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The men and women’s Australian Open tournaments fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, with both cancelled due to travel restrictions.
Top-level golf tournaments will be given the option of imposing a 46-inch limit on club length in an attempt to restrict driving distances – a move that could curb players such as big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau.
Since the men’s World Ranking was officially launched in 1986, there have been only 24 world No 1 golfers, writes Brendan Barratt. Predictably, Tiger Woods heads up the list, having held top spot for 683 weeks, but who else has been top dog?
South Korean Im Sung-jae torched the TPC Summerlin course with nine birdies in a nine-under-par 62 this past Sunday to win the PGA Tour's Shriners' Children's Open by four strokes.
Rafael Cabrera-Bello ended a poor run of form by winning the Spanish Open title on Sunday, edging out fellow home hope Adri Arnaus in a playoff in Madrid.
American Adam Schenk, chasing his first US PGA Tour victory, birdied three of the last four holes to seize a one-stroke lead after Saturday's third round of the Shriners Children's Open.
Wil Besseling led world No 1 and two-time champion Jon Rahm by a single shot at the halfway stage of the Spanish Open on Friday after completing 36 holes bogey-free.
Jon Rahm made the most of home comforts at the Spanish Open on Thursday, posting an impressive 8-under-par 63 in the first round.
Rain continued to fall on the already waterlogged Wild Coast Sun Country Club course overnight and, with no play possible on Thursday, the Sunshine Tour took the decision to cancel the SunBet Challenge instead of trying to ram the tournament into an ever-decreasing window of better weather.
South Africa’s second-oldest professional golf tournament will be played at St Francis Links in the Eastern Cape from 4-7 November.