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Seamus Power is headed to a maiden Masters but many will be surprised he’s travelled to Augusta National six times in the past, having been fortunate to obtain patron’s tickets. So, the Irishman already has a great idea of what to expect when he drives up Magnolia Lane for the first time tomorrow (Sunday) morning local time. One of those is the famed Augusta Pimento cheese sandwiches. Pimento cheese has been referred to as the ‘pate or caviar of the south’. This America’s southern ...

Seamus Power will arrive at the front gates of Augusta National tomorrow morning (Sunday US time) determined he will not just be making -up the numbers in his maiden appearance at the 86th hosting of the Masters. Power, 35, will become the 16th Irishman to compete in the Masters when introduced ‘Fore, please! Seamus Power now driving’ on the first tee next Thursday at the famed Georgia golfing gem. For the very in-form Touraneena-born golfer, it will be a career milestone and much-anticipated ...

There is now real concern if Hideki Matsuyama will be fully fit to tee up in the defence of his Masters title. Matsuyama’s withdrawal after nine holes of the second round of the Valero Texas Open due to an ongoing neck and shoulder injury must place into doubt if he will be fit to tee up at Augusta National. The first Asian-born player to win the Masters informed media at the recent Arnold Palmer Invitational he was around 80% towards fully recovering from a neck and shoulder injury he suffered ...

The Aussie trio of former champ Adam Scott along with Cam Smith and Marc Leishman are delighted compatriot trio of Cameron Davis, Lucas Herbert, and Min Woo Lee will be making their Masters debut next week at Augusta National Davis, 27, brilliantly celebrated a maiden PGA Tour success on the 4th of July last year with his playoff victory at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, so the Sydneysider had just over nine months with the knowledge he would be in the field for the 83rd hosting of the Masters. The ...

Scotland’s Russell Knox was headed for a dip in the pool after boosting hopes of earming the last invitation into the Masters with a sizzling 65 on day one at the 100th anniversary of the Valero Texas Open. Knox, 36, had plenty of the sponsor’s product in the tank with a bogey-free display of seven birdies and a share of the lead in the £stg 6.54m event on the TPC San Antonio course. Danish 21-year-old sensation Rasmus Hojgaard tied Knox with a birdie at his 10th and then went one clear ...

… Fatiha Betscher  Rory McIlroy, and like everybody, is excited at thoughts Tiger Woods could be returning to golf at next week’s Masters. The sight of Woods’s private jet, registered N517TW, touching down yesterday at Augusta Regional Airport, has got not only the golf world excited but sports fans around the globe and excited Woods may be returning to competition, and not just any tournament but the Masters. It was last December Woods returning to a formal tournament riding about ...

For Martin Laird and Russell Knox, this week’s Valero Texas Open is a Masters ‘Last Chance’ Saloon’ for the Scottish pair. Laird and Knox, along with fellow Scot Robert MacIntrye, are contesting today’s (THURS) starting £stg 6.54m event where the winner is not only fitted with a stylish pair of cowboy boots but earns the last invitation, if not exempt, into next week’s Masters. Laird did just that nine years ago, denying Rory McIlroy when the now Denver-based Scot birdied his closing ...