1 / 97

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

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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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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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