Ben Crenshaw remembers the time he led the Par-3 Contest at Augusta National Golf Club in 1987.

Dustin Raymond has carried a black marker to every Masters since 1991 to collect autographs on yellow souvenir flags with the Masters logo in the centre.

The PGA Championship is the final major of the year. Those 10 words will be bouncing around Rory McIlroy’s head in stereo. It has not been the year Rory expected but you have to play the ball as it lies, and despite a disappointing 2017, there is now cause for optimism.

Kevin Markham on a bucket list with a difference.

Already the smallest field among majors, the Masters is shrinking the field for the Par 3 Contest.

The blame game is par for the course in the Ryder Cup, writes Kevin Markham.

Kevin Markham gives an A-Z to get you in the mood for the excitement of the Ryder Cup.

We delve into the past ahead of the final major championship of the season.

Zach Johnson did not need to win The Open Championship to fall in love with it but lifting the Claret Jug a year ago helped him to really understand the significance of golf’s oldest tournament.

Oakmont has hosted the US Open more than any other golf course, and there’s a reason.

Christy O’Connor didn’t subscribe to the view that his enormous success on the golf course was attributable to a natural God-given talent for the game.

It’s not just the members of the European Tour but the thousands of fans who follow the exploits of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose and all the other stars who will miss official starter Ivor Robson, who hung up the microphone for the last time in Dubai on Sunday.

Davis Love will captain the United States Ryder Cup team for the second time in 2016, according to a report by the Golf Channel.

Right smack in the middle of Sunday lunch hour, the insufferable humidity was putting its chokehold around Pinehurst No 2 when a glance at the tee sheet showed that we were still three hours away from the assigned starting time of the US Open leader, Martin Kaymer.

As pilgrimages go, few are as steeped in rituals as the Masters. Held at the same time and the same place every April, it is blanketed in so much ‘sameness’ that when one of its trees suffered ice damage this past winter and had to be taken down, reams of newsprint and miles of tape were used to record odes of appreciation and remembrances.

If the intention was to make a statement without actually saying anything, then William Payne succeeded in an emphatic fashion yesterday at Augusta National Golf Club.

Injury has prevented Tiger Woods from seeking a record ninth title at Bay Hill this week – and tournament host Arnold Palmer believes the world number one will also find it “tough” to match Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors.

It is one of sport’s greatest guessing games, wondering what would happen if today’s superstars could go toe to toe with the legends of yesterday.

Tiger Woods can’t wait to get to the PGA Championship. Woods grabbed a big lead with a second-round 61 and then closed out the field with a safe and smart even-par 70 on Sunday to roll to a seven-shot victory at the Bridgestone Invitational.

Tiger Woods today turned his attention to his quest for an elusive 15th major title after cruising to an eighth WGC Bridgestone Invitational and 79th PGA Tour victory of his career.

A subdued Tiger Woods tonight cruised to an eighth WGC Bridgestone Invitational title and 79th PGA Tour victory of his career just four days before the final major of the year, the US PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods today came up short in his bid for a magical 59, but still opened up a commanding lead in his quest for an incredible eighth WGC Bridgestone Invitational title.

Keegan Bradley absorbed back-to-back bogeys before equalling the course record on the opening day of the Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

One bad tee shot made Tiger Woods appear vulnerable.

Sergio Garcia today refused to blame his row with Tiger Woods for the meltdown which cost him the chance of a second Players Championship at Sawgrass.

Tiger Woods claimed his 78th PGA Tour title and the richest prize in golf as Sergio Garcia’s hopes of a second Players Championship fell victim to the infamous 17th hole at Sawgrass.

You are an 11-year-old who goes to bed on Christmas Eve with a spirit in your belly, only to wake up the next morning to discover Santa Claus has skipped your house.

For a change, Rory McIlroy can prepare for Augusta with someone else under more scrutiny than himself.

Tiger Woods was in bullish mood after regaining the world number one ranking for the first time since October 2010 with victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational yesterday.

Rory McIlroy’s position at the top of golf’s rankings could well rest in Graeme McDowell’s grasp as he seeks to curb Tiger Woods’ domination of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando.

Golfing great Tom Watson – at 63 old enough to be Rory McIlroy’s grandfather - was today named as the oldest Ryder Cup captain in history.

Three-time Major winner Pádraig Harrington has re-signed with Wilson Golf in a multi-year deal that will see him continue to play Wilson Staff clubs on both tours from January.

You always had good nerves, but you’re still human. What was your most nervous moment as a pro?

Rory McIlroy needed three weeks to catch his breath after his first major victory, and it took him until the end of last year before he was back in the form that would eventually make him the No. 1 golfer in the world.

The Open began yesterday with less of a bang and more of a whimper.

The PGA Tour victories have returned and the new swing is starting to solidify but, as Tiger Woods takes aim at the British Open this week, there is still one major step to take.

Tiger Woods has not had back-to-back top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour since the start of 2010, but that is the least that will be expected of him at this week’s Greenbrier Classic.

With the British Open Championship only two weeks away and another win under his belt, Tiger Woods can achieve yet another milestone this Sunday.