Sixty years have now passed since a pugnacious South African upstart flew the oceans and steeled himself to take on the mighty Arnold Palmer and his fanatical Augusta army. Sixty years since the game’s original global ambassador shocked the patrons to pull off a triumph that, to this day, still ranks as arguably the most … Read more
We might have guessed that when Dustin Johnson finally won the Masters he would do so smashing all sorts of records. The prodigiously gifted 36-year-old American showed his brittle side on the front nine to keep things interesting, before blowing everyone away over the best back nine in golf. A week that began with all … Read more
Never mind long-hitting. A fascinating opening round at the 84th Masters was one where it paid to be long in the tooth. Experience is invariably the quality that trumps all others at Augusta National and here it did so again over the man in the XL shirt. Traditionalists can relax and the green jackets can … Read more
Calls for The Masters to change its name over ‘slave’ connotations at Augusta – where the club founder once insisted: ‘As long as I live, there will be nothing at the Masters besides white players and black caddies’ Tiger Woods, the 2019 Masters champion, is proud to be part of the club’s history Masters and … Read more