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​“Fore please, Tiger Woods now driving.” Next week will mark a 25th year Woods will walk onto the first tee of the Masters and be introduced to the patrons at Augusta National. The first occasion Woods was similarly introduced he was relatively unknown to the wider golfing audience having qualified for his then maiden 1995 Masters in capturing the 1994 U.S. Amateur, an achievement he would repeat in both 1995 and 1996. Woods ​had ​made his PGA Tour debut at the 1992 L.A. Open and in teeing-up ...

Tiger Woods seems almost certain to competing at the Masters next week, after tournament organisers confirmed he would face the accredited Augusta media in the lead-up to the year’s first major championship. It will mark the five-time Masters champions 25th appearance on the Georgia golfing gem since his debut as an amateur in 1995, while it will be only Woods second event this year after his T45th finish at the Genesis Invitational. Indeed, since 2020, Woods has contested only three competitive ...

Sadly, Sandy Lyle now seems certain to be the lone Scot for a fourth occasion in the past six years heading into next week’s Masters after fellow Scots Russell Knox and Martin Laird were blown off course in the Lone Star State. Knox and Laird need to win the Valero Texas Open to secure the final invitation into the 87th hosting of the Masters however Knox, with scores of 69 and 76 for a one-over tally, and Laird well down the board despite a last hole eagle, will miss the cut in the £stg ...

UPDATED … 2025 For someone who has been most fortunate to attend the Masters for close on 25-years, and has played Augusta National twice including breaking 100 on both occasions, here’s a few observations that I hope may whet your appetite a little ahead of this coming week’s 89th hosting of The Masters. JUST TWO MASTERS NOT FULLY IN APRIL – We know the Masters is always held in April and while there has been the odd occasion when it commenced in March, it would still finish in ...

Padraig Harrington superbly handled the dull and overcast conditions in lighting-up the host course on the opening day of the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. Harrington pared the last near 5pm local time, and almost eight hours after his initial scheduled tee-time, to eventually end his round then tied for lead with a four-under-par 68 also on a rain-softened TPC San Antonio course. Harrington joined American Matt Kuchar on four-under, with Kuchar out two groups ahead of Harrington and also off ...

For the Tartan duo of Martin Laird and Russell Knox this week’s Valero Texas Open is their ‘Masters Last Chance Saloon’. Laird and Knox need to win this weeek’s PGA Tour event in San Antonio if they are to earn the final invitation into next week’s 87th hosting of the Masters at Augusta National. At present, just former Augusta champ Sandy Lyle is the only Scot teeing-up on the famed Georgia golfing gem, and with the 1988 Masters winner revealing his 42nd Masters and 101st major championship ...

If you are looking for a teaching professional the epitome of all that is good with Irish golf, then look no further than Damien Scott. Scott is now into his second year as Head Teaching Professional at the Al Hamra GC in the UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. If Al Hamra sounds familiar, it should as it just recently again proudly hosted the DP World Tour and for a third occasion in 12 months, on a stunning golf located just over an hour’s drive north of Dubai. It was the late stage of 2021 when ...