Hootie Johnson, the South Carolina banker and Augusta National chairman who stubbornly stood his ground amid pressure for the club to invite female members, died Friday morning. He was 86. Augusta National announced his death and celebrated the sweeping changes to the Masters during his ...
Sergio Garcia tugged the lapel of his green jacket with both hands, proud of his prize and how he earned it. His hopes were fading Sunday in the Masters — two shots behind with six holes to play — when his tee shot bounced off ...
Hideki Matsuyama dropped 12 notches into a four-way tie for 28th with a total of 4-over-par 220 after the third round of the Masters on Saturday. Matsuyama had an inconsistent round of 2-over 74 that included an eagle, a birdie, three bogeys and a double ...
Dustin Johnson withdrawing from the Masters was shocking enough. Then Charley Hoffman delivered a surprise of his own. In a raging wind that left most players celebrating anything around par, Hoffman ran off seven birdies over his last 11 holes Thursday for a 7-under 65 ...
Fourth-ranked Hideki Matsuyama will try to become Japan's first male major golf champion by winning this week's Masters, but admits his form has cooled from a sizzling late-2016 run. The 25-year-old Asian No. 1 ended last year with wins at the Japan Open, the World ...
Tiger Woods won't play in the Masters for the third time in the last four years, announcing Friday night on his website that rehabilitation on his back didn't allow him enough time to prepare. "I did about everything I could to play, but my back ...
Hideki Matsuyama's bid to become the first Japanese man to win a major crumbled in a 1-over-par final-round 73 on Sunday at the Masters, where he finished five strokes back of England's Danny Willett in a tie for seventh. The 24-year-old Matsuyama started in a ...
A wayward putter cost Hideki Matsuyama two late bogeys in the third round of the Masters on Saturday, but he goes into the final 18 holes in a tie for third, just two strokes behind leader and defending champion Jordan Spieth. "There were very few ...
The final pairing for a weekend at the Masters is what everyone wanted — Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy, winners at four of the last six majors. Just nobody expected this kind of an Augusta National. In the toughest scoring conditions at the Masters in nearly ...
Jordan Spieth is off to another great start in the Masters because of the way he finished. His two biggest rivals were left behind because they couldn't. Spieth capped off the only bogey-free round in the wicked wind at Augusta National by making a 15-foot par ...
Packing for a three-week road trip reminded Jordan Spieth that winning the Masters wasn't as easy as he made it look. Driving down Magnolia Lane made it all seem possible again. Among the clothes he packed was the green jacket that had been hanging in his ...
Tiger Woods is going to Augusta National next week — to eat, not play. Woods made official Friday night what most observers figured all along. Recovery from two back surgeries last year has not progressed to the point where he is ready to tee it ...
