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08. Sut t on Credit s Game Of Golf For Her Many Successes Bot h On-Course & Off

36. How To Break 80 In 2022: You Aren?t Playing The Right Tees. Here?s A Key Guide

10. PGA of Albert a & Foresight Sport s Canada Ext end Part nership For Two Years



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Airdrie, Alberta'sRiley Fleming wasvoted the PGA of Canada'sPlayer of The Year for 2021. Fleming, seen here holding the Alberta Open Championship Trophy, also set a tournament record in winning the PGA Championship of Canada, an event won in the past by namessuch asArnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Moe Norman. INSIDE GOLF

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Sutton Credits Game Of Golf For Her Many Successes Both On-Course & Off If parents need a female role model in the world of golf who is just an ?ordinary?citizen, then they needn?t look much farther than Spruce Grove?s D?arci Sutton. You see, this young lady is not only a strong player, she?s also a major force in other parts of her life, including education and volunteer work. INSIDE GOLF



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PGA of Alberta & Foresight Sports Canada Extend Partnership For Two Years The PGA of Alberta is pleased to announce an extended partnership with Foresight Sports Canada as the Presenting Sponsor of the Association?s Top 100 Program for the next two years. The PGA of Alberta Top 100 Program was launched in 2019 and is based on pre-defined measurable criteria designed to recognize members who dedicate their time and proven abilities in advancing the Association?s interests for the benefit of all Golf Professionals. INSIDE GOLF



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Golf Offered Up Plenty Of Memorable & Forgettable Moments In 2021

Look back at some of the more interesting and impactful quotes from what was a wild and wacky year for the sport from TSN?s Bob Weeks. INSIDE GOLF



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Best Recovery Golf Shots On The DP World Tour In 2021 Escaping from bunkers, bushes and more. The best recovery shots of the year on the DP World Tour. INSIDE GOLF


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Craziest Moments From The 2021 PGA TOUR Season You never know what you might see on the golf course. Check out some of the craziest moments from the 2021 PGA TOUR season, featuring incredible hole-outs, awesome shot-shaping and lucky bounces. INSIDE GOLF



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Canada?s Mackenzie Hughes Among Players Added To 2022 Masters Field Mackenzie Hughes is going to the Masters.Hughes, of Hamilton, Ont., was among 10 players added to the top 50 from the final official world ranking of the year set on Sunday for the Masters in April.The final ranking, along with other criteria, puts the field at 83 players. Hughes, 31, was ranked 11th in FedEx Cup standings with almost $1.4 million in earnings in 2021. INSIDE GOLF



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Caught In The Act: 13 Cringeworthy Stories Of Cheating On The Golf Course There is no worse designation for a golfer than cheater. Slow players, slicers, ball retriever-owners? they are all princes compared to the creative scorekeepers in our midst. It?s not an accusation tossed around lightly and, reluctant to sully reputations just for sport, the GolfDigest.com Editors figured the next-best thing was to provide at least a taste of the type of cheating they?ve witnessed over the years. INSIDE GOLF



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Wilco Nienaber?s Secret To Hitting 400-Yard Drives If there was a distance crown to share, then Bryson DeChambeau would share it with 21-year-old Wilco Nienaber, a South African who plays mostly on the European Tour. GOLF.com?s Andrew Tursky shares secrets Nienaber revealed to hitting the long ball with his 46-inch driver. INSIDE GOLF



BY BY DOUG FERGUSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. Women?s Open Purse Soars To $10 Million On Fabled Courses Long considered the biggest event in women?s golf, the U.S. Women?s Open now has prize money and future sites to match. The U.S. Golf Association announced recently the purse will nearly double this year to $10 million, by far the richest in women?s golf and challenging top prizes in women?s sports. The purse was $5.5 million when Yuka Saso won at Olympic Club last year. Helping to make it possible was the USGA bringing on a presenting sponsor ? Ohio-based PreMedica, a not-for-profit integrated health organization. INSIDE GOLF



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Predicting The 2022 Presidents Cup Teams

Next year?s Presidents Cup will be held at Charlotte?s Quail Hollow Club, the annual venue for the Wells Fargo Championship (the 2022 Wells Fargo will be played at TPC Potomac in Avenel, Maryland, to allow Quail Hollow to prepare for the Presidents Cup). PGATOUR.com?s Ben Everill helps you prepare for the upcoming Presidents Cup.?Here are a dozen names to consider for the next U.S. squad and a dozen names to? consider for the next International squad. INSIDE GOLF



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2021 Top Ten Golf Products

Each category contains exceptional products. In addition to those products listed to start, which drew the most ?buzz,?we have listed, in no general order, top brands and models in their respective categories. INSIDE GOLF



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Top 10 Stories Of The Year From The PGA TOUR 2020-21 Season What a year it was. We saw a new side of Patrick Cantlay emerge during his FedExCup-winning campaign, a strong roster of major winners and the United States?Ryder Cup rout. As 2021 has come to a close, let?s take a moment to look back at some of its biggest moments. Enjoy. INSIDE GOLF



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TaylorMade Announces Technological Innovation With The Carbon Face Stealth? Family Of Drivers TaylorMade Golf introduces the Stealth? Plus, Stealth and Stealth HD Carbonwood? Drivers. Titanium has been the cornerstone of driver technology for the last 20 years, but even at the beginning of the Titanium driver era, TaylorMade engineers knew that every material had its limit. The future of driver performance begins with the one-of-one 60X Carbon Twist Face ? comprised of 60 layers of carbon sheets strategically arranged to optimize energy transfer. Welcome to the Carbonwood age. INSIDE GOLF



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Record Numbers Now Playing Golf Worldwide New research figures revealed by The R&A and Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) show golf has enjoyed a significant increase in popularity worldwide since 2016 with over five-and-a-half million additional golfers taking up the sport. INSIDE GOLF



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How To Break 80 In 2022: You Aren?t Playing The Right Tees. Here?s A Key Guide

It?s time to take your game one step further this offseason. Your quest to break 80 starts with a harsh dose of reality. The majority of you aren?t playing the right tees. GOLF.com?s Josh Berhow reveals that GOLF?s Top 100 Teachers said amateurs playing the wrong tees was a common error golfers make far too often. INSIDE GOLF



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Callaway Golf Announces New Chrome Soft Golf Balls Callaway officially announced their new Chrome Soft, Chrome Soft X, and Chrome Soft X LS Golf Balls. Each of these new products will be available at retailers nationwide starting on January 28. The Chrome Soft Golf Ball is designed for a wide range of golfers who want outstanding feel, excellent distance, and incredible forgiveness. Key performance characteristics include signature Chrome Soft feel, more distance off the tee, low spinning iron shots, and a high level of greenside control. INSIDE GOLF



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Four yearsago this summer, Trestle Creek Golf Resort outside of Edmonton, AB had an amazing light show over their course courtesy of a brilliant lightning storm. INSIDE GOLF

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