Moving Day at Augusta National will be a particularly important one this year. Forecasted, sustained winds Friday afternoon of 16 miles per hour—gusting up to 30 mph—could make conditions very, very difficult. The course should firm up as the day goes on and present quite the ball-striking examination—creating quite the imposition to make the cut
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2:09 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods isn’t just back, he’s in the conversation at the 86th Masters. He opened with a methodical 1-under 71 in the opening round Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. He had an early tee time Thursday. He heads out in the late wave Friday, alongside Joaquin Niemann. The
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It was not an unreasonable question, given the thunderstorms that blew through Augusta National Golf Club earlier this week. They dumped more than two inches of rain ahead of the 86th Masters, and outside the ropes it was a muddy mess in some places. Even inside the ropes for that matter—Tiger Woods,
7:30 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — For the first time in 509 days, Tiger Woods was back playing a competitive round of golf in the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday. And, thanks mostly to a hot putter, he is in the mix with a 1-under 71 after the
Thursday’s first round of the Masters was all Tiger all the time, but there was plenty of other action to take in producing some facts and figures that interested or outright wowed us. Here’s a look at five stats that stood out from Round 1: Scheffler looks to reverse the No. 1 curse World No.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The last of the morning spring chill, murder on Tiger Woods‘ aching, reconstructed leg, burned off as he started his round at the Masters. It felt nice in the shade here at Augusta National. Huge crowds ringed the entirety of the first hole. There might as well have been no one else
The Masters is officially underway at Augusta National. That’s our favorite sentence of the year, and we’re more excited than ever. Tiger Woods is slated to tee off just after 11 a.m. (tee times were pushed back by 30 minutes to let the remaining weather in the area pass through), alongside Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin
10:13 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — What seemed impossible almost 14 months ago, unrealistic in December and unlikely as recently as a few weeks back is actually now a reality: Tiger Woods is returning to golf and playing the 86th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Woods, who was injured in a frightening one-car crash
When it comes to distance, Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley has been patient. Resolute that something should be done to rein in distance, responsible in adapting his course for the current status of the game’s longest hitters, but generally insistent that massive changes to the layout that we saw in the early part of this
5:21 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — As tradition dictates, there is now very bad news to report about Canadian golfers Mike Weir and Mackenzie Hughes. Neither will win the Masters. That is, if you believe the superstition — or at least, believe in the historical correlation. No player has won the Par 3
A rainy couple of days ahead of the Masters didn’t tarnish all of Augusta National’s splendor. In between play suspensions. Golf Digest photographers were able to capture the action as players put in their final bit of preparation before the first round, as well as the fun of the annual Par-3 contest. Starting Thursday, the
All the attention leading into the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club revolved around the return of Tiger Woods. But there is so much more happening in the year’s first major. So we gathered our experts to pick the winner of this year’s green jacket, identify betting value and props that stand out. Matt Barrie,
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Wednesday morning at the Masters offers tinkerers one final opportunity for last-minute tweaking. Four months of thinking about Augusta National and a three-day cram sesh of learning it culminate with five hours of morning daylight. The lunch hour brings an air of resignation to the 91 players in the field; there is
7:14 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Barring a last-minute change of plans, Tiger Woods is playing in this Masters. The announcement, which came during his Tuesday news conference, sent a jolt through the place long before passing thunderstorms offered up more electricity. It’s not like the Masters needs more buzz, but Woods’ participation gives it
Wherever you are, I hope it’s not too bad. I’m sure you’re curious to know how things are in Augusta, where you’ve spent quality time every April for 29 years. Bryson said you’ve gone dark, so hope you don’t mind my reaching out. Obviously, it’s Tiger-mania. As a showman, I’m sure you can appreciate his
11:24 AM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods says, for now anyway, that he’s planning to play this week in the Masters. The five-time champion at Augusta National made the announcement Tuesday morning. He will play nine more practice holes on Wednesday before making a final decision but will be doing so with
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on the Fire Pit Collective, a Golf Digest content partner. The photos from Woods’ practice at the Masters on Monday were remarkable—it looked (and felt!) like a final round and that he was chasing another green jacket. All the players you cite dominated in a different world. Just as
1:02 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods arrived to work with a leg full of rods and plates and screws, carrying his pain around like a physical thing, talking a lot about endurance. That pain is his constant companion now. He said he plans on playing this year’s Masters, with a belief he can
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It is one of the most iconic moments in Masters history, but if Larry Mize faced the same shot today on the 11th hole at Augusta National that he did in the playoff on that Sunday in 1987, Greg Norman might own a green jacket. To be sure, Mize’s deft pitch was
12:28 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Here are the tee times for the first and second rounds of the 86th Masters at Augusta National: All times ET (a) denotes amateur First round 8 a.m. — Jose Maria Olazabal, J.J. Spaun 8:11 a.m. — Mike Weir, Padraig Harrington, Austin Greaser (a) 8:22 a.m. — Larry Mize,
It’s the week golf fans have been waiting for since, well, since Hideki Matsuayama slipped on the green jacket a year ago. The 86th Masters promises the familiar eye-candy of Augusta National, and while some might blanch at the fact there are only 18 hours of traditional TV tournament coverage scheduled for ESPN and CBS,
6:32 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau walked down the third fairway at Augusta National during his Sunday practice round for the 86th Masters and saw Tiger Woods strolling up 17. The two acknowledged each other, with mock air high-fives from a distance, then went on about their preparation. As for interaction with one
The start of Masters week brought a series of refreshing returns. It marked the return of the most anticipated week on the golf calendar. It brough the return of full Masters galleries after two years of limited or no spectators. And it saw the return of Tiger Woods, who played a practice round 14 months
11:47 AM ET Every year in April, as the Masters nears, golf apparel and original equipment manufacturers try to outduel the competition with uniquely themed gear. We’ve seen green shirts and shoes to represent the green jacket the winner and members wears, azalea prints to show off the flowers at Augusta National, but Adidas golf
An April Masters. With a full complement of patrons. And the return of the Par-3 Contest. And (maybe) Tiger Woods competing. If the first men’s major of the year wasn’t always a buzzworthy event, this year’s version is overflowing with anticipation. Of course, that anticipation is fueled by many of the traditions in place at
7:16 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods says it will be a “game-time decision” on whether he plays in the 86th Masters, which is scheduled to begin Thursday. Woods, 46, hasn’t played a round in a regular PGA Tour event in more than 500 days. He has been recovering from serious
Woods released a statement earlier in the day stating that he was a “game-time decision” whether he’d be teeing it up at the 2022 Masters, 14 months after his near-fatal single-car accident. Though we can’t glean too many details from it, we have footage of Woods walking and playing Augusta National during Masters Week …
7:05 AM ET Zach Johnson’s favorite thing to wear from the Masters didn’t come with a price tag. It’s not sold anywhere on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club, either in the massive merchandise building that’s used once a year or in the members-only pro shop. Actually, only a select few own one. It’s
In that short wink of time after Scottie Scheffler ran through a murderer’s row of opponents to become No. 1 in the world at the WGC-Dell Match Play, but before we know for sure whether Tiger Woods will play at this week’s Masters, 31-year-old J.J. Spaun squeezed in a first career PGA Tour win at
2:23 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Let the Tiger Watch begin. Tiger Woods wasn’t ready to officially say on Sunday that he’ll play in the 86th Masters, which is scheduled to begin Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. But in a statement on Twitter, Woods did say that he’s arriving here Sunday to continue practicing