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Rory McIlroy brushed off a likely Friday the 13th horror show to brilliantly muscle his way back into contention at the rain-affected Masters at Augusta National. McIlroy first played the closing nine holes of his delayed first round signing for a horror 75 only and then emerged from a 30-min lunch break to sign for a sizzling and bogey-free six-under par 66. It sent McIlroy climbing his way from two shots outside the projected Augusta cut to fight his way to a then clubhouse share of 27th place ...

First-Round Notes – Friday, November 13, 2020 Thursday weather: Mostly cloudy with morning thunderstorms. High of 78. Wind WNW 4-8 mph. Due to inclement weather and thunderstorms, play was suspended at 7:35 a.m. ET and resumed at 10:20 a.m. ET. Due to darkness, the first round was suspended for the day at 5:30 p.m. ET with 44 players left on the course. Friday weather: The first round resumed at 7:30 a.m. ET. Partly cloudy. High of 79. Wind NW 5-10 mph. First-Round Leaderboard Paul Casey    ...

  It is an understatement to say that Rory McIlroy now has his work cut-off to be assured of playing all four rounds of the 2020 Masters. Eighteen hours and 45 minutes after teeing-off just after 3am on Thursday and McIlroy walked off the 18th green just prior to 10am with a disappointing three over par 75. His score was a highest opening round in a dozen Masters appearances and a shot more than his first round 74 in 2010. It left McIlroy trailing 10 shots behind the lead trio of Paul Casey, ...

It was my second visit to Passchendaele and it was no less emotional. The first visit to the region had been in the early 2000s escorting my parents first to Normandy and the WW2 D-Day region of Northern France and then onto the WW1 sites in and around the Somme region of France and also into neighbouring and Belguim. The second visit in September, 2013 was much the same and this time in the company of my brother, Steve and his wife, Sally (Sal to her friends). To any Australian, towns such ...

Sandy Lyle insists he will stick with the ‘Handyman DIY’ look in sporting braces after posting a disappointing six-over 78 on the storm interrupted 40th anniversary of his maiden Masters at Augusta National. Lyle, 62 was the first off the 10th tee and posted a double-bogey and four bogeys on a very rain-softened course that saw plenty of players having ‘mud ball’s after drenching rain had flooded the famed Georgia course early on. Lyle had been due to tee-up at 7am local time and ...

Many will not recall the events of the 2006 Players Championship. Just to refresh, Stephen Ames stormed his way to a six-shot success and on the occasion of the final event before the PGA Tour’s flagship event moved to May though, of course, back to a March date. However, the 2006 Players Championship is remembered for a black t-shirt worn by the then wife of Rory Sabatini. Sabitini was grouped or two rounds with Nick Faldo along with Columbian Camilo Villegas. There was no issue with Villegas ...

Shane Lowry was thrilled to partner Tiger Woods for a first time in a Major but was left disappointed in not matching the defending champion’s effort in posting a two-over par 74 on the opening day of the 84th Masters. Lowry’s effort of two bogeys and 16 pars left him trailing well down the board and nine shot adrift of early first round leader Paul Casey and with the former Irish Open winner posting a blistering seven-under par 65. Lowry’s two-over tally was a 10th occasion in 11 rounds of ...