It’s a fine balance at Augusta between panache and patience.

Yorkhill has been rerouted to this longer test, having swerved the Supreme.

The road to the Masters starts on the other side of the country for Rory McIlroy.

As we move toward the centenary celebrations of 1916 it is important to remember the contribution made by artists and writers who, as part of the Cultural Revival, contributed to the construction of the Irish nation, writes Martin McConigley    

Kya deLongchamps looks at some of the most extravagant gifts in history.

Few people have putted those Daliesque greens better than Ben Crenshaw, the two-time Masters champion who bade an emotional farewell into Augusta National last Friday.

Tiger Woods has dropped out of the world’s top 100 golfers for the first time since 1996.

Rory McIlroy insists he is not yet the complete golfer and with an eye towards next month’s Masters warned his improved putting stroke may still be vulnerable on lightning greens.

In the new Golf Digest cover story, Rory McIlroy talked strengths and vices, his new swing, life after the breakup and much more.

Some caddies find it difficult to live by the age-old maxim to keep up and shut up but that’s no problem for JP Fitzgerald.

What is the point in denying it? There is very little that energises us more than preposterous humiliation. Someone else’s anyway.

Golfing golden child Jordan Spieth will go into his third US Open believing he is grown up enough to win his first major championship.

Tiger Woods described his recovery from back surgery as a "very slow process" that offered him no timetable on when he can return for a summer filled with big championships.

Can anyone tell me why it is that watching golf being played around Augusta National by the world’s best players is so much fun?

Whether you love or loathe the game of golf, it’s hard not to enjoy the Masters, at Augusta National.

An exhibition of Big House photos reveals some intimate moments in the lives of both the families and staff, says Tommy Barker

Just a couple of evenings ago, we were given the rare opportunity to listen to Jack Nicklaus’s thoughts on how best to play Augusta National.

Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood are two of Europe’s greatest golfers of all time.

More players will make the halfway cut in the Masters this year after Augusta National chairman Billy Payne announced changes to the system used for 50 years.

Shooting 75 wouldn’t normally go down as a eureka moment in a golfer’s career but Graeme McDowell saw the light after last year’s first round at Augusta National.

Rory McIlroy’s return yesterday to the top of the world rankings even though he only tied for 40th in the Masters and didn’t play at all last week has many people mystified as to how this could possibly happen.

AFTER his prayers weren’t heard on the final spin round Amen Corner last April, Rory McIlroy gained the admiration of the sporting world for his sanguine, mature reaction to the enveloping disappointment.

Lady Gregory: An Irish Life

The American press have lauded Rory McIlroy following his emphatic US Open success at Congressional.

Fourteen years after Tiger Woods won his first major with a record score at The Masters, Rory McIlroy has done the same at the US Open.

THERE is a shared passion for a green jacket, yet for more than four hours in yesterday’s first round of the 75th Masters, playing competitors Ross Fisher and Sean O’Hair could have filled their time talking diapers and other matters around family affairs.

GRAEME MCDOWELL crashed to an eight over 80 in the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill and confessed that it might be just the “kick in the ass” he needs to get his game in shape for the Masters.

IT HAS been a while since Pádraig Harrington played a round of professional golf but that isn’t to say he has been resting on his laurels over the festive season and the turn of the year.

TIGER WOODS has avoided rival Phil Mickelson in the draw for the opening two days of the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte as both men return to action for the first time since the Masters.

AUGUSTA can be a lonely place on Sunday at the Masters.

TIGER WOODS did his talking in the interview room on Monday. Now it’s time to make the clubs sing.

DARREN CLARKE believes his close friend Tiger Woods got it right in opting for next month’s US Masters as his return to golf.

After thrilling golfing galleries across America in the last two months, Rory McIlroy cannot wait to get back to his first love of links golf at The 3 Irish Open at County Louth Golf Club, Baltray, from May 14-17.

Swede Peter Hanson managed only a third round 74 at the Andalucian Open in Seville today and knew instantly what it meant – no Masters debut again.

Tiger Woods can offer Padraig Harrington the benefit of his experience in dealing with the “eternity” between major championships when the pair tee off together in the Arnold Palmer Invitational tomorrow.

Nick Dougherty has turned to three-time champion Nick Faldo for an expert opinion in the countdown to his Masters debut at Augusta National this week.

THE Irish Open at Carton House on May 18-21 is likely to be the last sponsored by Nissan Ireland, but chief executive Gerard O’Toole is unlikely to declare his intentions until at least the final day of the tournament.

Colin Montgomerie hopes a return to action in Asia will provide him with the “platform” to end a run of five missed halfway cuts.

A DAY that began with high hopes for himself and his large band of supporters ended in anti-climax and no small amount of disappointment for Padraig Harrington.

Ian Woosnam has already ruled out playing in next year’s Ryder Cup but Europe’s new captain reminded everybody today that he can still play.

It was a day that left Justin Rose “shell-shocked” and “embarrassed”. A round in which he “got off to a bad, bad start” and “every little minor mistake got punished.”