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⛳ 3 Great Wins
Plus: Worlds #1 Coach Shares Right Arm Secrets
Good morning. First time wins for Ludvig Åberg and Amy Yang on the PGA and LPGA Tours, respectively. And Nicolai Hojgaard had a nervy finish to win the DP World Tour Championship.
Watch highlights from the final round, with links in today’s edition. Also, learn the right arm secrets from the World’s #1 coach.
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Ludvig Åberg Wins First PGA Tour title
PGA Tour: The RSM Classic
Ludvig Åberg goes 61-61 over weekend at RSM Classic for first PGA Tour title. Ludvig Åberg added to his astonishing second half of the year when he closed with a second straight 9-under 61 on Sunday to win the RSM Classic, his first PGA Tour title to go along with a DP World Tour victory and a winning debut in the Ryder Cup.
Not only did he win the final event of the PGA Tour season, he did it in record fashion. His final birdie allowed Åberg to tie the 72-hole scoring record on the PGA Tour, matching the 253 of Justin Thomas at the 2017 Sony Open.
Ludvig Åberg earns $1.51 million and 500 FedExCup points.
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Amy Yang Wins First American LPGA Title
CME Group Tour Championship
Amy Yang birdied her last two holes for a 6-under 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship and claim the $2 million prize, matching the largest in women's golf.
The victory was her fifth on the LPGA Tour, the previous four coming in Asia.
Yang holed out for eagle on the 13th fairway to overcome an early three-shot deficit, and then she let Nasa Hataoka make the mistakes in crucial moments down the stretch. All 60 players who qualified for the season finale only had to win to become the Race to CME Globe champion.
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Nicolai Hojgaard’s Nervy DP World Tour Win
DP World Tour Championship
Nicolai Hojgaard carded a 64 in a dramatic final-round to win the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday by two-strokes and take home the winner's cheque of $3million dollars and finish second in the Race to Dubai.
The Dane finished 21-under-par overall, two-strokes ahead of Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Wallace, and will climb to a career-high 50th in the world rankings.
Hojgaard had led after the first two days in Dubai, but entered the final round three shots off the lead, but managed to pull himself back up the leaderboard with a front nine score of 33.
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Worlds #1 Coach Shares Right Arm Secrets
In this golf video, Danny Maude has a golf lesson with the #1 coach in the world Pete Cowen. You will learn that by getting the right arm in the correct starting position with driver and irons the golf swing just feels easy.
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This Day In History
On November 20, 1997, Golf Icon Nancy Lopez was selected as the recipient of the 1998 Bob Jones Award. A two-time U.S. Girls’ Junior champion and four-time U.S. Women’s Open runner-up, Lopez became the ninth woman to receive the award.