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The impact of a breakthrough victory on the PGA Tour isn’t just from the win itself, but many times how it was achieved. When you perform with a measure of calm, stare down the No. 1 player in the world, tender a bogey-free 65 and cap it all off in style with a birdie on

The sun set, literally and figuratively, on the 2020 PGA Tour Champions season Sunday night, darkness ultimately prevailing and requiring two players to return on Monday morning to apply its epitaph. Kevin Sutherland and Paul Broadhurst, tied after 54 holes of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix, each parred six extra holes at Phoenix

5:15 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Carlos Ortiz held off Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama by closing with a 5-under 65 to win the Houston Open on Sunday, becoming the first Mexican to win on the PGA Tour in 42 years. He earned every bit of it, caught in a tight battle on the

It is Masters week at last. ¶ Nineteen months after one of the most entertaining Sundays in major championship history, the world’s best have returned to Augusta National for a Masters unlike any other: in November, and without patrons. Golf Digest has ranked all 93 players in the field—from the contenders to the amateurs, from

7:32 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on April 12. Tiger Woods had not won a major championship in 11 years. He hadn’t slipped on the green jacket as Masters champions in 14. Those two numbers alone would have made what happened last April at Augusta National Golf Club a tournament for

The first Masters that photographer Dom Furore worked for Golf Digest was a memorable one. It was 1986, and he was assisting staff photographer Stephen Szurlej as Jack Nicklaus stunned the golf world by winning his sixth green jacket at age 46. Furore had started at the magazine the previous year, fresh out of college,

On a day when media outlets finally called a winner in the Presidential election, Dustin Johnson made a pretty declaration himself: He’s going to win the Masters next week. OK, so the World No. 1 didn’t quite come out and say it in those words, but boy, did he sound confident on Saturday following a

7:27 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Kevin Sutherland hit a sand wedge to inches on the par-5 18th for one last birdie on a windy Saturday afternoon in the desert at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Sutherland shot a 7-under 64 to take a five-stroke lead into the final round at Phoenix Country Club.

“Sooner or later I’m going to get rid of the bad stuff, and I’m going to be right there.” So said Rory McIlroy after another disappointing Masters? Actually, no. That was his assessment after converting 29 birdies, a personal best, while finishing T-17 at the Zozo Championship two weeks ago. And yet, you can picture

6:45 AM ET The question is inevitable, and Rory McIlroy always handles it with insight and reflection, never showing any hint of frustration or annoyance. For five years, ever since he won The Open at Royal Liverpool, it has lingered over every Masters. A victory at Augusta National means completing the career Grand Slam. This

Having grown up in New England, Billy Andrade is a huge New England Patriots fan. He worships quarterback Tom Brady—at least until TB12 left for Tampa Bay. His idol would have been shaking his head and laughing on Friday with the weak arm Andrade showed in a bizarre rules circumstance at the Champions Tour’s Charles

After waiting more than a year to make his Masters debut as a pro, Joaquin Niemann is going to have to wait even longer. Niemann earned an invite to Augusta National with his win at The Greenbrier last September, nearly 14 months ago. He played in the 2018 Masters as the Latin America Amateur Championship

7:16 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Paul Goydos and Brandt Jobe each shot 7-under 64 in calm, overcast conditions Friday to share the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup Championship. The tournament is the final official event of the year, but not the season as in the past. Because of

Phil Mickelson‘s early exit from the Houston Open means he’ll have more time to prep for next week’s Masters—he just might have to restock on golf balls before heading to Augusta National. During Friday’s second round at Memorial Park Golf Course, the five-time major champ nearly deposited a sleeve of Callaways into a creek on

6:40 AM ET An invitation to the Masters is a cherished memento, physically and practically, for all who receive it, usually around the first of the year. While in almost every case it is expected and a formality, it still signifies something special: the opportunity to compete in one of golf’s most revered tournaments. But

