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HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Stay with us here: In the 2015 Presidents Cup, Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, Davis Love III and Steve Stricker were Jay Haas’ assistant captains as the Americans won by a single point in South Korea. Since that year, Love, Stricker and Furyk have served as the three ensuing U.S. Ryder Cup

9:20 AM ET Scottie Scheffler walked out of Augusta National Golf Club after the 86th Masters on Sunday with a green jacket, perhaps the most-prized possession in golf. But his caddie, Ted Scott, did not leave empty-handed. It is tradition, not just at the Masters, but at every major championship, that the caddie for the

Yes, the Masters is done, but that doesn’t mean that the great golf is over. Harbour Town Golf Links will host an impressive field including five of the 10 best players in the world this week for the RBC Heritage. World No. 3 Collin Morikawa and the Players champ Cameron Smith will headline this group

6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Before the television shot of Rory McIlroy holing out from the bunker on the 18th at the Masters on Sunday, every viewer knew how it would turn out unless the audio was on mute. CBS analyst and three-time Masters champion Nick Faldo ruined it for them. “I don’t want

The LPGA Tour lost one of its 13 founders on Tuesday. Shirley Spork passed away in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 94 years old. Not only was Spork one of the LPGA Tour’s founders, she also created the LPGA Teaching & Club Pro Division. The program is vibrant: There are more than 1,800 LPGA teaching

6:59 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Shirley Spork, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour who learned two weeks ago she would be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, died Tuesday, the LPGA said. She was 94. The LPGA said she died in Palm Springs, California, where she had

With a sample size approaching nearly eight years and almost 30 majors, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out what has been plaguing Rory McIlroy in the four biggest events on the calendar since he last won one in 2014. He has been, quite simply, awful on Thursdays. Yet still, it doesn’t

7:00 AM ET It is impossible to say, at this point, whether Tiger Woods still has a chance to break Jack Nicklaus‘ record of 18 major championship victories. It’s unlikely if you’re assessing it pragmatically. He is 46 years old, he walks with a noticeable limp from his rebuilt right leg, he has a surgically-fused

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Is this the first Masters in history where the practice rounds were more electric than the tournament rounds? No disrespect to champion Scottie Scheffler, but the unfortunate obverse of wire-to-wire victories tends to be evaporating excitement, even when it’s the world No. 1 pitted against the globe’s next hottest player in the final group

7:04 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler capped off an amazing two months with his grandest feat of all, winning the Masters on Sunday to validate his new status as the best player in golf. The only stumble came at the end when Scheffler needed four putts from 40 feet before

Nobody cares what an idiot on his couch may or may not have predicted, but I’m going to tell you two quick stories anyway. Story 1: In a Slack with some friends, at 5:43 p.m. ET on Saturday evening after Rory’s 73-73-71 put him safely out of contention at this year’s Masters, I wrote, “Does

7:19 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy has suffered plenty of heartache at the Masters. Seven previous times at Augusta National, McIlroy has tried to complete the career grand slam by winning a green jacket. Seven previous times he failed to become just the sixth man to do it during the Masters era. McIlroy

Playing the coulda-shoulda-woulda game is about as futile as it gets in golf, especially at the Masters. However, Harry Higgs might allow himself to play it over one shot from Sunday, because he coulda-shoulda-woulda earned an invitation into the 2023 Masters had that one shot gone differently. Of course, Higgs hit 71 shots on Sunday,

11:59 AM ET Scottie Scheffler won the Masters going away and is the No. 1-ranked player in the world, but he’s not the favorite at sportsbooks to win golf’s next major. Jon Rahm opened as the favorite to win the PGA Championship at 11-1 at Caesars Sportsbook. Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are next at 12-1,

After a rainy and cold start to the week, Sunday at Augusta National was everything you’d expect from the final round of the Masters: a brilliant spring day, roars rattling through the property, and a series of shots that—at least briefly—brought some tension to the final round. The only grudging participant in Sunday’s drama was

