Marc Leishman – ‘The Perennial Augusta National Question & That 2013 Masters Photograph’.
It was a question I also found myself asking on my own Masters debut in 1996 when Greg Norman looked destined to become Australia’s first player to be fitted with the most sought after item of clothing in golf.
However destiny worked against Norman winning the one tournament he cherished more than any other.
Ever since I set foot on Augusta National that week and then right up until Sunday morning on April 14th last year there has been that one question asked of every Australian teeing up ...
John Senden Stakes Augusta National Claim With Sparkling 64 At Valspar.
Australia’s John Senden staked his claim for only a second PGA Tour success and a hopeful start in next month’s Masters with a sizzling 64 on day three of the Valspar Championship at the famed Innisbrook Resort in Tampa.
Senden grabbed the Copperhead course clubhouse lead courtesy of four birdies in his opening five holes for a six under par tally in superb scoring conditions at the Innisbrook Resort.
It then left the fanatic Brisbane Broncos rugby league fan, who had watched his side ...
Harrington Bitten At Snake Pit But Joy As Ireland Snatches Six Nations Trophy.
Padraig Harrington’s end to his third round could not have been timed better.
The triple Major winner endured a double snake bite at the closing two holes of the famed Snake Pit, bogeying 17th and then horribly doubling the last in a round of 72 to drop back to four over par in the Valspar Championship.
Harrington walked from the Copperhead course just moments after the start of the championship deciding Six Nations Rugby encounter in Paris where his beloved Ireland side were needing to defeat ...
Tom Watson Rallies His USA Team Declaring – ‘Remember 2012, Remember 2012’.
USA Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson says he’s so ‘sick and tired’ of seeing the US Team lose that he’s playing an ‘emotion’ card in the goal to win back the gleaming gold trophy.
With just six months to the Gleneagles showdown Watson’s declaring his team ‘Remember 2012. Remember 2012’.
Seventy-two years ago America and allies rallied behind the war cry: “Remember Pearl Harbor. Remember Pearl Harbour” to avenge the surprise Japanese air attack on the Hawaiian naval base
Now ...
Robert Garrigus Now Goes Fishin’ For Valspar Championship First Prize Catch.
Fishing freak Robert Garrigus is determined the land the biggest catch of his golfing career after snatching a three shot lead on day two of the Valspar Championship at the Innsibrook Resort in Tampa Bay.
Garrigus shot the lowest round of the week, a five under par 66, to move to seven under par in the $US 5.7m event being played on the Copperhead course.
However for a golfer who grew-up in the famed potato growing state of Idaho, Garrigus said his true off-the-course love was fishing and indicating ...
Russell Knox Vows To Exact Revenge On The Snake Pit.
Scotland’s Russell Knox has vowed to exact revenge on The Snake Pit after being bitten twice over the famed three-hole closing stretch on day two at the Valspar Championship in Tampa.
Knox posted a second round 73 to drop to two over par and nine shots behind American-born playing partner, Robert Garrigus who carved out a five under par 66 to lead the $US 5.7m event by three shots at seven under par.
Knox went into his round at even par but soon raced to two under with birdies at the third ...
Harrington & Clarke Scrap Through To Add Weekend Colour To Valspar Championship.
Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke managed to scrap through to add some extra colour over the weekend rounds of the Valspar Championship at the Innisbrook Resort near Tampa.
Valspar is one of the PGA Tour’s newest sponsors with the company the world’s sixth largest in the manufacture of paints and coatings, and with the $US 5.7m event being billed as the ‘most colourful event on the PGA Tour’.
However it was not looking so bright for both Harrington and Clarke when they ended their rounds ...
