Ernie Els didn’t know how he’d feel stepping onto the first tee at Augusta National on Thursday afternoon to open what will likely be his final Masters. He wasn’t going to over-analyse it, nor try to escape it.
Dustin Johnson said on Thursday afternoon at Augusta National that he was “going to give it a try”, despite suffering a freak injury to his lower back during a fall at his rental home a day earlier. He never teed off.
A shoeless Dustin Johnson falling down a small set of stairs and injuring his back on the eve of the first round of the Masters surely ranks as a freak, unfortunate incident. But how freak and unfortunate was it? Perhaps you need to compare it to other bizarre golf injuries in recent memory to put Read more…
Tiger Woods, who hasn’t played a competitive round since early February, announced overnight that he won’t compete in the 2017 Masters. Woods, who’s won the green jacket four times, made the announcement on his website.
Tiger Woods has yet to commit to next week’s Masters, which isn’t necessarily a surprise: he waited until 8 PM on the Friday before last year’s tournament to withdraw, which is saying something given he missed the entire season.
With a five-shot win at the Genesis Open, Dustin Johnson joined a select group of male golfers who have ascended to No.1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Australian Golf Digest
