It was a year of birdies and bogeys, incredible victories, monumental collapses, inspiring comebacks and shots off of rooftops. Tiger Woods continued to dominate men’s golf, Annika Sorenstam was dethroned, and both made headlines by missing cuts. 2006 also will be remembered as the year when the game lost several personalities and a pair of legends. There were plenty of big stories, including these 10: Tiger Woods Despite taking a two-month break after the death of his father, Earl, in May, Woods won eight titles, including two majors, in just 15 events... 

January - The year started quietly for Tiger Woods but it eventually did become another year where he further etched his name in the annals of golf history. The games most dominant figure opted out of the traditional season opening Mercedes Championship in Hawaii and Stuart Appleby seized the opportunity edging out Vijay Singh after one playoff hole to snare his record-equalling third consecutive Mercedes title. Tiger Woods replied soon after at his first tournament of the year when he clinched a record fourth Buick Invitational title in San Diego after a... 

Fourteen year-old Scot Carly Booth has become one of the youngest players to be chosen to play for a Britain and Ireland squad. The announcement of the squad is ahead of the Vagliano Trophy and Commonwealth tournament next season. Booth - who, at 11, partnered Sandy Lyle to victory in the British Masters pro-am - has now earned a scholarship to David Leadbetter’s Florida academy. She was also part of the side which tied the junior Ryder Cup in September. The squad was picked by the Ladies’ Golf Union and the union’s chairman Gillian Kirkwood... 

Not enough European Tour players at the New Zealand Open? Try telling top Kiwi Michael Campbell. He launched a salvo at those who bemoan the shortage of Europeans at Gulf Harbour this week. The field contains 34 players who qualified for the Open out of the European circuit. “I don’t know why they’re so negative about it,” he said last night. “It really pisses me off. We should be really excited about this week, not pointing the finger at the European Tour and saying there should be more Europeans. I think it’s great there’s...