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2:50 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy, who is known to be one of the most thoughtful and introspective golfers on the professional touring circuit, ended his pre-Masters news conference by going on an extended riff about Tiger Woods. That felt perfect because even though Woods is at home recovering from his car wreck,

Cameron Champ was walking through the driving range at the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields outside Chicago last August, a black shoe on his right foot, a white one on his left and the names of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake scrawled in magic marker on the sides of the latter. “I got asked by

7:20 AM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — The 85th playing of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club returns to its traditional spot in April this week. There will be limited patrons once again because of the coronavirus pandemic, and no Tiger Woods as the five-time Masters champion recovers from serious injuries suffered in a

Is it possible that the trio of amateurs in the 2021 Masters field—Tyler Strafaci, Joe Long and Ollie Osborne—might find themselves a bit lonely this week? After all, just once in tournament history has the number of play-for-pride participants competing at Augusta National been this small. That happened in 2008, when Colt Knost won the

The Masters is Christmas for golf bettors, and this year we’re getting two Christmases in a span of six months. You could say we’ve been spoiled rotten. It only makes sense, then, to spoil our readers with more gambling content. We’ve given you our best bets and our favorite DFS plays already, so now it’s

7:08 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — On Tuesday of Masters week, every former winner who wants to attend comes to Augusta National for the Champions Dinner. It is one sports’ most exclusive dinner parties. This year, defending champion Dustin Johnson is the host. This is his menu. His brother, Austin, who is Johnson’s caddie and

Phil Mickelson can spin a yarn as good, if not better than a wedge over a tree. So when it comes to story time, simply give Lefty a microphone, sit back and enjoy. Leave it to the three-time Masters winner to use the occasion of this year’s tournament to regale the press room with a

7:30 AM ET MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina — Six years ago, not long after Dustin Johnson had completed one of the worst collapses in golf history at the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, he was behind the wheel of his courtesy car headed back to his rental house. No one in the car —

Tyler Strafaci never met his grandfather, Frank, who passed away before he was born. But the 22-year-old from Davie, Fla., has enjoyed following in the family patriarch’s golf footsteps the past nine months. First, Tyler won the North & South Amateur title last July at Pinehurst No. 2, as did Frank in 1938 and 1939.

It’s officially Masters Week, which means that everyone—your mom, your dad, your little cousin, Nancy in accounting, etc.—is going to have a “dark horse” pick to win at Augusta National. By the time Wednesday evening rolls around, there will be no dark horses left. One guy who has slipped through the cracks so far, though,

3:26 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth got to drive down Magnolia Lane late Monday morning with a sense of relief. For the first time in nearly four years, he was a winner again Sunday on the PGA Tour, the constant scrutiny and questions concerning his troubling play now changing to talk of him

The 2021 Masters is upon us, and with it comes a slew of delectable storylines. Of course, there’s often a discrepancy in what matters before the tournament to what ultimately transpires. A quick refresher on the Bryson Reckoning that did not come to pass last November will testify as much. Did that stop us, however,

7:00 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau was going to obliterate Augusta National last fall. He was coming off a convincing 6-shot win at the U.S. Open, overpowering famed Winged Foot. He arrived at the Masters with a plan to do the same. But a funny thing happened on the way to a green

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — All players practice visualization, but what Patty Tavatanakit was visualizing two years ago was not her next shot, but her future, and it precluded her from accepting an invitation from Augusta National. Magnolia Lane represented a detour. Tavatanakit declined an opportunity to play in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur in

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Realistically, Lydia Ko was out of contention entering the final round of the ANA Inspiration on Sunday, though reality and Ko apparently were not in agreement on that. Ultimately she did not win, but she injected the final round with a jolt of drama that otherwise would have been missing. Ko,

8:00 AM ET Bernhard Langer stood toward the back of the tee box on the first hole of the Masters in November and watched Rory McIlroy launch his opening tee shot of the third round 322 yards. Moments later, the 63-year-old Langer hit his — 251 yards. The differences between the two were greater than

Normally, Jon Rahm is the one constantly coming up clutch. But in the wee hours of Sunday morning, it was his wife Kelley who delivered the goods. In early February, Rahm, who is looking to capture his first major next week, said he’d miss and/or leave the Masters to be present for the birth of

8:00 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Only five months since the last Masters Tournament another is here, back in its familiar April spot. Tiger Woods won’t be here as he continues to recover from injuries he suffered during a single-car crash in Los Angeles in February. But the patrons will return, in limited numbers. The