I woke up on Wednesday and thought I’d dreamed it, so I checked Twitter and opened the Masters app on my iPad. And yes, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson had in fact played the nine most famous holes in golf together on Tuesday of their own volition. Tiger and Lefty fist-bumped and chuckled their way…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fred Ridley came off the top rope on Wednesday in the annual Augusta National chairman press conference, his first after taking over as chairman of the event and Augusta National Golf Club for Billy Payne last fall. Ridley announced that Augusta National will host the 2019 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship. The…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Golf is strange. If you lose 95 percent of the time, you’re an historically terrific player. So that means during the vast majority of the time you spend not winning, there are other golfers to root for, other players to cheer on. We’ve seen this recently with Rickie Fowler greeting pals Justin…
The 2018 Masters event will feature Tiger Woods. After four straight years of “will he, or won’t he?” Woods’ appearance at this year’s Masters has not been in doubt the entire year. After a five-tournament warm up in which he placed in the top 12 three times, Woods will play his first major championship since…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jack Nicklaus cried “like a baby” on Wednesday after his grandson G.T. aced the 9th hole to shut down the day at the Par 3 Contest. A 15-year-old singer, songwriter and solid junior golfer, G.T. had planned to hit the shot for a few days and said he took a few practice…
Earlier this week as I was ranking the entire 86-man field at the 2018 Masters, I started feeling bad for golfers ranked outside of the top 25. Is Golfer X really going to beat Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in the same week when most…
The last time we saw Sergio Garcia on the 15th hole at Augusta National, he made an eagle to tie Justin Rose and help himself towards the 2017 Masters, his first major title. This year, not so much. Garcia hit five balls in the water during the first round on Thursday and made an 8-over…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two holes into a second round at the Masters that he led by two after 18 holes, Jordan Spieth found himself looking up at Rory McIlroy who shared the lead at 4 under after birdies at Nos. 2 and 3. Life comes at you fast at Augusta National. McIlroy and Spieth know…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth played the first two holes of his second round pretty much the exact same way I played them when I teed it up on Monday after the 2017 Masters in the media lottery round. Related: Jordan Spieth no longer leads the 2018 Masters. He shot a 2-over 74 to fall…
Winning the 2018 Masters is a nice gig, if you can get it. Heck, finishing 15th at the Masters is a nice gig, if you can get it. Augusta National announced on Saturday that — for the second year in a row — its purse is $11 million with nearly $2 million going to the…
