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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – After nearly two inches of rain fell earlier this week at Augusta National, the first round of the 83rd Masters is expected to get off to a drier start. Thursday’s forecast calls for partly-cloudy skies, warm temperatures in the low-80s and wind gusts up to 20 mph in the late afternoon, when […]
Images of PGA Tour players’ wives, girlfriends and kids from the 2019 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
From the moment he said, “Hello, world,” Tiger Woods has always been able to change the conversation. And he’s done it again. With his victory at the Masters on Sunday, Woods changed the narrative from “what if” to “what’s next?” Our Ron Green Jr. ponders just what might be next. The post Tiger’s Next Act […]
With Tiger Woods capturing his fifth Masters and 15th major championship – a victory that transcended sport and permeated the culture because of the lessons it taught us about resilience and determination – we decided to take a look back at all of Woods’ major victories, a pictorial walk through recent history with one of […]