5:12 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — After playing 72 holes over four straight days at one of the most demanding golf courses in the world, Tiger Woods was asked how much pain he was in on Sunday after finishing up his Masters. “Uh-huh,” Woods answered. Woods’ return to professional golf won’t be remembered for the

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The father had not seemed worried. A father who is worried about his son does not have the stomach for an ice cream sandwich, and the father must have been at ease because he decided to down a second. And why not? After a week of unseasonable cold and unwelcome wind it

8:59 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fifteen minutes after Scottie Scheffler won the Masters, a golf cart rushed him to the back door of Butler Cabin. The only sounds came from a drone circling overhead and a few birds. His green jacket waited inside. He looked dazed. Of course he did. In the past 57

AUGUSTA, Ga. — It was a tournament within a tournament for Billy Horschel on Sunday. Beginning the final round 19 shots behind 54-hole leader Scottie Scheffler, the six-time PGA Tour winner still had plenty to play for—at least, in his own mind. Horschel began the day with an Instagram post pointing out a frustrating—and bizarre—streak

11:11 PM ET As Tiger Woods is competing in a tournament for the first time in over 500 days, the irons he used to win four majors in a row from 2000 to 2001 sold at auction for a record-breaking price. The Titleist 681-T iron set that helped him win what is known as the

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler’s mind didn’t wander because Scottie Scheffler’s mind doesn’t wander. But admit it—yours did. He’d just nipped another perfect wedge into the par-5 13th, hearted another birdie putt, tacked one more shot onto an already healthy lead, and you wondered if we’d officially entered the Scottie Scheffler Era. Dramatic wording aside,

6:48 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — The flurry of security elements moving into place let the few people hanging around the backside of the clubhouse know Tiger Woods was coming out to the parking lot. His caddie, Joe LaCava, had already dropped Woods’ clubs in his car and headed away on a golf cart. The

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Augusta National doesn’t have many off days, but on Saturday, golfers and spectators would barely notice if it did. With raw temperatures and wind whipping through the golf course, the Masters had the rare tuck your face in your jacket and just get through it quality. Golf Digest photographers didn’t have the same luxury,

7:30 PM ET The Masters appeared to be headed toward a drama-less Sunday. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, seemed like he was about to run away from the field. But a few stumbles at the end might make Sunday at Augusta National a little more interesting. So we rounded up our

As expected, it’s going to be one chilly Moving Day at Augusta National. But that doesn’t mean the action won’t HEAT up soon. See what we did there? It wouldn’t be a Saturday at the Masters without a bad dad joke. While we still have a ways to go until the leaders tee off (and

12:31 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods needs to play well to be a factor on the weekend at the Masters. He also needs some help from 36-hole leader Scottie Scheffler. On Moving Day at Augusta National, we track Woods’ third round. Saturday setup The weather is cold, with highs not reaching 60. The

AUGUSTA, Ga. — He was standing at a dais situated on a golf course, but the way Sergio Garcia spoke and the way the Spaniard looked it didn’t take much imagination to picture Garcia slumped on a barstool in a ring, his corner men stitching up a bloodied eye and squirting water into a busted

9:09 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods might be the biggest story in the 86th Masters. But everyone is chasing the hottest player on the planet, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who has a 5-shot lead heading into Saturday’s third round at Augusta National Golf Club. Scheffler’s advantage matches the largest 36-hole lead in

AUGUSTA, Ga. — If you’re watching the Masters coverage on TV, you’re seeing the most important moments from the tournament. But what you’re missing are some of the most beautiful, scene-setting images that so few get to see. Unless you’re lucky enough to score a badge as a patron, only folks like our photographers—who are

7:30 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods and his rebuilt leg held up for another day at the Masters, overcoming a disastrous front nine to make the cut and enter the weekend nine shots off the lead. To watch him Friday, in pain yet still stoic, was to watch someone battle … the course,