Agenda For The Augusta National Committee Meeting

The decision to extend an invitation to Ryo Ishikawa for this year’s Masters has been called “strictly a Japanese media buy” by one golfing journalist, and it’s a sentiment with which many in the media seem to concur. Is it even credible to give invitations out for a Major tournament? Probably not, but all golf fans are well aware that the powers that be at Augusta National do what they want. They always have, after all the event was conceived by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts as exactly that, an Invitational. As a…Read more …

In Search of the Portuguese Star

Germany had its Bernhard Langer, and more recently, Martin Kaymer.  Spain had, of course, the inimitable Seve, then Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia.  Sweden has been a conveyor-belt of Ryder Cup players, Denmark has Thomas Bjorn and even Italy, with its comparatively modest golfing pedigree, has had Costantino Rocca, and now the Molinari brothers and Matteo Mannassero.  France has perhaps underachieved, but has still delivered a list of established European Tour Pros and names that we all know, like Jean Van de Veld.  Northern Ireland punches well above its weight, boasting three…Read more …