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Will 2024
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So, without further ado, here are the top 10 moments in the world of golf in 2024 - "The Year of the Golfer" (as declared by President Schwarzenegger).
1. For just the second time in history all four majors on the PGA Tour were won by women. Michelle Wie, who won her ninth and 10th majors on the men's circuit, the aging Annika Sorenstam, and Joanne "Bigger Momma" Carner once again proved that you don't need certain equipment to take home the hardware on the PGA Tour.
2. Arnold Palmer rewrote the record books yet again as the 95-year-old phenom played in a PGA Tour Event for the 77th straight year - The Bay Way Over The Hill Classic.
3.
For the first time in PGA Tour history competitors played a course
that measured over 10,000 yards. The Doral Black and
Blue Monster Course, which is highlighted by the newer and tougher
585-yard par-4 18th as well as two par-3s over 350 yards, was,
according to one PGA star, "a bit long." Half the field still
finished the event under par.
4. Fresh from their research on Mars, Callaway Golf engineers launched the Red Planet Series Drivers, which feature clubheads formed with dust from the newly populated planet. Engineers also turned heads when they announced the discovery of a new alloy found only on Neptune. The alloy, called Ignitonium, is 1 million times stronger than titanium and weighs absolutely nothing.
5. "Lunatic Larry," a Canadian Long Drive Champion who was inspired by the drug-aided comeback of Ben Johnson, signed on to take sizable doses of the highly dangerous steroid benzogoldmyassium hydrochlorozime for a one-year period and carried a ball 2.3 kilometres in the air during competition. Shockingly, his heart, lungs, and liver exploded shortly after hitting the drive. (Competition was slightly downwind).
6. Following a round of 92 at the Wal-Mart Senior Masters, John Daly went berserk in his hotel room, causing nearly a million dollars worth of damage. Later that day, Zuing Ho Chan, his 17th wife, filed for divorce.
7. Barry Woodson, a professional golfer from Florida, was banned from the PGA Tour after officials discovered that he is actually one of the 125 Tiger Woods clones that were created by the popular UK company Clones-R-US.
8. The embittered Hootie Johnson, former chairman of Augusta National, drew international attention when he led a protest outside the gates of Augusta National protesting the club's "all female, no redneck" policy.
9.
Jack Nicklaus, at 90 years of age, made the cut in the Masters.
Jack credited the achievement to his ninth hip replacement operation
and his high-modulus graphite spinal cord transplant, both of
which have rejuvenated his playing career.
10. Jesper Parnevik, fresh from his dazzling debut on the Inter-Galactic PGA Tour in the galaxy Andromeda (where he won the Klingon Open as well as three other major tournaments), credited his remarkable success on his new diet (comet dust & space garlic), which sparked a revolution in golf nutritional products on Earth.
While certain world issues seem stagnant and rather stale such as the Cub's losing streak and those bad Kevin Costner movies the golf scene continues to evolve and provide edge-of-your-seat excitement. Judging by the fact that golf is now being played in 876 countries, 43 planets, and six galaxies, we should have plenty to talk about in 2025 as well.
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