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January 17th, 2025

Masters chairman has latest update on Augusta National post-hurricane and offers one caution about golf’s rising profile

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January 9th, 2025

The Masters announces two special exemptions, including to LIV Golf star

Augusta National announced overnight that Joaquin Niemann and Nicolai Hojgaard have received special exemptions to play in the 2025 Masters.

October 4th, 2024

Meet this 66-year-old from Lebanon who saw bombs dropping from the sky during his flight to compete in the Asia-Pacific Amateur

At 66, veteran Lebanese amateur Rachid Akl is the oldest player in the field at Japan’s iconic Taiheiyo Club this week.

October 3rd, 2024

Augusta National suffered ‘a lot of damage’ in storm, says chairman; Masters will be played as scheduled

Understandably, Ridley put the focus on dealing with the devastation Augusta locals have suffered and humanitarian efforts.

September 18th, 2024

Augusta National announces extended tournament coverage for 2025 Masters

Augusta National announced it is adding five hours of additional weekend coverage to the 2025 Masters.

July 10th, 2024

Man who claimed to be an Augusta National caddie posts Reddit ‘AMA’, promptly deletes

April 18th, 2024

Scottie Scheffler and the Masters should leave you feeling better about pro golf’s future. Here’s why

While the CBS’ final-round ratings followed the trend in 2024 of being down from the previous year, some interactions and observations from being at this year’s Masters eased this writer’s mind.

April 15th, 2024

Golf Australia boss: Idea to grant Australian Open winner majors starts would ‘elevate our event, our tour’

Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland has encouraged golf’s powerbrokers to consider the idea to award the Australian Open winner an exemption into all four majors, saying it would “elevate our event and our tour”.

April 11th, 2024

Masters 2024: ‘The boss is here rooting for you,’ says Greg Norman on visit to Augusta National

Greg Norman was spotted walking the fairways of Augusta National on Wednesday, his first time at the Masters in three years.

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April 11th, 2024

Masters 2024: LIV golfers want a direct path to play at Augusta. Chairman Fred Ridley thinks they already have one

Ridley noted the club has the ability to offer special invitation to international players that allows it to account for LIV players who deserved attention, albeit in a subjective way.

Masters 2024: Tiger Woods plays round at Augusta National, per reports

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Masters 2024: Augusta National awards three special invites, including one to LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann

Masters chairman: Here is Angel Cabrera’s path to play this year at Augusta National

Masters, Open execs reject latest ideas to create a pathway for LIV golfers into majors

Augusta National, R&A release statements on LIV Golf–PGA Tour merger

Masters 2023: Why wasn’t Greg Norman invited this week? Fred Ridley explains the reason

April 2nd, 2023

Masters 2023: What you need to know about LIV Golf and Augusta National

To catch you up to speed, here is what you need to know about the connection between the Masters and LIV Golf.

January 5th, 2023

Rory’s fifth Major, Fowler’s comeback, Spieth’s second green jacket: 23 predictions for 2023

These are PGA Tour-centric forecasts, some serious, some very much not.

December 21st, 2022

Augusta National makes call on LIV Golf players at 2023 Masters

Augusta National announced overnight its decision regarding LIV Golf members being able to play in the 2023 Masters tournament.

October 27th, 2022

Report: Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America under investigation in Justice Department’s antitrust probe

The Justice Department’s probe into the PGA Tour for possible antitrust violations has added Augusta National, the USGA and the PGA of America to the investigation, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

April 7th, 2022

Masters 2022: Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley’s position on distance is clear enough to those who listen closely

At Wednesday’s annual pre-Masters address with the media, Ridley seemed to concede that both the rules and the course may change, and the latter likely will not depend entirely on the former.

April 7th, 2022

Masters 2022: Phil Mickelson was not uninvited from Masters, according to Augusta National chairman

Speaking to the media during his annual press conference, Ridley said that Mickelson’s absence at the 2022 Masters came from Mickelson and Mickelson alone.

