Rock on Tommy Coming to America: In a big career move, current European No. 1 Tommy Fleetwood will take-up his option of PGA Tour membership from the start of the New Year. Fleetwood, 26 earned enough prize-money from his 10 appearances in PGA Tour counting events in 2017, including second in the WGC – Mexico Championship and fourth at the U.S. Open to end the PGA year inside the top-125 on the money list. Any idea who said this? “I’m expecting to have a good year. I’d like to get on the team and go over there and win. That’s a big goal of mine, and if I play like I’ve been playing, I’ll make the team. I’ll play more tournaments if I have to.” Brain teaser Two players celebrated their 100th career start in a Major Championship in 2017. Can you name them? Play when ready Adrenaline Rush: Team England, led by Ian Poulter, has set a new Guinness World Records title for the fastest hole of golf by a team of four, shaving two seconds off the previous record time and beating Team South Africa. The European Tour challenged some of its stars to break the existing record of 34.87 seconds, which was set last April by the French team of Raphaël Jacquelin, Alexander Levy, Grégory Havret and Romain Wattel at the Real Club Valderrama Open de España – an attempt which was watched by more than ten million people across the European Tour’s media platforms. Henrik insists he's no Superman! "I’m disappointed to have to pre-emptively withdraw from the Nedbank Golf Challenge Hosted by Gary Player. I was looking forward to this important year-end event on the European Tour. At this point I am back home in Orlando waiting to do a scan on my ribs and get the necessary rest. I am still hoping for a quick recovery and have not ruled out playing in Dubai next week at this point. My comment about not being Superman was a sarcastic way of saying that I am susceptible to injury like any other athlete and sometimes these things happen when you least expect them. I was pleased to help promote the HSBC Champions and to continue my string of success at the event and I was never forced to do anything. HSBC is a great sponsor to golf worldwide and I am not happy to see them being made responsible for my withdrawal. The plan as of now will be to participate in the DP World Championship if my body is back to 100%."
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