Rest up or tune up?

A golf cart driving onto the practice range and parking behind players to watch them swing isn’t typically met with this kind of enthusiasm.

Rickie Fowler could be speaking for the entire field when he says Rory McIlroy is the one to beat this week and also that no-one here at Augusta National is going to make it easy for the Masters favourite.

After weeks of dealing with Ryder Cup captaincy matters, Darren Clarke can at least for the next fortnight get back to focusing fully on his chosen profession.

Double winning Honda Classic champion Pádraig Harrington intends honouring sponsors invitations even though he says it will ‘hurt’ his Masters preparations.

Pádraig Harrington was pleased a new putting alignment lasted a full 18 holes after recording a two under par 70 on the opening day of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

It was almost a year ago that Adam Scott, fresh from his dramatic Masters victory, responded to a congratulatory text message from his friend Justin Rose.

The Masters. It thrills Rory McIlroy each time he gets the invitation to compete from Augusta, it excites him every year he returns and in 2011 it made him cry over golf for the only time in his life.

Lee Westwood believes he is finally approaching the form which saw him become world number one, despite arriving at the year’s first major championship 37th in the rankings.

Rory McIlroy is in a “really good place” as he counts down to the Masters, according to his assistant coach Dave Stockton.

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington was left to rue missed opportunities despite keeping his faint hopes of qualifying for next week's US Masters alive.

Rory McIlroy believes the absence of Tiger Woods from next week’s Masters is an opportune time for him to lead a new dominance in world golf.

Steve Stricker was among those who at first believed the news was a cruel April Fool’s Day joke when informed the 14-time Major winner Tiger Woods has withdrawn from next week’s Masters due to injury.

If Pádraig Harrington needed any inspiration to end a more than five-year winless drought he could again find it at the ‘Snake Pit’ in this week’s Valspar Championship at Tampa Bay.

Rory McIlroy raised question marks over the redesigned Blue Monster — and his own resolve when facing taxing courses — when he suggested he might skip Trump National Doral were it not a World Golf Championship venue.

Rory McIlroy might have won a major in his sensational five-win season in 2012 but he reckons he can do even better than that and the WGC-Accenture Match Play is as good a place as any to kickstart 2014 with a win.

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.

ON August 15, 1983, the great Seve Ballesteros struck a magnificent tee shot at the 11th hole of Cork Golf Club which still resonates with all at Little Island.

Rory McIlroy is in San Antonio, Texas, this week.

DA Points found form out of nowhere to claim victory at the Shell Houston Open by a shot and book his place at the Masters.

Rory McIlroy now admits he mismanaged his early season schedule and should have played the Omega Dubai Desert Classic after finishing well down the board in the Shell Houston Open.