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JUSTIN ROSE: ‘I AM REALLY HAPPY FOR SERGIO. I WOULD LOVE TO WEAR THE GREEN JACKET, BUT IF IT WASN’T ME, I AM GLAD IT IS HIM’

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And who can forget seeing Rose, statuesque and dignified, giving Garcia the thumbs-up to acknowledge a great shot down the 18th? They made us proud, both of them.

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Garcia said afterwards: ‘We are good friends so we were very respectful of each other. We were cheering each other on. We wanted to beat the other guy, not the other lose it.’

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Rose said: ‘I am really happy for Sergio. I would love to be wearing the Green Jacket but if it wasn't me, I am glad it is him. He has had his share of heartache over the years. We have been friends for a long time and playing golf against each other since we were 14 years old. ‘

This one’s for you, Seve: Garcia said it was ‘amazing’ to join his Spanish idols Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal as a Masters champion. Right, 2016 champion Danny Willett helps Garcia into the famous Green Jacket

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‘We will get up tomorrow and he will be happy for a month and then golf will take over; I will be unhappy for a month and golf will take over for me.’

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Rose, 36, held a two-shot lead with five holes to go but lost when Garcia birdied the first extra hole on Sunday.

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‘I feel it is a tournament I can still do well in,’ said Rose. ‘It's a course you can get to know and be competitive here for a long, long time.’

• PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made the most of his first Augusta experience.

• THIS year’s Masters was the last for Hazel Irving as the face of the BBC’s golf coverage.

• Irvine, above left, has stepped down after 25 years as a golf presenter and eight • The 22-year-old secured his place years as the corporation’s lead anchor for sport, although she will remain the face through victory in the British Amateur of snooker and host major events such as the Olympics. be played in teams of four (Men’s Ladies or Mixed) Rose, who To has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up and now second in his last three Masters, with victory in the Georgia Cup over • rvine is handing over to Eilidh Barbour, above right, who joins a team that US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was referring to 57-year-old American Fred includes Alliss, Ken Brownprize and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the Includes Coffee on arrival, 18 holes of Golf andPeter a fantastic and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship in May. footage from previous Masters. 1992, whotable. has had six Open top-20 finishes his toinALL Club Golfers with an active handicap. last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf for BBC Radio 5 Live and is familiar to sports fans • Scott’s rounds of 82 and 75 were as a reporter on Football Focus, Final Score, the Euro 2016 tournament and FA Cup not enough to avoid the cut but he ‘I felt in control all day,’ Rose added. games. She also fronts the BBC’s coverage of women’s football and women’s rugby. racked up invaluable exposure as he ‘Sometimes the rub of the green is for you and works towards qualification for the • Irvine said she wants to ‘re-align my on-air commitments around the changing sometimes it isn't. I hit a really good putt on 18 next Walker Cup squad later this year. needs of my family’. in regulation and thought it was going in. I see myself having many more chances to come.’

RORY: Green Jacket would have been good for the wedding! RORY McILROY dreamed of winning a Green Jacket that he could wear at his forthcoming wedding. McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal with Nike, will wed American fiancé Erica Stoll, a USPGA worker. He secured another top ten finish at Augusta, so must wait again for a chance to win the one Major title eluding him as he seeks to become the first European to complete a career Grand Slam.

McIlroy has also revealed he will make some equipment changes following the Masters - including playing with a different ball: ‘I thought my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, very inconsistent. So there's one thing I will change and try to work on.’ The deal with Nike is for 10 years and, as Nike has stopped making clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment companies. At the moment, McIlroy is using Callaway drivers and irons, Titleist wedges and ball and a Scotty Cameron putter.

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McIlroy revealed that he had dreamed of standing at the wedding ceremony in one of the most famous jackets on the planet: ‘It would have been nice to walk down the aisle in the Green Jacket. Would I have done that? Oh yeah, if the members would have allowed me. If Mr Payne (Augusta chairman) would have allowed me. We're very excited. It's a great time in our lives and it's all about that over the next couple of weeks and I'll come back at the Players Championship refreshed and a married man and start a new chapter in my life.’

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JUSTIN ROSE: ‘I AM REALLY HAPPY FOR SERGIO. I WOULD LOVE TO WEAR THE GREEN JACKET, BUT IF IT WASN’T INSIDE ME, I AM GLAD IT IS HIM’ Luke Donald Reflecting on a marvellous Masters: Justin Rose, Hampshire’s favourite golfing son, made us so proud as he played his role in one of the tightest but most gentlemanly showdowns in the history of the event

Rory: My Green Jacket wedding wish – Page 4

• From Page 3

And who can forget seeing Rose, statuesque and dignified, giving Garcia the thumbs-up to acknowledge a great shot down the 18th? They made us proud, both of them.

We meet the 10th tee hell hound Bus Pass Golfer – Page 16

Garcia said afterwards: ‘We are good friends so we were very respectful of each other. We Hampshire’s Justin Rose was were cheering each other on. We wanted to NORTH Hants Golf Club in Fleet will have as gentlemanly as usual after beat the other guy, not the other lose it.’ Philip’s second spell to find some more space in its Justin coming within a single stroke as Hants PGA skipper LukeRoom Donald into hospital: Seventhe hourscontinuing of tests Rose record of being crowned Europe’s No 1 Heartache exploits of the county’s favourite – Page 16 England’s Luke Donald, one of golfer of the year. golfing son. Rose ‘I am really happy for Sergio. I the said: sport’s best-liked gentleman Tommy Fleetwood beat Rose to top spot in golfers, had undergo would love to betowearing the extensive Green Jacket This one’s for you, Seve: Garcia said it was ‘amazing’ to join his Spanish idols Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal as a Masters champion. Right, 2016Hampshire champion Danny Willett helps Garcia into the famous Green Jacket the season-long order of merit, the Race Room will be found for mementoes of the tests America buthospital if it wasn't me,inI am glad it after is him. He Jenny’s to Dubai, as Spain’s Jon Rahm won the the final round in Dubai, he came unstuck 2017 Masterschest to be pains. placed alongside those hassuffering had his share of heartache over the season finale Tour Championship in Dubai. with dropped shots on the 12th, 14th and of Rose’s U.S. Open triumph in 2013 and his lifetime years. have beenformer friendsworld for anumber long time The We 39-year-old 16th. Olympic Golf Gold. Rose, the 37-year-old North Hants player accolade – Page 16 and playing golf against one, a hugely popular each Ryderother Cup since we with a U.S. Open and Olympic gold already He was then in a bunker on the 17th but Hampshire’s Rose: Needed birdie on the 18th green to beat were 14 years old.return ‘ player, will not to action until fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, scored ‘only’ a birdie But while Rose was pipped at Augusta by on his CV, needed an eagle on the 18th hole splashed out to within inches of the hole, 2018. Was this Sergio Garcia, the inevitable disappointment to overtake Southport’s Fleetwood in the rescuing par. Then came the height of drama ‘We will get up tomorrow andTour he event, will be Donald entered in a PGA golf’s Fleetwood, whose final round included five for his fans was counterbalanced by a season-long order of merit. Agonisingly, it as he just could not conjure up an eagle at happy for a Classic month and thenIsland, golf will take the RSM in Sea Georgia bogeys, said: ‘It wasn’t pretty today, I didn’t display of skill and sportsmanship which was was a birdie. the last. worst over; will be unhappy for aEast month and golf but Iwas taken to South Georgia play how I’d like to and it just showed how a credit to both men, and to a sport which Rose was aiming for a third straight victory Rose, typically gracious, tweeted afterwards: injustice willBrunswick take over hospital. for me.’ tough golf is. It was difficult not to think still prides itself on honesty and fairness. on the European Tour after back-to-back ‘Wasn’t my day. Hats off to Tommy ever? He later said online: ‘Well that wasn’t about what Justin was doing. wins in China and Turkey, and had a oneFleetwood on a great year and Jon Rahm Rose, 36, a two-shot leadI had withinfive theheld finish my year Page 24 days Yes,quite the final roundtobetween these two Ryder shot lead overnight. In the lead for much of ‘He played amazing for –three-and-half winning today.’ holes to go butsome lost when Garcia birdied the mind!! Had chest pain last night Cup titans was bound to be emotional. Rose that back nine showed can be a first extra on Sunday.& it kept getting • PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made • THIS year’s Masters was the last for Hazeland Irving as the face of thegolf BBC’s intohole this morning wasand edging his way towards a second Major, tough and unfair game, but I’ll say it for a PLUS worse. the most of his first Augusta golf coverage. and Garcia was trying to secure his first on while that Race To Dubai champion is very, ‘I feel it issome a tournament I can stillI do 2 Course Reviews this month! experience. medical hadwell to in,’ the‘After very day which wouldadvice, have been the very cool. said Rose. ‘It's a course you can get to know • Irvine, above left, has stepped down after 25Bird yearsHills as a Golf golf presenter withdraw shipped offBallesteros. to the Centre and eight 60th birthday&ofwas his hero, Seve ‘It’s been a big year, baby Frankie and be competitive here for a long, long time.’ • The 22-year-old secured his place years as the corporation’s lead anchor for sport, although she will remainarriving the face hospital to get my heart looked at. page 14-15 safely and he’s great, I’m -going to get through victory in the British Amateur of snooker and host major events such as the Olympics. After 7 hours of tests all looks good But the overriding emotion for spectators of be played in teams of four (Men’s Ladies or Mixed) married in a couple of weeks. It has been the Rose, has tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up withwho my To heartfinished thankfully. the final round was the way these two best year of who myGolf lifejoins byClub anaabsolute mile. Romsey and now second in his last three Masters, with victory in the Georgia Cup over • rvine is handing over to Eilidh Barbour, above right, team that ‘A big thank youthe to fight. the staff at the Europeans fought Well played, Masters mate: At the end and US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was referring to 57-year-old American Fred includes Peter Alliss, Ken Brown and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the I’ve 19-22 played - page course, Rose and Garcia were South East Georgia Brunswick hospital on arrival, 18 holes of Golf andonathefantastic Includes Coffee prize ‘On the course has been great, sporting gentlemen and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship in May. some of the best golf of my career and done for taking goodthey carewere of me. Time rivals In the final round, toe-to-toe footage from previous Masters. 1992, who has had six top-20 finishes inALL his table. Open to Club Golfers with an active handicap. to put my feet up for a few weeks, things that I’ve never done before. Off the but not opponents, supremely competitive lastrecharge, seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf for BBC Radio 5 Live andI’misjust familiar sportsperson, fans so we’ll regroup and get ready for a course such to a happy yet gentlemanly, acknowledging each other’s • Scott’s rounds of 82 and 75 were as a reporter on Football Focus, Final Score, the Euro 2016 tournament and Cup big 2018.’ have to think of ways to better thisFAone.” skills with a knuckle-touch or a nod. not enough to avoid the cut but he ‘I felt in control all day,’ Rose added. games. She also fronts the BBC’s coverage of women’s football and women’s rugby. Donald is ranked 123 in the world Sergio Garcia was the only other player who racked up invaluable exposure as he ‘Sometimes the rub2017 of theatgreen is for younot and having started 81 and has could have taken the Race to Dubai title. The amazing victory qualification which started Rose’sfor latethe run in the Race to•Dubai, works towards Irvine said she wants to ‘re-align my on-air commitments around the changing sometimes it isn't. I hit a really good putt on 18 won on the PGA Tour since 2012. Testing new clubs, he finished fourth. the season-long tussle for the title of Europe’s No 1 golfer: See Page 24 • Turn to Page 4 next Walker Cup squad later this year. needs of my family’. in regulation and thought it was going in. I see myself having many more chances to come.’

