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PGA Champion Jason Day revealed the last time he was wired with an on-course microphone those listening in picked up his conversation about a 1999 Toyota Camry. Day’s bizarre response came when asked how he would feel if asked to wear a microphone should he be competing in the last few groups on the final day of a PGA Tour event. Some years ago, Golf Australia experimented with ‘wiring’ players during competition while non-PGA Tour events such as ‘Skin’s Games’ ...

With a month to go to the season’s first Major Jason Day reckons he’s nervous at thoughts of heading back to Augusta National. Day will be contesting his sixth straight Masters but with the excitement of teeing-up as the PGA Championship titleholder having captured a first Major of his career last August at Whistling Straits. The last time a reigning PGA Champion won the Masters was in 2000 when Tiger Woods held all four Major Championship titles to complete ‘The Tiger Slam’. However Day ...

Double Masters winning Bubba Watson has given the green light for Augusta National despite withdrawing with a back injury from this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Watson was at the Bay Hill course early this morning (Tuesday) local U.S. time and revealing on the advice of doctors he has pulled out of this week’s $US 6.2m event and the final event of the ‘Florida Swing’. Watson has competed in the event nine times with a handful of top-10s. “At Trump Doral in Miami ...

It is one of those quintessential Padraig Harrington stories. On his last trip to India 22-years ago he lost a semi-final match in the Indian Amateur but returned home a qualified accountant. Harrington has returned to the world’s most populous democratic country as leading international star for Thursday’s starting Hero Indian Open in Dehli. The triple Major champ stepped off his 19-hour in-air flight from Orlando via Frankfurt having picked-up five spots to move to No. 125 in the world on the ...

For a second year running England’s Danny Willett has attained ‘Special Temporary’ membership of the PGA Tour following his share of 22nd place in the Valspar Championship. Willett had posted a final round one over par 72 for an eventual similar four-day tally in his first showing, and to be tied with fellow Brit Luke Donald (70). Willett, whose wife is due to give birth to the couple’s first child on the Sunday of next month’s final round at the Masters, collected some $40,000 for ...

It seems wherever you travel to play golf in the States you are going to come across a Donald Ross designed golf course. The Scottish-born Ross, who honed his game and course design skills at Dornoch, has long been credited with laying the foundations for American golf. He designed around 400 golf courses in the United States, Canada and Cuba. In fact, three weeks ago we spent each day driving to and fro along Donald Ross Blvd on our way to the Honda Classic, and reflects how revered was Ross who ...

One of golf’s more exciting and driving figures is Luke Kohl. Luke and his Intergalactic Team have been hard at work on some very exciting golf entertainment programming they look to release in the very near future. I had met Luke some years ago but then it was delightful to again catch-up with Luke and learn of this progressive new chapter in his already colourful golf-related career. And here in Luke’s own passionate words how he seeks to take the ancient club-and-ball game to new intergalactic ...