Tour Mash got out its broom after Thanksgiving and tidied up 2016 a bit. This is our final piece for the year, and believe us, we need the off-season break! We’ll take you around the world one last time, from Australia to Qatar to China, for a final mash-up of the week’s professional golf events.

ISPS World Cup to Denmark with final-nine surge

That'll do.

Denmark's lead is back to 2. ????????#QuickHits https://t.co/g1W9p4YuqT

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 27, 2016

Until Sunday, the Danish duo of Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen had barely shot in the 60s. Their first-round (72) and third-round (70) scores were nothing remotely spectacular, but their second round (60) was so sublime it gave them the ISPS World Cup of Golf lead with one round to play.

In hot pursuit were some stellar pairings: Rafael Cabrera-Bello and Jon Rahm from Spain; Wu Ashun and Haotong Li of China; and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Ishikawa, to name a few. After an outward nine of even-par 36, the Danish duo were poised to relinquish the lead that they held since Friday afternoon at Kingston Heath.

Six birdies later, order was restored and Team Denmark was champion for the first time in tournament history, finishing at 20-under par. Tied for second at 16-under was Team China, the USA pair of Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler and the French squad of Victor Dubuisson and Romain Langasque.

World Cup success renews Olympics format debate

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15 under. 2 back. pic.twitter.com/zSs0LnTdeC

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 27, 2016

There was enough debate about the chosen Olympics golf format in Rio to cause a migraine or two. While there are many options, some format suggestions are not realistic for television, while others resemble a charity scramble I played in earlier this year.

After one heck of a duel between Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson for the gold, as well as a last-day run by Matt Kuchar for the bronze, Olympic men’s golf had its debut success story. When the women’s event the following week added similar drama and personalities, the individual-champion format was exonerated.

So what’s left? After watching Patrick Reed urge the USA side to victory in the 2016 Ryder Cup and Rory McIlroy nearly do the same for Team Europe, a two-person is in the cards. Why? Because it brings team play (basketball, ice hockey, soccer) to an individual sport, and team play is quite important to the Olympics.

Take a look at the countries not named USA near the top in the World Cup: Denmark, France, Spain, China, Japan, Italy. Sure, South America and Africa are missing, but it’s still a pretty solid representation of the world. That’s kinda what the Olympics are about.

If a scramble is chosen, should the 2020 Summer Games in Japan limit the number of strings and mulligans a nation can purchase? No worries, as we will answer this question and others in a future piece on GolfWRX.

Ashok takes second-straight Ladies European Tour title

Final leaderboard:

-15 @aditigolf
-12 @LydiaHallGolf
-12 Hedwall
-11 @KoerstzMadsen
-10 @AnnabelDimmock

Scores: https://t.co/1jQAQY6Z9r pic.twitter.com/gehuXHWinU

— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) November 26, 2016

Not saying it’s going to happen. Don’t want to be one of those types who predicts that every win will lead to all-time greatness. It’s hard to ignore two wins in successive weeks, though, so keep your eye on Aditi Ashok in 2017.

Ashok, an 18-year-old Indian who won her home country’s Hero Indian Open last week for a maiden victory on the Ladies European Tour, wasted little time in securing a second title. Ashok played smart golf in Round 4 to separate from co-leader Nanna Koertz Madsen of Denmark, posting a 69.

Madsen is a roman candle, waiting to ignite. When she’s on, she goes low. When she misses, you can see the fury in her face. Sunday offered a bit of both. The Dane had four birdies, four bogeys and a double. She made a mess of the reachable par-five 9th hole at precisely the time that she needed to answer an Ashok birdie on No. 8.

Ashok notched four birdies and one bogey over the final day’s 18 holes, forcing her competitors to chase her down. After Madsen faltered, Lydia Hall of Wales and Caroline Hedwall of Sweden took up the chase. Hall tied for second at 12-under, her best finish of the year.

Hedwall ran off six birdies to close within one stroke of Ashok, with the par-5 finisher looming. The birdie blitz ended with Hedwall’s only bogey of the day, dropping her back to 12-under, in a tie with Hall. Ashok closed in style with birdie, establishing the final three-stroke margin of victory.

With two 2016 events left on the schedule, could the streak continue? We’ll find out in Dubai.

PGA Tour China’s Buick Open To Hiulin Zhang

When golfers put on puffy coats, it’s cold. The final two rounds of the PGA Tour China’s Buick Open, in Guandong province, were played under chilly, overcast skies. Among the entire field, only one score in the 60s was posted over the final 36 holes. That’s survival, folks, and no one endured better than Hiulin Zhang.

Zhang had put together a successful, if quiet, 2016 campaign on PGA Tour China. Prior to this week, he amassed four top-10 finishes, occupying the 15th spot on the Order of Merit. With 70 holes of great golf, Zhang won the Buick Open and moved to sixth on the season-long list.

Chasing Zhang to the finish were the foursome of Shotaro Wada, Mark Baldwin, Rak Hyun Cho and Callum Tarren. Wada made the day’s biggest move, firing that elusive 69 to finish at 2-under. With a cushion at the 17th, Hiulin Zhang let up on the accelerator a bit and finished double bogey-bogey to add some zing to the finale. It was enough, though, to secure his first win in the campaign’s final event.