By DANIEL RAPAPORT, GolfDigest.com

A 22-year-old Irishman made history becoming the first golfer with disabilities to compete in a European Tour event. 

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Relief from the cart path wasn’t the answer for these players who make amazing shots hitting off the concrete.

And is there any surprise at all that four of the shots are courtesy of Phil Mickelson? Probably not. 

Jack Cantin of Sudbury, Ont., at 25 months of age, finished first in the under-3 category in the Little Linksters Best Peewee Swing Contest recently.

Participants send in a video and are judged in the Florida-based contest by such golf luminaries as Jack Nicklaus, Jordan Spieth and Annika Sorenstam.

Watch as Sudbury.com met up with Jack and his parents at Idylwylde Golf & Country Club.

In a special episode hosted by George Harper Jr., Grant Moir from The R&A Rules Team answers viewer questions and gives behind the scenes insight on refereeing at some of the biggest golf tournaments across the world including The Open Championship.

The really interesting part is how Moir found a way to demonstrate and film the rules examples in his backyard. Hence the name, 'Rules from the Garden'

One element that is basically a necessity for the vast majority of recreational golfers, is that you have to have a sense of humour. Golf is not only not fair, it provides countless opportunities for comedians, both professional and wannabes, to laugh at the situations and reactions we all witness and take part in over time on the golf course. 

Professional comedian Ken Rogerson has a very funny take on the game and why 'we all suck at it'. 

Tour Pros are good, but they're only human. The worst shots of the year so far. Enjoy!

The best shots of the year so far during the 2020 European Tour season. Enjoy!

** This video was filmed pre-lockdown **

Neil Tappin with the UK's Golf Monthly takes a look at 8 weird things golfers do, from putting gloves in back pockets to plumb-bobbing and strange swing rehearsals. Take a look at this list and see how many you do. To 'non-golfers' many of these things look truly strange, but there is often a logic behind the weird things golfers do.

ed. note: We particularly like the presentation of numbers 6 and 5...(also, from our observation there appears to be a solid influence from Greg Norman in at least some of these 'idiosyncracies' that carry on.

Courtesy Golf Focus and YouTube

Over the years, The Masters has become a tradition unlike any other, taking place every April. This year however, it has been postponed to November. In lieu of an April 2020 Masters, we present this video of some of the greatest shots and moments from The Masters over the years.

The Masters was started by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, and was first played at Augusta National (designed by Jones and Alister MacKenzie) in 1934. In 1949, the tournament began giving out a Green Jacket to the champion.

Enjoy.

A perfect addition to any Game Room, Man Cave or Woman Cave. This video will show you how to build a flexible, portable putting green which can be easily reconfigured in seconds.

Despite what may have been said in the video at around 1:07 minutes, the holes are 4.25 inches.

Arguably the best wedge designer in history, Roger Cleveland, and PGA TOUR pro Wesley Bryan show you how to hit a flop shot.

Many golfers would love to hit this shot, watch as Cleveland and Bryan show you it really isn't as difficult as you think...

In this newest SCGA Rules Crew take on one of golf's often misinterpreted rules, 'Taking The Nearest Point Of Relief' - they remind us that, "Nearest Isn't Always Nicest" when fulfulling the obligations of the rule. 

The 'nearest' point that offers 'relief' is often not all that nice. It helps to know the wording of the rule and specifically what 'relief' actually offers you...

Mickey Wright At The Top Of Her Backswing - YouTube Image

The golf world lost a legend recently with the passing of Mickey Wright, a 13-time major champion and winner of 82 LPGA Tour events. Wright passed away in Florida on Monday, February 17th at the the age of 85.

Many, including the great Ben Hogan, have said that Mickey Wright may have had the best swing of any golfer - man or woman - the game has ever seen. Her powerful swing was especially impressive during the era she was so dominant.

Here's a video from a televised match against Brigitte Varangot broadcast in 1964 that demonstrates a technique she used to develop the power in her wonderful golf swing. The tip is shared with us at the 3:36 mark of this video, in a chat with Gene Sarazen, a legendary player himself, immediately after Wright had hit a tee shot 310 yards. In 1964. With a persimmon wood. 

It's already halfway through February and golf season is actually getting some early footing here in British Columbia, which is not entirely foreign to those who live on the West Coast.

Before you know it the summer will be here and with it this year comes the biggest event in Women's golf in this country, the CP Women's Open, being held at Vancouver's venerable Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club. 

As with all big tournaments of this nature, volunteers are a huge part of the success of the event and having the opportunity to be involved is also a very rewarding experience. Check out the video below to see what is involved in getting signed up as a volunteer for the 2020 CP Women's Open.  

In the European Tour's latest video presentation they have come up with a challenge for their Tour Members they call, 'Luck Of The Draw' and in this episode Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston and Viktor Hovland go head-to-head. Filmed on the iconic par five 18th hole at the Emirates Golf Club, home of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

The rules are as follows: each player will draw a random club for every shot, lowest score wins.

Remember 'Little Interviews'? In 2016, nine-year old child star Billy Jenkins found fame interviewing European Tour stars and golfing celebrities.

The controversial interviews caught the attention of the golf world but since then, Billy’s career has stalled dramatically.

 The idea for a new, unified handicap system was conceived by the USGA and The R&A and developed following an extensive reviewof systems administered by six existing handicapping authorities.

Canada is expected to be among the first countries in the world to adopt this new World Handicap System in 2020.

Golf Trick Shot artist and 3-time Guiness Book of World Records holder, Karsten Maas, is at it again. Maas, who has been a golf professional for 30 years is mainly known as a trick shot artist and hits some amazing shots with unusual (to say the least) golf clubs.

One of his staples is hitting a ball with clubs measuring further in shaft length than some of us hit the ball itself.

Already the holder of the record for hitting a shot with 'The Longest Useable Club' Mass recently 'added' to his mark by swinging, connecting with a ball, and hitting it over 90 yards... using a driver that measured nearly 37 1/2 feet in length. 

World record video for the third World Record from Karsten Maas. The longest usable golf club, 11,40 meters  (37.4 ft) ...  hit 83,3 meters...(273.294 ft or 91.098 yds)

To get an idea of Maas' other Trick Shot abilities watch this video. 

Phil Mickelson is a 5-time Major winner and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. And that's just for what he does when he keeps his ball in the same time zone as the golf course he's playing.

Actually, he's a lot more fun when he's trying to get his ball back into the vicinity from whence he started.

His recovery shots easily match and often outdistance - both literally and figuratively - his regular highlights. For our most recent exhibit we present Phil hitting his ball from out of a bush... somewhere off to the side of the 9th hole it appears (see Shot Tracker screenshot below) in the recent Shriners Open.

Suffice to say there were no TV cameras set up to capture this shot. Probably not too many hit from this particular area. But thanks to today's social media there was of course a fan with a phone handy. 

Oh, and Lefty will hit this shot for you using his driver. Over trees. Approximately 200 yards.

And make par

You're welcome. 

We hear a lot of different opinions on the 'flagstick in or out' option these days. Though that has mainly to do with the new rules allowing you to putt on the greens with the flag still in the hole while unattended. 

After watching some of these PGA TOUR guys ring the ball off the flagpole you might think they'd have preferred to have it out. From as much as 100 yards.