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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...

Tiger Woods returns with PGA Tour's top players at Riviera

Feb. 13, 2024 09:56 AM EST

PGA TOUR GENESIS INVITATIONAL Site: Los Angeles. Course: Riviera CC. Yardage: 7,322. Par: 71. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $4 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m....

PGA Tour heads to Torrey Pines, LPGA Tour stays in Florida

Jan. 23, 2024 09:52 AM EST

PGA TOUR FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN Site: San Diego. Courses: Torrey Pines GC. South (Yardage: 7,765. Par: 72) and North (Yardage: 7,258. Par: 72). Prize money: $9 million. Winner's share: $1.62 million. Television:...