Rich Beem picks his five players to watch on the PGA Tour in 2017

With a new generation of talent fast emerging, Rich Beem looks at those who could make a big impact on the PGA Tour in 2016.
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Get rich in 2017! Take Tiger at 20-1 to win the Masters

Get rich in 2017! Take Tiger at 20-1 to win the Masters The most important thing to know about the coming year in sports: He gets another green jacket. And you get rich taking the 20-1 odds Las Vegas bookmakers are laying on Tiger Woods to win the Masters. Things get interesting when you bump into Floyd "Money" Mayweather leaving the betting window. Money: "How's it going?" You (fanning out $100 bills): "Great!" Money: "Save some for October. I'm coming back ... against some guy named McGregor."
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Tiger Woods Will Have a Good Year, His Friend Notah Begay III Predicts

Begay was encouraged by performance of Woods, who turned 41 on Friday, in the Hero World Challenge in early December.
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New venues, new events and new formats to look forward to in 2017

From new tournaments on the schedule to new formats to enjoy, we look at five golf highlights to look forward to in 2017.
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Jack Nicklaus says Rory McIlroy faces big changes in his life in 2017

Jack Nicklaus says Rory McIlroy will have to "manage his life more efficiently" after he gets married in 2017.
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An entertaining year in golf inside and outside the ropes

An entertaining year in golf inside and outside the ropes Jason Day ends the year at No. 1 in the world ranking, another indicator of how much and for how long Tiger Woods dominated golf. This is the eighth straight year that a different player was at No. 1 in the final world ranking — Woods in 2009, Lee Westwood in 2010, Luke Donald in 2011, Rory McIlroy in 2012, Woods in 2013, McIlroy in 2014, Jordan Spieth in 2015. Dating to 1998, Woods was at No. 1 in the final ranking in 11 out of 12 years.
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World ranking gap widens between US and Europe

World ranking gap widens between US and Europe The European Tour is introducing the Rolex Series this year, which starts in late May with the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and ends in late November with the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The other events that make up the Rolex Series are Irish Open and Scottish Open in successive weeks ahead of the British Open; the Italian Open in October; and then the Turkish Airlines Open and Nedbank Challenge in South Africa leading into the finale in Dubai.
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Golf's 'emotional rollercoaster' in 2016 - CNN Video

2016 in review: CNN World Sport anchor Patrick Snell reflects on Rory McIlroy's PGA Tour success, Arnold Palmer's passing and the US Ryder Cup triumph.
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Tiger Woods has wild week: white Santa goatee, golf with Donald Trump

Tiger Woods has wild week: white Santa goatee, golf with Donald Trump WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods is having quite the week. First, he showed off a white goatee in a shirtless photo , saying it's a Christmas tradition for his kids. Then, still sporting the white facial hair, he played 18 holes with President-elect Donald Trump. Trump and Woods met Friday morning at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump typically spends the holidays.
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Tiger and Trump pair up for round of golf

Tiger Woods can add President-elect Donald Trump to his power list of golf partners.
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Rory McIlroy looks back at the highs and lows from his 2016 season

Rory McIlroy admits he failed to reach all of his 2016 targets, but is still pleased with his return after another impressive campaign.
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2016 in numbers: A review of the year in golf

We take a look back at the key numbers from the world of golf from over the past 12 months...
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A year in review based on every club in the bag

A year in review based on every club in the bag The year began with PGA Tour rookie Smylie Kaufman hitting the opening tee shot into the blue horizon at Kapalua. It ended 319 days later when PGA Tour rookie Mackenzie Hughes rolled in an 18-foot par putt from the fringe to win at Sea Island. One way to look back on 2016 is through every club in the bag — not necessarily the best shots, but those that shaped the year.
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Byrd brings positive attitude to minor leagues of golf

Byrd brings positive attitude to minor leagues of golf With five victories, Jonathan Byrd had such a productive PGA Tour career that spending any time on the developmental Web.com Tour never crossed his mind. His only stop in the minor leagues was in 2001, so long ago that it then was known as the Buy.com Tour. A year after his playoff victory in the 2011 Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, however, Byrd had wrist surgery. He missed three months to start 2013, and his game and confidence slowly eroded to the point that he was trying to make cuts, make money and keep his job.
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Scott Henry: Scottish golfer prepares for married life and European Tour

Scottish golfer Scott Henry prepares for a special year on and off the course as he returns to the European Tour.
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Jack Nicklaus: Is major haul untouchable, even for Tiger Woods?