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Sergio extends Now for Fifty Shades of Golf… Rushmore… ”A little corner of Heaven” reign in Spain

JUSTIN ROSE: ‘I AM REALLY HAPPY FOR SERGIO. I WOULD LOVE TO WEAR THE GREEN JACKET, BUT IF IT WASN’T ME, I AM GLAD IT IS HIM’

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Golf is being likened to another kind of ‘pastime’: spanking and bondage.

The Journal of Sexual Medicine suggests an emotional link between activitites such as golf and the bondage portrayed in the novel and film Fifty Shades of Grey

fun, an escape from the demands of everyday life, personal growth, improved relationships and selfexpression.’

And who can forget seeing Rose, statuesque With a book and film having pushed and dignified, giving Garcia the thumbs-up to Fifty Shades of Grey into mainstream Tournament host Sergio Garcia won the Andalucia acknowledge a great shot down the 18th? The researchers asked 935 people vocabulary, sociologists are claiming Valderrama Masters by one shot as he claimed the sixth They made us proud, both of them. who enjoyed BDSM how much they that a sadomasochistic relationship victory of his career on home soil. agreed the sex they had fell into helps develop personal skills and But the biggest bonus‘We wasare thatgood the win secured his friends Garcia said afterwards: categories similar to those of leisure creates a sense of adventure ‘the for next season. soEuropean we were Tour very card respectful of each other. We activities. The results show 91 per same as golf and other pastimes’. The reclassification, in the Journal of The cheering Spaniard, who won the Masters, were each other on. 2017 We wanted to carded a cent used personal skills, while 81 Researchers in the U.S. say their Sexual Medicine, follows the runaway finalthe round 67 tolose beatit.’Dutchman Joost per cent said they required special beat otherfour-under-par guy, not the other findings show ‘overwhelmingly’ success of Fifty Shades of Grey, the knowledge or abilities. Luiten. that BDSM (Bondage, Domination, bondage novel which was made into a Heartache Garcia’s one shot overnight lead was quickly wiped out As in their leisure pursuits, 90 per cent Submission and Masochism) produces Hollywood film in 2015. by England’s Daniel Brooks, but five birdies secured a said their bedroom activities gave them ‘a common leisure experience, similar Rose am season. really happy for Sergio. I Lead author Dr DJ Williams of Idaho a sense of freedom, while 99 per cent to people who enjoy golf, swimming third said: win of‘I the would love to be wearing the Green Jacket State University, ‘Achampion. few recent This one’s for you, Seve:and Garciaattending said it was ‘amazing’ to join events. his Spanish idols Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabalstates: as a Masters Right, 2016 champion Danny Willett helps Garcia famous Greenfelt Jacket received pleasure andinto91theper cent cultural Brooks finished four strokes further back in third. but if it wasn't me, I am glad it is him. He studies have suggested that BDSM a sense of adventure. Some 58 per ‘If it were not similar to such leisure Thehad result enough toover secure participation might provide important has his was sharegood of heartache the his European cent said it was a leisure activity, with pursuits, it would not include the words Tour card for next psychological and social benefits, such years. We have beenseason friendsbyformoving a long him timefrom 123rd to almost two-thirds saying it was at least ‘play’ and ‘games’. inside the top in theeach Race to Dubai. as feelings of pleasure or enjoyment, and playing golf100 against other since we recreational. Garcia Sky ‘All three of us [in the final were 14 told years old.Sports: ‘ group] played amazing. I want to dedicate this one to my will wifeget Angela and our and littlehe baby next year in ‘We up tomorrow willcoming be Marchfor- this one isand forthen them.’ happy a month golf will take over; I will unhappy for a month golfthree times in It was thebefirst time Garcia, 37, hasand won will take over for me.’ a single season, after his Masters triumph in April and victory in February’s Dubai Desert Classic. Rose, 36, held a two-shot lead with five Hampshire are the English Men’s holes to go but lost when Garcia birdied the left: That’s my boy! Hampshire’s County Champions – recapturing the is congratulated first extra hole on Sunday. • PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made • THIS year’s Masters was the last for Hazel Irving as the faceBilly ofMcKenzie the BBC’s by his dad (and caddy), Gavin. title after 21 years with top quality the most of his first Augusta golf coverage. Right, the winning Hampshire team golf at Trevose, Cornwall. team: back row, Matt Wilcox, ‘I feel it is a tournament I can still do well in,’ experience. Colin Roope, Mark Burgess and The last time they won was in 1996•when said Rose. ‘It's a course you can get to know Irvine, above left, has stepped down after 25 years as a golf Tom presenter eight Robson; frontand row: Billy Martin Young Justin Rose was inhistheir team. It’s been and be competitive here for a long, long time.’ • The 22-year-old secured place years as the corporation’s lead anchor for sport, although sheMcKenzie, will remain theand face Ryan Harmer. (Images copyright a longinroad to the top in countyofgolf through victory the back British Amateur snooker and host major events such as the Olympics. Leaderboard Photography) be played in teams of four (Men’s or Mixed) – especially forwarmed playingLadies captain Rose, who To has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had up Martin has just completed and now second in his last three Masters, with victoryYoung in thewho Georgia Cup over his eighth • rvine is handing over to Eilidh Barbour, above right, who joins a team that share the point providing Hampshire’s cup to set up a birdie and a 1up win. County Finals. US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was referring to 57-year-old American Fred includes Alliss, Ken Brownprize and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the Includes Coffee on arrival, 18 holes of Golf andInPeter a fantastic winning half to secure the title. Sergio Garcia: Dedicated win to ‘my wife Angela and our little baby coming next year’ the singles,inRobson and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship May. delivered the News of the victory filtered back to Young ‘I knew everyone was well up so it made team’s first point on the 14th green and footage from Masters. 1992, whotable. has had six Open top-20 finishes his toinALL Club Golfers with an handicap. asprevious Tom Robson, Ryan Harmer and active Billy it easier coming to down the stretch,’ commented: ‘It’s my fourth County Finals last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf for BBC Radio 5 Live and is familiar sports fans said McKenzie delivered the crucial 2.5 points McKenzie. ‘But getting the winning half in five years and this means everything.’ • Scott’s rounds 82 and 75 were as a reporter on Football Focus, Final Score, the Euro 2016 tournament and FA Cup in the of singles to take the team over the point is fantastic, especially against Jack not enough line. to avoid the cutand butColin he Roope made ‘I felt in control all day,’ Rose added. games. She fronts the BBC’s Matt Wilcox Ryanalso Harmer quickly followedcoverage him with of women’s football and women’s rugby. who is a great player. I’ve had a good racked up invaluable exposure as hewhen they ‘Sometimes the rub of the green is for you and it even better for Hampshire a grandstand finish against England week, but it’s just great that can play my works towards the a 6.5-2.5 around theI changing • Irvine said she wants to ‘re-align sometimes it isn't. I hit a really good putt on 18 won qualification their games to for complete international Gian-Marco Petrozzimy onon-air the commitments part for the team.’ next Walkerwin Cup squad later this– year. my family’. in regulation and thought it was going in. I see over Staffordshire and give theneeds of18th. Harmer had been two up with four myself having many more chances to come.’ Wilcox was Hampshire’s biggest points team a complete set of three wins in the to play, was pulled back to all square by scorer with five wins from six starts, championship. Staffordshire birdies on 15 and 17 - but Darren Walkley, James Cook and James Ablett returned while McKenzie and Robson both had 4.5 holed a 20-footer on the last for birdie Young confessed to tears as he played cards of three-under par 69 to tie for victory in the repoints from six games. and a 1up win. the 17th and he was uncharacteristically arranged Waterlooville Pro-Am. In the other match Somerset were speechless afterwards, although he McILROY a Green that he in tears McIlroy has also will make some After the original August date was abandoned due RORY to I was playing therevealed 17th. he determined to giveequipment themselveschanges every did dreamed say: ‘This isofsowinning weird. I am so Jacket “ his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters including playing with a ball: ‘I that torrential rain, Waterlooville Golf Club and The PGAcould in wear atunbelievably chance of an outsidedifferent win. They knew happy.’ This is so weird. I am so thought my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, England (South) managed to reschedule the tournament if Hampshire were beaten the result would unbelievably happy.” McIlroy, who has just signed Advantage a new £89million deal with Nike, will very inconsistent. So there's be onedecided thing I on willcountback change and try toset out for October with all 40 teams completing their rounds. so they - Playing captainwork Martin Young, His team, however, had a lot more to wed American fiancé Erica Stoll, a USPGA worker. on.’ to amass as many points as possible and The bonus for the three winners was that each took home completing his eighth County Finals say about the win, fashioned in grim they beat Northumberland 7-2. They were a handsome cheque for £933. conditions of wind whichsogave The deal with Nike is for 10 years asfoursomes Nike has stopped making He secured another top ten finishand at rain, Augusta, must wait again for 2-1 upand, in the and dropped just Ablett’s card was the cleanest with four birdies anda just Hetosaid: ‘This isclubs incredible, something them victory. and balls, it lets McIlroy’s negotiate equipment chance to win thetheir one much-prized Major title eluding him as he seeks oneteam singles point, towith Northumberland’s the one dropped shot. Walkley was three-under at become the turn the first European to complete a career Grand Slam. we have all wanted for so long. We moment, have companies. At the McIlroy using Callaway drivers and Matthewis McClean. In the end it wasn’t They went into the final day knowing a and leading the field on four-under after the 11th. 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The hole is was founded on land Rose, 36, heldina 1907. two-shot leadoriginally with fiveleased from Lord the river and the mountains as a backdrop, with the ruins of a dogleg that requires a well placed drive and it is possible Bradford, wealthy local landowner. The the first course was holes to goabut lost when Garcia birdied Dinas Bran Castle high on the skyline. The club was founded to cut the corner to shorten the second into the green. 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The opening par five looks to be a gentle introduction, The final port of call was over the•border into Wales,left, andhas stepped down after 25 years as a golf presenter and eight in 1925 new ring and the course was said Rose.when ‘It's aa course youroad canwas get built to know Irvine, above but it needs a good drive and an equally good second to set the picturesque town of Llangollen, renowned the forced to relocate. here The new and be competitive for aMackenzie long, long layout time.’ finally•opened The 22-year-old secured his place years as theforcorporation’s lead anchor for sport, although she will remain the face up the approach over the pond to the green. The signature Eisteddfodd. It was a short ride toofthesnooker charmingand Valehost of major events such as the Olympics. for play in 1930. With superb greens and a well manicured through victory in the British Amateur hole is the 9th, a long par four that follows the river, and will To bewellplayed in of four (Men’s Ladies orforMixed) Rose, who has finished tiedworth second, 10th Championship , and had up famed Llangollen inwarmed Denbighshire, it’s inland waterways course, this a course seeking out,teams and the test every player, with a tricky green waiting when you get and now second in his Masters, thethe Georgia Cup over • rvinewhite is handing majestic Pontcysyllte Aquaduct, water over to Eilidh Barbour, above right, who joins a team that welcome will make thelast day three the more enjoyable. with victory inwith there.and There are other fine holes, the par 5 15th, the at 16th amateur champion Curtis Luck – Golf was referring to 57-year-old American Fred on US Alliss, Ken Brown Andrew Cotter. She will make her and debut the canoeing, the steam railway to theincludes Horseshoe and Falls, Includes Coffee arrival, 18 holes of andPeter aPassfantastic prize The next stop was at Wrekin Golf Club, and a visit that which returns along the banks of the river, with a chance to and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship in May. and the sheer beauty of the Dee valley with the backdrop of was for mehas a welcome reminder of the first time I played glance across to see the abundant birdlife, the lucky few may footage from previous Masters. 1992, who had six Open top-20 finishes inALL his table. to Club Golfers withThean the Berwyn Mountains. golf active club nestles athandicap. the bottom at the club, an undulating downland course set high on sparkling kingfisher his lunch. The finish last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf forspot BBCa Radio 5 Live and isafter familiar to sports fansis one to the Wrekin Hill overlooking the County of Shropshire.• As Scott’s rounds of 82 and 75 were remember, a parthe three with2016 a wicked green, especially under as a reporter on Football Focus, Final Score, Euro tournament and FA Cup enough to avoid the cut but he yourall way up Rose the drive through an avenue ofnot trees the watchful eyes of membersfootball in the bar. most enjoyable ‘Iyou felt wind in control day,’ added. games. She also fronts the BBC’s coverage of women’s andAwomen’s rugby. racked up invaluable exposure as he to the clubhouse, aregreen met with ‘Sometimes the rubyou of the is fortranquillity you and and simply course with excellent greens and views to remember. works • Irvine said she wants to ‘re-align my on-air commitments around the changing sometimes isn't. IAlthough hit a reallyit is good wonderful itviews. laidputt out on 18 the hillside, the towards qualification for the needs of my family’. incourse regulation thought as it was going in.hilly, I seebecausenext is notand perceived particularly it hasWalker Cup squad later this year. myself many more chances to come.’ gentlehaving undulations, and the downhill holes are where the elevation change is more severe. At just 5570 yards it is not long but significantly it has no par fives, and there are six par 3’s, and though some of them are short (the 2nd is just 119 yards) they all need care from the tee. The 7th is the RORY McILROY dreamed of winning a Green Jacket that he McIlroy has also revealed he will make some equipment changes signature hole and is one to pop into the memory bank, aptly could wear at his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters - including playing with a different ball: ‘I called The Pulpit; it is played from a high tee to a fairway that thought my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, drops down to the green 192 yards away. The finishing holes McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal with Nike, will very inconsistent. So there's one thing I will change and try to provide the best views, in particular the 13th, a high tee with wed American fiancé Erica Stoll, a USPGA worker. work on.’

