Canadian Players Across Pro Tours, Week of December 14-20
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2020-12-23
Below is a list of how Canadian golfers fared across the major professional tours the week prior.
LPGA TOUR
Jin Young Ko shot a final round 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship by five strokes over Hannah Green and Sei Young Kim. It was the seventh career LPGA Tour title for the No. 1 player in the world. Kim, who had one-shot lead entering the final round, clinched Rolex Player of the Year honours with her runner-up finish. …Brooke Henderson posted her 6th top 10 result of the year and finishes the year ranked No. 6 in the world. …Alena Sharp shot a bogey-free final round 64 – the lowest round recorded over the course of the tournament and her lowest round in 17 months. …Sunday marked the end to the 18-event LPGA season that was cut almost in half by the pandemic and was shut down for five and half months from mid-February through the end of July. There are 34 events scheduled for next season, starting with the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, from Jan. 21-24.
POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
T7 | Brooke Henderson | 73-68-66-71 | -10 |
T46 | Alena Sharp | 73-76-76-64 | +1 |
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Justin Thomas and his father Mike birdied the opening seven holes before dad delivered a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that gave them a one-shot victory over Vijay Singh and son Qass at the PNC Championship. Tiger Woods and his son, 11-year-old Charlie, dressed in his traditional Sunday red with black trousers, posted another 62 to finish seventh. Charlie’s mother and Woods’ former wife, Elin Nordegren, walked the final round alongside them, her first time at a golf tournament since the 2009 Presidents Cup at Harding Park.