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Elder, Nicklaus, Player hit ceremonial tee shots at Masters   Lee Elder, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player partake in the ceremonial tee shot at the 2021 Masters. (Getty Images) AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tradition and progress comingled on Augusta National’s first tee Thursday. The first shots struck at each Masters represent an opportunity to look back before the quest for the Green Jacket becomes the focus. This year, that ceremony included Lee Elder, the first Black man to compete in the Masters. He joined Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, who combined to win nine Masters, i...

Brock Random Thoughts: On The Masters This week is Masters Week.  The first major of the year in men's golf.  The Masters signifies the start of spring (along with baseball's Opening Day) in the United States.  And it's got as much, if not more history, than the other three majors (PGA Championship, U.S. Open, British Open) combined. The first time I watched the Masters on TV was 1981 with my Dad.  And my all-time favorite golfer, Tom Watson (I said my favorite, not the best golfer) won the second of his two Green Jackets that year.  And I fell in love with it.

Reform of The Thin Khaki Line 23/02/2021 Not for a second would one presume to tell our generals how to fight. I will maintain – after experience of large wars – that small battalions with three low strength companies are wholly inadequate to cope with the strains and stresses of daily combat against a dangerous and experienced military power. We must think again: about using reserves properly, constantly renewing technology, and preparing for the unexpected. Post Segments Why does our country need an Army that can destroy any foe in any terrain and climate? Because such a versatile ar...

Mike KimGetty Images One hundred seconds. That's how long it takes. First, you hear the voice of Earl Woods, and a prophecy for his son. That he would transcend the game of golf. A prophecy that would come true in more ways than one. And then, 100 seconds into HBO's Tiger, you see Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer of all time, moving at a glacial pace, shuffling in his bare feet to the back of the room where his mugshot will be taken. You've seen the mugshot. You know the story, and the one before it. In 2009, Tiger Woods did some troubling shit and we all found out about it. He cheated on h...

The former head of the British Army left part of his £490,000 estate to the Gurkha Welfare Trust after his death aged 95.  Field Marshal Lord Edwin Bramall, who was a part of nearly every major UK military campaign from the Second World War until his retirement in 1985, passed away at his home in Crondall, Hampshire in November 2019. He had landed in Normandy at the age of 21 in charge of a platoon and was wounded twice before fighting his way through Holland towards Berlin, winning the Military Cross, becoming a Knight of the Garter and, eventually, Chief of Defence Staff.  Lord Bramall...