Souhan: Why Tiger Woods should keep swinging
Woods knows the end is near, but why rush toward it? Why not play, if you can still play? Tiger gave an answer with how he approached Sunday's final round at the Masters.
Souhan: Scheffler wins Masters again, shows what makes him special
Scottie Scheffler foot-shuffling swing doesn't look like the form of a champion. But the world's No. 1 player hasn't shot a round under par all season and now has two Masters titles.
Morikawa falters in final round at Masters
Two double bogeys derailed Collin Morikawa's opportunity at a third major championship.
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AP Sports Week in Pictures: Masters golf glows, Tsitsipas' title and no more 'Neverkusen' in Germany
Associated Press photographers captured the emotions of Masters golf, Stefanos Tsitsipas lifting the tennis trophy at Monte Carlo, and the end of a 120-year wait by Germany's Bayer Leverkusen for its first Bundesliga title.
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Amen Corner proves pivotal as Scottie Scheffler's closest pursuers falter in final round of Masters
Amen Corner brought Scottie Scheffler's closest pursuers to their knees on Sunday.
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Tiger Woods finishes Masters with his highest score as a pro, sets sights on upcoming majors
Tiger Woods finished the Masters on Sunday with a record he could do without, walking off the course with a 16-over 304, his highest 72-hole score in a career that spans three decades.
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Keeping up with the Joneses who helped design Augusta National's classic back nine
Robert Trent Jones Sr. helped Bobby Jones alter the final nine holes at Augusta to produce the memorable finishing stretch at the Masters each year.
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Souhan: Masters delivers class, drama atop the leaderboards
Scottie Scheffler recovered to lead an ideal field as the Masters enters the final round with three untainted, even likable, players atop the famed leaderboards.
Golf
Former Gophers golfer Van Rooyen finds himself in a hole at the Masters
Erik Van Rooyen and his caddie, former U teammate Alex Gaugert, were tested by fast greens and swirling winds at the third round at Augusta National.
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Masters fashion: Day was asked by Augusta National to change his wardrobe so 'respectfully' he did
Jason Day went viral at the Masters this week for wearing some rather bold outfits from Malbon.
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DeChambeau sets himself apart at Masters, uprooting signpost for perfect shot
Bryson DeChambeau also explained inventing and 3-D printing his own irons to help correct his mishits with bolts to create the "gear effect" he desired.
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The Masters turns into a menace. Scheffler, DeChambeau and Homa hold on to share the lead
Max Homa played the most beautifully boring round of golf amid raging wind and endless calamity Friday in the Masters, giving him a share of the lead with Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau going into a weekend for the survivors.
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Souhan: Tiger Woods works overtime to set Masters record
The 48-year-old legend made his 24th consecutive cut at Augusta but wants to get on the leaderboard.
Business
Wild prints, trendy wear are making the Masters the center of the golf fashion universe
At a place where green jackets never go out of style, the sometimes-wild, often-trendy and always-interesting fashion sense of those playing Augusta National has become a viral subplot to the competition at the Masters this week.
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The Masters: When it starts, how to watch, betting odds for golf's first major of 2024
Action has resumed Friday at Augusta National with power hitter Bryson DeChambeau leading the Masters.
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Souhan: Milder DeChambeau takes first-round Masters lead
Bryson DeChambeau is a tinkerer, playing with irons he designed, and a provocateur in what he says or posts on social media. He put much of that aside at Augusta National on Thursday in shooting a 7-under 65.
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Former U golfer finds success, learns acceptance at Masters
Erik van Rooyen experiences the variances of Augusta National on the first day of the Masters.
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Masters will resume early Friday after Thursday morning rain delay
Tiger Woods was playing well but was one of the golfers unable to complete their opening round at Augusta National.
Golf
Souhan: Shaky putter, peculiar footwork? That's world's top player.
Scottie Scheffler will take on the best field to assemble in the United States since June 2023 at a momentous time in professional golf's history.
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The Masters to start at 10:30 a.m. local time after heaviest rain misses Augusta National
The start of the Masters has been pushed back to 10:30 a.m. local time Thursday because of weather that threatened the pristine grounds of Augusta National, though the majority of the heavy rain and winds tracked south of the course.
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Former Gopher van Rooyen hoping to finally make cut at third Masters
Erik van Rooyen had a dramatic victory on the PGA Tour in November.
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Masters a reunion of the world's best players. But the numbers are shrinking
More than golf's first major championship of the year, the Masters represents unification. This is the first time since July at the British Open the best players regardless of their tours compete against each other — same course, same tournament, same television network.
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Souhan: Masters champ Rahm should pair red face, green jacket
Golf's cold war continues with defending Masters champion Jon Rahm returning to Augusta as an LIV convert.
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Jim Souhan's Wednesday look at the Masters
A low-key day features the par-3 tournament, but no player interviews. Wednesday is the oddest day of the week at The Masters.
Golf
Tiger Woods says he thinks he can win Masters
The former golf superstar has played in only one tournament this year, however.
