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Legendary Scottish golf writer Jock MacVicar has been superbly honoured in a wonderful 2015 Scottish Boys Championship tribute. The Scottish Boys is taking place this week at the Dunbar Golf Club course to the east of Edinburgh. And among those paying tribute to Jock, and 50 years this year a member of the Association of Golf Writers is former Open Champion Paul Lawrie, recent Hassan 11 Trophy  winner Richie Ramsay and the Dundee Courier’s Steve Scott. NB – Make sure you view the entire ...

Graeme McDowell likes the sights and sounds of Augusta National including admiring the wonderful array of flowers all about the Georgia golfing gem. But the former US Open champion didn’t count on seeing a snake emerge from a bed of azaleas on the par five 13th tee. And the Northern Irishman quickly grabbed his mobile phone to snap a picture of the Cottonmouth reptile and according to Wikipedia an adult cottonmouth snake is capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite.

Shane Lowry’s got over the lump in his throat driving down Magnolia Lane and ahead is the knee-knocking exercise of teeing up today in his maiden Masters. There will be the introduction on the Augusta National first tee just after 12.31pm local time (5.31pm Irish): “Fore please, Shane Lowry now driving.” It will be a special occasion in the life of the 28-year old along with those watching on including his financee Wendy and his proud parents. In fact, his former All-Ireland Gaelic ...

Former Masters champion Sandy Lyle was hardly a cockle-doodle-do with Bubba Watson’s repeat menu choice at Tuesday, night’s former Champions  Dinner. Watson showed no imagination in choosing chicken and macaroni cheese just as he had served up two years after winning his maiden Masters. “It was a repeat of the menu he presented in 2013, chicken and macaroni cheese,” said Lyle and winner of the 1988 Masters. “I didn’t mind it at all but I won’t say I’m used ...

Second time around Stephen Gallacher is a lot smarter, a lot wiser and a lot more experienced in finding a shorter way around Augusta National. That’s the view of Gallacher’s long-time coach, Alan McCloskey on the eve of Gallacher’s second straight appearance in the Masters. Gallacher will step onto the tee at 1.51pm (UK time) where there will be the simple introduction: “Fore please, Stephen Gallacher now driving.” And after three days of solid practice McCloskey believes ...

Former Masters champion Sandy Lyle will turn back the clock revealing he will be packing a hickory shaft putter in his bag for this week’s Masters. Lyle is the current World Hickory champion having won the championship late last year at the famed Panmure Club just to to the south of Carnoustie. In today’s era of high-tech golf balls, equipment and putting coaches Lyle’s decision to go with a hickory putter rekindles memories of the equipment that may have been used by those who ...

Padraig Harrington had been greeted by ‘Welcome Back to the Masters’ signs when his Augusta bound flight touched down late last Sunday night. The four women were working for the Mercedes Benz courtesy car team and were there to greet players coming off the special once-a-year flight direct from Houston, and the Shell Houston Open, to Augusta for this week’s Masters. And the reception Harrington received late on Sunday has carried through right up until Harrington walked off late ...