The inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur has been a hit with average golf fans and stars alike since the first tee shots were hit on Wednesday at Champions Retreat. But the final round on the hallowed grounds of Augusta National seemed to really resonate with people, as entertainers from Niall Horan and Jimmy Fallon to […]
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The second round of the Valero Texas Open featured a hole-in-one from the very top of the leaderboard. And Saturday brought us one from the middle of the pack. Nick Taylor was 3 over on the day when he stepped up to the par-3 13th hole, but he got a couple of strokes back with […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The charge on the second nine at Augusta National was among the best, this one by a woman. NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho, trailing by two shots and coping with remnants of a migraine Saturday, hit hybrid to 6 feet on the par-5 13th for an eagle and finished with three birdies on the last […]
They say the Masters doesn’t start until the second nine on Sunday, and as it turns out, the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur ended in similar fashion. The historic event turned into a two-woman race on Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club, and Jennifer Kupcho outplayed Maria Fassi down the stretch to card a final-round […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Jennifer Kupcho was standing on the eighth green Saturday at Augusta National, tied for the lead in arguably the biggest tournament of her career, when she felt the migraine coming. By the time Kupcho stepped on the ninth tee box, her untimely headache worsened. The pain sharpened. Her vision blurred. And her […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Maria Fassi was 8 years old when she first met her idol, Mexican golf superstar Lorena Ochoa. That day, Ochoa traveled to Fassi’s hometown of Pachucha, Mexico, and surprised a young Fassi with a round of golf. The two have since formed a close relationship, with Fassi leaning on Ochoa for advice […]
Amateurs love it when they can relate to pros, like when a pro has a large disparity in his two nine-hole scores. Saturday at the Valero Texas Open, Jordan Spieth looked like an amateur over his first nine. And then he looked like a three-time major champion on the second. Spieth shot 6-over 42 on […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Male or female, professional or amateur, Jennifer Kupcho put on a show Saturday that Augusta National had never before seen. The first player to hit a tee shot in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur more importantly struck the last putt – a 20-footer for birdie that capped a frenetic finish and […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – The Spaniards, English and Swedes are lining up as a potentially formidable nucleus of this year’s European Solheim Cup team with qualifying intensifying at the ANA Inspiration. Carlota Ciganda is off to a promising start this season. She tied for second at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup two weeks ago […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Michelle Wie isn’t likely to make the cut Friday at the ANA Inspiration. Unless hard, gusting afternoon winds turn this championship upside down and grant her a reprieve, she will be going home. As MCs go, though, this won’t sting so much. Her 5-over-par 77 Friday morning was just the fourth […]