Augusta National Pimento Cheese Sandwiches – Masters ‘Invitees’ Speak Out

An Augusta National Pimento cheese sandwich. They’re as much a part of Augusta National as Magnolia Lane, Amen Corner, or a Masters member green jacket. Pimento cheese has been a delicacy in the southern states of the US since pimentos were first harvested in the early 1930s, and about the time of the first Masters Invitational in 1934. Pimento cheese became so popular in the South because it didn’t spoil at room temperature, making it easy to pack into lunchboxes, particularly for textile workers.  ...

Tiger Woods – Twenty-Five Years On From His Historic Maiden Masters Truimph

Twenty-five years ago, the world mourned the passing of Princess Diana and also Mother Teresa. We learned Carlos the Jackal had been caught and sentenced.  Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield’s ear and Microsoft becomes the world’s most valuable company at $261 billion. In golf, a 21-year-old black golfer electrified the sports world when on the 13th of April, 1997, Tiger Woods rewrote the record books by becoming the youngest winner of The Masters, running away with the title by 12 strokes ...

Seamus Power: Pimento Cheese Sandwiches, Masters Moments & Career File

Seamus Power is headed to a maiden Masters but many will be surprised he’s travelled to Augusta National six times in the past, having been fortunate to obtain patron’s tickets. So, the Irishman already has a great idea of what to expect when he drives up Magnolia Lane for the first time tomorrow (Sunday) morning local time. One of those is the famed Augusta Pimento cheese sandwiches. Pimento cheese has been referred to as the ‘pate or caviar of the south’. This America’s southern ...

Power Heading To Maiden Masters Not Just To Make-Up Augusta Numbers

Seamus Power will arrive at the front gates of Augusta National tomorrow morning (Sunday US time) determined he will not just be making -up the numbers in his maiden appearance at the 86th hosting of the Masters. Power, 35, will become the 16th Irishman to compete in the Masters when introduced ‘Fore, please! Seamus Power now driving’ on the first tee next Thursday at the famed Georgia golfing gem. For the very in-form Touraneena-born golfer, it will be a career milestone and much-anticipated ...

Scott, Smith & Leishman Full Of Masters Praise For Aussie Compatriots Davis, Herbert & Lee

The Aussie trio of former champ Adam Scott along with Cam Smith and Marc Leishman are delighted compatriot trio of Cameron Davis, Lucas Herbert, and Min Woo Lee will be making their Masters debut next week at Augusta National Davis, 27, brilliantly celebrated a maiden PGA Tour success on the 4th of July last year with his playoff victory at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, so the Sydneysider had just over nine months with the knowledge he would be in the field for the 83rd hosting of the Masters. The ...

Knox Headed For A Dip In The Pool After A Sizzling 65 On Day 100th Valero Texas Open

Scotland’s Russell Knox was headed for a dip in the pool after boosting hopes of earming the last invitation into the Masters with a sizzling 65 on day one at the 100th anniversary of the Valero Texas Open. Knox, 36, had plenty of the sponsor’s product in the tank with a bogey-free display of seven birdies and a share of the lead in the £stg 6.54m event on the TPC San Antonio course. Danish 21-year-old sensation Rasmus Hojgaard tied Knox with a birdie at his 10th and then went one clear ...

McIlroy Declares It Would Be ‘Phenomenal’ Should Tee-Up In The Masters.

… Fatiha Betscher  Rory McIlroy, and like everybody, is excited at thoughts Tiger Woods could be returning to golf at next week’s Masters. The sight of Woods’s private jet, registered N517TW, touching down yesterday at Augusta Regional Airport, has got not only the golf world excited but sports fans around the globe and excited Woods may be returning to competition, and not just any tournament but the Masters. It was last December Woods returning to a formal tournament riding about ...