Cameron Mukherjee Set To Become Youngest Battle Trophy Contestant At Crail Golf

Ultra-talented East Lothian teenager Cameron Mukherjee is set to become the youngest to tee up in this weekend’s (April 16th & 17th) prestigious Battle Trophy at Crail Golfing Society in Fife. Mukherjee, a member at Gullane Golf Club, will tee up for the first time on the host Craighead Links course aged just 14-years, one month, 12 days.  That will also mean a 34-year age gap between himself and the oldest competitor in this year’s 72-player field. Mukherjee, and the 2021 Under-14 Scottish ...

Jon Rahm Among 12 Past Champions Exempt (Including Tiger Woods) For 122nd U.S. Open.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) says it has accepted a total of 9,265 entries, including 12 champions, for the 122nd U.S. Open Championship at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass. The U.S. Open will be held at the club for the fourth time on June 16-19, 2022. More than 9,000 U.S. Open entries were accepted for the 10th consecutive time and the 13th time overall. The number of entries is the sixth-highest total in championship history. The USGA accepted entries for the 2022 ...

DeChambeau About To Be Side-Lined Indefinitely After Hand Surgery Thursday In US

Bryson DeChambeau’s injury-plagued season could now be even more doubtful with reports suggesting the American is to undergo surgery tomorrow (Thursday) on his injured left hand. DeChambeau was clearly struggling at last week’s Masters hopelessly missing the cut with scores of 76 and 80 to finish ahead of just nine other players at Augusta National.  It was the first time in six Masters appearances, including earning the low amateur award in 2016, the now 28-year-old did not make the weekend ...

Woods Now Almost Certain To Commit To JP Manus Pro-Am

Tiger Woods looks now almost certain to tee up in July’s return of the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor. Woods spoke Sunday following the remarkable achievement of playing all four rounds of the 86th Masters that he intends to travel to Scotland in July for the 150th Open Championship, and this despite suggesting he may skip next month’s PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Woods won two of his three Opens at St. Andrews, including a first in 2000 when he produced four rounds in the 60s, was ...

Masters Prizemoney Up $1/2m To A New High Of $15m

Augusta National has advised that prize money for the 2022 Masters is up $1/2m on last year to a new record-setting £15m (Euro 13.8m). As well, the winner of the 86th Masters will take home the largest first prize in Masters history – a cool $2.7m (Euro 2.482m) – and that’s up from $2.07m that Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama pocketed a year ago. Runner-up at Augusta National will be handed $1.61m while the player who finishes third (and on his own) will also drive out the front gates a millionaire ...

Scheffler Heads To Closing Two Augusta Rounds With Masters Victory History On His Side

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler heads to the closing two rounds with Masters victory history on his side. Scheffler’s best tamed the testing conditions with scores of 69 and 67 to lead by five shots at eight-under-par, and head the field with just 15 players of the 45 that made the cut managing to be under par ahead of the third day’s play. The 25-year-old Schefeller not only stands two rounds away from a maiden major championship but he should plenty of comfort knowing that only six players ...

Power Has McIlroy To Thank In Making The Cut In His Maiden Masters

Seamus Power has Rory McIlroy in playing all four rounds of a maiden Masters at Augusta National. Power put aside an early four-hole sour stretch to savour the real likelihood of making the cut in also a maiden major championship in bright but continuing windy and difficult conditions on the Georgian golfing gem. Power ended his round with a pair of 74s to be sharing 49th place and just a shot inside the projected five-over-par mark, and with the official cut-off mark in the 86th hosting of the ...