
Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia. Let’s hope he can continue this
form into the 2016 season. I which him all the best for the 2016 season
whatever tour he plays on.
There were eight New Zealanders in the field and the
best of them was Josh Geary (NZL), who scored rounds of 77+5, 73+1, 70-2 and a
final round of 74+2 for a seventy two hole total of 294+6 and he tied for twenty
first position and earned € 11,709 for his efforts. But because he isn’t a
current European Tour Member he doesn’t get a current 2016 Race to Dubai Points
list standings ranking. From the one event he has played to date this season so
far he has made one cut and achieved no top ten finishes. He will be content with his four rounds this
week in the very tough windy conditions especially his third round 70-2!!
The next best New Zealander was Ryan Fox (NZL), who
scored rounds of 74+2, 70-2, 78+6 and a final round of 73+1 for a seventy two
hole total of 295+7 and he tied for twenty eighth position and earned € 8,188
for his efforts. He moved to sixty sixth equal position on the current 2016
Race to Dubai Points list standings with 8,188 points earned from the one event
he has played to date this season so far. From the one event he has played to
date this season so far he has made one cut and achieved no top ten finishes. He
will be happy with his first, second and final rounds that were all in the mid
to low 70s especially his 70-2 in the second round!! But disappointed in his
third round 78+6 which ruined any chance of a top ten finish or evening
winning.
The next best New Zealander was Harry Bateman (NZL),
who scored rounds of 76+4, 74+2, 75+3 and a final round of 79+7 for a seventy
two hole total of 304+16 and he tied for sixty fifth position and earned €
2,443 for his efforts. But because he isn’t a current European Tour Member he
doesn’t get a current 2016 Race to Dubai Points list standings ranking. From
the one event he has played to date this season so far he has made one cut and
achieved no top ten finishes. He will be content with his first, second and
third rounds that were all in the mid 70s, but he will be annoyed with his
final round 79+7 that caused him to drop to the back end of the field.
The next best New Zealander was Mark Brown (NZL),
who scored rounds of 76+4 and 75+3 for a 36 hole total of 151+7 to miss the 36
hole cut by a single shot. The next best New Zealander was Michael Long (NZL),
who scored rounds of 78+6 and 73+1 for a 36 hole total of 151+7 to miss the 36
hole cut by a single shot. The next best New Zealander was Brad Shilton (NZL),
who scored rounds of 76+4 and 75+3 for a 36 hole total of 151+7 to miss the 36
hole cut by a single shot. The next best New Zealander was Nick Gillespie
(NZL), who scored rounds of 82+10 and 73+1 for a 36 hole total of 155+11 to
miss the 36 hole cut by a five shots. The next best New Zealander was Gareth
Paddison (NZL), who scored rounds of 82+10 and 78+6 for a 36 hole total of
160+16 to miss the 36 hole cut by ten shots.
The European Tour and Race to Dubai now takes a break
and recommences in early January in South Africa for the BMW SA Open hosted by
City of Ekurhuleni and it is played on the Glendower GC, Gauteng, Johannesburg,
South Africa. It carries a huge prize purse of ZAR15, 000,000. Andy Sullivan
(England) is the defending champion and will be keen to defend his title. It
starts on Thursday 7th January and I will report back who won the trophy as
soon as the result comes to hand.
So to the Top 5 on the Official World Golf Rankings Points list
standings this week and coming in at Number One Position for the eleventh week
of his career is Jordan Spieth (USA) who is fresh off his solo fourth position at the Hero World
Challenge this past week and also his tied for second position at the Emirates
Australian Open one week ago with 12.01 Official World Ranking Points; coming
in at Number Two is Jason Day (Australia) who is fresh off being part of the
2015 Team Internationals Presidents Cup narrow loss to Team USA eight weeks ago
in South Korea and also his tied for tenth position at the Tour Championship by
Coca – Cola ten weeks ago with 11.45 Official World Ranking Points; coming in
at Number Three is Rory McILroy (NIR) who is fresh off his win two weeks ago at
the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai and the Race to Dubai title for a third
time in his career and also his tied for eleventh position at the WGC – HSBC
Champions four weeks ago with 11.40 Official Golf World Ranking Points; coming
in at Number Four is Bubba Watson (USA) who is fresh off his win this past week
at the Hero World Challenge and his solo third position at the Mitsui Sumitomo
VISA Taiheiyo Masters three weeks ago with 8.34 Official World Ranking Points
and rounding out the top five on the Official World Ranking Points list standings
this week is Henrik Stenson (Sweden) who is fresh off his solo second position
at the Nedbank Golf Challenge this past week and also his tied for fifty ninth position
at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai two weeks ago with 7.53 Official World
Ranking Points. Danny Lee (NZL) this week is in his thirty eighth week of
another spell of being the highest ranked New Zealand Golfer in the world after
finishing in tied for ninth position at the Dunlop Phoenix on the Japan Golf
Tour two weeks ago. This week he slips five places and falls to fortieth seventh
position on the Official World Golf Rankings Points list standings with 2.70
Official Golf World Ranking Points.
Remember now the ground is drying out you need to
factor it into your shots!!
Source: Pgatour.com, Official World Golf Rankings, wikipedia.org,
Google search engine, europeantour.com, golfchannel.com
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