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Golf tips: How to pick a winner at the PGA Championship

How to pick a winner at the PGA Championship

A look at some key trends over the past two decades

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Dr Felix Shank 100

You are such a wise and learned man, I wonder if you could help solve a riddle that has perplexed me for several years.

Golf tips: How to pick a winner at the PLAYERS Championship, © Getty Images

Golf tips: How to pick a winner at the PLAYERS Championship

A move to March has made it trickier to predict this year’s winner

How to pick a winner at the WGC – Mexico Championship

A look at some key trends over the past two decades

Dr Felix Shank - Golf Humour

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Interested in whether the much maligned exhortation, ‘Get in the hole’ has any effect, we conducted a fascinating experiment.

European Tour - Golfer of the Year

European Tour – Golfer of the Year

Inaugurated in 1985

Dr Felix Shank - Illustrations by Tony Husband.

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I’m determined not to let him beat me again but don’t know how to counter what he describes as ”his caddie in the sky”.

PGA Rookie of the Year since inception in 1990

PGA Tour – Rookie of the Year

1990-2019

European Tour - Golfer of the Year © Matthew Harris / TGPL

The Association of Golf Writers Trophy

Awarded to the European individual, who had made the most outstanding contribution to golf in the preceding year.

European Tour - Golfer of the Year © Matthew Harris / TGPL

Race to Dubai – Past Winners

Winners of the Harry Vardon Trophy awarded to Race to Dubai and previously Order of Merit winners.

The Payne Stewart Award © Matthew Harris / TGPL

The Payne Stewart Award

Awarded to players who share Payne Stewart’s respect for the traditions of the game, commitment to charity, professionalism and sporting conduct.

Dr Felix Shank - Illustrations by Tony Husband.

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Whilst we found Buffy’s ball, albeit after a full five minutes had elapsed, we never did find Buffy.

LPGA Tour – Career Money List

Total prize money earned in a players.

What the Bookies Say About Golf Majors in 2019

What the Bookies Say About Golf Majors in 2019

Plenty of fans and players will be thinking ahead to next year and the Majors, so it is interesting to see how the bookmakers think…

Dr Felix Shank - Illustrations by Tony Husband.

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Although I don’t especially like him, I always treat my rather mean and extremely boring father-in-law to a game of golf.

Picking the right Ryder Cup pairings

When picking Ryder Cup pairings, it can be tempting for a captain to turn to what worked in the past.

Dr Felix Shank

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For the last seven or eight years I have regularly played golf with an old friend of mine on the third Wednesday of every month.

Dr Felix Shank

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How preposterous it was of me to be even thinking about getting a stupid little ball into that distant hole in just four shots.

Dr Felix Shank

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Telling someone that they smell is possibly even more difficult than they are incorrectly aligned at address.

Dr Felix Shank

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Now my weekends aren’t wasted on the golf course I have time to explore other activities. Golf had taken over my life and I now…