Donald Trump may become the 45th President of the United States but whether or not he becomes a distraction as his Trump National Doral course hosts the WGC Cadillac Championship this week, he’s unlikely to change the essence of the way he goes about his business.

Martin Kaymer got ever so slightly aggrieved yesterday as he held court in the PGA Championship interview room at Whistling Straits.

Five-time Open champion Tom Watson will say goodbye to the game’s oldest major this week but it was the Ryder Cup row with Phil Mickelson rather than his legacy that rang out at St Andrews yesterday.

More than two dozen family members of those who died and were injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse gathered at the site of the tragedy.

Hometown professional Michael Putnam hit the first shot of the 115th US Open at 7am local time yesterday and five hours and 13 minutes later was sinking the final putt of his first round for an opening level-par 70 at Chambers Bay near Tacoma, Washington.

Rory McIlroy best avoid US television for a week or so because the Green Jacket that should have been his destiny will be on screen and on the wrong golfer’s back far too much for his liking.

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.

Matching the lowest score in Masters history, Jordan Spieth earned his Green Jacket at just the second attempt and ushered in a new era for golf on a momentous Sunday at Augusta National.

It was a round-table discussion, of sorts, questions fired at golf experts who work for ESPN, and when after 20 minutes or so none of the dialogue had touched upon an obvious candidate here at the Masters, former PGA Champion Paul Azinger laughed.

The time has come, mercifully, for the chattering to stop, the speculation to cede to actuality and the anticipation to be realised. 

Graeme McDowell admitted he would be delighted to end his final stroke play event of the year accepting a third winner’s handshake from Hero World Challenge host, Tiger Woods.

Bubba Watson defeated Tim Clark on the first play-off hole to win the WGC-HSBC Champions yesterday after an extraordinary finish to the event in Shanghai.

WHILE it is impossible to be bored by the playing of the Ryder Cup, it is possible to sleep through the lead-in days.

Rayven Kahae from Hawaii now has a new hand - thanks to 3D-printing.

Pádraig Harrington predicted earlier this year that within the decade, the likes of Bubba Watson and Rory McIlroy will be battling a new generation of stars who will hit the ball 380 yards — at least. 

Forget the small town boy schtick and dismiss that Forrest Gump’s younger brother act.

American Bubba Watson claimed his second Masters title in three years on Sunday as the weight of history finally proved too much for Jordan Spieth.

Bubba Golf returned to Augusta National last night as 2012 Masters winner Watson, unburdened by the pressures of being defending champion, jumped out into a clear lead at the halfway stage as Rory McIlroy struggled to stay in touch.

Free from the pressure of being defending champion, Bubba Watson stressed his desire to claim a second Masters title in three years on Friday as Thomas Bjorn and Jonas Blixt raised hopes of a first European win since 1999.

Roy McIlroy is desperate to join the Masters legends for breakfast in the Champions’ Locker Room.

Bubba Watson shot a second successive 64 to win the Northern Trust Open in California on Sunday, his first title since lifting the 2012 Masters.

FRIED ice cream.

If circumstances were to play out in which his name would be added to an elite list, certainly you could not be blamed for shaking your head.

As he prepares to defend his Masters title this week, Bubba Watson has revealed his determination not to be a one-major wonder.

THERE will be no gold medals here; no trinkets, baubles or pay cheques.

A remarkable Singles Sunday at the Ryder Cup in Medinah wasn't just a case of ‘what if’ for the USA. A series of fortunate twists diverted the Big Mo to Olazabal’s Europe. Was Seve watching, asks Simon Lewis?

Might you have enough on your plate with friends and colleagues bending your ear about their misfortune on the sixth or the bunker shot they nailed on 18, without the world’s top golfers wrecking your head too, with their triumphs and despairs and might-have-beens?

Linda Hogan was sickened by Hulk Hogan's sex tape.

Hulk Hogan has settled his lawsuit against Bubba 'the Love' Sponge.

Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan sued a disc jockey, his ex-wife and a gossip website after a sex tape involving Hogan and the woman was posted online.

Hulk Hogan was horrified to discover his best friend Bubba the Love Sponge may have leaked his sex tape.

Dressed in the colours of the late Seve Ballesteros, Europe were fittingly fighting for all they were worth on the final day of the Ryder Cup in Chicago.

Excitable, emotional and creative, Bubba Watson seems to have been made for the Ryder Cup and there may be no better platform for his brand of golf than here, this weekend, at Medinah Country Club.

A day after he questioned how it was possible to want to “kill” great mates in the Ryder Cup, Ian Poulter today found a staunch ally in the shape of Masters champion Bubba Watson

USA Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III was last night close to tears as he praised Phil Mickelson’s leadership skills as the left-hander prepares to make an American record ninth appearance at Medinah tomorrow.

Bubba Watson goes into the Barclays Tournament in Farmingdale, New York today with every reason to believe he can pick up his first win in the FedExCup play-offs.

Bubba Watson has promised to keep on going for the ’miracle shot’ like the one that won him the Masters.