Possible Clues:

• Played between tours
• Beat back game
• Go for a Masters?
• G for ____ ; or Weir's game
• Sport that's been called 'a good walk spoiled'
• Sport found in front of hotel?
• Driving passion?
• Set of players or striker, here from days of old
• Tee-to-hole sport
• This puzzle's theme—according to Twain, it's "a good walk spoiled"