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Golf-PGA Tour chief calls season 'A-Plus' thanks to young stars (Reuters)

By Larry Fine

ATLANTA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said the emerging crop of young golf stars had made 2015 "the strongest year we have had on the PGA Tour, period".

Calling the season "A-Plus, 5-Star", Finchem gushed about the youth movement on the tour and the quality of play that not only made 2015 such a success but augured well for the future.

"Roughly 50 percent of all the tournaments in the last two years have been won by players in their 20s," Finchem said in a 'State of the PGA' press conference on the eve of Thursday's opening round of the season-ending Tour Championship.