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Brooks Koepka threw down the gauntlet, muscling his way to a five-shot lead and then ruled out any notion of a rules violation on the second day of the 87th hosting of the Masters. Koepka, 32, grabbed an eagle and three birdies in a five-under-par 67 and move into double figures at 12-under in ideal early morning conditions but but before play was suspended at 3.07pm local time due to impending storms at Augusta National. Thankfully, the storms missing Augusta and with the horn sounding at 3.29pm ...

  Is Rory McIlroy out to win a first Masters or boost CBS coverage of the year’s opening men’s major? For the golfing purists it would seem out of character the green jacket brigade at Augusta National would agree to such a request and that is ‘Bluetooth’ a player for live on-course coverage, and also to choose Roy McIlroy to take on the role. Surely, McIlroy’s had enough of his plate of late, and as has also been evident in the lead-up to this 87th hosting of the Masters, then agreeing ...

In terms of bright shirts, it was close to 10 on the Richter Scale. Not even John Daly’s ‘Loudmouth’ trousers could top Viktor Hovland’s shirt the young Norwegian golfing superstar wore on the opening day of the 87th Masters at Augusta National The shirt looked a bit like a Jackson Pollock on drugs or one of those late Saturday night pizzas with all the toppings but most of all it was eye-catching, and Hovland wearing the shirt playing in the company of five-time Masters winner ...

As it now stands, and despite each being Honorary members of the European Tour, the LIV Golf trio of Graeme McDowell, Sergio Garcia and Martin Kaymer cannot be chosen for 2023 European Ryder Cup side, That’s the message from Tour CEO Keith Pelley following formal confirmation today following the DP World Tour winning their arbitration case against 12 members of the rebel tour. LIV players were adjudged to have “committed serious breaches of code behaviour” by playing in conflicting ...

  The DP World Tour may have won a battle but it has not won the continuing war in men’s golf, despite the Sport Resolutions today announcing it has upheld the Tour’s conflicting tournament release regulation and its ability to sanction members who breached it. Furthermore, appeals brought by those members have been dismissed. The decision follows an arbitration which took place before an independent three-person panel, chaired by His Honour Judge Phillip Sycamore CBE, from February ...

Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley hosted the annual ‘State of the Masters’ address ahead of this year’s 87th hosting of the Masters. There two key questions, if you like, that involved the future of qualified LIV golfers competing in the Masters, and also why LIV Commissioner, Greg Norman was not extended an invitation to join other Tour CEOs and Commissioners present this week at Augusta National Q. You mentioned back in December in clarifying the participation of LIV players ...

It seems like the only item to be hot and spicy at the annual Masters former champions dinner was the tortilla soup. While there was much talk ahead of the dinner what the mood would be like, given six now LIV Golf players, among the 33 former Masters champions who sat down on Tuesday night to honour 2022 Augusta champion, Scottie Scheffler. It was former three-time Masters champ Nick Faldo who spilled the beans on what went on at the dinner “I’m sure you’re all wondering about the temperature ...