Golf World Monday - November 1, 2010

11. 1.2010

10 things we’re talking about…
world ranking 1;lee westwood is the new man atop the world ranking. how long will he remain there?
lorena ochoa 2;is the retired mexican star thinking of playing some lpga majors in 2011? that’s what she hinted at last week
star trophy 3;a hall of famer dQ’d? a player penalized 26 strokes? a woman beating a field of men? sounds like a silly season event to us
nationwide tour 4;twenty-five players earned pga tour cards at the nationwide tour championship, including colt knost and brendan steele

q-school frustration 5;flunking out of the first stage—as happened to some of college golf’s biggest stars—means 12 months in pro golf limbo turning stone 6;unable to secure an acceptable date for its tournament, the upstate new york casino resort says goodbye to the pga tour after four years

larry nelson 7;the 63-year-old former major champion comes within one stroke of becoming the champions tour’s oldest winner

Jamie sadlowski 8;the 22-year-old canadian tries to become the second player to win the re/max long drive championship three times in a row

Jay rains 9;the san diego businessman, and driving force behind the u.s. open at torrey pines, exits the usga executive committee hall thompson 10;the shoal creek founder—who touched off the biggest discrimination controversy in golf history—dies at 87

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ben crane edges brian davis by a shot at the cimb asia pacific classic in malaysia na yeon choi wins the hana bank championship and moves to the top of the tour money list rod spittle becomes the first monday qualifier to win on the champions tour since 2004 graeme mcdowell survives a blustery final round and triumphs at the andalucia valderrama masters brendan steele outlasts playoff opponent colt knost in the season-ending tour championship els’ new clubs, crane’s winning clubs and nike’s unusual patent ben crane has spent the last month reshaping his image—and now, showcasing his game