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10:52 AM ET The PGA Tour released details of its new fall schedule, which will consist of seven tournaments from mid-September to late November with $56.6 million in purses. Winners of the seven events will earn a two-year tour exemption and entry into the 2024 Sentry Tournament of Champions, Players Championship and the majors. Winners

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A little context, please. That was the message from Patrick Cantlay when asked Tuesday about accusations of his slow play at the Masters. Social media was ablaze Sunday with criticism of Cantlay’s pace of play at Augusta National when he was paired in the second-to-last group with Viktor Hovland. Some

10:12 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — After LIV Golf League captain Brooks Koepka failed to hold a 54-hole lead in the final round of the Masters on Sunday, it was fairly obvious what the most oft-told joke would be on social media this week. Koepka wasn’t used to playing 72 holes. But after all the

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — By now, it’s common knowledge Jordan Spieth invests his entire life into every shot he hits. The-three time major winner was even willing to risk said life at last year’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am when he hit a 7-iron from the edge of a cliff on the eighth hole. On Tuesday

6:36 AM ET A golf ball Tiger Woods gave to a young fan during the final round of his victorious 1997 Masters tournament has sold for $64,124, auction house Golden Age Auctions said on Sunday. Woods bogeyed the fifth hole and handed the ball to Julian Nexsen, who was nine-years-old at the time. Bidding for

The RBC Heritage has been a much appreciated event on the PGA Tour schedule for some years, falling the week after the Masters and providing an opportunity for top players coming from Augusta to make the 130-mile drive and decompress a bit out on Hilton Head Island, S.C. This year, however, the sleepy event at

11:34 AM ET The final-round Masters showdown between eventual victor Jon Rahm and LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka was the most-watched golf telecast on any network in five years, CBS said on Tuesday. The telecast, during which Rahm came back from a 2-shot deficit on Sunday to win his second major and reclaim the world No.

Almost 12 full years after the death of Seve Ballesteros, the mystique of the Spanish legend lives on, and you didn’t have to listen to CBS’ Masters broadcast on Sunday for very long to hear his name: This was was the 40th anniversary of his second victory at Augusta, April 9 would have been his

9:44 AM ET Will Zalatoris, who finished in the top 10 of three of four majors last season and pulled out of the Masters just before the start of this year’s event, will miss the rest of the golf season after having a procedure on his back, he said Monday. “After careful consideration and seeking

Sam Bennett’s heart said one thing. His legs screamed another. In the end, his tired body won out over his wanting mind. The reigning U.S. Amateur champion who made a huge splash in the Masters last week by contending into the weekend said on Sunday night that he’d like to compete on Monday in the

10:15 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti AUGUSTA, Ga. — The 87th edition of the Masters delivered all of the storylines we wanted to see at Augusta National Golf Club this past

Masters fatigue isn’t a documented medical condition, but it’s one many tour pros who have spent weeks prepping to play in the year’s first men’s major say they suffer from after competing in the whirlwind of Augusta National. Perhaps that is the case for Rory McIlroy, who the PGA Tour announced on Monday had withdrawn

1:55 PM ET World No. 3 Rory McIlroy withdrew from this week’s RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour announced Monday. The tournament begins Thursday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. No reason was specified for the 33-year-old Northern Ireland star’s withdrawal. McIlroy missed the cut at last week’s Masters after carding a 5-over

The pages of Golf Digest are normally reserved for top players and teaching professionals, but this year, a new event will allow everyday golfers to compete for a chance for their achievements to be recognized in a prominent article—along with a cash prize and free golf! Registration is now open for the Golf Digest Open—a

7:47 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — On the day Seve Ballesteros would have celebrated his 66th birthday — and in the week of the 40th anniversary of his second Masters victory — a fourth Spanish champion was crowned at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Jon Rahm, who started the day 4 strokes behind Brooks

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka said it best. His loss on Sunday at the Masters will take days to get over. Sitting in his press conference after losing to Jon Rahm by four shots, Koepka laid it bare. There’s no sugar coating shooting a Sunday 75 when you were the 54-hole leader by two shots

9:22 PM ET AUGUSTA, GA. — There’s a cruel moment in the lives of the lucky, or maybe unlucky, golfers who find themselves on the leaderboard Sunday at The Masters. They believe. Jordan Spieth, for instance, who finished five shots behind the eventual winner Jon Rahm. Spieth felt like he came into the event mentally

Sunday at the Masters tends to bring it, and that will likely be the case on this Easter Sunday 2023, if only for the wall-to-wall golf that’s awaiting players and fans alike. The forecasted rains on Saturday came … and came … and came. To the point where the third round had to be called

7:21 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods, who looked to be in serious pain during a rain-filled day at the Masters on Saturday, withdrew before play resumed at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday morning. Woods, 47, was limping badly as he played many of the first eight holes of the third round in

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters could have been the mortal blow for LIV Golf. Its members considered personas non grata by both players and patrons, the tournament closing avenues for future entry, the formidable players on its roster ejected so quick and hard that Greg Norman’s proclamation of a LIV celebration on the 72nd green

3:34 PM ET ESPN News Services The third round of the Masters has been suspended for the day by heavy rain at 3:15 p.m. ET on Saturday. Brooks Koepka has increased his lead to 4 strokes, playing the first six holes in 1 under to get to 13 under overall through 42 holes. Jon Rahm

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka faces a Masters Sunday unlike any other, one of fateful irony, if you will. To win a green jacket, Koepka will have to complete at least 29 holes, which happens to constitute more than half of a regulation tournament on the tour on which he now competes. One of 18

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka has played this perfectly. Not only has he been the clear best player at Augusta National this week, but the luck of the draw has favored the four-time major winner. Koepka is now 30 holes from winning his fifth major after third-round play was suspended Saturday afternoon. As the weather

The forecast is ominous for the weekend at Augusta National Golf Club—and so seem the prospects for the field trying to run down a resurgent Brooks Koepka over the final 36 holes of the 87th Masters. Winless in majors since 2019, when his victory at the PGA Championship capped an extraordinary run of winning four

12:19 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods was the first golfer to arrive at the course on Saturday morning, a half hour before sunrise, and he went alone to a pitch-black driving range. He smiled and he grimaced and he worked. With eight holes left to play of the delayed second round, he stood

AUGUSTA, Ga. — He’s hobbled and miles out of Masters contention. But, weather allowing, we’re still going to watch Tiger Woods return to a major championship on Saturday morning to finish his second round and try to make a 36-hole cut. We will watch for two reasons. One, it’s the Masters. And two, Woods is

6:25 PM ET A federal judge on Friday vacated the scheduled trial date for LIV Golf’s federal antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour and indicated it might not start until May 2024 at the earliest, as the sides continue to work through discovery disputes involving Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the fund’s governor. In

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Australian amateur and Masters debutant Harrison Crowe has detailed the terrifying moment three trees fell down at Augusta National’s 17th hole near his family and friends in the gallery. Late on Friday afternoon, during a weather-interrupted second round, two trees and parts of a third fell down beside Augusta’s 17th hole with

3:58 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — WHEN BROOKS KOEPKA finished his round, his name atop the leaderboard headed into the weekend at Augusta National, he walked alone down a sidewalk and stomped his feet to knock off dirt before going inside one of the many white buildings hidden in the shrubs, trees and flowers. The

The narrative for the Thursday’s opening round of the 2023 Masters was that you needed to go low to give yourself a cushion with the ominous weather forecast in store for the next few days. And, indeed, several players heeded said advice: Major champions Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka made it look was with their