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It was supposed to be a conference call rather trivial in nature, though certainly a welcomed respite, given the state of the COVID-19 pandemic. Golf Channel put four of its top commentators on the phone with reporters on Thursday to talk about the coming weekend’s lineup that features programming around the 2004 and 2019 Masters

11:44 AM ET There is no Masters this week, but had it been played at Augusta National, Tiger Woods said he would have been there in good health and ready to go. Woods, who has not competed since Feb. 16 at the Genesis Invitational and missed at least two tournaments he would have normally played,

The year is 1968. Czechoslovakia, like so many nations in Eastern Europe, is under Soviet Russian control. Life is bleak, the communist regime harsh and unforgiving. Lining up for food is a depressing and desperate part of the daily routine for many citizens. For most, the future holds little in the way of promise, a

This is the latest installment of our Masters Rewatch series, in which we watch and recap the last 23 final rounds of the Masters while we’re working from home due to the coronavirus. What better way to get your Masters fix while in quarantine than by firing up YouTube and remembering all the stuff you

5:08 PM ET Associated Press A Florida man has filed a lawsuit against Tiger Woods and his caddie, claiming he suffered injuries from the caddie pushing him out of the way during the Valspar Championship that Woods played two years ago. The civil complaint, filed Tuesday in Pinellas County, alleges Brian Borruso tried to take

According to the weather report, the temperature in Augusta at 7:45 on Thursday morning is supposed to be 70 degrees, rising to a high of 85 by mid-afternoon. If the world was a normal place right now, thousands of people would be preparing to pack around the first tee at Augusta National Golf Club to

3:39 PM ET A day after announcing an intended November date for the Masters, Augusta National officials locked the field for the proposed 2020 tournament, adding four players off the most recent Official World Golf Ranking. An Augusta National spokesman confirmed that the field had been updated, with 96 players qualifying for the event that

Golf is not so much our profession as it is our passion at Golf Digest, and often that passion translates to philosophical, analytical, ideological and, occasionally, idiotic workplace discussions about the game. During this time of pause in our sport (and in the world at large), we decided to take these office conversations online in

Finally, a social media meal post with substance. If this was a normal Masters week, Tiger Woods would be celebrating his 2019 triumph at Augusta National on Tuesday night by hosting the annual Champions Dinner. However, these are not normal times, which is why the 15-time major winner, like the rest of the world, is

9:05 PM ET Tiger Woods has been mostly quiet since the sports world went into lockdown, but he acknowledged Tuesday night on social media that he would have been hosting the Champions Dinner at Augusta National had the Masters not been postponed. “Masters Champions Dinner quarantine style. Nothing better than being with family,” Woods captioned

AUGUSTA, Ga. — It’s not hard to understand what Monday was like in a town without the Masters practice rounds commencing as originally scheduled. All anyone has to do to create experience is leave their own shelter and look around whatever town in America they live in. Not much is happening anywhere. As the sign

8:22 AM ET Trevor Immelman, who played in two Presidents Cup and was an assistant captain for Ernie Els at Royal Melbourne in December, was named Tuesday as the International team captain for 2021. Immelman, who won the 2008 Masters and would have been competing in the tournament this week had it not been postponed,

“But these are deeds which should not pass away, and names that must not wither,” Lord Byron once wrote, and we don’t mean Byron Nelson, but, rather, the poet of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At Augusta National Golf Club, names certainly do not wither. Analytics might be all the rage in golf,

Of course, all golf fans are melancholy as Masters Week is upon us with no action from Augusta National to watch. Similarly, daily-fantasy sports users and gamblers alike have a void to fill, as golf increases in popularity amongst that sect. To help satisfy our appetite for golf action, FanDuel is announcing a simulated version

8:39 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — For this most unusual year, the Houston Open gets its old spot back one week before the Masters. Augusta National picked Nov. 12-15 as the best date to move the Masters, postponed from this week because of the coronavirus. That week on the schedule previously belonged to the

Callaway CEO and President Chip Brewer is forgoing his base salary in response to the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the company’s earnings. The announcement is part of an SEC filing from the company on Monday. Callaway had announced last week that it would be revising its fiscal year earnings guidance, as well as

11:25 AM ET Golf’s organizers announced a revamped schedule for 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that will see The Open canceled, the PGA Championship moved to August, the U.S. Open in September, the Ryder Cup remaining in its original dates and the Masters in November — all predicated on clearance from health

A new proposed golf schedule will move three of the game’s majors into the late summer and fall, with the cancellation of the sport’s oldest tournament. Augusta National Golf Club, the European Tour, LPGA, PGA of America, PGA Tour, R&A and USGA issued a joint statement on Monday, outlining the framework for golf to eventually

When Tiger Woods won the 1997 Masters, he not only broke barriers in terms of being the first person of color to win a major championship. He also set 20 Masters records and tied seven others. Now some of his accomplishments might seem less than monumental (best performance by a champion on Hole No. 11

8:19 AM ET A federal judge has ruled that swing coach Hank Haney’s lawsuit against the PGA Tour can proceed and denied the tour’s motion to dismiss the complaint, in which Haney claims the tour pressured SiriusXM Radio to suspend him and then terminate him from hosting his radio show after his comments about women’s

This is the latest installment of our Masters Rewatch series, in which we watch and recap the last 23 final rounds of the Masters while we’re working from home due to the coronavirus. What better way to get your Masters fix while in quarantine than by firing up YouTube and remembering all the stuff you

Apr 2, 2020 Admitting you own a Peloton bike is a lot like plastering a “26.2” sticker on your car. You get some approving nods, the way Volvo drivers wave at each other, and a whole lot of smirks that mock privilege, trend-chasing and passive swagger. The guys in the office think it’s hysterical to

This is the latest installment of our Masters Rewatch series, in which we watch and recap the last 23 final rounds of the Masters while we’re working from home due to the coronavirus. What better way to get your Masters fix while in quarantine than by firing up YouTube and remembering all the stuff you

Editor’s Note: Our Masters Preview Issue was printed before the postponement of the 2020 Masters. Read more here >> Jennifer Kupcho is a part of golf history. The Saturday before the 2019 Masters, the world’s top-ranked women’s amateur was among a field of 30 cut from 72 to play the final round of the inaugural

2:53 PM ET Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 In a conference call with major league sports commissioners

President Donald Trump held a conference call on Saturday with leaders of many of America’s professional sports organizations, including PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and his LPGA counterpart, Michael Whan. According to ESPN.com, Trump told the group that he expects the NFL season to start on time in September and he hoped other sports held

7:33 AM ET The Royal and Ancient, which organizes The Open Championship, is “continuing to work through our options” regarding the 2020 major. “We are continuing to work through our options for The Open this year, including postponement,” R&A CEO Martin Slumbers said in a statement Thursday. “Due to a range of external factors, that

This is the latest installment of our Masters Rewatch series, in which we watch and recap the last 23 final rounds of the Masters while we’re working from home due to the coronavirus. What better way to get your Masters fix while in quarantine than by firing up YouTube and remembering all the stuff you

It has been a week since Davis Love III’s life changed forever, and his voice is still filled with emotion as he describes the extraordinary events of the morning of March 27. The night before had been a fun one for the Love family: Daughter Lexie, her husband, William, and their three daughters had come

8:05 AM ET Golfers keep trying to find creative ways to stay busy. Whether it’s helping with homework, finding creative uses of the internet to practice social distancing or showing off their skills, watching them waste time is at least entertaining. This is the week in golf that wasn’t: OK, let’s start with all the