ICYMI: All the best golf highlights from last week
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It felt like the 2016 golf season really got underway last week, with Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy going head-to-head at the Abu Dhabi Championship, and neither of them coming out on top, as high top-wearing Rickie Fowler emerged victorious. Here are the highlights from that tournament and the PGA Tour’s naff-sounding CareerBuilder Challenge, won by Jason Dufner, perhaps for writing the best cover letter or having the most up to date CV.
Jason Dufner was on the rocks in the rocks but he rocked it like a rockstar
It was a headline writer’s dream as Dufner saved par on the penultimate hole after his tee shot came to rest in the rocks alongside the green. That up-and-down helped secure Dufner a spot in a playoff with David Lingmerth, which the American would go on to win.
There were aces galore at the CareerBuilder
First there was this one, thanks to a member’s bounce, by Nick Taylor:
And then this one by Jeff Ellis: