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Masters 2022 — Chasing Scottie Scheffler, tracking Tiger Woods and other big storylines for the weekend at Augusta National
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 Masters history. Five […]
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Masters 2022 — Tiger Woods has spent a lifetime preparing for this kind of pain
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, the wind, himself. […]
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Stewart Cink hits hole-in-one at the Masters and celebrates with son, who’s also his caddie
The 2022 Masters golf tournament Scottie Scheffler lines up a putt on the 13th green during the second round of the Masters golf tournament on Friday, April 8. The world’s top-ranked golfer went into the weekend with a five-stroke lead. The 2022 Masters golf tournament Tiger Woods plays a shot on the fifth hole on […]
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Tiger Woods struggles in second round at the Masters after excellent open following long injury layoff
Woods had his first brush with fame when he was just 2 years old. The young golfing prodigy appeared on « The Mike Douglas Show » in 1978, winning a putting contest with comedian Bob Hope. Woods, 6, sizes up a putt in Los Alamitos, California, in 1982. His real name is Eldrick, but his father nicknamed […]
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Tiger Woods is in the conversation at the Masters and here is what is happening
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 third in the […]
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Getting ready for Round 2 of the Masters with Tiger, more big names and a challenging course
The 86th Masters is not short on big names. Of course, the first name that comes up this week at Augusta National is Tiger Woods. After an opening-round, 1-under 71 he’s in the mix. He’s not the only recognizable name near the top. We up our experts to see what comes gathered next as the […]
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Tiger Woods: Five-time Masters winner shoots one-under 71 in first round after return from injury
Five-time Masters champion Woods played in Group 14, alongside South African Louis Oosthuizen and Chilean Joaquin Niemann, after the first round of the 2022 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club tournament was delayed due to inclement weather in Augusta, Georgia. Wearing a pink shirt, Woods was given a resounding round of applause from the crowd […]
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Golf desperately needs Masters show only Tiger Woods can create
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Even during dress rehearsals, Tiger Woods can move the earth at Augusta National like nobody else. He spent his Masters practice time wowing his fellow pros with his ability to hit the long ball and to fire darts at the flags, and reminding everyone just how much the game still desperately needs […]
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Phil Mickelson’s exile from golf has been long enough
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Back in 2004, there was an ad campaign created by Ford featuring spokesman Phil Mickelson and it asked this question: “What will Phil do next? » Never has that question been more relevant than it is right now. Because one thing Phil will not be doing next is teeing it up in Thursday’s […]
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Augusta chairman – Phil Mickelson was invited to Masters but pulled out
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley said three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson pulled out of this year’s tournament and was eligible to compete if he wanted to. Mickelson notified Ridley, via text message, in late February or early March that he wouldn’t be playing in this week’s Masters. « I would like […]
