Month: April 2021

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Back in ancient, simpler times—say, 2019—if you searched a national booking website for a hotel here the week before the Masters, there probably wouldn’t be a room at any price in a 100-mile radius. And if you happened to get lucky and catch a cancellation, you’d pay $300 a night for a

6:07 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Many words can be summoned to describe Augusta National, the long-time home of the Masters and one of the most famous golf courses in the world. Sometimes, like in golf, it’s best to just keep it simple. “Magical,” said Olivia Mehaffey, one of 30 players who made it to

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — When taking the measure of LPGA rookie Patty Tavatanakit, it would do well to start with a tape measure. She is a home run hitter in a single hitter’s frame and her power helped distance herself from the rest of the ANA Inspiration field on Saturday. Tavatanakit, 21 and five feet,

The PGA Tour will continue to hold the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta this September, it said in a statement released late Friday. The announcement comes after the Georgia State Legislature passed controversial new voting regulations last week that prompted Major League Baseball to decide to move its All-Star Game from

8:58 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Cameron Tringale made a move for his first PGA Tour victory with a 3-under-par 69 Friday and a two-shot lead after two rounds of the Valero Texas Open. Tringale, a 12-year veteran, was at 9-under 135 after a round that included five-straight birdies and leads Jordan Spieth

For five straight weeks, beginning in early February, Jordan Spieth got himself in contention on the weekend in a PGA Tour event. It was pure electricity each time, even if none of them ended in victory. Then, at the Players Championship, we were deprived of another ride on the human rollercoaster, as Spieth finished 13

11:31 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Michelle Wie West tumbled out of the ANA Inspiration on a hot, breezy Friday afternoon in the desert. Patty Tavatanakit held onto the lead. Playing for the second straight week after a 21-month break, Wie West followed an opening 2-under 70 with a birdie-less 79 to

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Patty Tavatanakit should not be considered an interloper atop the leader board at the ANA Inspiration, notwithstanding her relative obscurity. If she were a stock, analysts likely would be bullish on her. For the second straight day at the ANA Inspiration, the 21-year-old from Thailand finished with the lead, this time

Let’s be clear: This article will not somehow claim that Dustin Johnson is undeserving of his Masters title. That would be foolish. DJ dominated the field at Augusta National in 2020 and won by five strokes, shattering the 72-hole scoring mark among nine records he broke or tied that week. Still, there’s a question we

Mar 29, 2021 There can be only one first. History rarely cares if someone says, “Hey, I was the second person …” Which is why historically Jennifer Kupcho’s name will always be remembered. She was the first to win the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2019. Because of the pandemic, the event was not played

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Play a possibly once-in-a-lifetime competitive round at Augusta National Golf Club or go home. That was the weight of a playoff on Friday after the second round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Eighty-one players competed in the first two rounds of the tournament at Champions Retreat Golf Club on Thursday and Friday. Only

8:20 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Ingrid Lindblad of Sweden had a 2-under 70 for one of only three rounds under par in the wind and chill Thursday, giving her a share of the lead with top-ranked Rose Zhang going into the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Zhang, the 17-year-old

Being the incredibly fickle game it is, golf lends itself to a lot of comeback tales. Right now, the most talked about one is Jordan Spieth’s. Before that it was Brooks Koepka’s (he’s going to get another one when he returns from his latest injury). If he can get it turned around, Rickie Fowler will

It is a major week on the LPGA. But classifying the ANA Inspiration as merely a major does not do the tournament or its impact justice, as the event has shifted the paradigm of what women’s golf could be. When it was founded in 1972 by Colgate-Palmolive chairman David Foster and entertainer Dinah Shore, the

3:51 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County sheriff says detectives have determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern California but would not release details Wednesday, citing unspecified privacy concerns for the golf star. Woods suffered serious injuries in the Feb. 23 crash when he

A tradition unlike any other became a traditional line for CBS’ Jim Nantz before he even covered his first Masters Tournament for the network in 1986. It was born on the occasion of Nantz’s first visit to Augusta National Golf Club in early March that year—and that was an occasion to remember for several reasons.

8:45 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Kate Smith made four birdies in 11 holes until rain interrupted the opening round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Wednesday. Smith, a fifth-year senior at Nebraska who won her first college title two weeks ago, was at 4-under par. The opening round was to resume

AUGUSTA, Ga.—To be sure, Kate Smith is an accomplished golfer. The fifth-year senior at the University of Nebraska has twice won the Minnesota Women’s State Amateur. She is one of the Cornhuskers’ all-time most decorated golfers, including being the first from her program to capture the Big Ten’s Mary Fossum Award for the best stroke