Designed by William Flynn in 1894, Shinnecock Hills is one of the US Open’s most famed host venues – and is also feared for being among the toughest of all of them. It is built on sandy soil, has ...

The English West Midlands is not immediately thought of as being one of the great hot spots of golf and yet it has plenty of wonderful courses. Here are out top five from Warwickshire, Staffordshire, ...

The sense that the Masters always delivers is a little over blown. There have, after all, been a few duff tournaments down the years. But we seem to be living in a golden period currently because this ...

Once upon a time 300 yards was a magical driving distance figure. John Daly was the first player to average over 300 yards in a PGA Tour season in 1997 and he would achieve that seven times between ...

No debutant has won The Masters since Fuzzy Zoeller beat Tom Watson and Ed Sneed in a playoff in 1979. With Augusta National such a precise test, it’s asking an awful lot for a first-timer to solve ...

Lifting a trophy after the glory of victory is a feeling like no other. How strange, then, that the winner of the Masters enjoys a very different honour – and one every golfer craves. Because no ...

If you were to explain to a non-golfer why so many of us are fascinated by the Champions Dinner, then you would likely get some quizzical looks. A collection of former winners gather at Augusta ...

The year’s first major championship is one that, for the first 50 years of its existence, British and Irish golfers struggled to get an invitation to play in never mind try to win. From the first ...

The Masters not truly beginning until the back nine on Sunday is one of the absolute bankers that will be rolled out year after year. The simple truth is that the vast majority of champions come from ...

For many years, the question on everyone’s lips at this time of year was ‘will Tiger Woods win The Masters?’ These days, that’s been downgraded to ‘will Tiger play in The Masters?’ The last time Woods ...

Winning anywhere around the world is good. Winning on the PGA Tour is better. Performing miracles for your Ryder Cup team is even better than that. But it is victories in the major championships that ...

Golf prize money is at record levels but those at the very top of the game have always been able to increase their wealth considerably through off-course activities. Scottie Scheffler has pocketed ...