The roars reverberated through the towering loblollies, awakening the echoes that define this course and tournament, capable of immortalising or condemning players for eternity, sending shivers through bone and memory.
For a player who had two double-bogeys late in the first round, seemingly ruining his hopes early of a Masters win, Rory McIlroy has bounced back in historic fashion. After a 66 on day two, McIlroy became the first player in history to start a round at the Masters with six consecutive 3s on the scorecard.
The crowds at Augusta National are as knowledgable as anywhere when it comes to golf, but there’s always one Masters tradition that leaves many patrons scratching their heads. And it happened again on Saturday morning. Tom Kim teed off in the third round’s first pairing, and then was followed on the first tee by a Read more…
For once, a player was trying to go into Rae’s Creek. Forgive us for the following investigative urinalism, but reporters were left with no other choice regarding the actions of Jose Luis Ballester.
Jason Day feels he came in under the radar relative to the big names but the former world No.1 and Masters runner up equalled his second-best score in 14 years of opening rounds at Augusta National to be well in contention.
Cam Smith turned a lot of heads with what he wore on Augusta National’s practice range on Wednesday. The outfit also left plenty of people scratching their heads. After all, when do you see someone wearing a blazer on a golf course? Excluding wedding photos, of course. In case you missed it, here was the Read more…
You may have heard stories about there only being a small number of big nomes (price tag, $US49.50) available each day, that they sell out within the first hour and patrons are spending north of three hours waiting in line, just hoping shelves will still be stocked.
Australian Golf Digest
