Halloween and Día de los muertos have arrived in the United States, and golf aficionados around the country have posted meme after meme about “scariest hole” and “scariest shot.” Let’s make one thing clear: the only scary element of golf is in the competition. Island greens are fun, until something is on the line. Great golf is marvelous, until the concern for its end becomes apparent. This week, the world’s tours went on pause, except for the PGA and DP World Tours. Fortunately, the Asia-Pacific Amateur also held its annual rite of recognition, this year in Thailand. Why is it important? For many reasons, although two stand out (read on!) It’s time to run down a triumvirate of tournaments in this week’s Tour Rundown…Boo!

BO MY GOODNESS ? pic.twitter.com/T0zcyPNEPC

— Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (@AAC_Golf) October 30, 2022

Asia-Pacific Amateur: Crowe emerges after Bo sinks

Harrison Crowe carried a two-shot advantage into the final round of the APA. The Asia-Pacific is one of the amateur tournaments that earn the winner a spot in the next year’s Masters and Open events. It’s understandable, then, that Crowe went out in 39 strokes, courtesy of three bogies and zero birdies. His closest pursuer, Bo Jin of China, took advantage of Crowe’s struggles and made up five shots over the outward half. Jin posted three birdies against one bogey, and looked to be the deserving recipient of the trophy and the invitations.

As is often written about the Masters, the tournament doesn’t really begin until the final nine holes on Sunday. So too, did the denouement of the 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur. Jin pulled off an incredible eagle at the par-four 14th to reach 15-under par. One would think that his deuce would have sealed the deal, but Crowe didn’t go away. The Australian made three consecutive birdies from 11 through 13, then followed with a fourth at the par-five 15th. Tired yet? Well, Jin posted a bogey at 13, but then Crowe made one at 16. The island green 17th, reminiscent of Pete Dye’s 17th at Sawgrass, caught Jin and he made a double bogey to Crowe’s par. After more back-and-forth than a tennis match, Crowe had a one-shot advantage on the 72nd tee. We’ve run out of words and energy, so suffice it to say that Crowe had to get up and down for the win, and left himself a five-feet putt for the title. What happened next was …

This is the moment Harrison Crowe became our 2022 AAC Champion ? pic.twitter.com/fUtlhmubVY

— Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (@AAC_Golf) October 30, 2022

PGA Tour: Butterfield Bermuda belongs to Power

Ben Griffin and Seamus Power began the final round in Bermuda in a two-way tie for the top spot. Each had found a way to 18-under par, albeit with different numbers. Power posted three consecutive 65s, while Power went 65-64-66. With neither golfer having a massive track record for victories on tour, the door was open for either to claim the title, but also for the large pack giving chase.

Griffin lit the Port Royal course over the first eleven holes, playing the stretch in five-under par figures. Precisely when it looked like he would take a choke hold on the trophy, his grip collapsed. Four consecutive bogeys were followed by a crushing double at the 16th, and Griffin tumbled from 23-under par to minus 17. His week’s work brought him a tie for third spot, even with Kevin Yu and Patrick Rodgeres.

Power stood three-under par on the day through 12 holes, then suffered his first bogey of the day at the 13th. He would not make another par, yet unbelievable, would find a way to the winner’s podium. Three more bogies (15, 16, 18) were nearly balanced by birdies at 14 and 17. Thomas Detry quietly moved up the leader board, posting 67 on the day to reach 18 under par. Needing five at the last to secure a second tour title, Power breathed on his downhill, five-feet putt for par, then tapped in from three inches for the win.

2-shot lead heading into the last.@Power4Seamus taps in for birdie on 17. pic.twitter.com/5bEjRTG9Tl

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 30, 2022

DP World Tour: World’s trendiest country crowns its Masters champion

Portugal is popping and hopping, banging and slaying among the world’s gastronomic elite. Some of its neighborhoods have been recognized as smoking by the party people of the younger set. Its golf is pretty solid as well, and the south-coast town of Vilamoura welcomed the DP World Tour’s finest to its greens this week. This week, the Dom Pedro Victoria golf course played host to the year’s most inconceivable exhibition of golfing skill.

To begin, Gavin Green signed for three rounds of 64, and one of 65, to reach 27-under par. That demonstration was good for second place on the week. Tapio Pulkkanen (-22) and Eddie Pepperell (-21) represented the double-consonant brigade well, but their tallies only brought a third and fourth place finish, respectively.

The glory of the week was reserved for England’s Jordan Smith. The 31-year old golfer opened the week with a 62, then stumbled to 67 in round two. The game was afoot, until it wasn’t. Smith posted another 62 on Saturday, and suggested that he could not remember another time when he was playing as well. With Green maintaining the pressure, Smith etched a 63 into the scorecard on Sunday, and finished the week at 30 strokes under par.

Green’s 257 tied the previous low total for strokes on the DP World Tour. Nice consolation prize, right? Smith didn’t just win his second career title on the DP World Tour, and first in five years. He eclipsed the total-strokes record by three shots, and the below-par record (previously -29) by one. Indeed, he was playing some pretty good golf!

Walking it in ?@Jsmithgolf has a five shot lead with three to play.#PortugalMasters pic.twitter.com/7jNeSzuK06

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) October 30, 2022