Woods Heading Into A 25th Masters Still Savouring Masters History
“Fore please, Tiger Woods now driving.”
Next week will mark a 25th year Woods will walk onto the first tee of the Masters and be introduced to the patrons at Augusta National.
The first occasion Woods was similarly introduced he was relatively unknown to the wider golfing audience having qualified for his then maiden 1995 Masters in capturing the 1994 U.S. Amateur, an achievement he would repeat in both 1995 and 1996.
Woods had made his PGA Tour debut at the 1992 L.A. Open and in teeing-up ...
Woods Seemingly Certain To Tee-Up In His 25th Masters
Tiger Woods seems almost certain to competing at the Masters next week, after tournament organisers confirmed he would face the accredited Augusta media in the lead-up to the year’s first major championship.
It will mark the five-time Masters champions 25th appearance on the Georgia golfing gem since his debut as an amateur in 1995, while it will be only Woods second event this year after his T45th finish at the Genesis Invitational.
Indeed, since 2020, Woods has contested only three competitive ...
Harrington Lights-Up Weather-Affected Valero Texas Open First Round
Padraig Harrington superbly handled the dull and overcast conditions in lighting-up the host course on the opening day of the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.
Harrington pared the last near 5pm local time, and almost eight hours after his initial scheduled tee-time, to eventually end his round then tied for lead with a four-under-par 68 also on a rain-softened TPC San Antonio course.
Harrington joined American Matt Kuchar on four-under, with Kuchar out two groups ahead of Harrington and also off ...
Tartan Duo Laird & Knox Facing Texas Open ‘Masters Last Chance Saloon’
For the Tartan duo of Martin Laird and Russell Knox this week’s Valero Texas Open is their ‘Masters Last Chance Saloon’.
Laird and Knox need to win this weeek’s PGA Tour event in San Antonio if they are to earn the final invitation into next week’s 87th hosting of the Masters at Augusta National.
At present, just former Augusta champ Sandy Lyle is the only Scot teeing-up on the famed Georgia golfing gem, and with the 1988 Masters winner revealing his 42nd Masters and 101st major championship ...
Rookie Pro Taichi Kho Secures Historic Hong Kong Victory
Taichi Kho – write down his name as here could be a rising star in golf
Kho, who only turned professional in January, created history by becoming the first player from Hong Kong to win an Asian Tour event in capturing the rain-shortened inaugural World City Championship presented by the Hong Kong Golf Club.
There were wild scenes when the 22-year-old, who had earned his first victory on the same suburban Fanling course as a then amateuer at the 2016 Hong Kong Junior Open, closed out the event ...
Day Undefeated In Being First To Qualify For Last 16 In Austin.
Undefeated former double event champion Jason Day was the first to book his place into the last 16 at the WGC Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas.
Day, 35, sent Collin Morikawa packing with a 4 & 3 defeat and with Day never behind, winning the third and fourth holes with birdies and then moved 4up with birdies at 11 and 12 before the duo each pared the next three holes for the Aussie to be 3 and 0 in his three qualifying encounters in the $20m event being played for a last time at the ...
McIlroy: Could Two News Clubs, His Longest & Shortest, Finally Lead To A Green Jacket?
Not since Nike Golf stopped making golf clubs has so much attention been focussed on Rory McIlroy’s equipment.
With the hosting of the 87th Masters just two weeks away McIlroy may have found a key, well two keys, that hopefully may lead to him unlocking the front door to the most elite club in all of golf.
After the clear frustration in missing the cut in last fortnight’s Players Championship, McIlroy headed to Augusta National, playing 54-holes over the course of two days, and a golf ...
