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Five-time Masters winning Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the final day’s play at Augusta National Woods advised officials ahead of the re-start to the third round that he will not be teeing-up, and no doubt not disliking the thought in staring at playing 29 holes in the rain-affected 87th hosting of the Masters. When play was suspended near 3pm Saturday due continuing rain, a clearly struggling Woods had dropped to last place among those who made the cut, and lying at nine-over-par. Woods ...

Gary Woodland found himself drawn in the ‘Koekpa-Gate’ after an incident involving Brooks Koepka’s caddy who many say breached the Rules of Golf in ‘mouthing’ a club used by Koepka in advising Woodland’s caddy during the opening round of the Masters. SKY Sports Paul McGinley is adamant fellow Irishman Ricky Elliott insisting: ““Well it’s very obvious. Anybody looking at those pictures, it’s very obvious what happens. It’s staggering that they’ve ...

Brooks Koepka threw down the gauntlet, muscling his way to a five-shot lead and then ruled out any notion of a rules violation on the second day of the 87th hosting of the Masters. Koepka, 32, grabbed an eagle and three birdies in a five-under-par 67 and move into double figures at 12-under in ideal early morning conditions but but before play was suspended at 3.07pm local time due to impending storms at Augusta National. Thankfully, the storms missing Augusta and with the horn sounding at 3.29pm ...

In terms of bright shirts, it was close to 10 on the Richter Scale. Not even John Daly’s ‘Loudmouth’ trousers could top Viktor Hovland’s shirt the young Norwegian golfing superstar wore on the opening day of the 87th Masters at Augusta National The shirt looked a bit like a Jackson Pollock on drugs or one of those late Saturday night pizzas with all the toppings but most of all it was eye-catching, and Hovland wearing the shirt playing in the company of five-time Masters winner ...

  The DP World Tour may have won a battle but it has not won the continuing war in men’s golf, despite the Sport Resolutions today announcing it has upheld the Tour’s conflicting tournament release regulation and its ability to sanction members who breached it. Furthermore, appeals brought by those members have been dismissed. The decision follows an arbitration which took place before an independent three-person panel, chaired by His Honour Judge Phillip Sycamore CBE, from February ...

Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley hosted the annual ‘State of the Masters’ address ahead of this year’s 87th hosting of the Masters. There two key questions, if you like, that involved the future of qualified LIV golfers competing in the Masters, and also why LIV Commissioner, Greg Norman was not extended an invitation to join other Tour CEOs and Commissioners present this week at Augusta National Q. You mentioned back in December in clarifying the participation of LIV players ...

It seems like the only item to be hot and spicy at the annual Masters former champions dinner was the tortilla soup. While there was much talk ahead of the dinner what the mood would be like, given six now LIV Golf players, among the 33 former Masters champions who sat down on Tuesday night to honour 2022 Augusta champion, Scottie Scheffler. It was former three-time Masters champ Nick Faldo who spilled the beans on what went on at the dinner “I’m sure you’re all wondering about the temperature ...