Grading the year's newsmakers on the PGA Tour and elsewhere

Hawk & Purk review a year in golf unlike any other with a look at the top newsmakers for what they did and too often didn't do

Mike Purkey | Dec 8, 2020

Grading the year's newsmakers on the PGA Tour and elsewhere /

Co-hosts John Hawkins and Mike Purkey employ the clearest of vision to assess 2020, identifying the biggest newsmakers and grading their performances in this most turbulent of golf seasons. From an aging Phil Mickelson and his split personalities between the PGA Tour and Champions Tour to a hobbled Brooks Koepka, an uninspired Tiger Woods and others, plus TV analysts Nick Faldo and Paul Azinger, Hawk & Purk break down the year’s key figures.

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Published Dec 8, 2020

MIKE PURKEY

Purkey has been writing about all things golf for more than 30 years, working at the highest level at publications such as Golf Magazine and Global Golf Post. He is an avid golfer, with a handicap too low for his ability. Purkey lives in Charlotte, N.C.