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Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler take a golfboard lesson in Abu Dhabi.
2 / 97
Ian Poulter shows his joy at being able to wear shorts for a practice round.
3 / 97
Minjee Lee sprays Hyo Joo Kim with shaving cream after she won the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic
4 / 97
Japan's Haru Nomura claims the Women's Australian Open
5 / 97
Japan's Haru Nomura cops a drenching.
6 / 97
Marcus Fraser gets up in Malaysia.
7 / 97
American Peter Uhlein met some of the locals at the Perth International
8 / 97
Adam Scott collects his first win of the year at the Honda Classic
9 / 97
Adam Scott wins for the second week in a row. That's Donald Trump cutting out of town after the presentation
10 / 97
Rickie Fowler made a million dollar hole in on that will benefit autism research.
11 / 97
Matt Griffin collected the NZ Open and ultimately the the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
12 / 97
Scott Hend won again in Thailand and he would become the first Australian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
13 / 97
Jason Day started his winning run with victory at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Invitational.
14 / 97
More silverware
15 / 97
The Days with the King
16 / 97
The Big Three together for the last time at the Masters
17 / 97
Arnie gives his trademark thumbs up
18 / 97
Tom Watson played his last Masters
19 / 97
Jason Day had a hard time of it on Augusta's greens
20 / 97
Caddie Michael Greller comforts his man, Jordan Spieth
21 / 97
The Masters meltdown
22 / 97
A new Masters Champion, Danny Willett
23 / 97
The morning after
24 / 97
Popular guy
25 / 97
Day wins again, this time at the Players Championship
26 / 97
Yeeeeeeeeeeeees!!
27 / 97
Graeme McDowell jokes around with Jockeys Sir Anthony McCoy (L), Carl Llewellyn and Mick Fiztgerald (R) during the BMW PGA Championship Pro-Am
28 / 97
James Morrison poses with his new BMW i8 after his hole-in-one on the 14th during the final round of the BMW PGA Championship.
29 / 97
Brooke Henderson's reputation grew
30 / 97
Jordan Spieth from the pew bunkers during the US Open
31 / 97
The low point of 2016
32 / 97
Shane Lowry looks frustrated during the US Open
33 / 97
Despite the final round drama surrounding him, Dustin Johnson was the worth winner of the US Open.
34 / 97
Donald Trump opened his redesigned Turnberry
35 / 97
Greg Chalmers broke the longest winning drought on the PGA Tour
36 / 97
Wow!!! Phil Mickelson almost made the first ever 62 in a major
37 / 97
Follow the leader at The Open
38 / 97
Henrik Stenson's final round 63 is one of the all-time greats
39 / 97
"So you want to fight for the Jug"
40 / 97
The greatest ever final round duel?
41 / 97
Aaron Baddeley returned to the winner's circle
42 / 97
Jimmy Walker claimed his first major at the US PGA...
43 / 97
...and then compared trophies with Stenson.
44 / 97
Aussies arrive in Brazil for the Olympics
45 / 97
Gary Player was there to support the South Africans
46 / 97
Justin Rose had plenty of support on the ground
47 / 97
Rose's Gold
48 / 97
An image for the ages
49 / 97
Marcus Fraser is now an official Olympic record holder...who would have thought?
50 / 97
Su Oh and Minjee Lee flew the Aussie flag in Brazil
51 / 97
Su Oh gets her Olympic campaign underway
52 / 97
World No.1 Lydia Ko immersed herself into the Olympic ideal
53 / 97
Gold for Korea
54 / 97
Inbee Park proudly shows off her medal
55 / 97
Tastes good
56 / 97
Lydia Ko grabbed silver for a silver fern
57 / 97
Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn went on a tear of victories post-Olympics
58 / 97
Jason Day's season ended with a back injury
59 / 97
The Europeans arrived in the US buoyant about their Ryder Cup chances
60 / 97
Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose were fan favourites
61 / 97
Tiger Woods seemed to really enjoy his non-playing role with the Ryder Cup team
62 / 97
A heckling fan made a putt during the practice rounds after being called out by Justin Rose
63 / 97
Tributes to Arnold Palmer after his passing
64 / 97
Phil rocks
65 / 97
Arnold Palmer's Ryder Cup captain's bag awaited players on the 1st tee
66 / 97
Get a room! Paulina Gretzky and husband Dustin Johnson after a match win in the Cup
67 / 97
Rafa Cabrera Bello and Sergio Garcia were flying early
68 / 97
Patrick Reed was like a bulldog
69 / 97
Get that into ya!!
