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PGA CHAMPIONSHIP '24: Spieth gets another Grand Slam shot. Hardly anyone is talking about it

May. 13, 2024 06:02 AM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The attention starts building weeks, if not months, ahead of the one major keeping Rory McIlroy from the career Grand Slam, the most elite club in golf. It's like that every year, and it doesn't make it any easier when he gets to the Masters. Jordan Spieth...

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP '24: A trivia quiz for over a century of golf

May. 10, 2024 11:06 AM EDT

How well do you know the PGA Championship? Try this 18-hole trivia quiz: 1. Where was the first PGA Championship played in 1916? a.) Bronxville, New York b.) French Lick, Indiana c.) Frisco, Texas 2. Who did Tiger Woods beat...

Masters champ Scottie Scheffler posts a 63 and leads the RBC Heritage by 1 shot

Apr. 20, 2024 19:15 PM EDT

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler drilled his opening tee shot — straight down the middle, of course — with a grandstand packed with spectators behind him. What got his attention was when he looked back from the green and saw that it was empty. Thousands of fans...

Rory McIlroy's bid to complete career Grand Slam with Masters win put on hold for yet another year

Apr. 13, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy’s bid to complete a career Grand Slam will have to wait yet another year after the world’s second-ranked golfer failed to make a leap up the leaderboard on Saturday at the Masters. McIlroy shot 71, which was solid, but not nearly enough to climb...

Day 2 of the Masters at a glance

Apr. 12, 2024 20:52 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A brief look at Friday at the Masters, where 27 players finished their first round and the second round took place: LEADING: Max Homa (71), Bryson DeChambeau (73) and Scottie Scheffler (72) were tied at 6-under 138. CHASING: Masters rookie Nicolai...

More history for Tiger Woods. He makes the Masters cut for a record 24th time in a row

Apr. 12, 2024 20:01 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A howling gust -- the kind that created havoc at Augusta National all day long -- struck the 18th green just as Tiger Woods was lining up yet another testy putt. Fine particles of sand stirred from the pearl-white bunkers, whipping across the slick green surface. ...

Tiger Woods off to rousing start in pursuit of more Masters history, maybe another green jacket

Apr. 11, 2024 20:57 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods can still draw a crowd. And the way he started the Masters on Thursday, there seems a good chance the patrons will get to cheer him on through the weekend. With a massive gallery hanging on his every swing at windy Augusta National,...

Grand Slam quest: Rory McIlroy staying positive, in contention at Masters after first-round 71

Apr. 11, 2024 20:07 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Sometimes you need to catch a break or two to win a major. Rory McIlroy got one on Thursday when his tee shot hit a tree on the ninth hole at Augusta National and kicked out into the middle of fairway, giving him a workable second shot. McIlroy saved par and...

Tom Watson wants the unity he saw at Masters Champions Dinner for all of golf, end to PGA-LIV rift

Apr. 11, 2024 14:29 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tom Watson only saw unity, conversation and easy laughter among 33 champions at the Masters Club dinner, seven of them now with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Watson longs for the day golf can feel that way all year long. Unity is a popular topic at the first major of...

The Masters begins after weather delay, though high winds are still expected at Augusta National

Apr. 11, 2024 10:58 AM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Augusta National that Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and the rest of golf's greats played during their practice rounds for the Masters was a bit different than what greeted them Thursday after they drove down Magnolia Lane. A storm system that raked the...