Leaderboard

Farmers Insurance Open - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Harris English	-8	F	4
2	Sam Stevens	-7	F	4
3	Andrew Novak	-6	F	4
T4	Sungjae Im	-5	F	4
T4	Kris Ventura	-5	F	4
6	Hayden Springer	-4	F	4
T7	Taylor Pendrith	-3	F	4
T7	Will Gordon	-3	F	4
T9	Danny Willett	-2	F	4
T9	Lee Hodges	-2	F	4
T9	Lanto Griffin	-2	F	4
T9	Greyson Sigg	-2	F	4
T9	K.H. Lee	-2	F	4
T9	Joel Dahmen	-2	F	4
T15	Beau Hossler	-1	F	4
T15	Keegan Bradley	-1	F	4
T15	Sami Valimaki	-1	F	4
T15	Luke Clanton	-1	F	4
T15	Kevin Streelman	-1	F	4
T15	Thomas Detry	-1	F	4
T15	J.J. Spaun	-1	F	4
T15	Ryan Gerard	-1	F	4
T15	Ricky Castillo	-1	F	4
T15	Aldrich Potgieter	-1	F	4
T25	Adam Schenk	E	F	4
T25	Charley Hoffman	E	F	4
T25	Chris Gotterup	E	F	4
T25	Sam Ryder	E	F	4
T25	Matteo Manassero	E	F	4
T25	Wesley Bryan	E	F	4
T25	Matti Schmid	E	F	4
T32	Andrew Putnam	+1	F	4
T32	Jake Knapp	+1	F	4
T32	Vince Whaley	+1	F	4
T32	Zac Blair	+1	F	4
T32	Aaron Baddeley	+1	F	4
T32	Hideki Matsuyama	+1	F	4
T32	Jason Day	+1	F	4
T32	Brandt Snedeker	+1	F	4
T40	Norman Xiong	+2	F	4
T40	Vincent Norrman	+2	F	4
T42	Chan Kim	+3	F	4
T42	Jhonattan Vegas	+3	F	4
T42	Garrick Higgo	+3	F	4
T42	Danny Walker	+3	F	4
T42	Isaiah Salinda	+3	F	4
T42	Ludvig Åberg	+3	F	4
T48	Zach Johnson	+4	F	4
T48	Antoine Rozner	+4	F	4
T48	Max Greyserman	+4	F	4
T48	Chad Ramey	+4	F	4
T52	Maverick McNealy	+5	F	4
T52	Kevin Tway	+5	F	4
T52	Sahith Theegala	+5	F	4
T52	Mac Meissner	+5	F	4
T56	Taylor Moore	+6	F	4
T56	Jackson Koivun	+6	F	4
T56	Jackson Suber	+6	F	4
T56	Luke List	+6	F	4
T56	Frankie Capan III	+6	F	4
T56	Patrick Rodgers	+6	F	4
T56	John Pak	+6	F	4
T63	Harry Higgs	+7	F	4
T63	Noah Goodwin	+7	F	4
T63	Steven Fisk	+7	F	4
T66	Cristobal Del Solar	+8	F	4
T66	William Mouw	+8	F	4
T68	Mark Hubbard	+9	F	4
T68	Eric Cole	+9	F	4
70	Chandler Phillips	+14	F	4
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	+2	F	2
CUT	Rikuya Hoshino	+2	F	2
CUT	Jesper Svensson	+2	F	2
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	+2	F	2
CUT	Quade Cummins	+2	F	2
CUT	Doug Ghim	+2	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	+2	F	2
CUT	Peter Malnati	+2	F	2
CUT	Ben Silverman	+2	F	2
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	+3	F	2
CUT	Jacob Bridgeman	+3	F	2
CUT	Aaron Rai	+3	F	2
CUT	Shane Lowry	+3	F	2
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	+3	F	2
CUT	Kaito Onishi	+3	F	2
CUT	Anders Albertson	+3	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	+3	F	2
CUT	Victor Perez	+3	F	2
CUT	Kevin Yu	+3	F	2
CUT	S.W. Kim	+3	F	2
CUT	Matt McCarty	+3	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	+3	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	+3	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+3	F	2
CUT	Charles Reiter	+3	F	2
CUT	Trey Mullinax	+4	F	2
CUT	Mason Andersen	+4	F	2
CUT	Niklas Nørgaard	+4	F	2
CUT	Carl Yuan	+4	F	2
CUT	Troy Merritt	+4	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	+4	F	2
CUT	Ben Griffin	+5	F	2
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	+5	F	2
CUT	Tony Finau	+5	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+5	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	+5	F	2
CUT	Brian Campbell	+5	F	2
CUT	Alex Smalley	+5	F	2
CUT	Taylor Montgomery	+5	F	2
CUT	Justin Rose	+5	F	2
CUT	Will Chandler	+5	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	+5	F	2
CUT	Matt NeSmith	+6	F	2
CUT	Austin Eckroat	+6	F	2
CUT	Francesco Molinari	+6	F	2
CUT	Pi Coody	+6	F	2
CUT	Thriston Lawrence	+7	F	2
CUT	Rico Hoey	+7	F	2
CUT	Scott Gutschewski	+7	F	2
CUT	S.H. Kim	+7	F	2
CUT	Daniel Berger	+7	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	+7	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	+7	F	2
CUT	Ryan Palmer	+8	F	2
CUT	Chris Korte	+8	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	+8	F	2
CUT	Taylor Dickson	+8	F	2
CUT	Willie Mack III	+8	F	2
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	+9	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+9	F	2
CUT	Matthew Riedel	+9	F	2
CUT	Henrik Norlander	+9	F	2
CUT	Tim Widing	+9	F	2
CUT	Trevor Cone	+9	F	2
CUT	Car Young	+10	F	2
CUT	Ryan Hall	+10	F	2
CUT	Kevin Velo	+10	F	2
CUT	Michael Kim	+10	F	2
CUT	Matt Wallace	+10	F	2
CUT	Ryo Hisatsune	+10	F	2
CUT	Robert Garrigus	+10	F	2
CUT	Thomas Rosenmueller	+11	F	2
CUT	Jim Knous	+11	F	2
CUT	Martin Laird	+13	F	2
CUT	Cavin McCall	+16	F	2
WD	Braden Thornberry	-	-
WD	Nate Lashley	-	-
WD	Hayden Buckley	-	-
WD	Kevin Roy	-	-
WD	Max Homa	-	-
WD	David Lipsky	-	-
WD	Max McGreevy	-	-
WD	Paul Peterson	-	-
WD	Philip Knowles	-	-
WD	Emiliano Grillo	-	-

Team Finals 2024

Rank	Team Name	Total	Score
1	RIPPER GC	-11	277
T2	4ACES GC	-8	280
T2	IRON HEADS GC	-8	280
4	LEGION XIII	-6	282
5	STINGER GC	-15	273
6	FIREBALLS GC	-14	274
T7	CRUSHERS GC	-2	286
T7	HYFLYERS GC	-2	286
9	MAJESTICKS GC	-5	283
10	TORQUE GC	-4	284
11	CLEEKS GC	-1	287
12	RANGEGOATS GC	+4	292
13	SMASH GC	+12	300