1:09 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods will begin his 22nd Masters on Thursday at 11:04 a.m. ET and will play alongside China’s Haotong Li and Spain’s Jon Rahm for the first two rounds at Augusta National. Their second-round tee time on Friday is at 1:49 p.m. Defending champion Patrick Reed is grouped with
Golf
12:54 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Marilyn Smith, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour whose 21 victories, two majors and endless support of her tour led to her induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame, died Tuesday. She was 89. She died in Goodyear, Arizona, surrounded by family
11:38 AM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — Patrick Reed arrived at Augusta National Golf Club this week a little lighter, with seemingly a little less game and a much heavier burden as the defending Masters champion. Reed, who held off Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm in the final round last year to win his
11:35 AM ET Last year, MLB handicapper Joe Peta put away the baseball spreadsheets and began immersing himself in the world of golf betting. His latest book, “A 2019 Masters Preview,” was published last month and contains never-before-revealed analytics and insights on the Masters. As part of his look at the most popular betting event
7:27 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Golf has Tiger Woods, which means golf has at least one advantage over the Big Three of the NFL, NBA and MLB. Tom Brady, LeBron James and Mike Trout have no chance of competing and winning beyond their 50th birthdays. (Well, Brady might, but play along for the hell
4:51 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau was one of the first proponents of leaving the flagstick in while putting on the greens, as the new rules allowed at the start of 2019. And he plans to keep doing so at Augusta National, where the composition is slightly different than a flagstick on the
4:53 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Englishman Justin Rose moved ahead of Dustin Johnson for No. 1 in the world on Sunday night, but that might not necessarily be a good thing heading into Masters week. Since the inception of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986, there have been only four instances — accomplished
11:23 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods‘ preparation for the Masters has already included two nine-hole tours of the course as well as a full practice round last week in which he shot 65 at Augusta National. Woods, 43, a four-time tournament winner, was off the course Monday prior to 11 a.m. before going
8:21 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — The ball rested barely 4 feet from the cup, and everyone surrounding the green, in the grandstands or watching on television fully expected Tiger Woods to hole that putt and move on. It was the 18th hole of his quarterfinal match with Lucas Bjerregaard at the WGC-Match Play, a
10:00 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Jin Young Ko won the ANA Inspiration on Sunday at Mission Hills for her first major title and second victory in three weeks. Ko closed with a 2-under 70 in hot and mostly calm conditions for a three-stroke victory over Mi Hyang Lee. After bogeys on