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Chris Bertram hand-picks the best golf trip options to suit all budgets and tastes for the new year, starting with ‘The Glorious Playground’…

The DP World Tour season has wrapped up, the PGA Tour is winding down, and everyone is talking about when Tommy Fleetwood will shed his unofficial title as the best player without a Major. But before we get into all that, it’s time to hand out some awards which recognise the weird, the wonderful and the downright absurd stories and moments that made golf so gloriously unpredictable this year. We can’t promise any of these categories will be featured in the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year, but we’re confident that the next seven pages will be far more interesting!

Everything you need to know about the second season of Tiger and Rory’s indoor golf league

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The USA were soundly beaten at Bethpage Black, suffering the first home Ryder Cup defeat in 13 years. Where did it go wrong and what has to change? Nick Bonfield investigates...