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Fifteen-time Major winning Tiger Woods has led the praise for a decision by Augusta National that will see Lee Elder join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as ‘Honorary Starters’ for next year’s 85th Masters. Elder, 86, the first black man to play at the Masters, says it “means the world” to him to be be an honorary starter for the 2021 tournament. Woods, and this week’s defending Masters champion, proudly tweeted: We all belong. Such wonderful news to hear from Augusta ...

Joaquin Niemann was handed a disappointing 22nd birthday wish in being forced to withdraw from The Masters after testing positive for coronavirus. The Chilean golfer, who celebrates his birthday tomorrow (Novembe 7), had been set to make his second appearance at Augusta National in next week’s rescheduled final major of the year. Niemann made his Masters debut as an amateur in 2018 after winning the Latin America Amateur Championship, with the ultra-talented golfer earning an invitation to the ...

Pablo Larrabal is to be congratulated for his simple but superb gesture on the opening of the recent events he has been competing. For a second week running in Cyprus, and now also for well over the past fews week the very popular Spaniard has been wearing black. Larrazabal was wearing all black again today for the first round of the inaugural Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Shootout. “I just thought it would be a nice gesture to remember, not only those who have passed away from the virus in Spain, ...

England’s Callum Shinkwin can call himself a European Tour winner after his stunning Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open success. Not only has the 27-year old Bath-born golfer captured a first Tour title in his 112th Tour appearance but he’s the first golfer on the Tour to win in Cyprus and the 50th nation to host a European Tour event. Shinkwin firstly holed a near 50-foot putt for eagle at the 72nd hole in a new tournament course record of 63 and then birdied the same 18th hole at the first ...

The 84th Masters – The confirmed full field of Invitees Byeong Hun An Abraham Ancer John Augenstein Christiaan Bezuidenhout Angel Cabrera Rafa Cabrera-Bello Patrick Cantlay Paul Casey Cameron Champ Corey Conners Fred Couples Jason Day Bryson DeChambeau Tyler Duncan Tony Finau Matthew Fitzpatrick Tommy Fleetwood Rickie Fowler Dylan Frittelli Abel Gallegos Sergio Garcia Lucas Glover Lanto Griffin Adam Hadwin Justin ...

England’s Ross McGowan, 38 ended an 11-year and 15-day winless drought in holing a 20-foot birdie putter in a last round 71 and win by a shot with a 20-under par tally and capture a first Tour title since his 2001 Madrid Open success. McGowan had, for a second day running, eagled the par-5 sixth hole but the standout shot of his round was holing a greenside bunker shot for birdie at the par-4 16th. After 11 years and 15 days, @RossMcGowan is a winner again on the European Tour 🏆#ItalianOpen ...

For a second time this COVID-19 year the Llanymyech Golf Club faces a dilemma. The club hit the golfing headlines earlier this year after all golf clubs in the UK and Ireland were closed due to growing concerns of the worldwide pandemic and then with clubs in England re-opening in May and on a different date than in Wales. Llanymyech is unique in the world of golf as it proudly boasts on its website – ‘Drive in Wales. Putt in England’ – and it means courtesy of Offa’s Dyke ...