AUGUSTA, Ga. – The first club-enacted course change at Augusta National in more than a decade has gotten the attention of the players ahead of this week’s Masters. The par-4 fifth hole, already the sixth most difficult hole last year, has been lengthened by 40 yards and now sits at a stout 495 yards. While […]
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Keith Mitchell has played in enough golf tournaments to have moved beyond the type of wide-eyed moments young players experience, but Augusta National is different. As he stepped to the tournament range on Monday, the 27-year-old had to take a moment. “I’ve seen that range from the other side of the ropes […]
Click here for the cover, or find out which winner this month is the child of a former professional boxer. Or take time to find out why she (hint) and her countrywomen (OK, it’s Jin Young Ko from South Korea) have dominated the women’s game since 1998. Steve Eubanks writes that it is about their […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Justin Rose will have a familiar face back on the bag this week at the Masters. Rose shared that caddie Mark Fulcher will reprise his role for the season’s first major, having missed the first three months of action after undergoing surgery to replace a heart valve in January. Rose had been […]
Images from Monday at the 83rd Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Few people in this year’s Masters field have a greater appreciation for the invite that came in the mail from Augusta National Golf Club than Charles Howell III. As an Augusta native, he knows all too well just how special both this place and week are for top-level pros. He also knows […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – It’s a time-honored tradition around these parts: the past champions spend a good portion of their pre-tournament practice time playing with younger participants in the field, passing along some of the wisdom that helped earn them a green jacket. The familiar formula was again on display with the first threesome off the […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Last year, 61-year-old Mark O’Meara played his final Masters. Ben Crenshaw made his final turn at Augusta National in 2015 at 63, while Tom Watson endured a few years longer before playing his last in 2016 at 66 years old. There is no hard deadline for former champions at the year’s first […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiger Woods really wants to win again, but he doesn’t need to win. He doesn’t need to win here at the Masters, or anywhere else for that matter. Woods’ 14 majors and 80 PGA Tour victories could be etched in history books forever and his place in the game would be solidified. […]
Marilynn Smith, one of the LPGA’s 13 founders, died early Tuesday morning. Ron Sirak, who knew her well, looks back on her life and career. The post Marilynn Smith: 1929-2019 appeared first on Global Golf Post.