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Sam Bennett’s amateur status might prevent him from collecting a big prize money payout for his first-page leaderboard performance at the Masters, but it doesn’t mean he’s going home empty handed. Not only is the fifth-year senior at Texas A&M a lock to be low amateur, but he’s also probably secured seven figures in future

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka faces a Masters Sunday unlike any other, one of fateful irony, if you will. To win a green jacket, Koepka will have to complete at least 29 holes, which happens to constitute more than half of a regulation tournament on the tour on which he now competes. One of 18

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka has played this perfectly. Not only has he been the clear best player at Augusta National this week, but the luck of the draw has favored the four-time major winner. Koepka is now 30 holes from winning his fifth major after third-round play was suspended Saturday afternoon. As the weather

The forecast is ominous for the weekend at Augusta National Golf Club—and so seem the prospects for the field trying to run down a resurgent Brooks Koepka over the final 36 holes of the 87th Masters. Winless in majors since 2019, when his victory at the PGA Championship capped an extraordinary run of winning four

12:19 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods was the first golfer to arrive at the course on Saturday morning, a half hour before sunrise, and he went alone to a pitch-black driving range. He smiled and he grimaced and he worked. With eight holes left to play of the delayed second round, he stood

AUGUSTA, Ga. – It must’ve been a bit surreal for most golf fans to turn on coverage of the Masters on Saturday and watch players wearing winter hats, rain gear and their caddies following with umbrellas. Of course, it has rained here during the Masters before—and yes, it’s been cold and wet in the past

AUGUSTA, Ga. — He’s hobbled and miles out of Masters contention. But, weather allowing, we’re still going to watch Tiger Woods return to a major championship on Saturday morning to finish his second round and try to make a 36-hole cut. We will watch for two reasons. One, it’s the Masters. And two, Woods is

3:58 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — WHEN BROOKS KOEPKA finished his round, his name atop the leaderboard headed into the weekend at Augusta National, he walked alone down a sidewalk and stomped his feet to knock off dirt before going inside one of the many white buildings hidden in the shrubs, trees and flowers. The

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Australian amateur and Masters debutant Harrison Crowe has detailed the terrifying moment three trees fell down at Augusta National’s 17th hole near his family and friends in the gallery. Late on Friday afternoon, during a weather-interrupted second round, two trees and parts of a third fell down beside Augusta’s 17th hole with

1:27 PM ET Tiger Woods is going to have to put up a low number on Friday if he’s going to stick around for the weekend at the 87th Masters. After posting a 2-over 72 in the first round at Augusta National Golf Club, Woods is probably at or near where the cut line will

The narrative for the Thursday’s opening round of the 2023 Masters was that you needed to go low to give yourself a cushion with the ominous weather forecast in store for the next few days. And, indeed, several players heeded said advice: Major champions Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka made it look was with their

AUGUSTA, Ga. — If Golf Twitter was representative of society at large, it’s safe to assume not much work got done after 10 a.m. on Thursday. Outside of March Madness opening weekend, the first round of the Masters might just be the leading productivity-killing event on the sports calendar. But then you remember there’s a

8:43 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka didn’t want to share the gruesome details of the injury. But after shooting a 7-under 65 to tie for the first-round lead at the Masters with Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland, he obliged. The now-member of the LIV Golf Tour and four-time major winner explained

AUGUSTA, Ga. — There were tears shed at Tuesday’s Champions Dinner—and not just from Scottie Scheffler’s spicy tortilla soup. Augusta native Larry Mize was so choked up about playing in his final Masters that he could barely get through his speech. Sandy Lyle, who is also having a swan song at the event this week,

10:58 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Kevin Na won’t be around for the celebration if a LIV Golf League player claims a green jacket Sunday in the 87th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Na, captain of the Iron Heads GC, withdrew from the Masters on Thursday after scoring 4-over 40 on the first nine

The countdown is over. Day 1 of the 2023 Masters is officially, gloriously, upon us, and we’re hoping you’re as excited as we are. There are so many big fat juicy storylines to follow this year—Can Scottie Scheffler defend his title? Is this the year Rory McIlroy finally wins a green jacket and completes the

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tom Hoge clearly doesn’t care about the curse of the Par 3 Contest. No contestant in Masters history has ever won the Par 3 Contest and the tournament proper in the same week. Hoge still like his chances. Hoge made a hole-in-one at the eighth to win the annual Par-3 Contest Wednesday

5:43 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Georgia — Tom Hoge had one of five holes-in-one made on the day — including two by Ireland’s Seamus Power — en route to winning the Par 3 Contest at Augusta National on Wednesday. Hoge finished at 6-under 21 on the short, nine-hole layout in the casual, fun-filled