It was shaping up as a big week for our big names. Unfortunately the early sizzle quickly turned to fizzle and with Ryan Fox having a week off, what followed was a low for the likes of Lydia Ko, Daniel Hillier and Kazuma Kobori. The biggest disappointment was the showing of Lydia. She lined up in Houston at the Chevron Championship for the first women’s Major of the year. Her form in 2026 meant she entered as one of the favourites. From her 6 starts on the LPGA Tour this year

Ryan Fox looks to have finally recovered from the travails of kidney stones which have hampered his USPGA Tour campaign for 2026. For over a month he’s been sidelined by these painful little acidic stones. They severely hindered his Masters preparation which led to him playing Augusta below his best form. It didn’t come as any great surprise to see him miss the cut, albeit narrowly. His tie for 16th place at the Heritage Classic however was a positive sign that he has his moj

It might be something of an exaggeration to say Rory McIlroy is suddenly feasting on the rewards, records and remuneration (a mere US$4.5 million) that come from winning The Masters. However, 15 consecutive years of failure to win at Augusta hasn’t all been in vain. It was obvious last year and again this year that McIlroy has acquired a vast reservoir of what to do and what not to do around this devilishly testing course. No-one in the field of his generation has as much inn