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A copy of this and my previous articles for the same price you pay for the set when you my web site: madetomeasuregolf.co.uk with a ball Iyou fit your ‘Ipin feelbowling it is a tournament cancouldn’t still do well in,’ experience. walk into the store, you could have one made fingers in ‘It's but athecourse problem said Rose. youwith can golf get toclubs knowis • Irvine, above left, has stepped down after 25 years as a golf presenter and eight for you that fits. I think anyone would wait thatbethey don’t givehere youfor thisa kind obvious and competitive long,oflong time.’ • The 22-year-old secured his place years as the corporation’s lead anchor for sport, although she will remain the face a week or two to receive clubs that might feedback. If you are tall and play stock clubs through victory in the British Amateur of snooker and host major events such as the Olympics. take 3-7 strokes off their game overnight. you simply bend down played further and wonder be in teams of four (Men’s Ladies or Mixed) Rose, who To has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up Unfortunately, the golf media has long been whynow yoursecond back hurts. youthree slice Masters, all the time and in hisIflast with victory in the Georgia Cup over • rvine is handing over to Eilidh Barbour, above right, who joins a team that focused on club reviews rather than club yourreferring mind andto body try to compensate for a US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was 57-year-old American Fred includes Alliss, Ken Brownprize and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the but the simple is that all the Includes Coffee onfitting, arrival, 18factholes ofmajor Golf andPeter a fantastic problemwinner that may be equipment and by watching of YouTubeThe Couples, of well the Green Jacket inrelated – manufacturers PGA Championship in May. makehours good equipment. and since the is largely counterfootage from previous 1992, whotable. hasgolf hadswing six Open top-20 finishes inALL his trouble is that each club is Masters. top quality but an active handicap. to Club Golfers with intuitive, this “compensation” usually makes last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf for BBC Radio 5 Live and is familiar to sports fans sadly it doesn’t match the other clubs in the problem worse. 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Here’s the problem hype. golfers clubslater because their nextMany Walker Cupbuy squad this year. needs of my family’. in regulation and thought it was going in.inI asee nutshell: All golf clubs have five key variables, pro idol plays the brand, as if there were myself having many more chances to come.’ lie angle, loft, shaft length, shaft flex, and grip similarities in the skill levels and swings. But size. When you buy off the rack golf clubs – it is not a level playing field, the reality is that which the vast majority of golfers do – they most Tour players have a mixed bag: wedges typically come set up as follows: averagefrom one manufacturer, a driver from another, average-average-average-average. The a different hybrid, dreamed a putter form another. a Green Jacket that he RORY McILROY of winning McIlroy has also revealed he will make some equipment changes chances that you are so perfectly average in The only constant is that none of them are could wear at his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters - including playing with a different ball: ‘I every way is minuscule. It’s akin to taking the off the shelf, they are all custom fitted and thought my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, national averages for waist size, inner leg, custom made. Even when they are sponsored McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal with Nike, will very inconsistent. So there's one thing I will change and try to shoe size, collar, chest, and sleeve length and need to play one brand, there is a long American fiancé Erica Stoll, a USPGA worker. work on.’ buying a full suit and outfit and expecting it to wed history of them decorating clubs from other fit everyone. It doesn’t. I’ve written on custom manufacturers they prefer to look like the The deal with Nike is for 10 years and, as Nike has stopped making He secured tenBear finish at Augusta, club fitting golf more than 15 years and ones they areanother paid totop play. in mind the so must wait again for clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment anormal chance to win the one Major title eluding him as he seeks to talked about it with many people in the golf professional stipulates that the pro companies. At the moment, McIlroy is using Callaway drivers and become the first European to complete a career Grand Slam. industry and everyone agrees that the vast has to have a minimum of 10 clubs out of the irons, Titleist wedges and ball and a Scotty Cameron putter. majority of all golfers play with equipment that 14 manufactured by the sponsor. doesn’t fit them, the most popular estimate McIlroy revealed that he had dreamed of standing at the wedding Besides the fact that most stock clubs of those that do is less than ten percent. One ceremony in one of the most famous jackets on the planet: ‘It would Each would obviously like the world No.2 to endorse their products. won’t work for you and you need to get seasoned club fitter told me that 97% of the have been nice to walk down the aisle in the Green Jacket. Would I However, without a logo allowed on his Nike cap or clothes these professionally fitted, there are a couple of golfing public routinely plays with clubs that have done that? Oh yeah, if the members would have allowed me. If Mr could lead to complex arrangements. other factors at play which most recreational don’t fit. When you are trying to hit the ball on Payne (Augusta chairman) would have allowed me. We're very excited. golfers overlook. How many people do you a sweet spot that is minuscule to begin with, It's a great time in our lives and it's all about that over the next couple Nike said they were stopping making equipment in a competitive know that have had a putter fitting? This is playing shafts that are a half-inch too long or of weeks and I'll come back at the Players Championship refreshed and marketplace in which it only managed to secure nine per cent share far less common than simple custom club short will make this nearly impossible. If you afitting, married manisand start a new chapter in my despite the patronage of Tiger Woods and McIlroy. which uncommon to begin with, yet life.’

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thought my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, very inconsistent. So there's one thing I will change and try to work on.’ The deal with Nike is for 10 years and, as Nike has stopped making clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment companies. At the moment, McIlroy is using Callaway drivers and irons, Titleist wedges and ball and a Scotty Cameron putter.

