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◼ The official attendance of a wild LIV Adelaide. Whether you’re a traditionalist or love the disruptive nature of party holes and live music on the golf course, you can’t argue that it was a spectacle when the Greg Norman-run LIV Golf made its way to The Grange Golf Club.

Shirtless American comedians, famous DJs and who could forget Chase Koepka’s chaotic hole-in-one. It was all great entertainment for the fans that had travelled far and wide to experience the first Australian LIV event.

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◼ Justin Thomas could use some putting tips from Christiaan Bezuidenhout. The South African strung together 455 holes without succumbing to a three-putt.

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◼ Is the incredible number of double bogies carded by the field across four rounds at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

Oak Hill was a gruelling test where missing the fairway was a proper penalty, the fairways were suffocatingly tight, and the green complexes were challenging to gauge. Eventual champion Brooks Koepka didn’t contribute to the double bogey count, not making anything worse than a bogey on his way to a third Wanamaker Trophy.

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◼ The number of three putts had on the PGA Tour this season. It was a tough season for JT on tour this year; the two-time major

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