70 / 97
The odd couple...Tiger and Bubba
71 / 97
Third wheel....
72 / 97
Rory roared...often
73 / 97
Goodbye to the King
78 / 97
The World Hickory Championships at Carnoustie
79 / 97
Paddy power returned
80 / 97
Hideki Matsuyama had plenty of female fans after his win in China
81 / 97
Andy Sullivan plays off the roof of a villa during the Turkish Airlines Open
82 / 97
Plenty of reasons to smile...Ariya Jutanugarn, LPGA player of the year
83 / 97
Dan Nisbet was all smiles after his win in on the PGA Tour China
84 / 97
Rod Pampling gets his hands on another PGA Tour title
85 / 97
Walk it in Rod...you beauty
86 / 97
Alex Noren with yet another win in 2016. Most improved player for the year.
87 / 97
Jordan Spieth came from the clouds on the final day to win a second Australian Open
88 / 97
Matt Fitzpatrick picked up with the DP World Tour Championship and the biggest cheque of his short career.
89 / 97
Henrik Stenson won the Race to Dubai ... again
90 / 97
Ariya Jutanugarn grabbed the cash on the LPGA Tour
91 / 97
Marc Leishman and Adam Scott paired up for the World Cup and stormed home to finish in the top 10
92 / 97
Danes Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen were unstoppable at Kingston Heath.
93 / 97
The winning team pose with Australian golfing legend Peter Thomson
94 / 97
Tiger Woods was all smiles about his return to competitive golf
95 / 97
And there was a familiar look to his work on the greens
96 / 97
Harold Varner popped the cork on his first pro win at the Australian PGA
97 / 97
Sam Brazel stunned everyone with a breakthrough European Tour victory in Hong Kong.
Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler take a golfboard lesson in Abu Dhabi.
1 / 97
Ian Poulter shows his joy at being able to wear shorts for a practice round.
2 / 97
Minjee Lee sprays Hyo Joo Kim with shaving cream after she won the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic
3 / 97
Japan's Haru Nomura claims the Women's Australian Open
4 / 97
Japan's Haru Nomura cops a drenching.
5 / 97
Marcus Fraser gets up in Malaysia.
6 / 97
American Peter Uhlein met some of the locals at the Perth International
7 / 97
Adam Scott collects his first win of the year at the Honda Classic
8 / 97
Adam Scott wins for the second week in a row. That's Donald Trump cutting out of town after the presentation
9 / 97
Rickie Fowler made a million dollar hole in on that will benefit autism research.
10 / 97
Matt Griffin collected the NZ Open and ultimately the the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
11 / 97
Scott Hend won again in Thailand and he would become the first Australian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
12 / 97
Jason Day started his winning run with victory at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Invitational.
13 / 97
More silverware
14 / 97
The Days with the King
15 / 97
The Big Three together for the last time at the Masters
16 / 97
Arnie gives his trademark thumbs up
17 / 97
Tom Watson played his last Masters
18 / 97
Jason Day had a hard time of it on Augusta's greens
19 / 97
Caddie Michael Greller comforts his man, Jordan Spieth
20 / 97
The Masters meltdown
21 / 97
A new Masters Champion, Danny Willett
22 / 97
The morning after
23 / 97
Popular guy
24 / 97
Day wins again, this time at the Players Championship
25 / 97
Yeeeeeeeeeeeees!!
26 / 97
Graeme McDowell jokes around with Jockeys Sir Anthony McCoy (L), Carl Llewellyn and Mick Fiztgerald (R) during the BMW PGA Championship Pro-Am
27 / 97
James Morrison poses with his new BMW i8 after his hole-in-one on the 14th during the final round of the BMW PGA Championship.
28 / 97
Brooke Henderson's reputation grew
29 / 97
Jordan Spieth from the pew bunkers during the US Open
30 / 97
The low point of 2016
31 / 97
Shane Lowry looks frustrated during the US Open
32 / 97
Despite the final round drama surrounding him, Dustin Johnson was the worth winner of the US Open.
