An Irishman, Frenchman, A Scot & A Chilean Lead The MENA Tour Way In Spain.
Gavin Moynihan and Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon battled through wet and windy conditions to put themselves atop the leaderboard in the first round of the inaugural Sotogrande Masters on the MENA Golf...
View ArticleRussell Knox Grows In Augusta Stature Thanks To Advice From Sandy Lyle.
Augusta, GA … As Russell Knox walked from the ninth green earlier today he asked myself and colleague Martin Dempster, and as we stood alongside the rope way leading to the 10th tee whether we knew if...
View ArticleJason Day’s Journey … From Sitting In His Bus, To Sitting On Top Of The World.
Augusta, GA … If the hottest player in the game at present needed any reminder how far he’s come in six year’s then Jason Day needs only to venture across Washington Road. Six years ago Day was sitting...
View ArticleRory McIlroy Getting Used To Being Sent Out Last On First Day Of Masters.
Rory McIlroy says he’s getting used to Masters officials putting him out in the last group on day one of this year’s Masters. In fact, the four-time Major winner will be the very last to tee off at...
View ArticleSandy Lyle’s Front Row Seat To Jack Nicklaus Winning 1986 Masters.
Augusta, GA … Lost in this week’s 30th year anniversary of Jack Nicklaus’ memorable 18th Major triumph in winning the 1986 Masters is the fact that Sandy Lyle partnered golf’s Golden Bear over that...
View ArticleRory McIlroy Still Needing One Piece In His Masters Jigsaw Puzzle.
Augusta, GA … It sounds simple enough as Rory McIlroy just needs one more piece in the jigsaw to finally win a first Masters. In fact, McIlroy sounds just as confident in finally ending his Augusta...
View ArticleGraeme McDowell’s Hoping To Fire His Masters ‘Love Affair’.
Graeme McDowell’s ‘love affair’ with the Masters continues with a ninth Augusta National appearance. McDowell insisted he drove down Magnolia Lane earlier in the week with a smile on his face but then...
View ArticleSandy Lyle’s Biggest Augusta Concern, The Shortest Club In His Bag.
Augusta, GA … Sandy Lyle was set to spend the afternoon working on his putting after singling out his biggest concern on the Masters opening day being the shortest club in his bag. Lyle walked from the...
View ArticleRussell Knox Left ‘Shell-Shocked’ After Posting 79 In Maiden Masters Round.
Augusta, GA ... Scotland’s Russell Knox clearly looked shell-shocked in describing his demeanour after a shock seven over par 79 on the opening day of his maiden Masters. Knox was left shaking his head...
View ArticleFour Holes, Five Dropped Shots Takes The Sting Out Of The World No. 1.
Augusta, GA … The first round of the 2016 Masters promised so much for World No. 1 Jason Day. And for all but four holes Augusta National delivered for the player who captured the past two events he...
View ArticleVicksburg Visit On Route To The Masters.
My first and only prior visit to Vicksburg, Mississippi had been early in January 1980 – a gap of just under 36 years. However in making our way from the Shell Houston Open to the Masters we found...
View ArticleRussell Knox Rues Two Poor Drives Over Two Days To Miss Masters Cut By Two.
Russell Knox was left ruing two bad drives, the first at the final hole on day one and second on the 11th hole in the second round to miss the cut by two shots in his first Masters appearance. Knox...
View ArticleCameron Smith Seeking Greater Masters Gift Than $50 Masters Dog Bowl For...
Brisbane’s Cameron Smith is looking now to earn lot more than the money he forked out to buy his pet poodle a Masters logo food bowl after muscling his way to just six shots from the lead heading to...
View ArticleVicksburg’s Colourful Mississippi Riverfront Murals.
A series of 55-foot high wonderful and colourful murals greets visitors in making your way to down town Vicksburg. The Vicksburg Riverfront Murals project is a series of murals painted on Mississippi...
View ArticleAdam Scott Confesses Conditions Have ‘Beaten Me Around This Week’.
Past Masters Champion Adam Scott confessed he has been ‘beaten around this week’ after the champion Aussie dropped shots at 16 and 17 in a disappointing three over par 75. It handed Scott a clubhouse...
View ArticleSandy Lyle To Call It Quits In 2018 Masters, 30-Years After Augusta Triumph.
Augusta, GA … Past champion Sandy Lyle revealed he will call it quits at Augusta National in two years and on the 30th anniversary of his Masters triumph. Lyle says the Georgia golfing gem is simply...
View ArticleVisiting Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Vicksburg Military Park …. A must see in Vicksburg is a visit to the Vicksburg Military Park located in the north-eastern portion portion of the city of Vicksburg. Mississippi. I had first visited the...
View ArticleLanger 20/1 To Become Golf’s Oldest Winner Of A Major, McIlroy Blows Out To...
Augusta, GA … The Master – Can Langer Come To Bookies Rescue? That’s a question to be answered later today as the 58-year old German looks not only to capture a third Masters but become the oldest-ever...
View ArticleSpotted In Driving Interstate 20 As We Headed To The Masters.
Augusta, GA … Interstate 20 or I-20, as it is more well-known, runs from a town called Kent in eastern Texas to Florence in South Carolina. The highway was opened in the 1960s and runs for a length of...
View ArticleMasters Champion Danny Willett Will Stay Loyal To Europe Before Full-Time PGA...
New Masters champion Danny Willett is not about to change his season schedule confirming he will contest the events on the European Tour schedule he had penned earlier this year. One of those events is...
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