THE NCAA DIVISION 1 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS MAY 19-31. The Women from May 19-24, and the Men from May 26-31. Tickets are on sale NOW at NCAA.com/tickets. Tickets are well priced and parking is FREE, see the action up close ______________________________________________________________________

GOLFERS ON GOLF RADIO returns Saturday April 15th at 9 AM, Mike Munro, Ed Stevenson, Bill Berger all back for another season of great golf talk.

GOLFERS ON GOLF RADIO RETURNS SATURDAY APRIL 15TH AT 9 AM, details later this week on our new station.

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THE LPGA…. what a mess. The first major of the year for the women ends up being a fiasco. But the ruling does expose some issues in the rules and what needs to be changed in the days, not weeks months or years ahead.

Lexi Thompson who is a major someone for the LPGA, and someone the LPGA has going for it. For her to be treated the way she was by getting a ruling near the 13th tee box a day later is awful.

There needs to be a drop dead date for rules violations to be enforced, and the days of taking calls from fans on their couch needs to end today. I can only imagine what the first question will be that Dustin Johnson gets asked in the press room at Augusta this week. I hope for his sake he watched the final round of the ANA, he will need some answers ready.

Social media was abuzz about the Thompson ruling, and what got some play was that even Tiger Woods chimed in about the bad decision, but he wan’t the only player that had something to say about the situation. The bottom line in the end was, that the entire circus was bad for the game of golf, and rules changes from the USGA and the other governing bodies of golf, can’t come fast enough.

SPEAKING OF WOODS.. he pulled out of this weeks Masters on the 20th anniversary of his first Masters win. He will attend the champions dinner and head for home. While some might miss his presence at Augusta, most golf fans are looking forward to the broadcast being about the relevant players in the tournament, and Woods not making a 15 foot putt for double bogey. Woods says his back is not yet allowing him to compete, and based on the physcial test that Erin Hills is, I’m not thinking he plays there either. We will see.

THE LAKE MICHIGAN shoreline course that Woods is supposed to design near a proposed Obama presidential library could have more image issues, after 7 people were shot dead in random shootings just blocks from the course in the past week. Not exactly what organizers are looking for, as they try and raise millions of dollars for the course renovation and improvements.

Welcome to Magnolia Drive at Augusta National Golf Club

The first of four majors is on the tee this week as the Masters Tournament tee’s off. Danny Willett is the defending champion but nobody is picking him to repeat. I’m not either.

Jordan Spieth is likely to be right there and Rory McIlroy is ready to close out the last major he needs for the career Grand Slam. One of the favorites will be Dustin Johnson with his run of late, but while his putting has been better, is the rest of his game outside of his driver ready for Augusta National.

THE MASTERS, A TRADITION UNLIKE ANY OTHER where the tournament starts during the back nine on Sunday. It should be a fun week, and by next week hopefully you are ready to go tee it up as well.

Western Amateur Champion Dylan Meyer earns a spot in the Valspar Championship in 2018.

University of Illinois Jr. Dylan Meyer the reigning Western Amateur Champion, has won a place on the PGA Tour in 2018.

By winning the 3M collegiate invite this past week in Augusta GA. while playing for the Fighting Illini, Meyer earned an exemption into the 2018 Valspar Championship that will be played at the Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor Florida, on the Copperhead golf course. It will be Meyers first PGA Tour event.

More golf news coming out this week, stay clicked in. Enjoy the Masters. RS