Dr Giancarlo Cavedon 🇿🇦

@carminita78 @GolfweekNichols @TrevorImmelman Nice one Carms, who had more fun on Tuesday evening?? Looks like the ladies generally liven things up and have a whale of a time!

What a privilege being ⁦@TrevorImmelman⁩ car service last night…such a special evening celebrating a great achievement ⁦⁩

Physicist Brian Cox reminds us of a truth so profound it’s almost impossible to grasp: we are not just observers of the universe; we are a part of it that has finally woken up. Every atom in your body; the carbon in your skin, the iron in your blood, the oxygen you breathe; was forged in the intense, ancient furnaces of dying stars. For billions of years, those atoms drifted through the cold void, only to find themselves, by some miracle of cosmic chance, arranged in a pattern that can think, feel, and dream. As Carl Sagan famously said, we are a way for the cosmos to know itself. We are the means by which a universe of dust and gas suddenly starts writing symphonies, painting masterpieces, and asking where it came from. It sounds unlikely, perhaps even impossible. But here we are, sitting on a small blue rock, having a conversation about it. And that might be the most extraordinary thing of all.

We can confirm Andy Robertson will bring his Reds career to an end at the conclusion of the current season. He will do so as a Liverpool legend ❤️

@Golfchamps_ Hi there, I paid yesterday to join a private pool but I can’t seem to enter, password I was given seems correct. Please DM me to help me out

@WG_RumblePants Jonty Rhodes, Adrian Kuiper, Hansie Cronje

I’ve been trying to think of 80s and 90s cricketers who missed out on the franchise revolution, but who may have been big money players (if they’d had the chance). So far I’ve got: Sir Viv Richards Sir Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh Sir Ian Botham Darren Gough Graham Gooch Robin Smith Kapil Dev Anil Kumble Mohammad Azharuddin Allan Donald Lance Klusener Javed Miandad Saeed Anwar Imran Khan Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Who have I missed out?

The 2026 Champions Dinner portrait. #themasters

Jason Day was asked ahead of The Masters whether he has any empathy for what Tiger Woods is going through and he gave a brilliant answer that a lot of people can probably agree with: “So yeah, in regards to Tiger, it just shows the human element and the human side of someone that is struggling with some sort of an addiction. He's not immune to it just because he can hit a golf ball really well. He's had 25 to 30 something surgeries, and when you're going through that many procedures, it's painful coming out of those procedures. I've had procedures done and I typically try and stay away from all that stuff because I just know that -- painkillers, there can potentially be a downfall to it. “Granted, when I look at that, I look at it and go, he's just a human being like everyone else and we have struggles. It's unfortunate, the only thing that I don't understand is that it's a little bit selfish of him to drive and put other people in harm's way, as well. “But when you're the player that he was and how strong-willed he is, he thinks he can do almost anything, and that's probably why he's probably driving and a little bit under the influence. “He was my hero -- he's my hero. He was my hero growing up. The reason why I play golf is because of this tournament and Tiger. It's hard to see him go through what he's going through, and especially under the microscope that -- it must be hard to be who he is and have everything, everyone look on, kind of down on him. “Some people want him to fail. Some people obviously want him to succeed. It's really difficult for me to go through that and watch him, and I know that he's getting the help now, which is good. I'm just hoping he comes out on the other side and is better.” Well said. @JDayGolf @TheMasters

@texasfirever @Luke_Elvy Wow Sunshine, that escalated quickly…

@cavedoc @Luke_Elvy If you are a grown man and call him Rahmbo, you are a fkn idiot

We are on the eve of Masters week & I keep going back to these 3 as my top picks. Jon Rahm Bryson DeChambeau Patrick Reed I also like where the Aussie quartet is at & would gladly lose money on the above trio to see an Australian win our 2nd Green Jacket. #TheMasters

@TrevorImmelman Mooi so boetie, who you got for the W this week?? Rahmbo for my money

After playing the course today and seeing the weather forecast….🔥 The 90th Masters is going to be epic!

Can you row to Augusta National through Rae’s Creek? @jamescolgan26 gave it a shot, and picked up a special souvenir along the way.

