AUGUSTA, Ga. — Kevin Kisner knows he has to lay up. On Monday, after playing the new-look par-5 13th hole, and watching Dustin Johnson project a drive that was long enough to put a mid-iron in his hand for the second shot into the azalea-framed green, Kisner admitted as much. “You got to hit a
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7:11 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Larry Mize and Sandy Lyle delivered two of the most memorable shots in Masters history in consecutive years. Mize, the first champion born in Augusta, holed a 140-foot chip from right of the 11th green in the second hole of a playoff to beat Greg Norman in
5:43 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Georgia — Tom Hoge had one of five holes-in-one made on the day — including two by Ireland’s Seamus Power — en route to winning the Par 3 Contest at Augusta National on Wednesday. Hoge finished at 6-under 21 on the short, nine-hole layout in the casual, fun-filled
12:51 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta National Golf Club chair Fred Ridley confirmed that LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman wasn’t invited to attend the 87th Masters this week. Ridley said the decision was made to ensure that attention this week focused on the tournament and players rather than on LIV Golf’s ongoing
1:07 PM ET Sportsbooks are divided on the favorite to win the Masters, but the betting public is gravitating to the defending champion. Scottie Scheffler, who won the green jacket last year at Augusta National, is the favorite to win at 5-1 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Rory McIlroy at 13-2 and Jon Rahm at
AUGUSTA, Ga. — AS RORY MCILROY started his pre-Masters news conference on Tuesday, he glanced to the side at a video board, which featured a photo of him triumphantly raising his arms after he chipped in from a bunker on the 72nd hole of the 2022 tournament. It was the final shot of McIlroy’s latest
4:57 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — After missing the Masters for the first time in 28 years in 2022, Phil Mickelson is back at Augusta National Golf Club for what he called his “favorite week.” Mickelson, a three-time Masters champion, didn’t play last year after his comments about the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian
4:36 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN AUGUSTA, Ga. — After finishing up his practice round Tuesday, Scottie Scheffler packed up his things, and as he was leaving the players’ locker room, he noticed what was happening around him: Augusta was setting up for Tuesday night’s annual Champions Dinner. His Champions Dinner. “The weight of everything hit
12:38 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN AUGUSTA, Ga. — As Tiger Woods prepares for his 25th Masters appearance, the five-time champion said Tuesday that the thought of one day playing his last competitive round at Augusta National has crossed his mind. “I don’t know how many more I have in me,” Woods said. “I know more
2:44 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — A balding, introspective Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National on Tuesday and spoke about joy and gratitude. He wasn’t a cartoon hero, or a cartoon villain, just a middle-aged man with a complicated life, who loves to spend time with his children and to lose himself in the quiet