AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fred Couples was indignant, explaining what happened yet unable to accept that it had happened. His dreamlike round opening round of the 2026 Masters crashed to reality at the 15th, his yellow ball bouncing before spinning back into the water. “I was cruising along and making a few putts when I needed Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The most interesting player at this Masters is not Rory McIlroy or Scottie Scheffler, or even a player at all, but one of us. Among the field of 91 players competing at Augusta National this week is Brandon Holtz, a 39-year-old real estate agent from Bloomington, Illinois. Holtz grew up coming to Read more…
Since his victory last April, it’s been a curious year for the newest member of the career Grand Slam club. Today at Augusta National, he explained why.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm’s Ryder Cup status is very much up in the air. Just not to Rahm. Earlier this year eight LIV Golf members reached a deal with the DP World Tour to allow the members of the Saudi-backed circuit to play on both leagues. However, Rahm’s name was absent from that group, Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Gary Woodland tried his best to hold it together as he explained what was tearing him apart. Woodland is at the Masters thanks to winning the Houston Open, a performance that can only be appreciated when knowing what came before it. Last month, Woodland told the world what he’d been living with. Read more…
The legend goes like this … It was a shot that had no business being hit. Taken from the left-side pine straw at 15, born from bravado and showmanship and pure what-the-hell, to the drumbeat of everything this place had made men feel over the decades. And why not. These were writers, a haggard guild Read more…
The lasting image of his win is the aftermath. Danny Willett stands front and center, smiling, draped in the spoils of his victory, but the eye keeps drifting to who’s behind him, the man who just hours before was so far ahead of everyone else. This Masters was supposed to be Jordan Spieth’s coronation. A Read more…
Tiger Woods was found carrying two hydrocodone pills in his left pants pocket after his rollover crash in Florida’s Martin County, according to a probable cause affidavit released overnight by the sheriff’s department.
Gary Woodland won a golf tournament, his first win in seven years, in a performance so commanding the outcome was never in doubt over the final three hours. And that matters. Just not as much as what came before it.
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