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The 23-year-old Walker Cup player, pictured left, has won the European Golf Association’s gold medal after finishing first in the 2017 rankings, JUSTIN ROSE: ‘I AM REALLY HAPPY FOR SERGIO. I WOULD LOVE TO WEAR THE GREEN JACKET, BUT IF IT WASN’T ME, I AM GLAD IT IS HIM’ ahead of Scotland’s Connor Syme and Germany’s Maximilian Schmitt. Gregory, from Corhampton Golf Club in Droxford, Southampton, commented: ‘Any time you can top an order of merit it shows that you have • From Page 3 performed consistently and for me that’s what it’s about. If I can top an order of merit every year of my career I will be a very successful player. For And who can forget seeing Rose, statuesque me, this is of the same importance as winning the England Golf Order of and dignified, giving Garcia the thumbs-up to Merit in 2016, it says you have performed consistently and it’s a great way acknowledge a great shot down the 18th? to sign off an amateur career, together with the Walker Cup.’ Ask any golf club member or official about the They made us proud, both of them. secret of keeping members and you may receive Gregory spent his last three years as an amateur as a member of England aGarcia wholesaid range of answers. Golf training squads and this period coincided with a series of individual afterwards: ‘We are good friends and team triumphs. Now for EnglandofGolf, so wea new werereport very respectful eachcalled other. We Valuing Your Customers, hason. setWe outwanted the toptosix were cheering each other Among them was his win in the 2016 Amateur Championship, which gave ways a happy, beat of theachieving other guy, not thecontented other loseand it.’ local him places in The Open, the Masters and the U.S. Open. He also helped membership. England to win silver medals in World and European team championships and he represented GB&I in the 2017 Walker Cup. Heartache The findings, from Manchester Metropolitan University, will be used to help golf clubs Gregory turned professional at the end of the amateur season and Rose said:their ‘I ambusiness really happy for Sergio. strengthen by retaining their I remarked: ‘It’s been an incredible journey and I was fortunate enough would love to be wearing Jacket Olazabal Masters champion. Right, Danny WillettEngland helps GarciaGolf. The into the famous Green Jacket members. They’ll be sharedthebyGreen England Golf’s This one’s for you, Seve: Garcia said it was ‘amazing’ to join his Spanish idols Seve Ballesteros and JosetoMaria spend myas alast three years as2016 an champion amateur with but if it wasn't me, I am glad it is him. He club support network, together with a specially support, coaching and guidance I have received has been incredible has had his share heartache over which the produced video andofother resources and I know it stands all of us in good stead when we make the switch years. haveidentify been friends for a long time will helpWe clubs and provide the golfing to the paid ranks. I would like to say thank you to England Golf for and playingtheir golf members against each other since we experience want. all of their hard work and belief in me over the past three years. were 14 years old. ‘ Even having left the system I will continue to keep a close eye on how the The report makes the point that it costs less to team does and wish everyone the very best.’ retain a member than to attract a new one and it ‘We will get up tomorrow and he will be highlights six ways to keep members happy: Nigel Edwards, England Golf Performance Director, said: ‘I am delighted for Hampshire and England’s Scott Gregory happy for a month and then golf will take Scott. He has been an excellent member of the England squads and teams has bowed out of his spectacular amateur •over; OfferI will enjoyment and engagement be unhappy for a month and golf over recent years. He will look back on his amateur career with great fondness career as Europe’s number one player. take over for me.’ •will Provide a unique ethos and atmosphere and we wish him every success in his career as a professional golfer.’ •C reate a great customer experience from the Rose, 36, held two-shot lead with five car park to thea bar holes to go but lost when Garcia birdied the •first A warm which extends far beyond a extra welcome hole on Sunday. • PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made • THIS year’s Masters was the last for Hazel Irving as the face of the BBC’s ‘meet and greet’ the most of his first Augusta golf coverage. •‘I P feel articipation options forI can all, from to it is a tournament still donovice well in,’ experience. experienced said Rose. ‘It'splayer a course you can get to know • Irvine, above left, has stepped down after 25 years as a golf presenter and eight be competitive here forinvolved a long,long-term long time.’ • The 22-year-old secured his place years as the corporation’s lead anchor for sport, although she will remain the face •and Ways to keep members through victory in the British Amateur of snooker and host major events such as the Olympics. It also offersTo ideasbe for clubs to consider which played in teams of four (Men’s Ladies or Mixed) Rose, who has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up will customise their approach to members. These and now second in his last three Masters, with victory in the Georgia Cup over • rvine is handing over to Eilidh Barbour, above right, who joins a team that could include becoming a female-friendly club US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was referring to 57-year-old American Fred includes Alliss, Ken Brownprize and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the Includes Coffee arrival, 18 holes of Golf andPeter a fantastic or offering alternative formats which could be on and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship in May. welcomed by beginners, older players and those footage from previous Masters. 1992, whotable. has had six Open top-20 finishes his toinALL Club Golfers with handicap. Florida Circuit Judge Sandra Bosso-Pardo Police dashcam footage of Woods’ 29 Tiger Woods has been sentenced to a an year’s active who are short of time. last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf for BBC Radio 5 Live and is familiar to sports fans told him: ‘This particular plea agreement May arrest showed the golfer swaying and probation after pleading guilty to reckless Report author Dr Chris Mackintosh said: • Scott’s rounds of 82 and 75 were as a reporter on Football Focus, Final Score, the Euro 2016 tournament and FA Cup has no jail time. However, if you violate your slurring his words as he interacted with driving and now has a three-month jail ‘Members are the lifeblood of any club and not enough to avoid the cut but he ‘I felt in control all day,’ Rose added. games. She also fronts the BBC’s coverage of women’s football and women’s rugby. officers near his home in Jupiter, Florida. He sentence hanging over his head. retention really matters. The evidence says that racked up invaluable exposure as he ‘Sometimes the rub of the green is for you and insisted that alcohol was not a factor, ifsometimes golf clubs itcan be more diverse, more open and works towardsMajor qualification the in • Irvine said she wants to ‘re-align my on-airlater The 14-time winner wasforarrested commitments around the changing isn't. I hit a really good putt on 18 which the toxicology test showed to be true. embrace a friendly culture more people will stay next Walker Cup squad this year. May after officers foundlater him slumped at the needs of my family’. in regulation and thought it was going in. I see inmyself the game and we will grow the sport.’ He blamed his disorientated condition on an wheel of his parked Mercedes-Benz not far having many more chances to come.’ unexpected reaction to the combination of from his Florida home. 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The AsMcILROY part of a recent plea bargain, the a Green Jacket that he ‘There’s another great benefit because we find RORY could wear at his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters including playing with a different ball: ‘I incident sparked accusations of extramarital 41-year-old is required to attend a drug that clubs which have an excellent relationship thought my golf ball this week doing weird things in the wind, affairswas which led to the end of his seventreatment programme and undergo drug with existing members, will improve their McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal with Nike, will very inconsistent. So there's one thing I will change and try to Tiger Woods arriving at court: He must undergo a drug year marriage and the loss of lucrative testing. 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Will they be demoralised if they saiddifferences Rose. ‘It's abetween course you can get starting to know • Irvine, above hasMatchplay stepped format down after 25 years as a golf presenter and eight someone important to have a good day out with mates Cuddington in a 6left, person slide towards a 54 handicap, something quite possible if they continue to andout beplaying competitive long, long time.’ on•a The 22-year-old secured years as the corporation’s lead anchor for sport, although she will remain the face golfhere and for an aexperienced pleasant but forgiving course.his place on the Morgado course. It was a tough play in our numerous qualifiers with our continuous handicap reviews? Or, through victory in the British Amateur of snooker and host major events such as the Olympics. golfer in their twilight golfing years. match with some fantastic golf. Romsey will they simply fromin clubteams events andof play four casually (Men’s with friends be withdraw played Ladies or Mixed) Rose, who To has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up Beginners can sometimes struggle with triumphed with a 4-2 win. this won’t help to engage golfers! andFornow secondnewbies in his last with victory the Georgia • rvine is handing over to Eilidh Barbour, above right, who joins a team that instance, arethree keen Masters, to play as long carries and in dog-legs due toCup over •referring On golf a practical note, 54 handicappers could slow down the paceCurtis of golf, US amateur champion Luck – wasmuch to 57-year-old American Fred includes Alliss, Ken Brown and as possible so they’ll play in any inexperience and misjudgement. Sadly, Includes Coffee on arrival,of18 holes of Golf and a fantastic prize Day 2 sawPeter Romsey v Bothwell Castle in a Andrew Cotter. 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Barbour hasThis covered looking a bitcould dodgytake and aare more and just distance. of• their group! meantgolf that for theyBBC onlyRadio 5 Live and is familiar to sports fans still be within guidelines! if 4 x 54 handicappers • Scott’s rounds of 82 and played 75 were as a reporter on Football Focus, Final than happy to whileCongu away time in the Worse still, needed a draw in the final group match toScore, the Euro 2016 tournament and FA Cup COULD asby. long as 5.6 hours just toare play their shots! if notgolfers enough to avoid the cutThen but he ‘I felt intogether controluntil allit day,’ Rosetake added. games. clubhouse the clouds pass New pretty naïve when it comes qualify forShe the also final.fronts the BBC’s coverage of women’s football and women’s rugby. you include to management physically walk fromgradually each racked up invaluable as he ‘Sometimes the rub approximately of the green is for12youminutes and atohole course butexposure they teebeginners toit tee, along the on way, the oddtowards bunker stand works qualification for the • Irvine said she wants to ‘re-align sometimes isn't.find I hit aballs really good putt 18 rakelearn When initially enter competitions where to place(or thetwo) ball, and nevertheless, Day 3, Romsey v Pyle & Kenfig was to bemy on-air commitments around the changing around waiting for others to take their shots, then you’re probably looking next Cupbullish squadand later this year. needs of my family’. in regulation andthey thought was going in.toI see they realise need itmore lessons they tendWalker to remain optimistic Romsey's finest performance with a 5-1 athaving adding another 216 minutes, makingeven it a when 5 hourthey round! I thought myself many moreThe chances to come.’ improve their scores. difference with are in…and deep trouble. Yourmake perfect winter mats, no temporary greensThere was victory! They the final againstvenue… the other nointo the team at the last minute. thegolfers aim was to speed up developed the pace of golf. older is they’ve already However, senior golfers know precisely group winners Beadlow Manor from England. not a lot Romsey's Josh Hannam could do the techniques but the it’s just a question placegolfers, the ball,after evenallif they and the match went to Beadlow Manor to There’s no doubt game urgently of needs towhere attracttomore the can’t whether their hips, knees or shoulders will always reach it, or see it! They’re So it was to be an all England affair with halve the match 3-3. average age of a UK golfer in 2014 who played weekly was 63 - it’s probably even cope with the challenge. experienced and realistic enough to know if neither team expected to make it past the older today. The question is whether the option of a 54 handicap will pull in more RORY McILROY dreamed ofit’s winning a Green Jacket that he McIlroy has also revealed he will makethe some equipmentrules changes group stage. Unfortunately tournaments state golfers, bearing in mind many younger peoplethey’ve don’t just haveplayed a lot ofa lousy spareshot leisure time, could wear at his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters - that including playing with a different ball: ‘I will Initially, as a beginner, it can be difficult probably unrecoverable and the chance of if a Match is halved then the winner prefer to play golf with their mates (when it’s convenient to them) and don’t view club thought my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, trying to remember how many shots you’ve scoring is pretty remote. The final was held on the Morgado course be decided on the number of holes won. membership as good value. They’re also aware of alternative, more convenient and McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal with Nike,Manor will took very inconsistent. So there's one thing I will change and try to taken – let’s face it, multi-tasking is tricky and Beadlow an early lead on cheaper activities such as cycling etc. wed American Erica aStoll, USPGA work when you’re so focused on striking and Beginners soon fiancé understand goodapart of worker. the front 9. Things changed onon.’ the back Beadlow Manor were to crowned champions tracking the ball. Interestingly, it’s not the pleasure of golf is about friendship but Let’s just hope the impending R&A 2019, nine with Romsey's Owen Grimes bringing in as they won 10-7 on countback. Romsey The dealNicholsonwith Nike is forwere 10 years as Nike making He the secured top appreciates ten finish atthe Augusta, sothe must for by George uncommon elderly golfers to also of it’s senioranother golfer who world-wideforchanges takes account firstwait win,again followed guttedand, as they losthas on astopped technicality. clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment a chance to win the one Major title eluding him as he seeks to ‘mislay’ the odd shot due to short term ‘good feel’ factor of the constant cracks what potential golfers really want, Jack with a nail biting win on the last, companies. At the moment, is using Callaway driversdid and become the first European to regardless complete a career Romsey Grand Slam. memory loss. with a bunch of fellow golfers, otherwise it could be a case of 2up. This McIlroy was a great match and Romsey irons, Titleist wedges and ball and a Scotty Cameron putter. of how dire they play. ‘square pegs and round holes’. themselves proud as runners up. They never McIlroy revealed that he had dreamed of standingBeadlow at the wedding When you’re fresh into golf, you’re keen to Manor came back with winning the lost a match the whole week, the only team © Claire Kane 2017even if you don’t ‘It would with some Eachstunning would obviously worldthis. No.2 to endorse their products. onethat of the most famous planet: sign up for any games, Itceremony just showsinyou regardless of yourjackets age, on the next two matches golf, like to the achieve have been nice walkhuge down aisle in the Green Jacket. Would I However, without a logo allowed on his Nike cap or clothes these have a clue what you’re entering, or who the benefits of golfto are forthe everyone. now all square. It was down to theManager last two & Professional Golf have done that? Oh yeah, if the members would have allowed me. If Mr could lead to complex arrangements. you’re playing with. Whereas the wiser, older matches, and Romseys Aaron Danson took No one expected a small club to do so well Payne (Augusta chairman) would have allowed me. very excited. golfer chooses carefully to avoid slogging Tel:a draw 01597 info@lwgc.co.uk theWe're next match making most 822 likely. 247 and to be the second best team in the Uk is It's a great time in our lives©and it's allKane about that over the next couple Nike said they were stopping making equipment a competitive Claire over long courses, through soggy meadows quite an achievement. 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has nineteen. Each has a distinct and descriptive name, and La Vallee and Les Orchides need no translation. The houses are built of Douglas Fir, each has a balcony and all have superb Rose, 36, held a two-shot lead with five views across the golf course and the surrounding countryside, some have the bedrooms holes to go but lost when Garcia birdied the so that the lounge room enjoyIrving the better view. Each has it’s first extra hole on Sunday. • PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made •downstairs, THIS year’s Masters was and the dining last for Hazel as the face of hamlet the BBC’s own swimming pool, and some of the larger ones have two, ideal to wallow and relax after a the most of his first Augusta golf coverage. dayit visit to play golf atI can the still Souillac Golfin,’and Country Club was sufficient to whet the appetite round of golf, or just to lie and read in the sunshine. The hamlets are set away from the central ‘I Afeel is a tournament do well experience. andRose. for us‘It's to plan a return a stay in one of the delightful Scandinavian cabins. the stepped reception down area and the 25 clubhouse, swimming pool and restaurant. said a course you visit can to getenjoy to know •complex, Irvine, which abovehouses left, has after years as a golf presenter and eight Theberesort is a short drive thelong towntime.’ of Souillac,• and the evening,secured if you arehis notplace dining and competitive here for from a long, Thein22-year-old years as the corporation’s lead anchor for sport, although she will remain theitface The region to the South of Souillac is quite spectacular, there are so many magical sights, on site, there are numerous restaurants which are first class,victory offeringinexcellent service, a wide through the British Amateur of snooker and host major events such as the Olympics. is impossible not to stop to take in the views. The Chateau at Bonaguil, will create images of be played in teams four (Men’s Ladies Mixed) Rose, who has finished tiedcooked second, Championship , and had warmed up choice of To food, beautifully and10th presented, with wineof of quality to match, and very good ormedieval knights and jousting. The vista from the clifftop looking towards Rocamadour is hard and nowtoo. second in his last three Masters, in theand Georgia Cup over is •torvine is handing overcan to Eilidh above right, whoplace joins team value The medieval town of Sarlat , featured in with manyvictory period films TV programmes, describe, a photograph scarcelyBarbour, convey what a spectacular thisa is, one that of the US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was referring to 57-year-old American Fred includes Peter Alliss, Ken Brown and Andrew Cotter. She will make her at the a short drive away, and it is aCoffee hotspot for visitors, with that comes Includes onandarrival, 18a bewildering holeschoice of ofGolf a fantastic mostand visited towns in France, linked prize to the pilgrim route. The task of building high ondebut the cliffs and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship in May. great restaurants, patisserie shops and tearooms waiting to be sampled. would daunt builders of today. Then to return to the country club, to settle into a beautifully footage from previous Masters. 1992, whotable. has had six Open top-20 finishes his toinALL Club Golfers with an active handicap. equipped house, made from Douglas fir, and overlooking the golf course. With a quality bottle last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf for BBC Radio 5 Live and is familiar to sports fans of wine open and to sample, of athe perfect • Scott’s rounds of 82 and 75 were as a reporter on ready Football Focus,description Final Score, Euroday. 2016 tournament and FA Cup

