Rory McIlroy Can’t Fathom Career Without Having Breakfast In Masters Champions Locker Room.
Roy McIlroy cannot begin to contemplate a career not being able to take breakfast in the Augusta Former Champions Locker Room.
McIlroy singled out the likes of Greg Norman and Ernie Els and who’ve grown old witnessing younger compatriots winning the Masters.
Augusta National has been Norman’s millstone with the ‘Down Under’ wonder last year congratulating a countryman who grew up with pictures of the ‘Great White Shark’ about his bedroom.
Then there’s Ernie Els and the best golfer to ...
Rory McIlroy Thrilled 10th Hole ‘Masters Meltdown’ Branch Brought Down In Ice Storm.
The recent ice storm at Augusta National not only brought down the famed Eisenhower Tree but it also did Rory McIlroy a huge favour.
Gone forever is the overhanging branch down the left side of the 10th fairway that McIlroy collected during his gut-wrenching 2011 Masters meltdown.
McIlroy hit the branch with his drive that then cannoned into the trees and close to out-of-bounds on route to taking a crippling triple bogey and a crippling last day 80.
Slamming into the tree was among a golf bag of ...
Matt Jones Still In Outer Space After Houston Open Victory Launch.
Australia’s Matt Jones remains in a whirlwind after his stunning Shell Houston Open victory.
The quietly-spoken Sydney-born golfer rocketed into outer orbit with his success in the NASA based American city of Houston.
He arrived into Augusta Regional Airport at 10.15pm Sunday night local time but for some reason it was not till just after 11pm luggage finally appeared for those travelling from Houston.
Thankfully, Jones and caddy managed to find accommodation in Augusta and sharing Sunday night ...
Australia’s PGA Tour Victory Surge Down To Scott Declares Day.
An Australian victory surge on this year’s PGA Tour can be attributed to Adam Scott’s Masters winning ways declared Jason Day.
Four of the past seven PGA Tour events have been won by Australian-born players starting with Day’s dramatic WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship victory in Arizona.
John Senden then captured a second Tour title in winning the inaugural Valspar Championship and while Scott should have closed out the Arnold Palmer Invitational the Australian flag ...
Jimmy Walker Green Jacket Star Gazing – Video.
Here’s an amazing statistic.
Jimmy Walker is the first Augusta National rookie in 44 years to have won three PGA Tour events before his first Masters.
And while Walker has already won three times on the 2013/14 PGA Tour wraparound schedule here’s something else that little know about the Lone State born golfer – he’s got a remote-controlled long-range telescope and camera sitting on top of a mountain in New Mexico taking photographs of the solar system.
“I got into it ...
Jason Day Gives His Dodgy Digit The Thumbs Up.
Australia’s Jason Day is returning to competition for a first time since his dramatic WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship giving a big thumbs up to his injured left thumb.
Day is returning to Augusta National where last year he went so close to denying fellow Queenslander and eventual Master winning hero Adam Scott the coveted member’s green jacket.
And while he claimed a second PGA Tour success in Arizona this week will be Day’s second stroke-play event this year since ...
Italian Golf, European Tour & AGW Mourns Maria Pia Gennaro.
Italian golf, the European Tour and the Association of Golf Writers mourn the passing the Maria Pia Gennaro.
Maria Pia was a stalwart of Italian golf working tirelessly as an editor for a number of magazines including Golf Today.
She grew-up with the likes of Franceso and Edorado Molinari, Silvo Grapassoni, Alessandro Tardini, Massimo Scarpa and a younger generation of Italian players being lead by Matteo Manassero.
In fact, Francesco Molinari, Grappassoni and Manassero contribute to the magazine ...
