Let’s take an end-of-year detour now and tip our caps to the moments that we’ve almost already forgotten, giving them one last moment in the sun before the calendar flips and they become even more distant in time’s rearview.
Earlier in the week, during a practice round, Higgs was walking from one tee to the next when a fan awaiting his arrival went… well, full Harry Higgs, lifting his shirt up and flashing the amiable tour pro hoping for a reaction.
The frat-party atmosphere inside the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale was made for players like Harry Higgs and Joel Dahmen, two “people’s golfers” who don’t take themselves too seriously and know how to have a good time.
When McIlroy assumes the role of player director next year, it will mark the first time that an international player has served on the tour’s policy board since its inception in 1969.
Despite being 47 years old, Cink was able to average 288.6 metres (315.6 yards) off the tee and took a lot of pressure off by hitting 61 of 72 greens in regulation for an 84.72 percent clip.