8:35 PM ET Abraham Ancer unknowingly touched the sand with his club before making his third stroke on the 15th hole from a greenside bunker on Thursday and was assessed a 2-stroke penalty following the first round of the Masters. Ancer had originally signed for a 73 and exited the scoring area. But video was
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6:33 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tommy Fleetwood had no birdies in the opening round of the Masters. A hole-in-one made him smile anyway. Fleetwood made an ace on the 170-yard 16th hole Thursday, raising his arms in triumph when the ball bounced a couple of times and rolled straight into the
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
4:01 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Masters Tournament chairman Fred Ridley said Wednesday he is keenly interested in the results from an ongoing study on distance by golf’s governing bodies, as it relates to keeping Augusta National viable as a major championship venue. “As I have stated in the past each year, we look at
3:46 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fred Couples for years was the only Masters champion who failed to take part in one of the many traditions at Augusta National, mainly because he didn’t know it existed. Dating to the first winner in 1934, every champion has donated a club that was used in
2:02 PM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — Jon Rahm, whose wife gave birth to their first child this past weekend, arrived at Augusta National Golf Club on Wednesday, the day before the opening round of the Masters Tournament. Rahm, the No. 3-ranked player in the world, said he hasn’t played the course since November, when the
2:50 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy, who is known to be one of the most thoughtful and introspective golfers on the professional touring circuit, ended his pre-Masters news conference by going on an extended riff about Tiger Woods. That felt perfect because even though Woods is at home recovering from his car wreck,
1:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Tiger Woods‘ February accident 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 so 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