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Nick Faldo gives tough, honest opinion as Rory McIlroy faces Masters cut

Nick Faldo gives tough, honest opinion as Rory McIlroy faces Masters cut

The three-time Masters champion took no pleasure in giving this assessment of McIlroy’s fortunes. Rory McIlroy must wait until Saturday until confirmation comes but he will know that his 2023 Masters challenge is over. Play was suspended, at Augusta National, just after 5pm local time [in Georgia] after storm clouds rolled in, bringing threats of […]

3 years ago

Mickleson winds up Faldo as Dustin Johnson grabs PGA lead

Mickleson winds up Faldo as Dustin Johnson grabs PGA lead

“What’s the third thing?” Poor old Nick Faldo walked straight into that one, and Phil Mickelson was sitting on the life buoy. If this was a live audition for a punditry gig at CBS Golf, ‘Lefty’ crushed it. Fresh off an Even par round of 70, in the US PGA Championship, Mickelson joined CBS presenter […]

6 years ago

Whispered Tiger Woods confession really puts Masters triumph into perspective

Whispered Tiger Woods confession really puts Masters triumph into perspective

“I’m in uncharted territory. Because no one’s ever had a fused spine hitting it like I’m hitting it.” Those two sentences, spoken after the PGA Championship in 2018, show what Tiger Woods is dealing with. Woods finished second in the year’s final Major after pushing Brooks Koepka all the way to the 18th hole at Bellerive. […]

7 years ago