Top 25
See what made Golf World's list for 2009
Stewart Cink's playoff win over Tom Watson at the British Open added to the theme of 2009 being the year of the spoilers.
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- No. 25: The Open Doctors
- No. 24: Steve Stricker
- No. 23: Titleist vs. Callaway
- No. 22: The Haney Project
- No. 21: Bandon's Big Plans
- No. 20: The Cups
- No. 19: Thinking Pink
- No. 18: Barack Obama
- No. 17: Arnie Turns 80
- No. 16: Michelle Wie
- No. 15: Seve Ballesteros
- No. 14: Paddy's Big Numbers
- No. 13: John Daly
- No. 12: Ken Green
- No. 11: Twitter
- No. 10: Young Guns
- No. 9: Potent Parting Shots
- No. 8: Grooves
- No. 7: The Olympics
- No. 6: Phil Mickelson
- No. 5: The Korean Factor
- No. 4: Bivens' Exit
- No. 3: Tiger's Return
- No. 2: The Economy
- No. 1: The Spoilers
- Year In Pictures
- Farewell: Obituaries from the golf world
November 30, 2009
In a golf year of enduring feats and perishable tweets, there was much to talk about and a lot of folks doing the talking.
Rotten economy, check. A commissioner on the hot seat, got it. Tiger back as good as new, well sort of. Majors were like mazes. One, the soggy U.S. Open, didn't seem like it would ever end.
Another, the stunning British Open, we didn't want to end because we couldn't believe what we were seeing. A man from Kansas City, women from South Korea -- there were lots of winning figures in 2009, sometimes even when they lost.
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