LIV, Saudi Arabia’s breakaway league, split men’s professional golf. Now, the drama is coming to one of the sport’s most hallowed stages.
Category: Masters Golf Tournament
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Augusta National: ‘The More You Play It, the More You Understand It’
Mark O’Meara, who won the Masters Tournament 25 years ago, talks through the pleasures and perils of Augusta National Golf Club, the only place that hosts a major annually.
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An Ever-Changing Masters Course Changes Again
The course at Augusta National is like a living entity, growing and shifting regularly. The risky 13th hole, for example, is now 35 yards longer and even riskier.
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Trevor Immelman, From Champion to the TV Booth
He won the Masters in 2008 and is now the lead golf analyst for CBS.
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2023 Masters: Golf Balls and Groupings
The talk at the Masters Tournament is about possible changes to the ball, the week’s stormy forecast and the par-3 course’s face-lift.
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At the Masters, Tiger Woods Begins to Show Acceptance
Last year at Augusta, his first major tournament since his 2021 car wreck, Woods said he thought he could win. This year, he’s not so sure. And he’s OK with that.
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LIV Players Excluded From World Golf Rankings For Now Or Forever?
The Official World Golf Ranking is a dividing line between LIV Golf and the sport’s establishment. Since the metric helps determine access to major tournaments, the argument is hardly academic.
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2023 Masters: Fred Couples Talks About Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy
Jordan Spieth is looking for his first major victory since 2017, and the weather forecast for the Masters Tournament is becoming less encouraging.
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Bubba Watson Knows People Are Mad. He Loves LIV Golf Anyway.
The New York Times – Sports:The two-time Masters Tournament winner talked with The Times ahead of his return to Augusta National Golf Club, where every member of his LIV team will be in the field.
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2023 Masters: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson Are Back
The New York Times – Sports:Plus, Rose Zhang won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in breathtaking fashion.
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LIV Golf Talks a Big Game to the Global Elite. Now Come the Majors.
The New York Times – Sports:Despite setbacks, LIV’s executives insist the Saudi-backed league is soaring. For many fans, the rhetoric is less important than results at events like the Masters Tournament.
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PGA Tour-LIV Golf Rivalry Could Make for a Tense Masters Dinner
The New York Times – Sports:Players from the competing tours will be shoulder to shoulder at the traditional Champions Dinner. Feelings about that are mixed.