How many times can a player be “back” then immediately “not back”? Jordan Spieth is currently setting the record for this made-up stat, not that we’re keeping track. Each time the three-time major winner tees it up, we see the flashes. The birdie spurts. The heroic par putts. The second-round 65 that precedes a weekend

As you prepare your plan for watching the upcoming Masters, here’s one piece of friendly advice: Don’t forget to set your alarm clocks earlier. With the tournament being held in November, Augusta National officials will be racing daylight in order to finish each round. Sunset in Augusta, Ga., for the four competition days will be

8:32 PM ET PGA Tour player Harry Higgs has tested positive for COVID-19 and has withdrawn from this week’s Vivint Houston Open. Higgs, 28, who is in his second season on the PGA Tour and won on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019, last played at the Zozo Championship at Sherwood two weeks ago, where

If ever there were a Masters to wear a green jacket to, it would be 2020’s November edition. The average low temperature in Augusta, Ga., dips into the 40s during that month, making an extra layer (or two) a must. But it sounds like we might see fewer of these coveted coats during this year’s

9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders It is the week before the Masters, and the PGA Tour heads to Texas for the Vivint Houston Open, a traditional Masters warm-up — but this time in November. The event was moved to Memorial Park, a course that hosted PGA Tour events from 1951 to 1963. Phil Mickelson,

The final PGA Tour event before the Masters, the Vivint Houston Open, will feature a strong field gearing up for the November major at Augusta National. Among the headliners competing are World No. 1 and reigning FedEx Cup champion Dustin Johnson. This will be DJ’s first start since his positive COVID test before the CJ

Neil Oxman had a lovely day on Tuesday. He spent the afternoon walking the golf course at Phoenix Country Club to prepare for the start of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the final event in this year’s truncated PGA Tour Champions schedule. Oxman will be caddieing for Fred Couples, whose regular caddie, Mark Chaney, is

11:57 AM ET Dustin Johnson is back after missing two tournaments due to testing positive for COVID-19. And after dealing with the virus, quarantining in a hotel for 11 days, and only getting back to practice last week, the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world found one positive. “The only good thing that came out

Just like old times, the Vivint Houston Open is being played the week before the Masters. And also just like old times, fans will be back in attendance, too. Beginning Thursday, up to 2,000 fans per day will be allowed at Memorial Park Golf Course just outside downtown Houston, the first PGA Tour event played

5:03 AM ET The Ladies European Tour postponed two tournaments on Tuesday which were due to be held in Australia in February, 2021 due to the ongoing travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic and the Women’s New South Wales Open were set to kick off the 2021 season,

One of the strangest years ever is about to get a little stranger. Just two weeks before Thanksgiving, the 2020 Masters will be contested at Augusta National Golf Club. There will be no fans, no pimento cheese sandwiches and no eagle roars. But the show will go on, albeit in a much, much different manner. 

The PGA Tour announced on Tuesday afternoon that Harry Higgs has become the 14th player to test positive for COVID-19, and the 28-year-old from Camden, N.J., withdrew from this week’s Vivint Houston Open. “While I am disappointed to have to withdraw this week, I am grateful that I drove to Houston by myself and was

4:22 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau isn’t the only player headed to Augusta National next week thinking about using different equipment to attack the course that is home to the Masters. Phil Mickelson said he is making changes, too. Mickelson said Tuesday on a podcast hosted by Callaway Golf that he plans to put a driver

Of the many pressing questions about a November Masters, chief among them was: How much different will the weather be, and how will it affect the golf course? When the new date was first announced, the consensus was that Augusta National would play much longer and much softer in the fall, and the early forecast

12:31 PM ET England’s Callum Shinkwin won his maiden European Tour title when he beat Finland’s Kalle Samooja in a playoff to win the Cyprus Open after both golfers finished 20-under overall in a dramatic finale on Sunday. Shinkwin, 27, was two shots behind Samooja with two holes to play and sank a birdie on