Only £60 per team not enough to avoid the cut but he racked up invaluable exposure as he works towards qualification for the next Walker Cup squad later this year.

There areShe other finefronts courses games. also thewithin BBC’sa short coverage of women’s football and women’s rugby. drive for those who like a little variety, there my on-air commitments around the changing •is Irvine saidLimousin she wants to ‘re-align a regional Golf Pass, which gives needs my family’. access of to nine courses including nearby Golf de la Porcelaine, Limoges St Lazarre and Aubazine Golf du Coiroux. For non golfers there are special attractions, with wine tasting, gourmet cooking and photography, I could be a candidate for all of them. We are already planning a RORY McILROY dreamed of winning a Green Jacket that he McIlroy has also revealed he will make some equipment changes return in the late Spring of 2018 to enjoy the could wear at his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters - including playing with a different ball: ‘I personalised service, peace and quite, and the thought my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, The accommodation is a delight, and after a good nights sleep, there can be nothing more beautiful surroundings. For those tempted toSo dothere's one thing I will change and try to McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal with Nike, will very inconsistent. rewarding than hearing the dawn chorus which greets the day, to stretch out to the balcony likewise, there will be nothing to disappoint. wed American fiancé Erica Stoll, a USPGA worker. work on.’ with a steaming cup of coffee, looking out over the course, dew still lying on the fairways, and Michael Rees to ponder the golf for the day. The deal with Nike is for 10 years and, as Nike has stopped making He secured another top ten finish at Augusta, so must wait again for The course at Souillac is a very real test, it was originally only sixthe holeone layout, thattitle was then him as he seeks to clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment a chance to awin Major eluding extended to nine holes by Jeremy Pern, and finallybecome made into eighteentoholes of today. companies. At the moment, McIlroy is using Callaway drivers and the the firstfull European complete a career Grand Slam. A glance at the card could lull you into thinking this might be a stroll with a few clubs, it is irons, Titleist wedges and ball and a Scotty Cameron putter. comparatively short at 4465 metres (4885 yards),McIlroy and the par fours good drive and revealed thatonly he ahad dreamed of standing at the wedding Each would obviously like the world No.2 to endorse their products. ceremony in one of for thethis most jackets on the planet: ‘It would a short iron. However, it does not take long for a revision in thinking, is afamous tight, well been nice Too to walk the inaisle the Green Jacket. Would I However, without a logo allowed on his Nike cap or clothes these designed course that demands the best in coursehave management. longdown and you theinoak haveout, done Oh the yeah, if the members would have allowed me. If Mr could lead to complex arrangements. trees, wrong side of the fairway and you are blocked so that? bringing knowledge of our last (Augusta chairman) would allowed me. We're very excited. visit to bear, it was a very different approach fromPayne the first tee. None of the first threehave holes It's a great time in our lives and it's all about Nike said they were stopping making equipment in a competitive is over 300 metres, but each leaves no margin for error. The fourth is the only par 5, but the that over the next couple of weeks and I'll come back at the Players Championship refreshed and marketplace in which it only managed to secure nine per cent share drive is over a lake to a narrow landing area, then a severe climb up the valley to an elevated a married man and start a new chapter in my life.’ despite the patronage of Tiger Woods and McIlroy.

‘I felt in control all day,’ Rose added. ‘Sometimes the rub of the green is for you and sometimes it isn't. I hit a really good putt on 18 in regulation and thought it was going in. I see myself having many more chances to come.’

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David Francis Marr Jnr was born and raised in Texas, a state which has produced some of the great And who can forget seeing Rose,game statuesqueof golf, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson to name just two of those who will spring to characters of the and dignified, giving Garcia the thumbs-up to mind. Dave Marr acknowledge a great shot downwould the 18th? not be considered in that category, but he attained his position in the Legends They made us proud, both of them. with two different facets of his life. First as a very accomplished golfer, if, even by his own admission, ‘We are good Garcia said afterwards: he did not achieve asfriends much as his game promised. Despite that he was a major champion winning the so we wereTuesday very respectful of each other. We October— Scramble 24th USPGA a on. Ryder Cup were cheeringtitle, each other We wanted to player, and Captain of the greatest team of American golfers ever assembled. beat the other guy, not probably the other lose it.’more importantly for the impact his contribution made was as a golf commentator, Second and 21st whichTuesday he took to when he November—Bowmaker gave up competitive golf in 1970. Heartache

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a long putt from the hole. His putt shaved the hole and They duly thrashed Europe by nine points, but it was a match His schooldays at happy St Thomas High inI Houston, where Rose said: ‘I amwere really for Sergio. finished dead. Dave Marr duly holed his five footer, to win by that saw the beginnings of change, and Dave Marr was he was Captain of the golf team, then at the University of would love to be wearing the Green Jacket This one’s for you, Seve: Garcia said it was ‘amazing’ to join his Spanish idols Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal as a Masters champion. Right, 2016 champion Danny Willett helps Garcia into the famous Green Jacket two shots and enter the register of major champions. recognised a gracious and well liked Captain. Houston. In 1953 at the age of 19, he left college and turned but if it wasn't me, I am glad it is him. He professional, starting his golf career at Westwood Country has had his share of heartache over the Club inWe New Jersey. short time joined Claude years. have beenAfriends for alater longhetime Harmon at Winged Foot Golf Mamaroneck New York, and playing golf against eachClub, otherinsince we where14heyears began to ‘blossom. were old.

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‘We will get up tomorrow and he will be happy for a month and then golf will take over; I will be unhappy for a month and golf will take over for me.’

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Rose, 36, held a two-shot lead with five holes to go but lost when Garcia birdied the first extra hole on Sunday.

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• THIS year’s Masters was the last for Hazel Irving as the face of the BBC’s golf coverage.

