The biggest golfing tournament of the year starts on Thursday, and it’s the Masters in Augusta, Georgia. It’s a small town two hours drive south of Atlanta and with a direct flight from Johannesburg to Atlanta many South Africans attend the tournament each year. I’m not talking about the 6 South Africans who will be playing in this year’s event, but spectators. I was lucky enough to be there two years ago and while it was not a cheap expedition, because the ticket for the four days alone cost $1500, let alone the costs of accommodation and getting to America, it is probably the most superbly arranged golfing tournament in the world. It certainly beats the two British opens that I have attended, particularly in a dump I will never forget, being Blackpool.

My favourite player, and Tiger Woods brought me and many people into the game of golf, will not be there because he’s just had a back operation. It’s a pity, because the tournaments for the Majors this year really suited him, and it seems like he’s going to miss out the best part of the major tournaments, of which there are four each year, due to a bad back injury after having won five tournaments last year and returned to the number 1 position in the world. In his absence I always want a South African to win and Louis Oosthuizen got so close when I was there 2 years ago, Charl Schwartzel has of course won it before and there are others who are capable. The other players that I would look out for, and in golf you can be almost guarantee that once you’ve named some people, somebody else will win would include Jason day, who certainly is going to win something major eventually, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson and one of my favourite players, although he’s been a little bit of form so far this year, Henrik Stenson.