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.

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

One of Augusta National’s most iconic features will be missing from this year’s Masters following the enforced removal of the course’s famous Eisenhower Tree.

The unglamorous cousins to the exciting 13th, 15th and 16th are No 10, 14 and 17 at Augusta, but they’ll be just as decisive this weekend