The hallowed grounds of Augusta National Golf Club will be the focus of the golfing world when the 86th edition of the Masters Tournament is staged from 7–10 April. Rolex has supported this bastion of sporting prestige for more than two decades and been an International Partner since 2008.
With the 2022 Masters just a few short weeks away, now is a good time to take a look at the competition in detail and try to identify which golfer is best positioned to take the prestigious green jacket.
On Sunday, Viktor Hovland defended his title at the Mayakoba Championship in Mexico to claim his third PGA Tour title. The 24-year-old Norwegian shot a final-round four-under-par 67 at El Camaleon Golf Course to set a tournament record twenty-three-under-par total.
Barring something quite extraordinary, it looks like the Ryder Cup will be staying in the USA after the 2020 Ryder Cup. It is difficult to see anything stopping Team USA from getting the 3½ out of the 12 points on offer in Sunday's singles to regain the cup.
It seems odd calling it the 2020 Ryder Cup given that we are well into 2021 but these are strange times with Covid. The buzz is
Kerching! Patrick Cantlay went to wire-to-wire and saw off World number one Jon Rahm to win the Tour Championship, FedEx Cup and scoop the $15 million first prize. Cantlay closed with a one-under 69 at East Lake to finish twenty-one-under-par, a shot ahead of US Open champion Rahm, who carded a final round of 68.
Most of us who bet on golf like to apply a little extra knowledge to our wagering. Or, at the very least, we believe we do. A little bit of analysis might have told us, for example, that Jon Rahm was a good thing last month.
The qualification process for the women’s golf competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been completed with today’s publication of the Final Olympic Golf Rankings.
Hideki Matsuyama took advantage of a damped down Augusta to fire a bogey-free third round seven-under 75 to take a four-shot lead into Sunday. Following a rain delay of over an hour, the man from Japan produced an eagle and four birdies to cover the back nine in 30.
Kevin Na is out after his loss against Adam Long on Thursday, but the group is wide open following Dustin Johnson and Robert MacIntyre's halved match. If both Johnson and MacIntyre win their games it is off to extra holes. It's going to a straight shoot out between Kevin Kisner and Matt Kuchar as both Justin Thomas and Louis Oosthuizen are eliminated after losing on day two.
The Footjoy Premiere Series boasts the latest and best technologies available with a nod to past years' classic golf shoes. FJ has been the number one shoe on the PGA Tour for 75 consecutive years, an impressive streak in any sport.
It was a resurgent Brooks Koepka on Sunday at the Phoenix Open. After an eighteen-month battle with knee and hip injuries and missed cuts in his last three events the former world number one proved the doubters wrong.
