Masters champion Jordan Spieth is confident he will win more majors in pursuit of world number one Rory McIlroy. 

Irish golfer Graeme McDowell is taking part in a 15-week social media campaign to raise over €90,000 for the Children’s Medical & Research Foundation, the fundraising arm of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin and the National Children’s Research Centre.

Graeme McDowell was trying hard to focus on the positives as he left Augusta National for the 135-mile drive south to Hilton Head Island.

As European golf chiefs battle to retain sponsors and a healthy schedule their compatriots across the Atlantic are basking in the game’s high profile stateside.

There have been some statements from either side of the Atlantic in recent days that have been giving pause for thought regarding the relative status of the European Tour and its bold and brash American cousin, the PGA Tour.