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Jordan Spieth incurred a “monitoring” penalty at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship because he took too long to putt. Under the European Tour’s new policy on slow play, a second penalty would mean a fine of just under $3,000.

Amateur Bryson DeChambeau leads Rory McIlroy by two strokes at the Abu Dhabi Championship. DeChambeau is the first golfer to win both the U.S. Amateur and the NCAA Individual Championship in the same year since Ryan Moore in 2004.

Jamie Donaldson will miss the start of the 2016 season after injuring the little finger on his left hand in a chainsaw accident. Dude! What are you doing? Pay someone to do that kind of work for you!  

One of my biggest pet peeves is that women don’t lift the seat up for us. -Billy Majercin

Jordan Spieth tops Golf Digest’s annual list of the game’s highest earners, ending Tiger Woods’ 13-year reign. Spieth made $54 million. Tiger ranked 3rd at $49 mil., $48.5 million away from competition.