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AUGUSTA, Ga. — There was a touch of consternation surrounding this year’s Masters Champions Dinner. The presence of LIV golfers will have that effect. That said, it felt like all talk. What was really going to go down inside the Augusta National clubhouse? Hand-to-hand combat? Real Housewives-inspired table-flipping? A staged PGA Tour walk-out? If a

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sometimes a late night is required. Other times it’s an early morning. But by now, Jeff Hall knows the drill. As the USGA manager overseeing rules who has been working on U.S. Open pairings since 2006, Hall’s task is relatively straightforward: turn a field of 156 players into 52 threesomes. The process

AUGUSTA, Ga. — As much as we’d all like it to be Thursday morning already, Masters week is the rare week where the leadup is just as enjoyable as the tournament itself. Tuesday, normally the forgotten day of every single week we roam this planet, features a CVS-receipt-length press conference list, this year’s schedule including

2:44 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — A balding, introspective Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National on Tuesday and spoke about joy and gratitude. He wasn’t a cartoon hero, or a cartoon villain, just a middle-aged man with a complicated life, who loves to spend time with his children and to lose himself in the quiet

Securing a tee time at Augusta National is the dream of most every golfer around the world. For 88 fortunate folks, they’ve done just that by earning a place in the field at the 87th Masters. Just who they’re playing with was finally revealed on Tuesday as the club released threesome groups for the first

AUGUSTA, Ga. — WHEN SCOTT SCHEFFLER showed up in Dr. Troy Van Biezen’s office in Dallas one day in fall 2014, he was panicked. Scheffler’s son, Scottie, had been one of the best junior golfers in the world, but was struggling to even hit a ball straight as a freshman at the University of Texas.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — It is, at least until the real action starts on Thursday, the talk of ‘toonamint’ week so far. The normally staid Champions Dinner, a traditional Tuesday evening gathering of those who have prevailed at Augusta National, will this year double as the place where Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson,

4:38 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN AUGUSTA, Ga. — Cameron Smith will be the first to tell you he doesn’t think LIV Golf’s fields are as strong or deep as the PGA Tour’s. In fact, that is precisely what Smith, who joined LIV last year, said Tuesday speaking at his news conference in advance of the

AUGUSTA, Ga. — They do like their rules at the Augusta National Golf Club. Spectators. Media. Support staff. Competitors. No matter who you are, or why you are attending the Masters, you are compelled to live tournament life within the club’s specifically outlined parameters. No doubt you are familiar with many of them: No running,

5:35 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — At the 2020 Masters, Bryson DeChambeau famously said his strategy would be to play Augusta National as a par-67 course because he was hitting the ball so far off the tee. DeChambeau didn’t come close to that number that year, tying for 34th. The next year, he finished over

It’s so true it has become cliché: A Masters ticket is the toughest one to get in sports. Even with a shaky weather forecast this week, you’re still going to spend four figures for a day on the Augusta National grounds. But there are still (relatively) decent deals to be had if you’re willing to

7:30 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti The first major of the year is here, and the anticipation for this year’s Masters could not be higher. Between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson

Nine miles from Palos Verdes Golf Course sits the Port of Long Beach, a primary trade point between the United States and Asian countries. Fitting, then, that it served as the backdrop to the latest import of Asian talent to the LPGA Tour. With a one-under 70 on Sunday, Ruoning Yin claimed a one-shot victory

9:29 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Ruoning Yin became the second Chinese winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday, holding off Georgia Hall in the DIO Implant LA Open. The 20-year-old Yin closed with an eventful 1-under 70 for a one-stroke victory over Hall, the English player whose 5-foot birdie try on

There are 14 golfers in PGA Tour history who can claim the bittersweet distinction of having earned $10 million in their careers, but not tour titles. Patrick Rodgers is one of them, and if you had asked him Saturday about that distinction, he would have dearly hoped that the “is” at the start of this

6:54 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Brooks Koepka became the first multiple winner in LIV Golf when he closed with a 3-under 68, making a 4-foot par putt on the final hole for a one-shot victory over Sebastian Munoz. LIV Golf-Orlando came one week before Koepka and 17 other players in the Saudi-funded

The immaculate fairways, the Azaleas, the roars. Year in and year out, the Masters provides unique yet familiar sights and sounds that golf fans of all persuasions—young or old, casual or avid—have come to treasure. This week, the 87th edition of the event promises all those Augusta National comforts and more—even for those unable to

8:31 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Masters week is finally here and there will be plenty of storylines in the first major championship of the season, which tees off Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler will try to become the first back-to-back winner at the Masters in more than

As the saying goes, “Everything is bigger in Texas.” And while the first men’s major of the year is not until next week, the pressure to earn the final invitation to the Masters is never bigger than Sunday afternoon at the Valero Texas Open. Several tour pros jockeyed for position Saturday afternoon in San Antonio,

8:47 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Injured Stanford golfer Rachel Heck was watching the opening rounds of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on TV at her parents’ home in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this week. When Cardinal teammate Rose Zhang grabbed what seemed like a commanding 5-shot lead after 36 holes, Heck knew she had to

AUGUSTA, Ga. — It’s never easy being a golf coach. You stand outside the ropes, living and dying with shots, and sometimes even trying as hard as you might to create some kind of telepathy with a player to build them up or save them from themselves. Anne Walker has had plenty of those days

6:12 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rose Zhang never had an easy time Saturday until the final shot in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, a par putt from inches away on the second playoff hole that brought as much relief as satisfaction. Staked to a 5-shot lead, Zhang stumbled her way to a

AUGUSTA, Ga.—The final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur has been delayed due to weather. The last groups were able to complete seven holes of play before the sirens blew around 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning at Augusta National. All patrons and competitors were evacuated from the course. Rain began to fall at 11:45 a.m.,

7:10 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Sebastian Munoz opened with an eagle and it only got better from there, leading the Colombian to a 9-under 62 and a 2-shot lead Friday at the LIV Golf Invitational Orlando. The groupings reflected a focus on the Masters for the LIV event that takes place the

AUGUSTA, Ga — It says a lot about 14-year-old Gianna Clemente that when she finished her Augusta National Women’s Amateur practice round on Friday, she was nearly stricken with writer’s cramp. She didn’t simply take in the grandeur in her first-ever tour of the Masters course, but jotted down every tidbit she could from the

10:33 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Ruoning Yin had the low round of her LPGA Tour career, a 7-under 64 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Hyo Joo Kim at the DIO Implant LA Open. Yin, a 20-year-old from China in her second year on the LPGA Tour, turned

At peace with himself, his game, his move to LIV Golf and his appearance in Netflix’s “Full Swing” series, Brooks Koepka showed some promise that he can contend in next week’s Masters after a hot start to LIV Golf’s Orlando tournament Friday. The four-time major winner, who has battled injuries to patella tendons in both

7:22 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Patrick Rodgers took a step toward his first PGA Tour victory — and his first Masters appearance — on Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a 3-stroke lead midway through the second round of the weather-delayed Valero Texas Open. Rodgers, who finished his opening-round 66 on

Tiger Woods hasn’t officially said he’ll play in next week’s Masters, but on Thursday he gave golf fans a glimpse of the swing we can expect to see at Augusta National. Woods was in West Palm Beach for the opening of The Park, a new public golf course. And the 15-time major champ seemed very

10:36 AM ET The Masters returns this year to the gorgeous Augusta National grounds in Georgia. We’ll see PGA Tour players competing against LIV golfers this time around, with past champions such as Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Charl Schwartzel and defending champion Scottie Scheffler looking to compete for another title. Here’s everything you