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Golf: Top five stories of 2011

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1. Luke Donald's Double-Dip
Donald may be the most anonymous player ever to be ranked number one in the world, but it's not because of his play; the Englishman simply owned virtually every tournament he entered. He's still tracking that first major, but the way he played this year – winning the money title on both the European and PGA Tours – suggests it can't be far away now.
2. Yani Tseng: Total Domination
The LPGA doesn't get nearly the exposure it deserves, which means Yani Tseng's 12-win season went almost unnoticed by the sporting world at large. Had a man won this many, he'd have more press than Tom Brady multiplied by Derek Jeter. Instead, the still-only-22-year-old Tseng plays in relative anonymity. Still, her game is already legendary, and she's unquestionably the best player in golf right now.
3. Rory McIlroy: Lowest of lows to highest of highs
Rory McIlroy crafted one of the most amazing majors runs in the space of about eight weeks. First, he was throttling Augusta National until the back nine on Sunday, when the wheels fell off and he suffered one of the most catastrophic meltdowns in Masters history.
How long would it take him to come back from such a humiliating defeat? Exactly one major, as it turned out.
At the US Open at Congressional, McIlroy destroyed the field and this time, didn't let victory elude him. His performance ranks among the greatest in US Open history, and McIlroy now stands as the contemporary player most likely to join golf's all-time elite.

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