Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here's what's weighing on our writers' minds.On Mike Whan's really, really good idea ...If LPGA commissioner Mike Whan hasnt earned a gold star yet for creating the Race to the CME Globe four years ago, he deserves one now. The races finish at the CME Group Tour Championship has become a spectacular fireworks show. Stacy Lewis said it best on Saturday. She said the pressure the top players feel at CME is the worst those players feel all year, and by that she meant the most intense, the kind that makes for the best weeks.You can argue theres more pressure on the top women at the CME than there is in a major. The Rolex Player of the Year Award, the Vare Trophy for low scoring, the Rolex world No. 1 ranking and the money-winning title all seem to come down to this final week, when theres also the CME Globes $1 million jackpot up for grabs. You have to think the weight of all that might have had something to do with Lexi Thompson missing that 2-footer at Sundays end. She came away with the Vare Trophy and $1 million jackpot as nice consolation prizes. We all came away thrilled by Ariya Jutanugarns birdie-birdie finish amid the gut-wrenching drama. - Randall Mell
On Austin Cook's improbable winner's journey ...Despite becoming a Monday qualifying sensation on the PGA Tour in 2015, Austin Cook still had to head to Web.com Tour Q-School that winter. There he collapsed over his final four holes to blow a chance at full status, and one year later the cancellation of the Web.com Tour Championship because of Hurricane Matthew left him $425 short of a PGA Tour card.But Cook put to rest all of his recent near-misses with four days of nearly flawless golf at Sea Island. Now hes headed to Augusta National in April and exempt through 2020, afforded ample time to look back at how tough breaks in the past helped to shape his unique journey to the winners circle. - Will GrayOn what Cook's win says about PGA Tour depth ...Players talk regularly about the depth of talent on the PGA Tour, claiming that anyone in a particular field can come away with a trophy on any given week.To prove the point, Austin Cook, No. 306 in the Official World Golf Ranking, rolled over the field at the RSM Classic with rounds of 66-62-66-67 for a four-stroke victory. Before Sunday at Sea Island Resort, Cooks only triumph in a professional event was at a mini-tour winter series tournament. That payday was $5,000.His victory at the RSM Classic was worth considerably more and proved, yet again, the depth of the modern game. - Rex Hoggard
Wiesberger advances to Sunday at Belgian Knockout 2 days ago | By . Bernd Wiesberger will have a chance on Sunday to win his second European Tour title in as many weeks.
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Tiger Woods entered the final round of the Masters just two shots off the lead, and thanks to a final-round 70, he walked off Augusta National's 18th hole with his 15th major title - and first in
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The finalists are set for the 2018 Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals. Eighty junior golfers have qualified for the April 1 event at Augusta National, which kicks off Masters week.
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I'm going to keep betting this one at majors until they stop offering plus money. Finau has hit the top 20 in four of the last five majors and is 7-for-12 overall for his career. Couple that with how well the lengthy Bethpage should suit his skill set and Finau should be in store for a solid week.
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As you would expect, the company started to see orders from around the world when the story got out about Payne's new putter. The ownership planned a big marketing campaign around him and then disaster struck when Stewart tragically died in October of 1999.
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MICKELSON MAKES CRAZY PAR: Phil Mickelson, who made five birdies and no bogeys for a 66 to get within two of Fowler's lead, has been average by TOUR standards with the driver, but better than
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Webb Simpson announced via Twitter Saturday evening that he had withdrawn from the PGA Tour's RSM Classic due to his "Dad being sick and living his last days." It is currently unknown what
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Webb Simpson was in contention at The RSM Classic but withdrew to be with his ailing father. "Thanks to @Love3d for being such a great tourney host. I WD due to my Dad being sick and living his last days. Thanks for all the support," Simpson tweeted after the third round was complete.
Webb Simpson WDs from RSM to be with dad 'living his last
The LPGA hosted its annual Rolex Awards on Thursday night in Naples, Fla., site of the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. Click here to check out images from the show.
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Pan, who goes by the initials C.T., collected a birdie and two pars on his last three holes to shoot a four-under par 67 and end a tense final round at 12-under 272. Kuchar, finishing ahead of Pan
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