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Augusta National was booming early Friday thanks to Fred Couples. More...

Lee Westwood seemingly had the ideal round going in the blustery, cool conditions that greeted him at the start of his second round at the Masters on Friday. More...

Lee Westwood held a one-shot lead after playing six holes early Friday as the second round of the Masters at Augusta National got rolling. More...

Is there anything pre 3:00 today and tomorrow that we get?

Is there anyone out there who will come out of the pack and actually challenge Yani Tseng's #1 position? Here is what I think: http://mlyhlss.blogspot.com/2012/04/who-will-step-up-and-challenge-yani.html

Mike Weir is the only Canuck playing in the Masters this year. More...

Lee Westwood is alone atop the leaderboard after the first round of the Masters that seemed destined for a bad finish. More...

Luke Donald was determined to share the Masters spotlight with Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy and on Thursday he got his wish. More...

Tiger Woods started his Masters Thursday morning with two big hooks off the tee, the second one finding a hazard at the par-5 second hole. More...

If it is true, as we are so frequently told, that sport is just another mirror of life it was maybe appropriate that the first reflection of Tiger Woods here Thursday was seriously cracked. More...

By Simon Evans AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 3 (Reuters) - World number 12 Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from this week’s U.S. Masters due to a back injury, the American said on Tuesday. “I have to apologise to the fans and sponsors. With heartfelt regret, I won’t be playing in the Masters due to a...

DavidDusek: Robert Garrigus went left of the earth off the first tee and made a triple bogey on hole No. 1. Uhh ... welcome to the Masters, sir. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I love it, great start!

Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player own 13 green jackets between them and the trio opened the 76th Masters with ceremonial tee shots Thursday morning. More...

The most anticipated Masters in years has arrived. While the best stage in golf is being furiously cleaned up and prepped, the stars of the show are waiting in the wings fresh and ready to go. More...

Right up to the start line, the opening strike from the first tee, the belief is insistent. It is that these last few days here we have been waiting for the dawn of potentially the greatest ever Masters. More...

An overnight storm that downed trees and washed out bunkers at Augusta National left course staff scrambling to clean up debris on Wednesday during practice rounds ahead of this week's Masters. More...

Is Augusta National defenceless? More...

Charl Schwartzel's Champions dinner on Tuesday featured South African BBQ with Monkey Gland Sauce. Before you call PETA or Bob Barker, let the 2011 Masters champ explain. More...

Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy were once mentor and protege. Young McIlroy skipping through life with the veteran Westwood showing him the ropes. More...

If there is to be a series of head-to-head battles between Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods in the years ahead it does not sound like there will be much in the way of trash talk to stimulate the hype. More...

If Rory McIlroy brought a single demon back here to where this time last year some feared his career might have been destroyed before it truly began, all the evidence is that the little pest didn’t make it through U.S. customs. More...

8:45 AM ET -- Adam Scott, Bo Van Pelt and Martin Kaymer 8:56 AM -- Steve Stricker, Padraig Harrington and Stewart Cink 9:18 AM -- Kyle Stanley, Jason Day and Bill Haas 9:29 AM -- Trevor Immelman, Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose 10:02 AM -- Matt Kuchar, Geoff Ogilvy, Y.E. Yang 10:13 AM -- Gary...

For anybody into them, there are Masters Golf Pools available at http://FanRoto.com . You can join an existing pool, or build your own.

I am standing behind the 16th green at Augusta. You know the hole. More...

If the course had been any more ravishing in the warm spring sunshine, if it had given us any more of the colour and the perfume of the American south, we might have been persuaded there was quite a good chance of Rhett Butler and Scarlett OíHara strolling through the dogwoods. More...

Jesper Parnevik's career is in doubt after he nearly severed his right index finger in a boating accident, the Golf Channel reported Friday. More...

It is 15 years now since Tiger Woods achieved a rite of passage in sport that shot him into the company of earth-moving figures like Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. More...

Anyone buying/ordering Hank Haney's new book about Tiger Woods? It was released today. :book

American Hunter Mahan became the first golfer to record multiple wins on the PGA Tour this year by claiming a one-stroke victory over Sweden’s Carl Pettersson at the Houston Open in Humble, Texas, on Sunday. More...

After five exciting tournaments, the tour moves to Rancho Mirage, California. This will be the year's first major championship. Yani Tseng has won three of the first five tournaments this year. Stacy Lewis is the defending champion. Here are the vital details of the years first major, including...

South Korea’s Yoo Sun-young rolled in an 15-foot birdie putt on the first sudden-death playoff hole to beat compatriot Kim In-kyung and claim the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday, her first major title. More...

Not everybody is conceding the green jacket to Tiger Woods before the traffic up Magnolia Lane begins. More...

Depending on who you listen to, the favourite to win The Masters this year is either in his 20s, 30s or 40s. Rory, Tiger and Phil — last names not required. Until somebody knocks them off the marquee, the three biggest names in golf will be THE story in Augusta this week. More...

The perennial allure of the Masters, which takes place from April 5-8 at Augusta National, has been ratcheted up several notches following Tiger Woods' long awaited victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday. More...

hahaha... sorry

It’s funny how fast all the golf pundits who thought a golf coach was breaking some sort of perceived code — as if he were a paid medical professional breaking the hippocratic oath or a barrister defying client-lawyer privilege — got down off their high horse long enough to review...

Just as Tiger Woods’ victory at Bay Hill on the weekend had impeccable timing with it coming just before the Masters, so too did the release on Tuesday of his former coach’s tell-all book, The Big Miss (Crown Archetype). More...

In the hysteria that followed his seventh win at Bay Hill after 924 days without a victory, to suggest Tiger Woods is anything but a foregone conclusion as 2012 Masters champ causes jaws to drop and either glares or sympathetic stares at the poor soul who uttered such drivel. More...

In his prime he had no equals. Adoring eyes followed him everywhere he walked. His mere presence closed the deal automatically. He was a human cash machine making everyone around him rich. He simply was the best. More...

Now that Tiger Woods has ended his 30-month victory drought on the PGA Tour, the question turns to whether the former world number one can win again where it really counts - in a major championship, starting with the Masters. More...

Tiger Woods ended his two and a half year drought on the PGA Tour when he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five strokes on Sunday, sending a warning signal to his rivals ahead of next month’s Masters. More...

The tour moves to California this week, with the playing of the Kia Classic. Here is my preview: http://mlyhlss.blogspot.com/2012/03/kia-classic-preview.html

Who do you want to see in the final group in the Masters on sunday? Me... Rory and Luke tied going to 18 for the lead. Although I swing Mizunos I'm cheering for Rory.

Here's hoping the King is okay. http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/arnold-palmer-taken-to-hospital/

A twinge here and an ache there are now part of the daily grind for the once-dominant Tiger Woods as he seeks to find his fitness and form ahead of the Masters. More...

http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/changes-pga-tour-q-school-will-shut-out-deserving-players Orlando, Fla. -- Read my lips, commissioner. The PGA Tour is now a closed shop. It's pretty simple. You can only qualify for the PGA Tour after you spend an entire season on the Nationwide tour....

Adam Hadwin is a fan of Cinderella stories. More...

He’s not the future of golf. He’s not dating a tennis star. He’s not chasing Jack’s records. He’s not known by his first name. He’s Luke Donald. And he’s World No. 1 … again. More...

Tiger Woods is depicted as a porn-loving cheapskate who showed little respect for those around him, according to leaked excerpts from Hank Haney's soon-to-be published book. More...

Just wondering if anyone cares about this. Sure it's some of the best pros but it's basically a friendly game of rivalling neighbours. They are trying to expand it, but really not sure what the point is.