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 […]
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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. – 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 […]
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 […]
Imagine winning the Masters for the first time. There are no more shots to hit, no more putts to study, no more interviews to give. It’s that moment when the achievement begins to settle in. There’s a green jacket and a place in history that comes with it. We asked several Masters champions to share […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The storm front that halted play on Monday at Augusta National continued through the night and forecasters estimate that an additional inch of rain could fall on Tuesday. (Update: Play was suspended at 10 a.m. ET because of the threat of thunderstorms.) Rain chances range from 30 to 60 percent throughout the […]
Marilynn Smith was more than a special player. Though she earned induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame with her 21 LPGA victories and two majors, her legacy goes beyond the trophies she won. As one of the 13 women who founded the LPGA in 1950, Smith filled so many roles vital to the […]
LPGA founder and World Golf Hall of Fame member Marilynn Smith died Tuesday morning. She was 89. The tour and its players, past and present, took to social media to pay their respects to a woman, whom the tour would not exist without. Her hugs were SO full of love, and her words always filled […]
By Monday afternoon, Corey Conners was facing long odds of getting in. That’s getting into the Valero Texas Open, not the Masters. Conners is in the midst of a strong season, having finished second at the Sanderson Farms Championship and T-3 at the Sony Open. But he’s playing this season on conditional status, meaning that […]
SAN ANTONIO – His first PGA Tour victory in the bag and his ticket punched for next week’s Masters, Corey Conners’ primary concern was a big change to his work weeks going forward. ”No more Monday qualifying,” Conners said. ”That’s the best deal from this. Amazing. It’s a dream come true. I won’t be as stressful on Mondays.” […]