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As golf's civil war rages, all the top PGA Tour and LIV players are at the Masters this week
In some ways, golf finds itself at a point in time not unlike pro football in the 1960s, when two rival leagues duked it out but found a path to reconciliation that produced a game far bigger than anyone could've envisioned.
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Analysis: Does golf need a dominant player? That depends on who it is
Golf after the peak years of Tiger Woods is just like it was before that ''Hello, world'' moment when he arrived.
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Augusta National in bloom and the conditions dry for Masters. So far
Tony Finau was to the right of the 11th green at Augusta National trying to chip to an imaginary front pin, a tough shot when it matters. This was the first full day of practice Monday at the Masters, and it wasn't any easier.
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Korda wins 4th straight LPGA Tour start, beating Maguire in T-Mobile Match Play
Nelly Korda is on a roll not seen on the LPGA Tour in 16 years.
Golf
Bhatia loses 6-shot lead and wins Texas Open in a playoff. The next stop is the Masters
Akshay Bhatia nearly celebrated too soon Sunday, hurting his left shoulder while pumping his arms on a 12-foot birdie to force a playoff. He recovered to make birdie on the first extra hole and win the Texas Open over hard-luck Denny McCarthy to earn a trip to the Masters.
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Bhatia birdies final 2 holes for a 4-shot lead in Texas Open
Akshay Bhatia wrote a reminder on his wrist Saturday before the third round of the Valero Texas Open to ''Race My Race.'' The idea was to not worry about anything but his own golf, and that gave the rest of the field plenty to worry about.
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Top-ranked Korda cruises to T-Mobile Match Play final and will face Maguire
Nelly Korda raced out to an early lead and beat the self-destructing Narin An 4 and 3 on Saturday in the semifinals of the T-Mobile Match Play to put herself a match away from her fourth straight LPGA Tour victory.
Sports
Lottie Woad delivers Masters-like charge to win Augusta National Women's Amateur
Lottie Woad watched the Augusta National Women's Amateur when it began in 2019, and she has watched the Masters even longer. To find herself in Butler Cabin on Saturday to join the long list of champions was surreal.
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Top-ranked Korda makes way into final 8 at T-Mobile Match Play
Nelly Korda kept her hopes alive for a fourth consecutive LPGA Tour victory by shooting a 3-under 69 on Friday for a three-day total of 1-under par in the T-Mobile Match Play, putting her into the quarterfinals for the start of match play.
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Akshay Bhatia stretches lead to 5 shots at windy Texas Open
Akshay Bhatia survived a rocky start Friday in the Valero Texas Open by rallying with a pair of late birdies for a 2-under 70 that stretched his lead to five shots and raised hopes of getting the final spot in the Masters next week.
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Sergio Garcia goes back to old putter and shares LIV lead at Doral
Sergio Garcia decided to refurbish the putter he used 25 years ago when he was a rookie and played like it was 1999 on Friday. He was bogey-free at Trump National Doral for a 5-under 67 to share the lead with Talor Gooch and Peter Uihlein in LIV Golf Miami.
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MASTERS '24: Villegas moves forward from family tragedy and makes it back to Masters
Camilo Villegas rarely looked so composed while filled with so much emotion. He tapped in for par in Bermuda last fall, straightened and lightly pumped his fist before looking to the heavens.
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Akshay Bhatia opens with a 63 to lead Texas Open by 3. Rory McIlroy is 6 back
Akshay Bhatia rode the rare experience of knowing a PGA Tour course with a sublime day with his irons for a 9-under 63 on Thursday, giving him a three-shot lead in the Valero Texas Open and taking a small step toward a potential trip to the Masters.
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Zhang among 4 tied for LPGA Match Play lead as wind plays havoc with the field
Rose Zhang watched her two-stroke lead with two holes to play Thursday turn into a four-way tie for first place, the strong wind playing havoc with her and everyone else who teed off in the afternoon at the LPGA Tour's T-Mobile Match Play.
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Kim takes 1st-round lst-round in T-Mobile Match Play, with wind and lower temperatures on the way
Sei Young Kim took advantage of ideal playing conditions Wednesday, shooting a 6-under 66 in the opening round of the T-Mobile Match Play.
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Analysis: For Nelly Korda, this could be the start of a special year
Nelly Korda finally gave herself a break from the high stress, thrill-a-minute golf that has produced the best start on the LPGA in more than a decade and returned the 25-year-old American to No. 1 in the world.
Golf
Jaeger wins Houston Open for 1st PGA Tour title. Scheffler's bid for 3 in a row ends on 5-foot putt
Stephan Jaeger couldn't have dreamed up a better scenario for his first PGA Tour victory. He played the final 36 holes with the best player in the world, and he won the Houston Open on Sunday to earn his first trip to the Masters.
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Nelly Korda rallies to win 3rd straight LPGA Tour start at Ford Championship
Nelly Korda won her hometown event in a playoff after closing eagle-birdie. She withstood brutal wind in Southern California to win in another playoff last week.
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