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Sadly, Sandy Lyle now seems certain to be the lone Scot for a fourth occasion in the past six years heading into next week’s Masters after fellow Scots Russell Knox and Martin Laird were blown off course in the Lone Star State. Knox and Laird need to win the Valero Texas Open to secure the final invitation into the 87th hosting of the Masters however Knox, with scores of 69 and 76 for a one-over tally, and Laird well down the board despite a last hole eagle, will miss the cut in the £stg ...

UPDATED … 2025 For someone who has been most fortunate to attend the Masters for close on 25-years, and has played Augusta National twice including breaking 100 on both occasions, here’s a few observations that I hope may whet your appetite a little ahead of this coming week’s 89th hosting of The Masters. JUST TWO MASTERS NOT FULLY IN APRIL – We know the Masters is always held in April and while there has been the odd occasion when it commenced in March, it would still finish in ...

If you are looking for a teaching professional the epitome of all that is good with Irish golf, then look no further than Damien Scott. Scott is now into his second year as Head Teaching Professional at the Al Hamra GC in the UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. If Al Hamra sounds familiar, it should as it just recently again proudly hosted the DP World Tour and for a third occasion in 12 months, on a stunning golf located just over an hour’s drive north of Dubai. It was the late stage of 2021 when ...

Rory McIlroy is not putting well enough to win next week’s Masters. That’s the blunt observation from former Tour player and now respected TV analyst, Notah Begay. Begay, who turned 50 last September is one of a handfull of Native American golfers to have competed on the PGA Tour, and brilliantly winning four times in an 11-month spell from the last week in August 1999 to the first week of July, 2000. Though he’s more famous on the golf course for an achievement in 1998,  when ...

Dubliner David Carey has brilliantly booked himself a tee-time in this week’s Valero Texas Open starting out in the last group and finishing first in a Monday qualifier for the $US 8.9m event in San Antonio. Carey, 23, teed-off at 12.35pm local time in the closing match and grabbed eight birdies in a stunning victory round of a seven-under 65 at the Fair Oaks G&CC course at Fair Oaks Ranch, about a 30-minute drive north-east of San Antonio. Four spots were on offer into the Valero Texas Open ...

Next week’s Masters will be Sandy Lyle’s 101st Major Championship apperance and it could very well be his last. The quietly-spoken Lyle is standing down from competition after 46-years being a professional golfer, and with the Scot announcing this following the close of yesterday’s last place finish in the Champions Tour Galleri Classic at Mission Hills in California. “This is the last one”, said the now 65-year-old Scot. “I’ve been travelling for 50-odd years now ...

Scot Ewen Ferguson was pleased to secure a second top-four finish in as many weeks at the close of the co-sanctioned Jonsson Workwear Open in Joburg. Ferguson, 26, posted a final round 68 for a 19-under-par tally and just three adrift of German, and final round playing partner, Nick Bachen and with the Tour rookie signing off in style with eight birdies in a 64 to win by three strokes at 24-under par on The Club course at Stern City, and to the north of the South African capital. Bachen, who collected ...