It is a debate that has raged for years, but just who is golf's greatest of all time?
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Prize money, China and Tiger: Speaking to the man who made the PGA Tour great

After 22 years as commissioner of the PGA Tour, Tim Finchem tells correspondent Iain Carter about his one major regret.
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Tiger Woods will be lead designer of $30 million golf complex on Chicago’s South Side

Tiger Woods will be lead designer of $30 million golf complex on Chicago’s South Side CHICAGO — On a gorgeous August day, Tiger Woods halted his top-secret visit to Chicago’s South Side to ask this question: Where are the kids? Woods and Mark Rolfing led a motorcade of a dozen golf carts at Jackson Park and South Shore, two city-run, century-old courses with enormous potential. Nearby, teenagers shot hoops and played tennis, not golf. Where are the kids? “He said it 10 times,” said Rolfing, the NBC/Golf Channel analyst and DeKalb, Ill., native.
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Report: Woods to be lead designer for Chicago golf project

Report: Woods to be lead designer for Chicago golf project CHICAGO — Tiger Woods has reportedly agreed to be the lead golf course designer for a $30 million project on the South Side of Chicago that would give the area championship facilities with hopes of attracting a top-level PGA Tour event. The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that the renovation of Jackson Park and South Shore golf courses would include an 18-hole championship course, and either a short course or a par 3 course.
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Tiger Woods signs deal to play with new golf ball

Tiger Woods signs deal to play with new golf ball One tournament into his return was all Tiger Woods needed to strike a deal with Bridgestone to play its golf ball. Bridgestone Golf said Thursday it has signed Woods to a multi-year agreement in which he will play and promote the golf ball. Woods effectively became a free agent for equipment deals when Nike decided to stop making clubs and golf balls and instead focus on apparel.
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Tiger Woods signs ball deal with Bridgestone Golf

Tiger Woods has announced he has signed a deal to use Bridgestone golf balls as he begins a series of equipment changes.
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Davis Love III on Tiger Woods and golf's 2016 - CNN Video

From Tiger Woods to Donald Trump, Davis Love III tells CNN how 2016 was a year of change in golf, and how 2017 could be even bigger.
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Davis Love III on the 2016 Ryder Cup - CNN Video

Two months after leading the USA to Ryder Cup victory, Davis Love III tells CNN Patrick's Snell the inside story of the team's first victory in 8 years.
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'Tiger Woods will be a great US Ryder Cup captain,' Davis Love III

He led the US to Ryder Cup victory earlier this year and now Davis Love III is tipping Tiger Woods as a future American captain.
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Color him pink: Report says Watson to use Volvik golf ball

Color him pink: Report says Watson to use Volvik golf ball SEOUL, South Korea — Bubba Watson might be adding a pink golf ball to go with his pink driver — and a green ball for the Masters. The JoongAng Daily in South Korea is reporting that Watson has agreed to a deal to use the Volvik golf ball starting next month. The Korean ball manufacturer mainly has been used on the LPGA Tour and is best known for golf balls it produces in a variety of colors. And that might be the perfect fit for the two-time Masters champion.
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Tiger Woods ramps up comeback

Just 10 days making his much anticipated return, Tiger Woods has penciled in his first tournament of 2017 -- at the place "where it all began."
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Tigers Woods commits to playing at the Genesis Open in 2017

Tiger Woods agrees to play at the Genesis Open in Los Angeles in February, the scene of his first PGA Tour event back in 1992.
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Tiger Woods returning to Riviera Country Club

Tiger Woods returning to Riviera Country Club LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is returning to Riviera Country Club for the first time since 2006 to play the Genesis Open in February. He announced Tuesday that he will play in the event from Feb. 13-19 that benefits his foundation. Riviera was the site of Woods' PGA Tour debut in 1992 at age 16. He says he "weighed about 105 pounds and it was a life-changing moment for me." The Tiger Woods Foundation, the PGA Tour and Genesis announced a partnership under which Woods' TGR Live will manage the tournament at Riviera.
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Major champions and their major moments

