Digest/ SHOT OF THE YEAR: Angel Cabrera has won the European Tour Shot of the Year award for his spectacular nine-iron approach to the 15th hole on his way to winning the US Open in June.
The 169-yard approach finished just 18 inches from the hole for a vital birdie as Cabrera held off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk to become Argentina's first major champion for 40 years.
In second place was Graeme McDowell's albatross on the 17th hole at Valderrama in the final round of the 2007 Volvo Masters.
WOMEN'S TOUR: Record prize-money of €12.1 million will be on offer on the 2008 Ladies European Tour.
An unprecedented 28 tournaments will include the return of the AIB Irish Open after a four-year absence and four new tour stops - the European Cup in Spain, Turkish Open, Hypovereinsbank German Open and Gothenburg Masters.
Schedule: Jan 18th-20thWorld Cup of Golf, Sun City, South Africa; Jan 31st-Feb 3rd: MFS Australian Open, Kingston Heath, Melbourne; Feb 7th-10thANZ Masters, Royal Pines, Queensland; April 4th-6thEuropean Cup, La Sella, Alicante, Spain; April 17th-20thSpanish Open, Panoramica, Castellon, Spain; May 2nd-4thAberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, Cameron House, Loch Lomond; May 8th-11thTurkish Open, National Club, Antalya; May 22nd-25thDeutsche Bank Swiss Open, Gerre Losone, Ticino; May 29th-June 1stHypovereinsbank German Open presented by Audi, Gut Hdusern, Munich; June 6th-8thKLM Open, Eidhovensche, Valkenswaard, Holland; June 12th-15thPortugal Open, venue to be announced; June 19th-22ndTenerife Open, venue tba; July 4th-6thThe Oxfordshire English Open, The Oxfordshire, Thame; July 10th-13thAIB Irish Open, venue tba; July 17th-20thBMW Italian Open, venue tba; July 24th-27thEvian Masters, Evian-Les-Bains, France; July 31st-Aug 3rdRicoh Women's British Open, Sunningdale, Berkshire; Aug 7th-10thScandinavian TPC hosted by Annika, Frvseker, Vdsteres, Sweden; Aug 14th-17thS4C Wales Championship of Europe, Machynys Peninsula, Carmarthenshire, Wales; Aug 22nd-24thSAS Masters, Haga, Oslo, Norway; Aug 29th-31stFinnair Masters, Helsinki, Finland; Sept 5th-7thDenmark, tba; Sept 11th-14thUNIQA Open presented by Raiffeisen, Fvhrenwald, Wiener Neustadt, Austria; Sept 18th-21stGothenburg Masters, Lycke, Sweden; Sept 25th-28thVediorbis French Open, Golf d'Arras, Nord-Pas de Calais tba; Madrid Masters; Dec 3rd-6thEMAAR-MGF Masters, Eagleton, Bidadi, India; Dec 11th-14thDubai Masters, Emirates Club, Dubai.
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