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PGA Tour gets post-Masters signature event at Hilton Head. LPGA stages first major in Houston

Apr. 16, 2024 14:35 PM EDT

PGA TOUR RBC HERITAGE Site: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Course: Harbour Town GL. Yardage: 7,213. Par: 71. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel);...

Fowler wins the Par 3 Contest in his return to the Masters after a 3-year absence

Apr. 10, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rickie Fowler has returned to the Masters after a three-year absence, and already he's been able to lift up a trophy. The question now is whether that will cost him a chance to slip on a jacket. Fowler won the traditional Par 3 Contest at Augusta...

Gary Woodland is back at Augusta National for the Masters. So is Greg Norman

Apr. 10, 2024 17:38 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Gary Woodland is back at Augusta National this week, feeling perhaps more grateful to be at the Masters than anyone. A mere seven months ago, the former U.S. Open champion was undergoing brain surgery after a tumor was discovered. The 39-year-old from Kansas had...

MASTERS '24: 8th hole at Augusta National has an uphill climb and a blind shot

Apr. 07, 2024 10:07 AM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Bruce Devlin hit the best shot he never saw at the Masters. It was the first round in 1967, and the Australian was 240 yards away on the par-5 eighth hole at Augusta National. He took a lash with his 4-wood. The ball landed on the front of the green, rolled some...

Tiger Woods withdraws from Riviera with flu symptoms. His 2024 debut lasts only 24 holes

Feb. 16, 2024 21:01 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and lasted only 24 holes, withdrawing Friday from the Genesis Invitational with flu-like symptoms and dehydration after hitting his tee shot on the seventh hole at Riviera. Rob McNamara, his longtime associate and vice...