Can Greg Norman’s Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational survive without the love of the people?
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A personal tribute to Wattie Sullivan (1928-2022)
“Golf’s a wonderful sport, and anybody who takes it up falls in love with it. My advice? Be honest, be happy and enjoy every moment.” Wattie Sullivan followed his own advice and had a good life for it. RIP
Marathon man Mel and friends to embark on a golf odyssey in Ireland
A tour for genuine golf fanatics who will play 16 courses in 11 days “Our tour is all about golf, pure golf, for people who want to cram in as many courses in as short a space of time as possible”
Become a Match Play Master
A simple shift in approach can transform a stroke play machine into a match play master. Better yet, the opposite can also be true
Hilton Head – A relaxing Tour stop but don’t speed getting there
If you get stopped, it doesn’t matter who you are. Just ask double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal or three-time major winner Padraig Harrington
Relentless Langer focused on another successful campaign
“I’ve always said as long as I’m healthy and I have fun doing it, and I’m good at it or have some success, I will continue. And if one or two of those things are not there, then it’s time to pack up”
McIlroy the enigma; providing joy & frustration in equal measure
Hope for Rory McIlroy entering the remaining three major championships but while there was so much good on Sunday, the old frailties were also there to see
If McIlroy’s Sunday 64 doesn’t revive Major belief, nothing will
The cynics will say Rory McIlroy’s Sunday 64 is just another classic example of a backdoor top-10 with the handbrake off, but this one feels different
Christmas. Easter. Halloween. Augusta. Build-ups unlike any other
‘I am excited, genuinely, though not to the extent that I need to hear what way Tiger Woods ordered his Wagyu steak at Tuesday’s Champions Dinner… It was medium rare by the way’
Bobby Jones’s first choice to build Augusta was not Alister Mackenzie
The little known story of the Londoner who had golfing immortality at his fingertips
Paddies on Tour: McIlroy, Lowry, Harrington & Power primed for Augusta
A look ahead at the Irish quartet teeing it up at Augusta National. Could this be the year a man from the Emerald Isle finally wears green?
Tiger & Bernie – Twenty-seven years since their maiden Masters
Our man on the ground Bernie McGuire recalls his 27-year relationship with the Masters Tournament, a journey that began in 1995, the same year a certain Tiger Woods first teed up at Augusta
Is another Tiger fairy tale too much to ask so soon after the last one?
‘I’ve no doubt Woods will tee up on Thursday and play well. Whether or not the comeback is as successful as the last one doesn’t worry me though. 2019 was more than enough’
If Woods takes his Masters place, he’ll do so believing he can win
21 starts, 14 top-10 finishes, 8 top-3 finishes, five green jackets, leads the all-time scoring average, no missed cuts, and $9.6 million earned. Tiger Woods is not at Augusta National to make up the numbers
2022 Masters – 18 known and not so known stats
It’s Masters week so it’s time to brush up on your tournament stats. Here are a few to get you started
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