• Irvine, above left, has stepped down after 25 years as a golf presenter and eight Golfanchor was far for fromsport, the whole of Daveshe Marr’s he was • The 22-year-old secured his place years as the corporation’s lead although willlife,, remain thea face fixture on the Manhattan social scene in the 1960’s, he through victory the British Amateur of snooker host major events such as the Olympics. HisinTexan drawl and easy personality made himand a natural be played in teams of four (Men’s Ladies or Mixed) mingled easily with the stars, friends with Bing Crosby, Frank Rose, who To has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up when he turned to commentating, taking over from Byron Sinatra and other showright, biz stars, the insular and now second in his last three Masters, with victory inNelson the Georgia Cup over • rvine is handing over to Eilidh Barbour, above whosaying joinsthat a team that world at ABC in 1970, a role he was to occupy for twenty of golf was never enough. He said “New York was wonderful, US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was referring to 57-year-old American Fred includes Peter Alliss, Ken Brown and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the Includes Coffee on arrival,one18years. holes a hefantastic prize When he of left heGolf joined theand BBC when was and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship in May. that was where the brightest lived, and there are all kinds of the perfect complement to Peter Alliss, then NBC where he footage from previous Masters. 1992, whotable. has had six Open top-20 finishes his sharks in that water”. He was christened “the Pro of 52nd St” toinALL Club Golfers with partnered Johnny Miller. an active handicap. last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf forbyBBC Radioand 5 Live is familiar to sports fans journalist fellowand Texan Dan Jenkins. He played regularly on the PGA Tour in 1960, and that year rounds of 82 and 75 were • Scott’s a reporter Football He said the highlight of his careeras came in 1981,on when he wasFocus, Final Score, the Euro 2016 tournament and FA Cup In addition to hisofcareer as a golf commentator, he wasrugby. also first event TheRose Samadded. Snead Festival, he followed that not enough toinvited avoidtothe cut but ‘Iwon felt inhiscontrol all day,’ games. fronts the BBC’s coverage women’s football and women’s Captain thehe American Ryder CupShe teamalso for the match a very successful golf course designer, with his long time the following year winning the Greater Seattle Open, then the racked up invaluable he of stars included Jack Nicklaus, ‘Sometimes the rub of the green is for you and at Waltonexposure Heath. Hisas team golfing partner Jay Riviere he established a course design Azalea Open in 1962, a win. towards qualification for the • IrvineBen said she wants sometimes it isn't. I hit athree reallyconsecutive good putt onyears 18 with works Johnny Miller, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Crenshaw, Ray to ‘re-align my on-air commitments around the changing next Walker Cup squad later this year. company in 1981 and designed many courses in this home those wins intoitinsignificance 1965 at the PGA needs of my family’. inAllregulation andpaled thought was going in. in I see Floyd, Larry Nelson, Jerry Pate, Bill Rogers and Tom Kite a state of Texas as well as others in Louisiana and Arizona. Championship which waschances played at myself having many more to Laurel come.’Valley Golf Club dream team with over 36 major titles between them. in Ligonier Pennsylvania, Arnold Palmer’s own back yard. He lost his final battle with stomach cancer in October 1997, Arnie was undoubted favourite, but the diminutive Dave Marr aged 63, at the Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston. After he came through and held off the challenge of a surging young was cremated his children travelled and scattered his ashes Jack Nicklaus and both Palmer and Billy Casper to win by two various he courses that had meant so muchchanges to him McILROY dreamed of winning a Green Jacket that he McIlroy around has alsotherevealed will make some equipment strokes. A few hours after his moment of glory, hisRORY third son during his golfing days. At Royal Birkdale where he played could wear at his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters - including playing with a different ball: ‘I Tony was born, making it a truly momentous day for the whole 1965 Cup, winning fourweird of histhings six matches. At thoughtinmythegolf ballRyder this week was doing in the wind, Marr family. Arnie was destined never to win the PGA, but Walton Heath, also in England where was Captain McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal with Nike, will very inconsistent. So there's one thing I willhe change and tryoftothe when his friend Dave Marr won he said that his win “was one victorious Ryder Cup team, and at the 18th hole at Laurel wed American fiancé Erica Stoll, a USPGA worker. work on.’ of the happiest moments of his life”. The two used to joke that Valley where he won the USPGA Championship. they had won a Grand Slam between them, The Open, The another top ten finish at Augusta, so must wait again for The deal with Nike is for 10 years and, as Nike has stopped making He secured Dave Marr was one of the popular men throughout his life, US Open and The Masters for Arnie and the USPGA for Dave. clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment a chance to win the one Major title eluding him as he seeks to elected intomoment, the National Collegiate HallCallaway of Fame drivers in 1977,and the companies. At the McIlroy is using become the first European to complete a career Grand Slam. The manner of his win hit the headlines at the time, for he was Texas Hall of Fame in 1978, given the Golf Tee Award by the irons, Titleist wedges and ball and a Scotty Cameron putter. a short hitter, battling two of the big guns. He came to the last golf writers in 1990. His last assignment as a broadcaster McIlroy revealed that he had dreamed of standing at the wedding two strokes ahead thanks to some great putting, but the 18th had been to host Wonderful of Golftheir fromproducts. 1993 to Each would obviously likeShells the world No.2 World to endorse ceremony in one of the most famous jackets on the planet: ‘It would at Laurel Valley is a long par four (par 5 for members). It dips 1997. The aShell Company created Marr Memorial have been nice to walk down the aisle in the Green Jacket. Would I However, without logoOil allowed on his Nike the capDave or clothes these into the valley, then rises up to the green fronted by a large Award after his arrangements. death; it is awarded annually in conjunction have done that? Oh yeah, if the members would have allowed me. If Mr could lead to complex lake. Paired with Nicklaus, he was far behind Jack’s drive, Payne (Augusta chairman) would have allowed me. We're very excited. with the Shell Houston Open. A gentleman with style and which caught the downslope, so Marr had to lay up. It's a great time in our lives and it's all about that over the next couple Nike said they were making of equipment humour, who stopping is truly a Legend the Game.in a competitive The possibility of a two shot swing staring him in the face. and I'll come back at the Players Championship refreshed and marketplace in which it only managed to secure nine per cent share of weeks Michael Rees From 125 yards he hit his approach to five feet, with Nicklausman and start a new chapter in my life.’ a married despite the patronage of Tiger Woods and McIlroy.

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And who can forget seeing Rose, statuesque and dignified, giving Garcia the thumbs-up to acknowledge a great shot down the 18th? They made us proud, both of them.

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Rose said: ‘I am really happy for Sergio. I would love to be wearing the Green Jacket This one’s for you, Seve: Garcia said it was ‘amazing’ to join his Spanish idols Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal as a Masters champion. Right, 2016 champion Danny Willett helps Garcia into the famous Green Jacket but if it wasn't me, I am glad it is him. He has had his share of heartache over the years. We have been friends for a long time and playing golf against each other since we were 14and years old.golfers ‘ This time I played the challenging Princes course - holes For golfers it is encouraging to find such a wide choice More more are looking further afield for have all been given a variety of names but the most difficult of so many well designed courses in first class condition interesting and exciting golf destinations, and some ‘We will get up tomorrow and he will be hole is the 9th par 4 which is named Faldo’s Choice – for and all a challenge to play, and particularly tough are the particularly enjoy combining a golf trip with visits happy for a month andsites then and golf monuments. will take obvious reasons. Altogether I found this course particularly championship courses. Yet, in spite of the sometimes very to famous cultural Recently over; I will be unhappy for a month and golf challenging but a pleasure to play and if I had time, I would hot and humid weather, particularly in the months of July and I arranged a trip to Antalya, Turkey, a region which will take over for me.’ quite liked to have played all three combinations but this was August, courses are always well maintained and regularly boasts fifteen world class golf courses and is also a short trip and there was much to do and see besides golf. watered by teams of groundsmen who often come in useful famous for its fascinating Rose, 36, held a two-shot leadcollection with five of historic sites when looking for lost balls. Our final dinner was arranged in the fascinating part of and to ancient - dating back thousands of years. holes go but ruins lost when Garcia birdied the Antalya’s town,Irving in one as of the buildings It was late May when I headed to Antalya in pleasantly warm first extraishole Sunday.and vibrant city that lies on• PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made Antalya alsoon a thriving • THIS year’s Masters was the last foroldHazel thecity’s faceconverted of the BBC’s that is now the Alp Pasa luxury hotel. Tables in the hotel’s Although not my first to Turkey, in the the most of histemperatures. first Augusta the south west coast of Turkey, between the majestic golfvisit coverage. restaurant are in a small courtyard which features a small ‘I Taurus feel it ismountain a tournament can the still sparkling do well in,’turquoise-blue experience. past I had only flown as far south as Dalaman to join friends rangeI and square openafter air pool lit up a feature ofand the eight sailing in the Aegean Sea, but only sailed north. In those said Rose. ‘It's a course you can get to know • Irvine, above left, has stepped down 25 and years asata night, golf presenter Mediterranean. Surrounded by endless sandy beaches, and be competitive here for a long, long time.’ hotel’s unusual design. Throughout our delicious meal weface heady days I don’t remember once coming across anything • The 22-year-old secured his place years as the corporation’s lead anchor for sport, although she will remain the this area is often referred to as Turkey’s answer to France’s through victory in the British Amateur were entertained by three excellent jazz musicians who all remotely resembling a golf course. of snooker and host major events such as the Olympics. Riviera, and huge government investment into sporting To be played in teams of four (Men’s Ladies or Mixed) Rose, who has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up turned out to be students from the local university. This time though, I flew Turkish Airlines from Heathrow to facilities has created the country’s most prolific region for and now second in his last three Masters, with victory in the Georgia Cup over • rvine Istanbul and caught a short domestic flightistohanding Antalya. Itover to Eilidh Barbour, above right, who joins a team that sports tourism. Apart from golf, there are also fifty football US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was referring to 57-year-old American Fred includes Peter Alliss, Ken Brownprize and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the Includes onof luxury arrival,was 18theholes ofsightGolf unforgettable of Istanbuland bathed a in afantastic glowing, pitches, more than 200 tennisCoffee courts and plenty and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship in May. golden sunset with the deep blue Bosphorus snaking below five star hotels to meet tourists’ demands. During long winterfrom previous footage Masters. 1992, whotable. has had six Open top-20 finishes his toinALL Club Golfers with an active handicap. that had me craning my neck as we were preparing to land months this is where many top professional athletes train last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf for BBC Radio 5 Live and is familiar to sports fans to take in and more75 of were this breathtaking by the Focus, Final Score, the Euro 2016 tournament and FA Cup while keen golfers enjoy relaxing winter golf breaks.• Scott’s rounds of 82 assplendour. a reporterSadly on Football time we reached Antalya it was already dark and little couldthe BBC’s coverage of women’s football and women’s rugby. not enough to avoid the cut but he ‘I felt in control all day,’ Rose added. games. She also fronts be seen of the countryside during our hour and half hour’s racked up invaluable exposure as he ‘Sometimes the rub of the green is for you and to the Xanadu resort, but •weIrvine arrivedsaid in time enjoy ato ‘re-align my on-air commitments around the changing works towardsjourney qualification for the shetowants sometimes it isn't. I hit a really good putt on 18 next Walker Cup squad later year. sumptuous buffetthis dinner in the hotel’s enormous dining area. needs of my family’. in regulation and thought it was going in. I see myself having many more chances to come.’ This region is a paradise for golfers but a visit to some of the nearby historic sites and ruins, is recommended. Even Xanadu’s swimming pool is designed to emulate the famous ruins of the lost city of Perge, built some thousands of years ago and only discovered in 1943 by a team of archaeologists RORY McILROY dreamed of winning a Green Jacket that he McIlroy has also revealed he will make some equipment changes researching into its history. Site excavations continued into could wear at his forthcoming wedding. followingAntalya the Masters - including playing with different has a lot to offer particularly for agolfers andball: a ‘I the early 2000’s and many of the excavated ancient statues thought wonderful my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, place to combine playing golf on great golf courses preserved Antalya’s deal National McIlroy, who hasare justnow signed a new in £89million withMuseum Nike, will very inconsistent. So there's one thing I will change and try to with discovering local culture. First on theStoll, agenda was a visit to the five star Cornelia work on.’ wed American fiancé Erica a USPGA worker. April Tod Diamond Golf and Spa hotel, one of the Belek-Antalya He secured another tophotels ten finish at Augusta, so Faldo must wait again27forhole The deal with Nike is for 10 years and, as Nike has stopped making luxury and where the Nick designed a chance to win the one Major course title eluding as heThis seeks to of Belek’s clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment championship can behim found. is one I flew Turkish Airlines - www.turkishairlines.com become the first most European to complete a career Grand Slam. popular courses with a reputation of high quality golf.companies. At the moment, McIlroy is using Callaway drivers and wedges andHotel ball and a Scotty Cameron putter. The 27 hole course has been designed to provide three 18irons, Titleist Xanadu Resort - http://xanaduhotels.com McIlroy revealed that he had dreamed of standing at the wedding hole course options, the King, Queen and Prince courses and Cornelia Golf Club - Nick Faldo Championship Golf Course ‘It would ceremony in one of the of most famous jackets on the planet: many its intricately designed holes reflect typical Faldo Each would obviously like the world No.2 to endorse their products. www.corneliaresort.com andNike info@bilyanagolf.com have been nice tocourse walk down the aisle in the Green Jacket. Would I However, without a logo allowed on his cap or clothes these Antalya now hosts several top international golf and tennis designs. Some of the holes I played are tricky and have done that? Oh yeah, if the members would have allowed me. If Mr could lead to complex arrangements. events, including for the first time this year the newly Further information about ancient sites and monuments needed a lot of care in selecting the right club, and some Payne (Augusta chairman) would have allowed me. We're very excited. inaugurated ATP 250 grass court tournament, which now in and around Antayla from the Turkish Office of Tourism of the par five holes have long fairways and challenging It's a great time in our lives and it's all about that over the next couple Nike said they were stopping making equipment in a competitive www.gototurkey.co.uk takes place a week prior to the start of the Wimbledon doglegs; bordered by water and tall pineand trees marketplace of weeks and I'll come backothers at theare Players Championship refreshed in which it only managed to secure nine per cent share Championships. where need to beinhitmy with precision and accurately. despite the patronage of Tiger Woods and McIlroy. a married man and startballs a new chapter life.’

