Written by Rob McGarr on Sunday 14 April 2024
Tiger Woods reflects on his 2024 Masters and reveals his plan for the rest of the year. It’s tough to say whether Tiger Woods’ 2024 Masters should be viewed as a success or failure. On the positive side, he set a new record for consecutive cuts made at Augusta, made it through four rounds at a physically demanding golf course without...
Written by Rob Jerram on Saturday 13 April 2024
It was a day to forget for the five-time champion who tumbled down the leaderboard with a 10-over-par third-round horror show. The one saving grace for the man who has made a record-breaking 24 consecutive cuts at the tournament is that his ‘rusty’ 82 in Saturday’s third round didn’t fall on his 100th Masters appearance. That milestone will arrive for Tiger Woods...
Written by Rob Jerram on Saturday 13 April 2024
Defending champion Jon Rahm was left ‘feeling sour’ despite an improved level-par 72 in Saturday’s third round, dejected at not being in contention for Sunday. Jon Rahm’s week couldn’t have started any better after his Basque-inspired Champions Dinner had buttered up both sides of golf’s divide, leaving a sweet Milhojas de Crema y Nata taste in the mouths of the Green...
Written by Rob Jerram on Saturday 13 April 2024
The World No.1 putting coach Phil Kenyon heaps praise on the World No.1 player and two-time Masters champion. Phil Kenyon knows a good golfer when he sees one. He’s worked with practically all of the game’s biggest names and had eight students in the field at The 2024 Masters, including winner Scottie Scheffler and third-placed Max Homa. So when he calls a...
Written by Rob Jerram on Saturday 13 April 2024
Former World No.1 Jason Day has drawn plenty of attention with his clothing choices at The Masters. Some love it. Some hate it. The powers that be at Augusta National are be among the latter. While the Major champion’s baggy trousers were the butt of a lot of jokes on social media during Thursday’s first round, drawing comparisons with MC Hammer...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 12 April 2024
Is Augusta’s food appetizing as well as affordable? I rate all of the food and drinks at the Masters concessions stands I’ve been at The Masters since Monday so, naturally, I’ve already worked my way through the full menu at the concessions stands around the course. But is a pimento cheese sandwich really any good? And what’s a moon pie? Read...
Written by James Hogg on Friday 12 April 2024
Tiger Woods has extended his streak of consecutive cuts made at the Masters to 24 – a new Masters record and his 37th Heading into the 2024 Masters there were three players tied with 23 consecutive cuts made at the Masters – Gary Player, Fred Couples, and Tiger Woods. After posting a one-over-par 73 in the opening round and an...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 12 April 2024
With a full collection selling at $16k, it’s no wonder The Masters gnome is a must-have souvenir with everyone from patrons and players’ wives to caddies and pop superstars chasing them. You’ll have seen them by now. One-foot-tall ceramic figures that look like Richard Attenborough, dressed in a white shirt, striped tie, blue cardigan, tartan trousers, golf shoes, white fedora, and...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 11 April 2024
Planning to attend The Masters at Augusta, or just want to know what it’s like? TG Digital Editor Rob Jerram has you covered. We all think we know The Masters. It’s one of the most famous tournaments in golf with global appeal, but as an Augusta rookie, I gained a lot of wisdom on my first visit, and it’s always nice...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 11 April 2024
Gary Player has called on the R&A and USGA to go even further with the proposed golf ball rollback by knocking up to 60 yards off. Speaking after his honorary starter duties at The Masters on Thursday, the nine-time Major champion didn’t hold back in his criticism of modern golf and the damage being done to the “whole concept of the...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 11 April 2024
The six-time Green Jacket winner responds to Tiger Woods’ claims that he can ‘win one more’ at Augusta National and whether Rory will complete the career Grand Slam. Shortly after undertaking ceremonial duties as an Honorary Starter alongside fellow champions Gary Player and Tom Watson, the Golden Bear reflected on Masters memories and what it takes to win on the hallowed...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 11 April 2024
The Masters shop is a unique experience, just like everything else at Augusta National. The Masters is unlike any other golf tournament, and The Masters shop is unlike any other golf shop. Other tournaments have shops or “retail villages” in large tents, thrown up for the week of the event and gone just a few days later. Not at The Masters. Here you’ll...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 11 April 2024
Masters honorary starters Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, and Gary Player used their post-tee shots media address at Augusta to call for an end to the divide in men’s professional golf. As the game reunites for the year’s first Major, and for the first time in 2024, the three men, who have 34 Major Championships and 11 Green Jackets between them, voiced...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 10 April 2024
Fred Ridley wants all tours to adopt the golf ball rollback but fears it won’t be enough to stop Augusta extending to 8,000 yards for a future Masters. For 70 years The Masters was played at 6,900 yards, but now Augusta National is forced to lengthen each year to keep up with the distances modern players are hitting the ball. The...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 10 April 2024
The Masters Par 3 Contest is the traditional prelude to the tournament proper with players and their families relaxing around Augusta’s short course. Here’s who’s playing in the 2024 event at Augusta National on Wednesday afternoon. Past champions and a host of the current field will tee it up around the famous par 3 course with the likes of Gary Player,...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 10 April 2024
Sidelined by a pickleball injury, Bernhard Langer has two farewell parties to plan after confirming that the 2025 Masters will be his last. Bernhard Langer should have been teeing it up at Augusta National for the final time this week. The two-time Masters champion had it all mapped out. What he was going to say at the Champions Dinner, who he...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 9 April 2024
Rory McIlroy spent just nine minutes addressing the media ahead of his latest bid to complete the career Grand Slam at Augusta but managed to cover a lot of ground in those 540 seconds. The Northern Irishman arrived at Augusta on Tuesday morning and headed straight for the interview room, making himself comfortable in the brown leather seat that was still...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Tuesday 9 April 2024
Inspired by the first major of the year, brands have created limited edition gear for all golfers to get their hands on not just the ones attending the Masters As the azaleas bloom and the lush fairways of Augusta National Golf Club beckon, golf enthusiasts around the globe eagerly anticipate the annual spectacle of the Masters Tournament. Beyond the gripping competition...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 9 April 2024
Players and patrons can look forward to pleasant conditions across the weekend as we edge closer to seeing who will win the Green Jacket. After high winds and heavy rain on Thursday led to a 2.5-hour delay to proceedings, officials will be glad to see the weather gods looking down favorably on eastern Georgia for the remainder of the 88th...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 9 April 2024
Jon Rahm says it was “so special” to have won the Masters in 2023 on what would have been Seve’s 66th birthday When Jon Rahm slipped on the Green Jacket last April, few could have envisaged that when he returned to Augusta National to defend his Masters title he’d be wearing a LIV Golf polo shirt. But fast forward 12...