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Augusta, GA …It is the smile that only a Masters Champion can boast. Three years ago Adam Scott ended a 77-year wait for an Australian-born golfer to be fitted with a Masters green jacket. And this year, on the 20th anniversary of Greg Norman’s heart-breaking demise at Augusta National, Scott spoke of the joy three years after winning the Masters what it is like to return to these hallowed grounds as a Masters champion. “This is a week where it’s very hard for me not to walk ...

Augusta, GA … The Masters has long been revered not for the remarkable post-card setting that is Augusta National but the wonderful traditions that is part of Masters week. This year’s Masters is the 80th staging of the season’s first Major and we look first to 1936 when Horton Smith captured the third Master, and then every 10 years to 2006 when Phil Mickelson won a second straight Major. 1936 – American Horton Smith wrote his name into Masters folklore winning the first ...

Augusta, GA …It has been announced at Augusta National that as an extra incentive, the winner of the men’s and women’s Olympic golfing gold medal will be exempt into the following year’s Majors. Representatives of Augusta National, United States Golf Association, the R&A, and PGA of America said that the men’s winner will receive an invitation into each of their championships, starting in 2017: the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and the PGA Championship. “We ...

Augusta, GA … Rory McIlroy has brilliantly kick-started his 2016 Masters campaign with an ace at the par three, 16th hole at Augusta National. McIlroy was playing Englishman Chris Wood for ‘dinner’ and 2up on Wood when he holed his 7-iron from 170 yards out. “That roar was large considering it was a practice round and I don’t think I’ve ever heard a roar that large in a practice round,” he said. “So it was good as at the time I was 2up on Chris with ...

Augusta, GA … No matter what size, Rory McIlroy insists he will ensure the Augusta National green jacket fits should he win the Masters. www.golfbytourmiss.com sat down with the four-time Major winner and asked McIlroy seven questions on all things Augusta National and the Masters. He was asked to provide just a sentence or two and his response to the Green Jacket was pure McIlroy. Magnolia Lane  – “The most famous roadway in all of golf.  I grew up watching the Masters on TV and you ...

Houston, Texas …. It’s been a long and patient process for Jamie Lovemark to where he is after three rounds of the Shell Houston Open. Lovemark is contesting his 78th PGA Tour event this week in Houston and he finds himself where he wants to be with a round to play in the $US 6.8m event and that is tied for the lead on the Houston Golf Club course. He had made his PGA Tour debut as an amateur in the 2006 Western Open and, as close observers will know, played alongside the likes of Rickie ...

It must have been a tough decision but multiple Masters champion Tiger Woods will not be teeing-up next Thursday at Augusta National. Woods has simply not recovered sufficiently from two back surgeries to the point where he is ready to tee it up at the Masters. It will be the second time in the past three years that the four-time champion has not played the Masters. “After assessing the present condition of my back, and consulting with my medical team, I’ve decided it’s prudent to miss this ...