Monday 8 February 2016 14:48, UK
We look back at five of the biggest stories after an eventful week of golf on Sky Sports, including record-breaking crowds at the Phoenix Open and a second career win for Georgia Hall.
Fans love Phoenix
For a second consecutive year, the Waste Management Phoenix Open smashed its own record for the highest attendance figures on a single day on the PGA Tour as 201,003 fans came to watch the action on Saturday, beating the previous record of 189,722 set in 2014.
The PGA Tour tournament attendance record of 564,368 - set at the Phoenix Open in 2015 - was also broken significantly, rising by nearly 54,000 to a staggering 618,365 by the end of the week.
One of the event's big draws is the amphitheater style par-three 16th hole. From James Hahn doing press-ups to Harold Varner III's 'dab', the loudest hole in golf provided a lot of entertainment this week.
Hall making moves in Australia
Georgia Hall won her second professional title at the Oates Victorian Open at 13th Beach. The biggest win of her career came after she ended the tournament one stroke ahead of defending champion Marianne Skapnord and Denmark's Nanna Masden.
The 19-year-old from Bournemouth began the final day two ahead of the field. A birdie at the 15th helped her regain a one-shot lead, and a par at the last was enough to ensure her first victory since the Open Generali De Strasbourg in 2014.
Danny Willett and Andy Sullivan, who finished first and second in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, are firmly establishing themselves as two of the strong forces in English golf. With his win in Dubai, Willett moves to 13th in the world rankings, while Andy Sullivan moves in to the top 30 at 28.
As it stands, both are set to qualify to play for Europe in the Ryder Cup in Minnesota in September. Sullivan sits in second position on the European Points list behind world No 2 Rory McIlroy, with Willett narrowly behind in third.
British Masters champion Matthew Fitzpatrick lies in fourth, while Ryder Cup stalwarts Ian Poulter, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood are all outside the world's top 50 and will rely on being handed wildcard's from captain Darren Clarke.
Westwood missed the cut this week in Dubai, and 28th at the Nedbank challenge is the best result he has had in his past six tournaments. Meanwhile, Willett and Sullivan have totted up three European tour wins each in the past year. The pair also put in notable performances during the EurAsia cup where Willett sealed the final points to gain the victory.
Rory's putting proves costly in Dubai
The world No 2 was tied sixth at the end of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, but the defending champion was left to rue missed chances with his putter.
Although he finished 15-under-par, his final-round 65 could have been even lower had he made any of the birdie opportunities presented to him on the first three holes on Sunday.
"I'll rue the two front nines that I played on Friday and Saturday," McIlroy said.
"I'm working on my driving and my putting. If everything else stays where it is, I feel like i should get a good run in the States."
Rickie's yips on 17
Twice in less than an hour, Rickie Fowler drove his ball into the water, eventually losing in a play-off. The 332-yard par-four 17th with bunkers bordering the entire fairway and water surrounding the left side and back of the green, left Fowler puzzled as to which club to play.
Standing on the 17th tee of the final round, Fowler led the field by two shots and opted to use the driver in order to miss the bunkers. Thinking it was good, Fowler turned away as his ball caught a down-slope and ended up over the back of the green.
"I'm hitting a chip-cut driver," Fowler said. "Usually, I don't expect it to hit on the downslope and then go 360."
After losing his lead and forcing a play-off with Hideki Matsuyama, the fourth play-off hole saw the pair standing yet again on the 17th.
With Fowler teeing-off first, he put the driver away and took out the three wood with the hope of ending up short of the green. He ended up pulling it left into the water and Matsuyama had a tap-in par to win the tournament.
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