By posting a 63-66 for the weekend, Bubba Watson shot -25 at the Hero World Championship for the win by 3 strokes over Patrick Reed.
Byeong-Hun An (South Korea) was named the European Tour’s Rookie of the Year. An bested England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick for the honor.
At the Nedbank Golf Challenge, Mark Leishman took the title by six strokes over flu-bug challenged Henrik Stenson.
The European Tour’s season-starting event – the Alfred Dunhill Cup – was won by Charl Schwartzel for his first victory in nearly two years.
The Australian PGA Championshi was won by Nathan Holman (Australia) for his first pro victory. He took the title on the first playoff hole over Harold Varner III (US) and Dylan Frittelli (So Africa).
Sergio Garcia won the Ho Tran Open (in Vietnam) by prevailing on the second playoff hole.
Ryo Ishikawa won the Gold Nippon Series JT Cup in Tokyo.