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Amid the emotion and the tears double Augusta winning Bubba Watson is clearly looking ahead to competing in September’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. Watson was fitted for a second Augusta green jacket in three years winning comfortably by three shots in contrast to his first victory when he played a miracle play-off shot from trees. The Bagdad-born American jumped eight places to No. 4 in the world while he is now also fourth on Tom Watson’s USA Ryder Cup list of qualifiers. Watson’s maiden Masters ...

Graeme McDowell got his RBC Heritage Classic title defence off to a big bang using a hickory-shaft club to launch a ceremonial tee shot at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. The Northern Irishman drove off at high noon into Calibogue Sound simultaneously as a canon sent a booming noise over the holiday township that marked the official start of the $US 5.8m event. And the noise of the canon  certainly left McDowell reeling as you can see from the video clip below, and also despite having ear ...

Bubba Watson celebrated his double Masters victory in the local Augusta Waffle House on nearby Washington Road.   And hereunder is how the world heralded the news of Watson’s second green jacket success along with other stories from  the 2014 Masters. Masters winner Watson first to qualify for PGA Grand Slam of Golf — Yahoo! Sports – Golf at 9:32 am EDT Four Masters rookies earn spots in 2015 event — Golf Channel at 9:29 am EDT Bubba up to No. 4 in OWGR; Spieth cracks top ...

Freemantle’s Oliver Goss officially created Masters history when presented by Augusta Chairman, Billy Payne with the ‘Low Amateur’ award at the 2014 Masters. Goss was assured the prestigious award after being left the only non-professional to make the halfway cut in the year’s first Major. The Surrey-born Australian, who celebrated his 20th birthday on Saturday, was afforded a Masters invitation on the back of finishing runner-up to Sheffield’s Matthew Fitzpatrick in last ...

Sandy Lyle seems to be finally resigned to having no part in this year’s European Ryder Cup despite living less than an hour from the Gleneagles host course. Before taking the some two-hour drive west on I-20 to the PGA Champions event in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Lyle was asked if he had bumped into European Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley. McGinley has been in Augusta all week working with Sky Sports, and whether he felt McGinley may find a role for the double Major winner in his back-room ...

Stephen Gallacher and Sandy Lyle were heading in opposite directions after contrasting experiences in the Masters at Augusta National. Gallacher saved the best for last in carding a two under par 70 for a six-over par tally while Lyle celebrated his 100th Augusta in his 33rd Masters to be three shots higher in a round of 73. Gallacher has accepted an invitation to contest Thursday’s starting RBC Heritage Classic and the first of two regular PGA Tour events before returning for June’s US Open ...

An emotional double Masters champion Bubba Watson says he won’t stop crying after winning his second green jacket in three years. Once again, Watson broke down in tears and with eyes welling up first in seeing his young adopted son, Caleb walk onto the 18th green to greet his father and then all through the green-jacket presentation ceremony. Watson was still very much emotional through a TV media session and then in the main press room where he was asked if he will continue to cry when winning ...