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And who can forget seeing Rose, statuesque and dignified, giving Garcia the thumbs-up to acknowledge a great shot down the 18th? They us says proud,his both of Ryder them. Cup Jimmade Furyk U.S. squad will have a chip on their are good Garcia said afterwards: shoulder when they‘We cross the friends soAtlantic we were to very respectful of each in other. We defend the trophy were cheering France nexteach year.other on. We wanted to beat the was otherspeaking guy, not the other lose it.’ Furyk after a gathering

Two amateur golfers have defied sky-high odds by hitting consecutive holes-in-one.

Clair said the freak happening was ‘just so exciting’.

looked like it had bounced back. So it was a surprise to see it in the hole.’

Jayne Mattey and Clair Shine achieved the feat on the 13th hole at the East Berkshire Golf Club in Crowthorne.

The two women had never played with one another before being put together in the same foursome during a club practice session. Jayne, who has just returned to the game after a four-year absence, took her shot first, using a pitching wedge for the 90-yard shot: ‘It hit the pin, and from where we were standing on the tee it

Clair then took her shot, also using a pitching wedge - and, remarkably, that went straight in too. ‘As we were coming towards the green I heard all the commotion,’ she said. ‘We did high fives and probably a little dance - I can’t remember because it was just so lovely.’

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in Paris, alongside his European counterpartHeartache Thomas Bjorn, to mark a year to go before the event at Le Golf Rose said: in ‘I am happy for Sergio. National thereally French capital. His I would love to be wearing the Green Jacket players will be trying to win an away butmatch if it wasn't me, I am glad it is him. for the first time since 1993.He has had his share of heartache over the Furyk there is stillforwork to time years. Webelieves have been friends a long be done to fully restore his country’s and playing golf against each other since we Ryder Cup reputation: ‘I think as a were 14 years old. ‘ team from the United States we still have to prove. ‘We willsomething get up tomorrow and he will be

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‘We for stillahave a chip on our happy month and then golfshoulder. will take Right now do hold cup, we over; I will be we unhappy forthe a month and golf at Hazeltine, willwon takeit over for me.’ but it’s been a long time since we’ve been able to do that36, hereheld in Europe. Rose, a two-shot lead with five holes to go but losttowhen Garcia birdied ‘I think in order validate what we the first extra hole on Sunday. have been working on we are going to have to win on both sides of the pond.’ ‘I feel it is a tournament I can still do well in,’ said Rose. ‘It's a course you can get to know and be competitive here for a long, long time.’

behind the leader (who happens to be the world number one, and six clear of the field).

Justin Rose with the WGC Champions trophy: ‘One of the best back nines I’ve played’

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include the Olympics last year. I’ve left it late this year but it feels amazing.

‘This is really satisfying,’ he said. ‘All players pride themselves on winning and I was very aware that my record of a victory every up and go home? Not our Justin Rose, ‘We all know the position DJ was in and year since 2010 was slipping away. To Hampshire’s favourite golfing son. today was the kind of day that the leader win a WGC is just amazing, because they probably didn’t want. This is the kind of The 37-year-old Olympic Golf Champion count for so much on both the PGA and the day where that kind of swing is possible. It and former U.S. Open champion, long • PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made • THIS year’s thefive last for HazelEuropean Irving asTours.’ the face of the BBC’s was really trickyMasters out there.was I shot under associated with North Hants Golf Club in the most of his first Augusta golf coverage. Rose and Stenson, the silver medallist at the in tough conditions and he made a few Fleet, simply dug in. experience. Rio Olympics, were joint leaders with three mistakes. While Rose was producing a five-under final • Irvine, above left, has stepped down afterholes 25 years as But a golf presenter eight to play. Rose shot two and birdies and ‘Iyears played the best back lead ninesanchor I’ve round of 22-year-old 67, world leader Dustinhis Johnson • The secured place asone theofcorporation’s for sport, although she will remain the face a par, while Stenson finished with a birdie, played. To shoot to come was fading victory and folding. through in the British Amateur of snooker and31 host majorthrough, eventsIsuch as the Olympics. bogey and par. saved my best till last.’ be played in teams of four (Men’s Ladies or Mixed) Rose, who To has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up So it was that Rose put together a blistering American carded a five-over and now second in his last three Masters, withwhich victory in the eight Georgia Cup finished over • rvine is handing Barbour, above right,Johnson who joins a team that 77 to Rose picked up a firstover prizetoofEilidh $1,660,000 round included birdies, finish joint-second on 12 under, alongside amateur champion Curtis Luck was referring to 57-year-old American Fred on includes Peter Alliss, Ken and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the to move into with Brown Tommy Includes Coffee arrival, 18theholes of– Golf and acontention fantastic prize onUS 14-under and won WGC Champions Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and compatriot and by watching hours of YouTube Couples, winner of the Green Jacket in PGA Championship in May. Fleetwood and Sergio Garcia in the Race to title in Shanghai. Brooks Koepka. footage from previous Masters. 1992, whotable. has had six Open top-20 finishes his Dubai, and back into the top six in the world toinALL Club Golfers with an active handicap. ‘It’s unbelievable,’ aid Rose. ‘It’s been a long Johnson’s round included last seven appearances. • BarbourThe hasvictory covered and is imploding familiar tofinal sports fans rankings. alsogolf got for his BBC RyderRadio Cup 5 Live time since I’ve won, of or 82 at least it feels bogeys the tournament first, second,and 12th,FA15th • Scott’s rounds and 75 werelike as a reporter on Football Focus, Final Score, the Euroon 2016 Cup qualifying campaign off to the perfect start. that. won every yearthe since if you 16th. football and women’s rugby. notI’ve enough to avoid cut2010, but he ‘I felt in control all day,’ Rose added. games. She also fronts the BBC’s coverage ofand women’s racked up invaluable exposure as he ‘Sometimes the rub of the green is for you and works towards qualification for the • Irvine said she wants to ‘re-align my on-air commitments around the changing sometimes it isn't. I hit a really good putt on 18 next Walker Cup squad later this year. needs of my family’. in regulation and thought it was going in. I see myself having many more chances to come.’ so there’s lots of opportunity to socialise huge appetite for playing the sport. Hampshire is on a list of counties to benefit from a scheme which The scheme was pioneered in Hertfordshire afterwards and enjoy a glass of fizz. encourages women golfers to play more where clubs realised they needed to Paul Casey will rejoin the European The success of the scheme is highlighted often and have fun on the course. Tour next season in a bid to return by the results of a survey of women who support and retain women who had taken RORY McILROY dreamed of winning a Green Jacket that he McIlroy has also revealed he will make some equipment changes to the Ryder Cup. took part this summer which indicated that ‘Get into Golf’ beginner courses. The scheme has been running so could wear at his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters - including playing with a different ball: ‘I almost 60 per cent have taken out some successfully in three counties this season The 40-year-old, who will also thought golf ball thisform weekofwas doing weird things responses: in the wind, Hampshiremy women membership. Sample that the organisers will extend it. players will be invited So there's one thing I will change and try to continue to play on the PGA Tour McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal with Nike, will very inconsistent. to academy days ‘A great opportunity to learn to play with The more worker. in the U.S., said he had missed wedAcademy AmericanAway fiancéDays Ericaattracted Stoll, a USPGA work on.’ others at the same level’ than 300 players, bringing them together contributing to English golf in the last for on-course outings to increase their three years, ‘which is very important nervous daymaking but The deal with Nike is for‘A10little years and, asabout Nikethe hasoverall stopped He secured another top ten finish at Augusta, so must wait again for confidence and to make new friends. Next to me. the experience was good.’ clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment a chance to win the one Major title eluding him as he seeks to Outings are organised on par three and year the scheme will run again in companies. At the moment, is using Callaway drivers become the first European to complete a career Grand Slam. ‘I want to play another Ryder Cup. ‘It’s McIlroy given me the confidence to play and on the short courses and the players use a novel Hertfordshire, Durham and Cheshire irons, Titleist wedges andcourse ball and a improve.’ Scotty Cameron putter. That’s why I need to do this. But and scoring system which focusses on rules and will also be extended to five new McIlroy revealed that heNorthumberland, had dreamed of standing and at theetiquette weddingrather than the number of it’s not just the Ryder Cup. What counties: Hampshire, Lauren Spray, England Golf’s Women and ‘It would Each would obviously like the world No.2 to endorse their products. ceremony in one of the most famous jackets on the planet: excites me more is the role I can play strokes taken. Worcestershire, Suffolk and Devon. Girls’ Participation Manager, commented: have been nice to walk down the aisle in the Green Jacket. Would I However, without a logo allowed on his Nike cap or clothes these supporting the young guys.’ the Away Days have proved a great way So, over nineme. holes, complete The Away Daysifhave been would have haveAcademy done that? Oh yeah, the members allowed If Mrthe women could lead to complex arrangements. for women to make friends, build their Casey, a two-time Ryder Cup winner, a series of challenges developed by England Golf would as parthave of its Payne (Augusta chairman) allowed me. We're very excited. such as successfully confidence and have fun while they said European skipper Thomas Bjorn hitting in one shot, raking thewere stopping commitment to growing theand women’s and that over It's a great time in our lives it's all about thethe nextgreen couple Nike said they making in a competitive improve theirequipment skills and keep playing golf. had been a ‘massive support’ in bunker correctly and shaking hands on the girls’ game. Currently only 15 per cent of of weeks and I'll come back at the Players Championship refreshed and marketplace in which it only managed to secure nine perhas cent share The feedback from the players been so final green when they had completed their club members are women and just one per making his decision. a married man and start a new chapter in my life.’ despite the patronage ofpositive.’ Tiger Woods and McIlroy. game. Everyone tees off at the same time cent are girls, but research shows there’s a

