7:08 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — The process is far from complete, with plenty of work to be done. The prolonged slump might be a thing of the past, but getting his game to the level of those bygone days is still the goal for Jordan Spieth. He’s on another leaderboard, this time at the

8:51 PM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — Justin Rose entered the 85th Masters this week ranked No. 41 in the Official World Golf Ranking, his lowest ranking entering a tournament in a decade. Rose, 40, hasn’t won on the PGA Tour in more than two years, and he has just one top-30 finish in five worldwide

5:39 PM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — As Rory McIlroy stood under the tall pines down the left side of the No. 7 fairway at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, he lasered in on a safe spot to land his second shot. McIlroy found what he thought was the perfect target — an older man

5:39 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Here’s the great thing about winning the Masters: While you might have to give back the green jacket when you leave Augusta National, they never truly take it away from you. Dustin Johnson knows he has the one he earned in November, one that will always be in his

10:34 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — As the sun peeked over the tall Georgia pines on Thursday morning, Lee Elder joined Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as honorary starters on the first tee at Augusta National Golf Club for the 85th edition of the Masters. Elder, 86, was driven to the No. 1 tee in

1:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Tiger Woods‘ February crash was caused by excessive speed, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Woods’ SUV was traveling from 84 to 87 mph on a downhill stretch of road outside Los Angeles that had a speed limit of 45 mph and was going 75 mph when

1:38 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Saying no one should be disadvantaged in their ability to vote, Augusta National and Masters chairman Fred Ridley would not go as far as to condemn the controversial Georgia voting law that led Major League Baseball to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta and other corporations to criticize the

10:38 AM ET Several PGA Tour players were asked to wade into the controversy over the new Georgia law that some feel limits the right to vote in the state. Most avoided the subject directly, choosing to say they support equal access to voting. None called for The Masters to be moved, or to comment

7:08 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — On Tuesday of Masters week, every former winner who wants to attend comes to Augusta National for the Champions Dinner. It is one sports’ most exclusive dinner parties. This year, defending champion Dustin Johnson is the host. This is his menu. His brother, Austin, who is Johnson’s caddie and

2:18 PM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — In each of the previous four years, Justin Thomas played practice rounds at Augusta National Golf Club with two former Masters champions — Fred Couples and Tiger Woods. Thomas said Couples, the 1992 Masters winner, blew him off Tuesday morning. “He didn’t feel like getting up in the early