Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 15 April 2024
Scottie Scheffler credited his short game as the key area of his second Masters victory. But what do his numbers for the week say? To win at Augusta National you have to do everything well and, right now, Scheffler is a man who is doing just that. He’s yet to shoot a round over par this year and even in Friday’s brutal...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Monday 15 April 2024
A performance for the ages! Scheffler now makes it two green jackets in just three years with a dominant display on Sunday at Augusta National With the hunting pack primed to pounce on what looked to be a down-to-the-wire Sunday evening at Augusta, Scottie did what Scottie does best and that’s win! Ever since his first-round 66, Scottie Scheffler has proven...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Sunday 14 April 2024
It doesn’t happen often, but what happens in the event of a tie at the Masters? We take a look at the playoff format at Augusta National There is nowhere like the Masters, a tournament unlike any other, it prides itself on being the most illustrious major of the year. So, why would a tournament like this not adopt a...
Written by Rob Jerram on Sunday 14 April 2024
I followed Rory McIlroy for his final round in another hugely disappointing Masters, asking the patrons if the four-time Major Champion would ever win the Career Grand Slam. Jack and Tiger may disagree, but Rory will never win The Masters if Augusta’s patrons’ views are anything to go by. I won’t lie, I’m starting to agree with them. As I walked Augusta...
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 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 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
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 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 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...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 9 April 2024
Tiger Woods says he can win his sixth Green Jacket at this week’s Masters “if everything comes together”, but admits he’ll be in pain throughout. Speaking at his press conference ahead of the year’s first Major, five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods admitted that he lives with pain every day and that the only shots that feel comfortable at Augusta are those...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 9 April 2024
All the latest news from the 2024 Masters Tournament. The Masters is finally here, and we’ve got boots on the ground for the most exciting week of the year. Here are the latest news and developments coming from Augusta National. Get ready for Sunday fireworks! They say the Masters doesn’t start until the 10th Hole on Sunday and we can expect just that...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 5 April 2024
Today’s Golfer speaks to some of the best broadcasters in the business to get a steer on who, if anyone, can stop Scottie Scheffler from pulling on a second Green Jacket. Golf reunites at Augusta National for the 88th edition of The Masters where defending champion Jon Rahm and his band of brothers from the LIV breakaway tour target a smash-and-grab...