The heroes and villains of Golf 2018

Never say rusty: Tiger Woods won a tournament a five-year hiatus. {File, Standard]

As local golf clubs mark the end of their annual golf leaderships with Chairman’s putter and Captain’ Prize competitions this November, the International Golf Tours are closing with a bang. Three bangs actually.

First, the bad ones: disqualifications and penalties. A bizarre incident two weeks ago at Q-School, qualifying school, known as the Q-Series, an eight-round tournament that rewards the top players with playing status for 2019, knocked out Doris Chen, a prospective contender, with an unlikely disqualification.