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  In a move that will hopefully see him rewarded with a maiden Masters title Rory McIlroy has made two key pre-Augusta decisions. Firstly, he has returned to work with famed coach, Butch Harmon. And secondly McIlroy is reportedly going to skip the Par-3 Contest held annually on the eve of the Masters and thus also avoiding any pre-Masters hoax that if you win the Par-3 Contest you won’t win The Masters. The current World No. 2 ranked McIlroy needs no reminding it’s now a decade since ...

After clearly teasing fans with a clever April Fools Day prank, Cam Smith is serious as he looks to become the only the second Aussie to be fitted with an Augusta National members green jacket. The recently-married Smith will be heading to an eighth Masters since making his debut in 2016 and three years after Adam Scott brought the Australian nation to a then local time Monday morning standstill when he beat former champ Angel Cabrera in a play-off. Smith, 3o, has proven he has the game to win at ...

It is 11-years since Denver-based Scot Martin Laird pulled off one of the more remarkable among recent victories at the Valero Texas Open. The tournament is the third oldest on the PGA Tour having first been staged in 1922 when Dornoch-born Scottish/American Robert MacDonald won the event at the Brackenridge course in San Antonio. Since MacDonald’s success, some of the best in the game have added their names to the list of winners including Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Jack Burke Jnr, ...

Guy Kinnings has today officially begun his new role as the European Tour Group’s Chief Executive Officer and declaring he looks to help bring unity and alignment to the current controversy-plagued ancient club-and-ball game. Kinnings, who succeeds Keith Pelley, has been the European Tour Group’s Deputy CEO, Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Director – Ryder Cup since 2018, and now becomes only the fifth person in the CEO position since the Tour was established in 1972. Prior to joining ...

The 2024 LIV Golf season resumes in Miami this week where a field boasting seven Masters Champions will tee-up on the famed ‘Blue Monster’ course. The five Masters winners include Phil Mickelson, Charl Schwartzel, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson and reigning Augusta National champion Jon Rahm. Also in this week’s field is one of the more in-form players on the New Year in Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann — the season-long Individual Championship ...

The Home of Golf nation is staring at no Scottish player competing in next week’s Masters for a first time in 40-years. Just one invitation into the 88th hosting of The Masters remains and that is for the winner, and not otherwise exempt, of this week’s Valero Texas Open. Denver-based Martin Laird is the only Scot teeing-up in San Antonio and he is going to require a repeat of his victory in the 2013 tournament if Scotland is going to be represented next week at Augusta National. Sandy ...

The appearance of Tiger Woods playing a practice round Saturday at Augusta National has boosted hopes of him competing next fortnight in what will be a 26th Masters. Sports Illustrated reported Woods’ Gulfstream G550 was in the air Saturday flying from the north into Augusta Airport. Woods was joined on the flight by good friend Justin Thomas before the duo teamed with Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley playing the Masters famed host course. It is the first occasion the five-time Masters ...