Congratulatory voice messages from Rafael Nadal, honorary membership at Augusta National and the ability to plan the Champions Dinner menu with a celebrity chef. These are just a few of the perks that come with winning the Masters, as Jon Rahm has discovered over the past 72 hours.
You always worry that things will live up to the hype, that they can truly be as good as you’ve built them up to be in your brain. Certain food items rarely do, as is the case for specific locations or landmarks you’ve been told are “must-sees” before you leave this earth.
Even amid doubts over the long-term advisability of playing events over three rounds instead of four, it is hard to argue the notion that the LIV players have deteriorated to a point where they do not belong in elite company.
At times on Saturday morning at the 87th Masters, Tiger Woods looked like he did at the peak of his powers. He still knelt down and studied short putts with the same intensity he would have circa 2000.
Brooks Koepka says he feels very much like the guy who not long ago won four Major championships in a span of eight starts and, well, it’s hard to argue with him when you look at the scoreboard in the 87th Masters.
Jason Day’s Masters hopes have taken a hit after dropping four shots late in an otherwise brilliant round to lose his grip on runaway leader Brooks Koepka.
It’s the goal of everybody in the field at the Masters, whether you’re World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler or 65-year-old past champion Sandy Lyle, the oldest participant this week.
A year after missing the Masters for the first time since debuting at the event in 2011, due to his world ranking plummeting outside the top 150, Jason Day is back in contention at Augusta National. While Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka each fired a 65 to take the first-round lead at seven Read more…