33 / 97
Donald Trump opened his redesigned Turnberry
34 / 97
Greg Chalmers broke the longest winning drought on the PGA Tour
35 / 97
Wow!!! Phil Mickelson almost made the first ever 62 in a major
36 / 97
Follow the leader at The Open
37 / 97
Henrik Stenson's final round 63 is one of the all-time greats
38 / 97
"So you want to fight for the Jug"
39 / 97
The greatest ever final round duel?
40 / 97
Aaron Baddeley returned to the winner's circle
41 / 97
Jimmy Walker claimed his first major at the US PGA...
42 / 97
...and then compared trophies with Stenson.
43 / 97
Aussies arrive in Brazil for the Olympics
44 / 97
Gary Player was there to support the South Africans
45 / 97
Justin Rose had plenty of support on the ground
46 / 97
Rose's Gold
47 / 97
An image for the ages
48 / 97
Marcus Fraser is now an official Olympic record holder...who would have thought?
49 / 97
Su Oh and Minjee Lee flew the Aussie flag in Brazil
50 / 97
Su Oh gets her Olympic campaign underway
51 / 97
World No.1 Lydia Ko immersed herself into the Olympic ideal
52 / 97
Gold for Korea
53 / 97
Inbee Park proudly shows off her medal
54 / 97
Tastes good
55 / 97
Lydia Ko grabbed silver for a silver fern
56 / 97
Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn went on a tear of victories post-Olympics
57 / 97
Jason Day's season ended with a back injury
58 / 97
The Europeans arrived in the US buoyant about their Ryder Cup chances
59 / 97
Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose were fan favourites
60 / 97
Tiger Woods seemed to really enjoy his non-playing role with the Ryder Cup team
61 / 97
A heckling fan made a putt during the practice rounds after being called out by Justin Rose
62 / 97
Tributes to Arnold Palmer after his passing
63 / 97
Phil rocks
64 / 97
Arnold Palmer's Ryder Cup captain's bag awaited players on the 1st tee
65 / 97
Get a room! Paulina Gretzky and husband Dustin Johnson after a match win in the Cup
66 / 97
Rafa Cabrera Bello and Sergio Garcia were flying early
67 / 97
Patrick Reed was like a bulldog
68 / 97
Get that into ya!!
69 / 97
The odd couple...Tiger and Bubba
70 / 97
Third wheel....
71 / 97
Rory roared...often
72 / 97
Goodbye to the King
73 / 97
The World Hickory Championships at Carnoustie
78 / 97
Paddy power returned
79 / 97
Hideki Matsuyama had plenty of female fans after his win in China
80 / 97
Andy Sullivan plays off the roof of a villa during the Turkish Airlines Open
81 / 97
Plenty of reasons to smile...Ariya Jutanugarn, LPGA player of the year
82 / 97
Dan Nisbet was all smiles after his win in on the PGA Tour China
83 / 97
Rod Pampling gets his hands on another PGA Tour title
84 / 97
Walk it in Rod...you beauty
85 / 97
Alex Noren with yet another win in 2016. Most improved player for the year.
86 / 97
Jordan Spieth came from the clouds on the final day to win a second Australian Open
87 / 97
Matt Fitzpatrick picked up with the DP World Tour Championship and the biggest cheque of his short career.
88 / 97
Henrik Stenson won the Race to Dubai ... again
89 / 97
Ariya Jutanugarn grabbed the cash on the LPGA Tour
90 / 97
Marc Leishman and Adam Scott paired up for the World Cup and stormed home to finish in the top 10
91 / 97
Danes Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen were unstoppable at Kingston Heath.
92 / 97
The winning team pose with Australian golfing legend Peter Thomson
93 / 97
Tiger Woods was all smiles about his return to competitive golf
94 / 97
And there was a familiar look to his work on the greens
95 / 97
Harold Varner popped the cork on his first pro win at the Australian PGA
96 / 97
Sam Brazel stunned everyone with a breakthrough European Tour victory in Hong Kong.
97 / 97

Golf Through The Lens in 2016

Golf in 2016 will be remembered for its first time major winners, the success of the Olympics and the game losing one of its greatest heroes, Arnold Palmer. As a new year dawns, we look back at the images that tell the stories of the year.
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Dec 14 2016 10:23AM

Golf in 2016 will be remembered for its first time major winners, the success of the Olympics and the game losing one of its greatest heroes, Arnold Palmer. As a new year dawns, we look back at the images that tell the stories of the year.

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