Matt Cleary

1 week ago | golfaustralia.com.au | Matt Cleary

It was on the balcony above the 18th green of Mt Broughton in the NSW Southern Highlands when the writer arched an eyebrow and asked the former professional player and television analyst, Ewan Porter, his thoughts on LIV Golf. Porter had earlier offered that he'd been "slapped on the wrist" and "told to keep my mouth shut" by an official within the PGA Tour after Porter had done something as innocuous as “Like” a Linkedin post that was positive about LIV Golf.

1 month ago | golfaustralia.com.au | Matt Cleary

Well, how good was that. The Masters, again, was compelling, stellar, put-down-your-phone-and-suck-it-all-in entertainment for we slobs on the couch and in golf clubs around the land, acolytes who can nowt but marvel at the skills and nerve of these great players.

1 month ago | golfaustralia.com.au | Callum Hill |Matt Cleary

That rounds out our live coverage for Saturday, thanks for tuning in. Here are the timestamps and commentary from the day's play. 9:00am: DeChambeau makes 4 on 17, keeping him at nine-under. McIlroy routinely collects his par at 18 for back-to-back 66s and finishes at 12-under-par. Conners makes a brilliant up and down for par and completes a solid day, the Canadian signing for 70.

1 month ago | golfaustralia.com.au | Matt Cleary

And here we are again, back at Augusta National for this 89th Masters, and I have one hundred percent zero compunction about speaking on behalf of all sports fans - scratch that, all people - in our great southern land, and declaring that Australians all let us rejoice for we'd very much like to do it again. How good would that be? Min Woo Lee partying in chef's hat and green jacket combo. Cam Smith spilling beer on his lapels as he rips off a shoie.

1 month ago | golfaustralia.com.au | Matt Cleary

He still has things to say, of course, as befitting a statesman of the game, a needle-mover, a powerful figure. He’ll tell his colleagues with misgivings over the money LIV golfers received to “get over it”. “If people are butt-hurt, or have their feelings hurt because guys went or whatever, like, who cares? Let’s move forward together and let’s just try to get this thing going again and do what’s best for the game,” McIlroy said.