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‘We will get up tomorrow and he will be happy for a month and then golf will take over; I will be unhappy for a month and golf will take over for me.’

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Rose, 36, held a two-shot lead with five holes to go but lost when Garcia birdied the first extra hole on Sunday.

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Garcia said afterwards: ‘We are good friends so we were very respectful of each other. We were cheering each other on. We wanted to beat the other guy, not the other lose it.’

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Rose ‘I am really happy for Sergio. I Thesaid: amount of people who request a lesson in the sand is so huge I would love to be wearing the Green Jacket This one’s for you, Seve: Garcia said it was ‘amazing’ to join his Spanish idols Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal as a Masters champion. Right, 2016 champion Danny Willett helps Garcia into the famous Green Jacket thought I’d share this valuable drill with those of you who still have but if it wasn't me, I am glad it is him. He hang ups in the traps. Add this into your practice regime and you Last month I compared the impact positions of Sergio Garcia and Louis has had his share of heartache over the will soon be flying onto the greens from the bunkers! Oosthuizen. The theme of the article was that the impact positions they were years. We have been friends for a long time both in matched their swings perfectly - Louis with a steepish downswing and playing golf against each other since we Traffic Lights! and Sergio with one that is somewhat flatter. were 14 years old. ‘

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Tuesday 20th February—Scramble If they had each others’ impact positions they wouldn’t be playing golf for a living! Sergio

Try this in your practice bunker…

‘We willaget tomorrow anddraw he will be around Place ballup in the sand and a circle happy for a month and then golf will take it, then add beneath this 2 additional circles and a over; be unhappy for alikemonth golf stalk,I will (making what looks trafficand lights). will take over for me.’ Open up your clubface a fraction and grip as normal.

would be spending a great deal of time in the left rough and Louis would be digging holes in the ground. Just a note - some upright swings do have a similar impact position to Sergio but these players usually flatten the shaft at the start of the downswing; something that Louis doesn’t do.

Rose, 36, the heldtraffic a two-shot leadthe withstalk fiveopposite Address lights with holes to go but lost when Garcia birdied the the inside of your front foot. first extra hole on Sunday. Give your feet the usual shuffle into the sand if you like!). ‘I (a feeldisco it is dance a tournament I can still do well in,’

Funny how commentators often refer to Louis as having a perfect swing but not much is mentioned about Sergio’s swing, only that he is a great ball striker. Indeed Louis’ swing is a thing of beauty, wonderfully well action, which hitsofthethe ballBBC’s miles with • THIS year’s aMasters wassmooth, the last forcoordinated Hazel Irving as the face no apparent effort. If given the choice of a swing to have I suppose the majority of you would golf coverage. choose Louis’ over Sergio’s because of its good looks.

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• PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made the most of his first Augusta experience. said Rose. a course youdrill canbyget to know the first circle (or light) then proceed to the next. • Irvine, above stepped after 25 yearspleasing as a golf presenter eight With a ¾‘It's swing start the eliminating Sergio on the otherleft, handhas doesn’t havedown such an aesthetically action but hits and quality and be competitive a long, time.’ yearsunder as the corporation’s lead regularity. anchor for although sheillustrious will remain face Really bounce the here club for through thelong sandy circles to• The 22-year-old secured his place shots pressure with incredible Hesport, has had a long and careerthe at the victory in drill the is British Amateur of snooker anddespite host major events such asof the Olympics. a finish each time. Finally eliminate the last circle - through ball and alland the complete. top of the game, not being the greatest putters. be played in teams of four (Men’s Ladies or Mixed) Rose, who To has finished tied second, 10th Championship , and had warmed up The reason I picked these two Thisnow drillsecond teachesinyou attack ball in the samewith way as you didinthe emptyCup circles. and histolast threethe Masters, victory thetwo Georgia over • rvine is handing over to Eilidh Barbour, above right, who joins a team that golfers is because they have Giving you confidence to accelerate through your bunker shot to a finish. US amateur champion Curtis Luck – was referring to 57-year-old American Fred includes Alliss, Ken Brownprize and Andrew Cotter. She will make her debut at the Includes Coffee on arrival, 18 holes of Golf andPeter a fantastic completely different hitting by that watching hours ofinto YouTube Couples, the Green Jacketofinthe ball goingand PGA Championship in May. So manywinner golfersofI know get scared too far they decelerate their styles. In the two diagrams that previous Masters. 1992, who has Or hadalternatively six Open top-20try finishes inALL histhe ballfootage bunker shots. andto scoop out. from table. Club Golfers with an active handicap. accompany this article, I am last seven appearances. • Barbour has covered golf for BBC Radio 5 Live and is familiar to sports fans showing you the club as it moves Bunkers are a mental block for some people, so train yourself to love them by actually • Scott’s rounds of 82 and 75 were as a reporter on Football Focus, Final Score, the Euro 2016 tournament and FA Cup through the impact zone. In both practising… Believe you will get the ball out and this will make a big difference to your not enough to avoid the cut but he ‘I felt in control all day,’ Rose added. games. She also fronts the BBC’s coverage of women’s football and women’s rugby. illustrations the club is square at bunker play. racked up invaluable exposure as he ‘Sometimes the rub of the green is for you and impact. The diagram on the left works towards for the • Irvine said she wants to ‘re-align my on-air commitments around the changing sometimes it isn't. hit the a really goodonputt on 18 Take this drill outI on course a quiet winters afternoon and do itqualification once from a few side shows the clubface square next Walker lateractually this year. needs of my family’. indifferent regulationbunkers. and thought it was in. I see This will getgoing you really seeing yourself win out ofCup thesquad sand whilst to the arc, before and after myself having many more to come.’ playing the course. Whenchances you come to hit that all important shot in your Winter League match impact. The other shows the just imagine the circle around your ball and accelerate through, eliminating it as you go. club aiming well to the right just before impact and very much to the left just after, with the club square to the arc for a very short RORY McILROY dreamed of winning a Green Jacket that he McIlroy has also revealed he will make some equipment changes time indeed. could wear at his forthcoming wedding. following the Masters - including playing with a different ball: ‘I Which one of these is Sergio’s thought my golf ball this week was doing weird things in the wind, hitting it, inconsistent. So there's one thing I will change and try to McIlroy, who has just signed a new £89million deal withaction? Nike, You will guessed very the one on the left! wed American fiancé Erica Stoll, a USPGA worker. work on.’

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If the clubface is square to the arc when the ball is hit, the ball will fly straight. I’m sure you can deal action with Nike for 10(onyears and, as stopped making He secured another top ten finish at Augusta, soappreciate must waitthat again for haveThe if you a hitting like isLouis’, the right), theNike clubhas is square to the arc clubs and balls, it lets McIlroy’s team negotiate with equipment a chance to win the one Major title eluding him as he seeks to for only a fraction of a second. The chances of hitting a straight ball consistently are very slim moment, Callaway drivers of and become the first European to complete a career indeed. Grand Slam. This is why golferscompanies. with his typeAtofthe swing have toMcIlroy shapeistheusing ball to have a margin error. irons, Titleist wedges and ball and a Scotty Cameron putter. When the club is square to the arc like Sergio’s it’s easier to consistently hit the ball straight. McIlroy revealed that he had dreamed of standing at the wedding Now who‘Itdowould you think hasEach the best swing? would obviously like the world No.2 to endorse their products. ceremony in one of the most famous jackets on the planet: Good Luck with your practice… for lessons on all areas of the game email me on Next month I willI be featuring one ofwithout my pupils who,allowed this year, rapidly up the world have been nice to walk down the aisle in the Green Jacket. Would However, a logo on has his Nike capclimbed or clothes these Katie@katiedawkinsgolf.co.uk Visit the website for more hints and tips. rankings. A young through a great dealarrangements. of dedication, has developed a hitting action have done that? Oh yeah, if the members would have allowed me. If lady Mr who, could lead to complex www.katiedawkinsgolf.co.uk likeWe're Sergio’s one that was nearer Louis’. Payne (Augusta chairman) would have allowed me. veryfrom excited. It's a great time in our lives and it's all about that over the next couple Nike said were stopping making equipment a competitive If you need some help deciding howthey to improve your striking please contactinme. “ Happy Christmas everyone and if you’d like to purchase a lesson of weeks and I'll come back at the Players Championship refreshed and marketplace in which it only managed to secure nine per cent share voucher for a present do shout as I can email this to you” martin.butcher@aim.com Website: mbtourcoach.com a married man and start a new chapter in my life.’Mobile: 07787 887578 Email: despite the patronage of Tiger Woods and McIlroy.

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And who can forget seeing Rose, statuesque and dignified, giving Garcia the thumbs-up to acknowledge a great shot down the 18th? They made us proud, both of them.

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Garcia said afterwards: ‘We are good friends so we were very respectful of each other. We were cheering each other on. We wanted to beat the other guy, not the other lose it.’

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‘We will get up tomorrow and he will be happy for a month and then golf will take over; I will be unhappy for a month and golf will take over for me.’

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Rose, 36, held a two-shot lead with five holes to go but lost when Garcia birdied the first extra hole on Sunday.

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• PORTSMOUTH’S Scott Gregory made the most of his first Augusta experience.

• THIS year’s Masters was the last for Hazel Irving as the face of the BBC’s golf coverage.

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Each would obviously like the world No.2 to endorse their products. However, without a logo allowed on his Nike cap or clothes these could lead to complex arrangements.

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