A year after Augusta National asked Jason Day to remove his ‘busy’ sweater vest during the second round of the Masters, the 13-time PGA Tour winner says he will “have” to get advanced approval for his planned outfits this month. And he doesn’t sound too optimistic about that happening. If TLC is looking for a Read more…
Masters chairman Fred Ridley acknowledged that what Augusta National Golf Club fans will see in April won’t have “quite as many trees as we did a year ago” but that any damage suffered last September when Hurricane Helene rolled through Georgia and the Carolinas won’t be an issue when the Masters is held in less than three months.
Qualifying school, they say, is golf’s equivalent of the Wild West. A school of hard knocks where good is separated from really good by four rounds, a cut, then two more rounds to determine the futures of 20 pros and ties.
Recovery efforts are ongoing in Augusta, but the destruction from Hurricane Helene was something few had ever experienced, let alone believed possible.
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.
Neal Shipley will officially go down as the low amateur at the Masters but, unofficially, he was also the high golfer in terms of viral moments from Sunday at Augusta National.
Jon Rahm did not have a very fun time at this past week’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. And it wasn’t just because he barely made the cut and struggled his way to a T-45 finish.
Scheffler shot 33 on the inward nine and produced six birdies in the last 11 holes, none of those requiring a putt of longer than 10 feet. That’s how dialled in he was.
Australian Golf Digest
