The 2015 Golf Oscar Winners!

The 2015 Golf Oscar Winners!

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2015 was a really great year for both the PGA and LPGA Tours! Of course, the dominant play of both Jordan Spieth and Lydia Ko was the biggest attention grabber.  But backstage, there was plenty of drama involving other players also.  

Joel Beall and Alex Myers have put together a stellar list of all the major players who garnered their fair share of attention in 2015.  Thanks to Golf Digest for creating this award!

Best Actor: Jordan Spieth.

This reminds me of the 2000 Oscars. Tom Hanks was really, REALLY good in Cast Away, and in any other year, he would have won the statuette. But Russell Crowe’s Gladiator performance was a once-in-a-lifetime, tell-your-kids-about-it experience, which is how we’ll remember Spieth’s 2015.  He grabbed the first two majors, barely missed out on a playoff at St. Andrews, finished second at Whistling Straits, and won the FedEx Cup. And yes, Jason Day is Hanks in this scenario. - Joel Beall.

 

 

Best Actress: Lydia Ko.

Ko continued to set all kinds of age-related records over the past year. Ko has set the bar high for future phenoms from the youngest golfer ever ranked No. 1 to the youngest golfer to win a major to the youngest athlete to win a player-of-the-year award in a major sport. She may only be 18, but she’s the LPGA’s leading lady. And no, that's not prop money. - Alex Myers

 

Best Supporting Actor: Zach Johnson.

The headliners at the Old Course were Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, and -- briefly -- amateur Paul Dunne. But it was an ancillary character, Zach Johnson, who turned in the best performance of the cast, shooting 66 on the final day and besting Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen in a playoff for the claret jug. And let’s not forget Johnson’s Presidents Cup contributions: Although partner Phil Mickelson is the bigger name, ZJ did his part to help the duo go 2-0-1 in South Korea. - JB

 

 

Best Supporting Actress: Inbee Park.

Like Zach Johnson, Park often remains under the radar despite consistent, brilliant play. Lydia Ko may have edged her for player-of-the-year honors, but Park won two majors to lead the way in that category, giving her seven for her career and making her just the seventh LPGA player to complete the career Grand Slam. Just call her “Winbee.” - AM

 

 

To see the rest of golf's version of the 2015 Oscars, go here!

 

Source: Joel Beall   Alex Myers   Mel Sole Golf School.

 

Pictures: Getty Images

 

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