AUGUSTA, Ga. — Welcome to the Masters morning rundown, your one-stop shop to catch up on the action from Augusta National. Here’s everything you need to know for the morning of April 11. It’s finally here. The Masters, in earnest, begins Thursday morning. May the weather be kind, the pimento be fresh, the azaleas remain
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6:50 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Ga. — It took three extra holes, but Matt Wallace is taking home a trophy from the Masters after winning the annual Par 3 contest on Wednesday. Wallace and 61-year-old Sandy Lyle, the 1988 champion who hasn’t made a cut at Augusta the past four years, finished the
AUGUSTA, Ga. — We’re almost done with all our Masters projections now that real golf is rapidly approaching. We said almost. On the eve of the 2019 Masters, Alex Myers, E. Michael Johnson, Joel Beall, and myself hunkered down in the massive Augusta National Golf Club press building to discuss the biggest course changes and
The men who runs the Masters like to remind people that their hallowed tournament is an invitational. To play, you must be invited. Even though there are very clear rules of qualification, the committee—meaning the leadership of Augusta National Golf Club—always has the right to not invite someone—anyone—if it decides for one reason or another
6:32 AM ET Rory McIlroy has said he is using meditation and juggling to help prepare for the Masters, as he attempts to complete golf’s grand slam of majors at Augusta National this week. After falling short in previous years, four-time major champion McIlroy is the favourite to win the green jacket at Augusta thanks
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Welcome to the Masters morning rundown, your one-stop shop to catch up on the action from Augusta National. Here’s everything you need to know for the morning of April 10. Report: Reed still dealing with family issues Patrick Reed is attempting to become the first back-to-back Masters champ since 2002. He’ll do
6:58 PM ET Rory McIlroy wasn’t the favorite at the start of the year to win the Masters, but he is now. McIlroy, a four-time major champion, has 7-1 odds to win his first Masters this week at Augusta National and complete the career grand slam. Dustin Johnson is 10-1, followed by Justin Rose (12-1)
Let me assure you: This brings me no joy. Like a parent grounding a teenager or the assistant principal handing out detention or, well, an apologist for a Final Four officiating crew, my usual crazy Masters prediction that follows will be either a crushing disappointment or vivid example of unwavering incompetence, or, likely, both. Regardless,
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rickie Fowler has an affection for Augusta National. “To me it’s perfect,” he said on Monday at the Masters. “I love this place just because of how much it allows to you use your imagination. I love putting these greens. … To see different shots and playing from uneven lies, it’s a
4:53 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Englishman Justin Rose moved ahead of Dustin Johnson for No. 1 in the world on Sunday night, but that might not necessarily be a good thing heading into Masters week. Since the inception of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986, there have been only four instances — accomplished
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Welcome to the Masters morning rundown, your one-stop shop to catch up on the action from Augusta National. Here’s everything you need to know for the morning of April 9. Tiger staying mum around Thomas Tiger Woods hasn’t won the Masters in 14 years. As Justin Thomas found out, that doesn’t mean
4:51 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau was one of the first proponents of leaving the flagstick in while putting on the greens, as the new rules allowed at the start of 2019. And he plans to keep doing so at Augusta National, where the composition is slightly different than a flagstick on the
On the surface, it may seem incongruously absurd. The Masters, that friendly gathering of golf’s elites at that private club in eastern Georgia with just 300 members, is not merely the site of golf’s most storied, seminal major championship. It is the ignition switch that starts the engine that is the golf industry. So many
The new TaylorMade P7TW irons, according to their co-designer Tiger Woods, are a first for the industry. “Consumers have never had the opportunity to play irons like mine—until now,” Woods said in unveiling the public availability of the muscleback blade irons he’s been playing since January when he debuted them at the Farmers Insurance Open.
10:00 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Jin Young Ko won the ANA Inspiration on Sunday at Mission Hills for her first major title and second victory in three weeks. Ko closed with a 2-under 70 in hot and mostly calm conditions for a three-stroke victory over Mi Hyang Lee. After bogeys on
When Jordan Spieth closed with a sizzling final-round 64 at last year’s Masters, would anyone have expected that 12 months later he’d still be looking for his first victory since the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale? Or the flip side, after going out in 42 during the third round at last week’s Valero Texas
6:59 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Justin Rose, the world’s No. 2-ranked player and a two-time Masters runner-up, will have a familiar face back on his bag when he returns to Augusta National Golf Club this week. Mark “Fooch” Fulcher, his caddie for the past 10-plus years, will be carrying Rose’s bag for the first
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Treed Huang said he felt goose bumps as his van rolled down Magnolia Lane on Sunday morning. Mind you, maybe that shouldn’t really be all that surprising. Don’t all 80 girls and boys competing in the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals get them upon arriving at Augusta National? The thing is,