A year after dislocating his left ankle celebrating an ace on the seventh hole of Augusta National’s Par 3 Course, Tony Finau came prepared. Before hitting his tee shot on the seventh hole Wednesday in the Par 3 Contest, Finau changed his left shoe, putting on the Finau1 shoe that he and Nike revealed as […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Editor’s note: Golf Channel’s Alex O’Laughlin offers a first-hand account of her maiden trip to Augusta National. AUGUSTA, Ga. – With the tees moved back and now playing 495 yards, much has been said about the par-4 fifth hole at Augusta National Golf Club. So much so, it led Justin Rose to say “I hit driver, […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Matt Wallace is making his first start in the Masters this week, so he probably didn’t know about the “curse.” No player has ever won the Par 3 Contest and the Masters in the same year. The Englishman, however, hopes to break that tradition. Wallace defeated Sandy Lyle, a two-time winner of […]
Tiger Woods, in many ways, personifies the magical ability of Augusta National and the Masters to have one foot firmly planted in the past while the other steps forward into the future. Some of golf’s greatest traditions come wrapped in a green jacket. So do many of its most impactful innovations, as our Ron Sirak […]
Kevin O’Connell, one of six amateurs competing at the Masters, started his golf life as an amateur. Then he turned pro. Then he regained his amateur status. Now he is talking about going pro once again. GGP+ Contributor Jim Achenbach writes O’Connell’s story. The post O’Connell Making The Most Of Amateur Days appeared first on […]
The buzz around Augusta National Thursday would do a swarm of bees proud. He was back. Not Tiger Woods, though he did well opening with a 2-under-par 70, which matches his second-lowest starting score ever in the Masters. The Masters garden gnome had returned. So had the birdies, as our Ron Green Jr. explains. The […]
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Viktor Hovland, the U.S. Amateur champion and the low amateur after one round at the Masters, is a lean, mean, birdie machine who doesn’t rattle easily. GGP+ Contributor Jim Achenbach writes the Oklahoma State Cowboy’s story. The post Cowboy Up appeared first on Global Golf Post.
Of all the captivating elements about Augusta National and the Masters – from the spellbinding scenery to the greatest gathering of golf course logos in the world – the best may be the irrepressible notion of imagination. It pulses like blood through this place and it feels almost as essential. The magic of Augusta National […]
Saturday, or moving day, has been known to elicit electricity over the years at the Masters. GGP+ Contributor Ron Sirak writes on super Saturdays past. The post Movers And Shakers appeared first on Global Golf Post.