@NUCLRGOLF @montypro He would want to buy the whole place and refashion it in his own image

🚨🗣️❌ #NOT WELCOME — Legendary golf instructor Butch Harmon says President Donald Trump does not fit the profile for being a member at Augusta National. “I think you can answer that yourself – because he’s Trump. I think he is who he is. He’s full of himself. He’s the type of person that I don’t think fits the profile of an Augusta member.” “I’ve known him most of my whole life, because his father was a member of Winged Foot. What you see is what you get with him. And I don’t think his personality fits the membership at Augusta.” “And it doesn’t matter that he is president. I don’t think that has anything to do with it, because there’s been a lot of other presidents who played golf, and they’re not members….” “Clinton, Obama, they played golf. I think it’s just his personality doesn’t mix with that particular club. That’s as politically correct as I can be.” ➡️ Do you agree with Butch? (Via @TelegraphSport)

Instead of hiding his daughter with Down syndrome, Charles de Gaulle raised her proudly, and she became the heart of his life. When Charles de Gaulle died in 1970, he made a quiet request that surprised many. He did not want a grand state funeral in Paris. He asked to be buried in the small village of Colombey les Deux Églises, beside his daughter Anne. For him, that resting place mattered more than any monument. Anne was born on New Year’s Day in 1928, the youngest of three children. She had Down syndrome, a condition surrounded by fear and misinformation at the time. Doctors and society often blamed parents and urged families to hide children like her from public view. For families of power and status, sending such children away was considered normal. Charles and his wife Yvonne refused. They raised Anne at home with her brother Philippe and sister Élisabeth. There was no secrecy, no shame, no separation. She was simply their daughter. To the world, de Gaulle was distant and unyielding. A leader shaped by war, discipline, and command. But inside his home, Anne revealed a side few ever saw. With her, he laughed freely. He sang songs, told stories, and played games. Friends noticed that the man who rarely showed emotion softened completely in her presence. He called her my joy. Anne asked nothing of him except love, and in that simplicity, he found peace. She was never treated as fragile or inferior. She was respected fully, included always, and loved without condition. That love did not end within the family. After the war, Charles and Yvonne founded the Fondation Anne de Gaulle. They turned a château into a home for young women with intellectual disabilities, many of whom had been abandoned. At a time when support barely existed, they chose action over silence. Anne’s life was short. She died of pneumonia in 1948, just after turning twenty, in her father’s arms. In his grief, de Gaulle whispered that now she was like the others, finally free from the limits the world had placed on her. After her death, he carried her photograph everywhere. He believed her presence protected him, even during an assassination attempt years later. Whether faith or fate, he never doubted her importance in his life. Charles de Gaulle found his deepest calm not in leadership or victory, but in loving a child the world did not understand. His family showed that dignity is not about ability. It is about how fiercely we choose to care.

Champions meet at Augusta National. #ANWAgolf

@bambam1729 Wow Bill, that’s incredible!! You so need to go play there now, bucket list item

By the way, I never played Augusta National, although I've been to the Masters three times. I had 3 different invites to play the course as a guest but turned them all down. I didn't want to play it until I was there for the 2nd week of April. Unfortunately, never qualified although came close - missed it by 2 shots twice. I did not want to play there as a social round. Under current rules, probably would have qualified in 1977. I was about 44th in the world in spring of that year (briefly) and would have made the top 50 cut-off. But not to be.

To anyone who's never been to Augusta National, what you can't believe on your first visit is how hilly that course is. It is mountainous. That just doesn't show on TV.

@ewanports @mikeclaytongolf 15th at River Highlands, 10th at Belfry, 12th at Old Course St Andrews, 18th at Durban CC, 17th at Oakmont

Choosing the best short Par 4 in the world is subjective. 3rd at Augusta (kind of short) is terrific, as is the 10th at Riv. But if your answer is anything other than a plethora of brilliant short 4s on the sandbelt, you’re wrong.

On this day, one of the greatest games of football unfolded between Liverpool and Newcastle 🔥

@RickShielsPGA Conservatively, reckon 120 because of the greens

What would an 18 handicap shoot in the opening round of The Masters?

@Luke_Elvy That isn’t Kirsty Coventry

@dougferguson405 @LeslieAnneWade Tiger ain’t the next RC captain, they already speaking with plan B C D….

Interesting timing: Tiger days away from Ryder Cup decision, April 5 opening w Masters chairman at The Patch. Ryder Cup committee could be going to Plan B. Tiger Woods is facing an uncertain future off the golf course after his DUI arrest in Florida apnews.com/article/tiger-…