The Masters - Page 2

Tiger Woods calls it a miracle that he’s stalking a 15th major title at Augusta National this week, just a year after he could barely sit through the Masters champions’ dinner.

Matt Kuchar hit a hole-in-one Sunday on the 16th hole during the fourth round of the Masters. Kuchar’s incredible shot moved him into a tie for third place on the leaderboard at the time. After nailing the hole-in-one, Kuchar gave the

Augusta (United States) (AFP) – Spain’s Sergio Garcia captured his first major golf title on Sunday after 73 failed attempts, making a birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Justin Rose and win the 81st Masters.

Augusta (United States) (AFP) – Sergio Garcia, chasing his first major title after 73 failed attempts, and Justin Rose, seeking a green jacket to go with Olympic gold, teed off Sunday sharing the final-round lead at the Masters.

Augusta (United States) (AFP) – A tension-packed shootout among 15 golfers bunched within five shots atop the leaderboard began unfolding Saturday as the third round of the Masters opened at Augusta National.

Augusta (United States) (AFP) – World number one Dustin Johnson could miss the Masters after injuring his lower back in a fall Wednesday on a staircase at a rented home.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — “More important than golf,” Jordan Spieth said Sunday night as a preamble to publicly congratulating the new Masters champion,Danny Willett. And with those words, Spieth showed that he would live to laugh about his Masters meltdown.

Despite yanking his drive into the bushes on 18 on way to a triple bogey, Bryson DeChambeau sits only four back of leader Jordan Spieth as he continues his quest to become the first amateur to win the Masters.

Last April when the world’s 2,535th-ranked amateur golfer gazed at the TV tuned to the Masters while sitting in a Farmington, Minnesota, saloon, he told his dad that someday he would take him to Augusta National to watch the tournament.

According to a recent survey of over 50 PGA Tour players, seventy percent of them believe that Tiger Woods will never win another major championship.

Next week in Augusta Rory McIlroy bows out of a portion of the “tradition unlike any other,” choosing not to play in the annual three-par competition at the Masters.

On Wednesday at St. Andrews, two-time Masters champion Tom Watson announced that next year will be his final trip to Augusta National to compete in the Masters, citing a decline in skills as the reason. Watson, 65, has not made

Jordan Spieth won the 79th Masters tournament on Sunday shooting 70 and annihilating the rest of the field, topping his closest competitors Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson by four shots.

Friday at the 79th Masters Tournament Tiger Woods sent a message early that he planned on being around for the weekend.

“I’m playing in the Masters,” Tiger Woods stated on his official website Friday afternoon. “It’s obviously very important to me, and I want to be there.”

Tiger Woods appeared at Augusta National playing a practice round earlier this week, rousing speculation that the most celebrated golfer for the last two decades may be ready to reactivate his game and reignite his quest to win his fifth Masters and his 15th Major championship.

Tiger Woods’ former Stanford teammate and long time confidante, Notah Begay, gives it is 50-50 chance that the world’s most famous golfer and owner of 14 major championships will tee it up for his twentieth Masters Championship at Augusta National on April 9.

Next week New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady, will tee it up with the world’s best golfer, Rory McIlroy, at Augusta National the home of the Masters Tournament.