Tag: Masters

Golf-Liv Golf Contingent Leave Mark on Masters Leaderboard

  AUGUSTA, Georgia—Nobody from the LIV Golf contingent at this year’s Masters were able to slip into the Green Jacket, but a few players from the controversial Saudi-backed circuit left an indelible mark on the leaderboard at Augusta National on Sunday. Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, two of LIV’s…


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…


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…


Brooks Koepka Hangs on to Win LIV Event Ahead of Masters

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 league go to Augusta National for the…


Moore Delivers Surprise, Tops Spieth, Schenk at Innisbrook

PALM HARBOR, Fla.—Taylor Moore was never really the star attraction Sunday at the Valspar Championship until he had finished hitting all the right shots and posed with the trophy for his first PGA Tour title that sends him to the Masters. Adam Schenk and Jordan Spieth provided enough compelling theater for so much of the…


Tiger Woods Returns to Golf With the Same Belief He Can Win

LOS ANGELES—Tiger Woods feels good enough to play at Riviera, his first tournament with a cut and without a cart since the British Open last July. He already is looking ahead to the Masters. And yes, he thinks he can win. “I would not have put myself out here if I didn’t think I could…


Tiger Woods Gets Comeback Underway With Opening Par at Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Tiger Woods began his highly-anticipated return to competition with a par on his first hole at the Masters on Thursday in front of a throng of patrons thrilled to see the five-time champion back. Woods, wearing a pink shirt and black pants on his return to the Masters following a February 2021 car crash,…


Masters Underway as Tiger Woods Watch Begins

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Gary Player fired the ceremonial first tee shot to open a fascinating Masters on Thursday as crowds swarmed into Augusta National to see headliner Tiger Woods make another comeback. The last of overnight storms delayed the ceremonial start 30 minutes with Player followed to the first tee by 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus and…


Tiger Woods Says He’s Planning to Play the Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Tiger Woods says, for now anyway, he’s planning to play this week in the Masters, a little more than a year after nearly losing a leg in a car crash. The five-time champion at Augusta National made the announcement Tuesday morning. He will play nine more practice holes on Wednesday before making a final…