AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Rory McIlroy was laughing and bouncing and swaggering all the way around Augusta National. After his final stroke on a soggy Saturday, he delivered an emphatic pump of the fist. No wonder he's so excited. This is McIlroy's best chance yet to join one of golf's most exclusive clubs .
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The Latest on Saturday's third round at the Masters (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy is already trying to play mind games with Patrick Reed heading into the final round of the Masters. McIlroy and Reed will be in the final pairing on Sunday. It could shape up to be the kind of showdown typically seen in the Ryder Cup.
When you a person of significance in this country chances are your middle name and initial will be well known how about those people of significance at the Masters do we know there names well we're all a little Fuzzy. Out There Somewhere
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The last two Masters champions won't be playing on the weekend. Defending champion Sergio Garcia and 2016 winner Danny Willett missed the 36-hole cut Friday at Augusta National. Willett finished the second round with consecutive bogeys, missing out by two strokes. He ended up at 7-over 151.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The Latest on Friday's second round of the Masters (all times local): 7:55 p.m. Patrick Reed is halfway home to his first major championship.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The Latest on the first round of the Masters on Thursday (all times local): 7:25 p.m. Maybe Jordan Spieth should switch gloves more often. During the opening round of the Masters, Spieth changed gloves on the 13th fairway because he was struggling to keep a grip on the club. Suddenly, he ripped off five straight birdies to take control at Augusta National.
Despite plenty of other fascinating story lines, the real reason for all the talk that this Masters might be the best ever still comes down to one guy: Tiger Woods.
A visit to the Augusta National and The Masters is one for the bucket list. It leaves first timers in awe. But even for veterans, the special feeling never leaves
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - All three marveled at Tiger Woods as youngsters, then grew up and staked their own place in the game. Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth are stars at every tour stop, ranked Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in the world. But this week at the Masters brings an eerily familiar sight. Though the game's once most-dominating player sits well below the trio - at 103rd in those same rankings - they're all looking up at Tiger Woods again.
The Latest on the Masters: Four-time Augusta champion Woods says he doesn't "know anybody who had lower back fusion and can swing the club as fast as I can swing it."
Over the last few tournaments, Tiger Woods appearances at the Masters Golf Tournament have been more like a journeyman pro than a 14-time major champion. Tiger is back, this year, and there's a buzz.
Monday is day one of the practice rounds for The Masters. But Sunday was the unofficial start to the Masters. Little guys and girls from ages 7 to 15 played in the Drive, Chip & Putt competition.
Down to his last putt, Poulter made a 20-foot birdie on the 18th hole to force a playoff with Beau Hossler, and then he won the Houston Open with a par on the first extra hole to earn the last spot in the Masters.
Sergio Garcia peeled back the blanket and leaned over for another peek at his 3-week-old daughter, sound asleep against her mother's chest. He was much a doting father and husband as he was the Masters champion.
Welcome to Augusta National, a Baba Booey-free zone. For one week, the Masters brings a measure of civility back to a game that has grown more obnoxious outside the ropes in recent years.
Tiger Woods is back for only the second time in the last five years, and what makes the sight of him at Augusta National even more tantalizing is that Woods is starting to look like the player who dominated golf for nearly 15 years.
Sergio Garcia is the Masters champion, and he says nothing has changed. That's not entirely true. He returns to Augusta National as a husband, having married Angela Akins last summer.
