AUGUSTA, Ga. — A year ago Brooks Koepka and his caddie, Ricky Elliot, sparked a rules question/controversy during the first round of the 2023 Masters that almost cost the eventual 54-hole leader two shots. After hitting a 5-iron for his second shot onto the par-5 15th hole, cameras panned to Koepka who appeared to be Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Augusta National Golf Club has a style of its own. Its wide, rolling fairways are unmistakable by their Masters green. But that, in some ways, masks how best to navigate them. Ahead of the 2024 Masters, defending champion Jon Rham wrote an ode to one of his idols, Jose Maria Olazabal, in this year’s Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga.— Somewhere last season, Viktor Hovland encountered a problem with his golf swing. A good problem, yes, but a problem nonetheless. Hovland’s results looked good by any measure. Pull the books in any number of ways and you’ll like what you find: He was the joint-best player in relation to par in each of Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga.—For a tournament as steeped in tradition as The Masters, it’s always been one of golf’s innovators when it comes to new technology. We saw one of those during the “Masters On the Range” broadcast on Monday. While World No. 1 and tournament favorite Scottie Scheffler hit balls on the driving range, CBS employed Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — There were two players on the practice putting green for a brief window on Monday morning. 2016 Masters champion, who was stationed over a comfortable five footer, training aids in tow, drilling putt after putt into the hole. On the other end of the green was Adam Hadwin, making his fourth Masters Read more…
AUGUSTA Ga. — Perhaps the most influential tournament in my golf-watching childhood was seeing Phil Mickelson birdie five of his last seven holes to slip on his first green jacket in 2004. He was presented with the green jacket that year by Mike Weir, who became the first left-hander ever to win the Masters a Read more…
If you think the current generation of golfers is powerful, just wait until you see what’s coming up next. Ariel Collins provided a taste of it at the 2024 Drive, Chip and Putt National Final at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Competing in the Girls 14-15 age group, the Locust Grove, Ga., native smashed Read more…
There are optical illusions all over Augusta National, according to Ralph Bauer, a PGA Tour putting coach to multiple players in the Masters field and co-founder of the popular Tour Read putting app.
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When he gets going about the intricacies of the game of golf, there’s nobody better the listen to than Phil Mickelson. And when he gets going about Augusta National—a place where Mickelson has won three green jackets, and finished inside the top 5 in 40 percent of his appearences—you know he’s about to drop some Read more…
Rory McIlroy has been working through some things in his golf swing recently. At the Players Championship, McIlroy said he effectively needed two golf swings: One that felt and worked amazingly well off the tee, but hurt him with his irons. So, in the weeks between the Players and the Masters, Rory revealed he paid Read more…
If you’re looking to upgrade your Masters-watching experience, or just perhaps impress your friends during your Masters Monday breakfasts, these are a smattering of nerdy nuggets to remember.
Jaeger’s rise has been fuelled by an increase in driving distance. Hitting 10 ‘Jaegerbombs’ in the final moments before you go play is a routine you can adopt, too. And there are some good reasons why you should consider it.
You can tell when Rob Hogan, better known as Speed Golf Rob, is on the verge of inspiration. The volume of his Irish accent increases a few notches. His words flow faster. His inflections more animated. Pretty soon he’s something close to screaming. Not at you, but with you. He draws you in, like a Read more…
It was a quick in-and-out for the author – Monday-through-Wednesday – but still enough time to glean a few tips from the top of the sport that the rest of us can use.
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