Kingdom Golf

A NEW DECADE DAWNS

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Matthew says: “Rickie can p“ay all types of courses and conditions—look at his [British] Open record. He p“ays well on the toughest tracks. He now has the maturity to handle the pressure and he’ll win the Masters this year.”

Age on Jan 1, 2020:

World Ranking on Jan 1, 2020:

Pro wins:

8

Major Wins:

23

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Something to remember:

Not so long ago Butch Harmon—Fowler’s coach—promised Kingdom that Fowler would one day reach world No. 1.

JON EDWARDS, Head of Sales ROBIN BARWICK, Managing Editor

Age on Jan 1, 2020:

Pro wins:

9

After the troublesom­e twenty-teens stumbled into the dark night, the Twenties are born, bringing new promise. A new decade can be a clean slate if you need it to be but either way, is there someone out there who can dominate golf’s greatest tournament­s? Your guess might be as as good as ours, but for the

record, here our guesses are…

Major Wins:

0

Phil Mickelson on Jon Rahm in 

“There’s an intangible that some guys have where they want to have the pressure, they want to be in that tough position, they want to have everything fall on their shoulders, and he has that.”

“He now has the maturity to handle

the pressure and he’ll win the Masters this year”

READE TILLEY, Editor & MATT HALNAN, Art Director

Reade says: “Tiger’s era of consistent domination has passed but no one has his combinatio­n of swagger, success and storyline. He’s been a phenom, an outcast and a comeback and now he’s a wildcard.”

Matt says: “Tiger is the G.O.A.T. Even at 44 I expect Tiger to win the Masters this year, and even if he does not compete towards the end of the decade he could do enough in the next few years to dominate the rest.”

PAUL TROW, Contributo­r

(USA)

Paul says: “A thoroughly pleasant young man with more than a hint of silent assassin about him. Does everything extremely well and efficientl­y and only —acks a bit of experience. With more miles on the clock he would have won the 2018 Open at Carnoustie.”

Age on Jan 1, 2020:

JOE VELOTTA, VP, Operations

(USA)

Joe says: “Justin Thomas is just getting warmed up and he won the first PGA Tour event of the new decade to set the tone. He’s still got bags of potential to unleash.”

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