Latest Masters Golf Tournament News

Masters has only a few spots left. One player could earn a spot at Augusta National via ranking

Mar. 26, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

The final week for players to try to get into the Masters through the world ranking has rarely held so few possibilities. Byeong Hun An is a lock to stay in the top 50. He was No. 60 at the end of 2023, and then started the year finishing fourth at Kapalua and tied for second at the...

Malnati with big break and great shot wins Valspar and earns trip to Masters

Mar. 24, 2024 20:16 PM EDT

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Some of the shots that left Peter Malnati frustrated on the back nine were the ones that worked out so well for him Sunday in the Valspar Championship. A putt he thought he left short dropped for birdie on the 12th hole. A shot into the 16th in mangled...

Spieth is part of a big field at Valspar. That's a big opportunity for players not in the Masters

Mar. 20, 2024 18:17 PM EDT

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Innisbrook and Bay Hill are separated by 100 miles (160 kilometers) on the road, two weeks on the PGA Tour calendar and $11.6 million in prize money. Another big difference might be the size of the field. The Valspar Championship begins Thursday with 154...

Bernhard Langer says his Achilles tendon injury was from pickleball. He hopes to return in May

Mar. 12, 2024 19:05 PM EDT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bernhard Langer is missing the Masters for only the second time in the last 40 years because of an Achilles tendon tear from playing pickleball. This was supposed to be the final Masters for the two-time champion from Germany. But he disclosed the...

Patrick Reed's streak of playing in majors in jeopardy at PGA Championship

Mar. 12, 2024 11:26 AM EDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Patrick Reed has not missed a major since he first became eligible for them at the 2014 Masters, a streak that now is in peril with the PGA Championship two months away. The PGA of America sent out its first batch of invitations, and Reed was not on...

Scottie Scheffler, Hideki Matsuyama part of a 6-way tie for lead at Bay Hill

Mar. 08, 2024 19:21 PM EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Shane Lowry set the target Friday at Bay Hill, and as tough as the course plays, he would not have imagined how much company he would have at the top in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Scottie Scheffler chipped in for eagle and holed a 45-foot birdie putt on...

Tiger Woods to skip the Players Championship as the Masters nears

Mar. 08, 2024 17:59 PM EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is not in the field for The Players Championship next week, opening questions about whether or where the five-time Masters champion will play before Augusta National. The Players already is missing a bevy of big names from those who joined LIV Golf....

Niemann wins in Saudi Arabia for 2nd LIV Golf title of the year

Mar. 03, 2024 08:42 AM EST

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Joaquin Niemann won his second LIV Golf title in three starts, closing with a 4-under 66 on Sunday at LIV Golf Jeddah for a four-shot victory over Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel. Niemann now has three wins in the last three...

Rory McIlroy not bothered by Masters 'asterisk' comments from LIV Golf's Talor Gooch

Feb. 28, 2024 19:41 PM EST

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Here’s how things seem to work regarding LIV Golf and Rory McIlroy: Someone says something, the other side responds, and the cycle just keeps repeating from one topic to the next. The latest chapters of the saga came Wednesday, when McIlroy said he...

Jake Knapp holds on to win Mexico Open and earn Masters spot

Feb. 25, 2024 19:15 PM EST

VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — PGA Tour rookie Jake Knapp lost a four-shot lead in seven holes and then held it together with a remarkable short game Sunday, closing with an even-par 71 to win the Mexico Open at Vidanta and earn a trip to the Masters. Knapp said he still sends a text...