AUGUSTA, Ga. — Close your eyes and pick a hole at Augusta National. You can see so many in your mind’s eye — picturing the pond and the big Masters scoreboard beside No. 11, the Hogan Bridge leading to No. 12, the steep bank and the water in front of the 15th green. The U.S.
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5:07 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest was first to tee off in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur and kept right on going until she had a 4-under 68 for a share of the lead after the opening round Wednesday. Zoe Campos, a 16-year-old Californian, birdied
2:21 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — A year ago, Devon Bling stood at the practice range at Augusta National Golf Club watching PGA players like Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth preparing to play in the Masters Tournament. Bling and his UCLA teammates had just finished playing in a collegiate tournament at Augusta University,
12:15 PM ET The 83rd Masters begins April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Here is everything you need to know leading into the tournament, as play happens and after the green jacket has been placed on the shoulders of the 2019 champion. Last year, Patrick Reed held off both Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth.
1:58 PM ET Jake Owen, country singer and avid golfer, apparently was not a big fan of The Match, a much-hyped 18-hole pay-per-view event won by Phil Mickelson in extra holes over Tiger Woods – with a winner-take-all payday of $9-million – the day after Thanksgiving. And Owen let Mickelson know about it. A day
12:31 PM ET For Tiger Woods, a trip to Augusta National is expected this week, perhaps the disappointment by then having dissipated after a frustrating end to the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. He said it would take a few days to shake the sting of defeat. Right now, there’s little time to waste. The Masters
10:36 AM ET Associated Press BILOXI, Miss. — Kevin Sutherland won the Rapiscan Systems Classic on Monday by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the seventh hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Scott Parel and win for the second time on the PGA Tour Champions. It was the first birdie Sutherland made since Saturday.
2:15 AM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Nasa Hataoka won the Kia Classic on Sunday at Aviara Golf Club for her third victory in her last 16 LPGA Tour starts. The 20-year-old Japanese player closed with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory over playing partner Inbee Park, top-ranked Sung Hyun Park, Jin Young
9:10 PM ET Associated Press BILOXI, Miss. — Scott Parel made a 12-foot par putt to match Kevin Sutherland on the fifth hole of a playoff before play was suspended because of darkness Sunday night in the PGA Tour Champions’ Rapiscan Systems Classic. They will finish Monday morning at Fallen Oak. Sutherland, the second-round leader,
7:24 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Kevin Kisner made it to the Dell Technologies Match Play final for the second straight year, and this time he got it right. A week that began with a loss ended with the biggest victory of Kisner’s career when he beat Matt Kuchar in the championship match