Russell Knox Grows In Augusta Stature Thanks To Advice From Sandy Lyle.
Augusta, GA … As Russell Knox walked from the ninth green earlier today he asked myself and colleague Martin Dempster, and as we stood alongside the rope way leading to the 10th tee whether we knew if Sandy Lyle had said what he was doing.
We each responded: “Sandy said he’s playing 18 holes.” Knox replied smiling: “That’s funny as Sandy’s advice to me was to just play nine holes each day.”
However there was a positive side to Knox continuing ...
An Irishman, Frenchman, A Scot & A Chilean Lead The MENA Tour Way In Spain.
Gavin Moynihan and Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon battled through wet and windy conditions to put themselves atop the leaderboard in the first round of the inaugural Sotogrande Masters on the MENA Golf Tour at La Reserva Golf Club on Monday.
Ireland’s flame-haired Moynihan made three birdies and a bogey in his opening two-under 70 while Decottignies-Lafon of France kept it clean on the back nine as he picked up four shots after making the turn at two-over.
In their first season on the tour, the ...
Shane Lowry Reckons Blues In Missing Houston Cut Could End With An Augusta Green Lining.
Shane Lowry reckons his blues in missing the halfway cut in the Shell Houston Open could end with an Augusta green lining.
Lowry had been looking to celebrate his 29th birthday in Texas but instead spent the weekend in Georgia and playing his first Augusta National practice rounds since the agony of missing the cut in last year’s maiden Masters.
And after the awe of twelve months ago when Lowry’s eyes were a big as watermelons walking about the course and grounds, there seems a real calmness ...
Russell Knox Owes It All To A Bedroom Wall Poster Of Tiger Woods Winning ’97 Masters.
Russell Knox’s m.aiden appearance in this week’s Masters began with a poster on his bedroom wall in suburban Inverness.
It was not just any football team or rock star poster but a poster of Tiger Woods in winning the 1997 Masters and the first of his four Augusta National victories.
Along with a picture of Woods being fitted with the famed green jacket highlighted on the poster in Knox’s bedroom was the records Woods had broken that year including winning by a record margin 12 shots, setting ...
Rory McIlroy From Walking On Masters Eggs Shells To Floating On Augusta Air.
From a first time when he felt like he was walking on egg shells, Rory McIlroy will be floating on air if he wins this week’s Masters.
McIloy heads into an eighth straight Augusta appearance among upwards of a dozen favourites fighting to be fitted with the most sought-after item of apparel in golf.
Of course, much has been written McIlroy has not won on this year’s PGA Tour but then that was also the scenario in all but three of those eight Masters, and with one of those exceptions being in ...
Martin Laird’s Advice To Masters Rookie Russell Knox – Don’t Over Analyse Augusta National.
Fellow Scot Martin Laird has advised Russell Knox not to fall into a trap of over-analysing Augusta National ahead of his Masters debut next Thursday.
Knox will be making his debut at the famed Georgia golfing gem whereas Laird could make it a Scottish threesome, and also joining former Masters winner Sandy Lyle, should he capture this week’s Shell Houston Open.
However, Laird revealed his wife is due to give birth to the couple’s second child early in the second week after the Masters, and after ...
Five Years On Rory McIlroy Confident Augusta’s 10th Hole Holds No Fear.
Five years after the sad sight of Rory McIlroy looking out from behind a tree at Augusta’s 10th hole and the four-time Major winner says he’s no fear whatsoever in tackling the downhill par 4.
McIlroy headed into the final round of the 2011 Masters leading by four shots and for all intentions purposes looking to become a Masters champion.
However the sight of the famed green jacket started to fade when McIlroy stood on the 10th tee after moments earlier finding a fairway bunker at the ...