Major champions and their major moments From 20 feet away, Dustin Johnson was just trying to hit the green. From 190 yards, he was going at the flag. Henrik Stenson made a 50-foot putt across the 15th green at Royal Troon and found as much value in the putt he made from 4 feet on the next hole. The long and short of every golf season is defined by major championships. This year brought a collapse at the Masters, chaos over a ruling at the U.S. Open, a duel at the British Open and a marathon at the PGA Championship. There were signature shots from each, and a shot that held particular significance to each winner.
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Henrik Stenson: Open champion named European Golfer of the Year

Race to Dubai winner and Open champion Henrik Stenson is named European Tour Golfer of the Year for 2016.
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Web.com Tour Q-School Scores

Web.com Tour Q-School Scores Sunday At Winter Garden, Fla. p-Panther Lake Course: 7,211 yards, par-71 c-Crooked Cat Course: 7,449 yards, par-72 Purse: $510,000 Final Jim Renner, $50,000 68c-69p-69p-63c—269 Taylor Moore, $36,000 69c-67p-71p-65c—272 Vince India, $28,000 71c-66p-70p-66c—273 Puma Dominguez, $23,000 66p-67c-70p-71c—274 Brock Mackenzie, $23,000 69c-68p-69p-68c
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Duval, stepson Karavites win Father/Son Challenge

Duval, stepson Karavites win Father/Son Challenge ORLANDO, Fla. — David Duval and stepson Nick Karavites shot a 10-under 62 on Sunday to win the PNC Father/Son Challenge by a stroke. Duval and Karavites finished at 21-under 123 in the scramble event at Grande Lakes to hold off 2013 winners Stewart and Connor Cink, newcomers Retief and Leo Goosen, and Fred and Taylor Funk.
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UBS Hong Kong Open Leading Scores

UBS Hong Kong Open Leading Scores Sunday At Hong Kong Golf Club Fanling, Hong Kong Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,710; Par: 70 Final Sam Brazel, Australia 66-66-67-68—267 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain 64-65-70-69—268 Andrew Dodt, Australia 69-67-67-66—269 Tommy Fleetwood, England 66-68-67-68—269 David Lipsky, United States 66-70-66-68—270 Danny Willett, Engla
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David Duval, Nick Karavites lead Father/Son Challenge

David Duval, Nick Karavites lead Father/Son Challenge ORLANDO, Fla. — David Duval and stepson Nick Karavites shot an 11-under 61 on Saturday to take the first-round lead in the PNC Father/Son Challenge. They birdied Nos. 1, 3-7, 13-16 and 18 to open a one-stroke lead over Fred and Taylor Funk in the two-day, 20-team scramble event at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club's Grande Lakes.
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Harris English, Matt Kuchar win Shootout

Harris English, Matt Kuchar win Shootout NAPLES, Fla. — Harris English and Matt Kuchar won the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Saturday, holding off Wisconsin friends Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly by a stroke at Tiburon. English and Kuchar also won in 2013 in their first start together and finished second the last two years.
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Brazel wins Hong Kong Open for 1st European Tour title

Brazel wins Hong Kong Open for 1st European Tour title HONG KONG — Australia's Sam Brazel birdied the 18th hole to narrowly edge Rafa Cabrera Bello to capture the Hong Kong Open on Sunday, his first title on the European Tour. Ranked 480th in the world, Brazel plays on the Asian Tour and had never had a top-10 European Tour finish before. The win gives him automatic entry into European Tour events for the next two years.
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UBS Hong Kong Open Leading Scores

UBS Hong Kong Open Leading Scores Saturday At Hong Kong Golf Club Fanling, Hong Kong Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,710; Par: 70 Third Round Sam Brazel, Australia 66-66-67—199 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain 64-65-70—199 Tommy Fleetwood, England 66-68-67—201 David Lipsky, United States 66-70-66—202 Justin Walters, South Africa 67-67-69—203 Andrew Dodt, Australi
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Hong Kong Open: Sam Brazel wins first European Tour title

Australian Sam Brazel birdies the final hole to win the Hong Kong Open and claim his first European Tour title.
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Harris English and Matt Kuchar win second Franklin Templeton Shootout title

Harris English and Matt Kuchar claimed a one-stroke victory in the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Florida.
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Matt Kuchar and Harris English win Franklin Templeton Shootout

American pair Matt Kuchar and Harris English hit a seven-under-par final round of 65 to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Florida.
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Charley Hull second as Shanshan Feng claims record fourth Dubai Ladies Masters

England's Charley Hull finishes second as defending champion Shanshan Feng wins a record fourth Dubai Ladies Masters.
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