Category: Golf

Jon Rahm Pulls Away to Claim First Masters Title

Spain’s Jon Rahm shot a 3–under-par 69 in the final round to earn his first Masters championship on a long Sunday, April 9, at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open winner, collected his second major championship by finishing at 12–under 276 for a four-stroke victory. Brooks Koepka, who had…


Ailing Tiger Woods Withdraws From Masters Due to Foot Injury

AUGUSTA, Georgia—Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters due to injury before the weather-delayed third round resumed on Sunday at Augusta National in cold conditions, the latest physical setback of the decorated golfer’s career. Woods, who has been playing a limited schedule on a rebuilt leg following a car crash in 2021, was six over par…


Woods Extends Masters Cut Streak to Record-Tying 23 Straight

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Tiger Woods can thank good friend Justin Thomas for helping the five-time champion extend his streak of consecutive cuts made at the Masters to a record-tying 23 on Saturday. Woods was in danger of missing it for the first time as a professional when he resumed his second round in a cold, driving rain…


Woods Makes Cut, Last Among Those Still Playing at Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga.—It even sounds odd to say it: Tiger Woods is last among those still playing at the Masters. But after Woods made the cut at Augusta National on Saturday, it all went downhill from there. Slogging through a rain-drenched, 49-degree day proved too much for the aching five-time champion to overcome. The 47-year-old Woods,…


Survival at Masters as Rahm Stays Close and Woods Makes Cut—Round 3 Suspended

AUGUSTA, Ga.—No one had an easier time Saturday morning at the Masters than Brooks Koepka. He didn’t have to play, and he still had the lead going into a cold, soggy and brutally difficult weekend at Augusta National. Jon Rahm did remarkably well to stay close. Tiger Woods managed to survive, tying the Masters record…


Storms Bring Down Trees at Masters, Play Halted in 2nd Round

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Three towering pine trees fell near patrons as storms rolled through Augusta National on Friday, though nobody was hurt, and the second round of the Masters was suspended for the day amid heavy wind and rain. The course was cleared once for 21 minutes by an earlier band of storms. The air horns sounded…


Rookie Senior Golfers Reap Mental, Physical Benefits

George Salem was about 55 years old when he ventured out on a golf course with one of his buddies. “I enjoyed it and went back again. I started playing once a week,” Salem, an associate professor at the University of Southern California, told The Epoch Times. “It was from that experience that I began…


Brooks Koepka Maintains Lead at the Masters—Play Suspended

AUGUSTA, Ga.—The notion that players who joined LIV Golf would risk being sharp and properly prepared for the majors doesn’t apply to Brooks Koepka. It never really mattered how much or how well Koepka was playing. The majors always seemed to bring out his best. Based on two rounds at the Masters, they still do….


Koepka Living Large at Masters, Leads With Rahm and Hovland

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Brooks Koepka carved out a new identity that sure looked familiar Thursday, April 6, in the Masters. This wasn’t about his surprising defection last year to LIV Golf, or even his victory four days ago that made him the Saudi-funded circuit’s first multiple winner. He just looked like “Big Game Brooks,” the player who…


Transgender Athlete Wins Womens Australian Golf Tournament

Transgender golfer Breanna Gill has won the Australian Women’s Classic at Bonville Golf Resort in the state of New South Wales. The victory was the 32-year-old’s first win in the Women’s PGA Tour of Australia. “I always thought in my head if I ever got the opportunity to actually win a golf tournament and the…