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Rory McIlroy's record Masters cushion gone as Cameron Young claims share of lead
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rory McIlroy's stroll toward one of the rarest feats in sports turned into a dramatic battle to avoid the wrong side of history as he saw his six-shot lead evaporate during the third round of the Masters on Saturday.,McIlroy scuffled to a 1-over-par round of 73 to fall into a share o...
Cameron Young soars into Masters lead with 65
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Cameron Young saw Scottie Scheffler post a 65 earlier in Saturday's third round of the Masters, and then went out and matched the World's No. 1 player to surge into the lead at Augusta National.,Young's 7-under-par effort was his best in 15 career Masters rounds by two shots, and hel...
Scottie Scheffler makes charge with Masters-best 65
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Scottie Scheffler vaulted up the Masters leaderboard with a career-low round of 65 at the Masters on Saturday to sit at 7-under-par through three rounds.,Scheffler's previous low round at Augusta National was a 66 in the first round of 2024, when he went on to win his second Masters ...
Jon Rahm 5-over through three rounds, on fringe of 50th at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Jon Rahm floundered to 50th on the Masters leaderboard and 5-over through 54 holes on Saturday with a scorecard lined with bogeys. ,Rahm was 17 shots back of leader and budding rival Rory McIlroy when the Spaniard bogeyed the 18th with his third five on a par-4 hole on the back nine ...
Young PGA Tour star laments countrymen joining LIV Golf
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Aldrich Potgieter's name surfaced late last year in the annual rumors of young players who might be negotiating with LIV Golf, but it doesn't sound like the PGA Tour has to worry about one of its emerging stars bolting for the rival league any time soon.,Potgeiter, 21, was a PGA Tour...
Birdie barrage gives Rory McIlroy largest 36-hole lead in Masters history
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rory McIlroy's quest to become the fourth player to win consecutive Masters might turn into a 36-hole march toward history thanks to a late birdie barrage on Friday that gave him a record six-shot lead heading into the weekend at Augusta National.,McIlroy carded six birdies over his ...
Rory McIlroy uses late birdie blitz to lead Masters by 6
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rory McIlroy's quest to become only the fourth player to win consecutive Masters might have turned into a 36-hole march toward history thanks to a late birdie binge on Friday that gave him a six-shot lead heading into the weekend at Augusta National.,McIlroy carded six birdies over h...
Scottie Scheffler rues decision, poor swing that led to 74
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Scottie Scheffler had battled his way back from a poor start in the second round and was staring at a prime scoring opportunity on Friday when he made a decision that might have sunk his chances to win the 2026 Masters.,Scheffler dropped back to even par for the tournament with two b...
Fred Couples' cut hopes sink away as Masters' back 9 bites again
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Fred Couples was making a spirited run at the Masters cut line on Friday when the back nine at Augusta National bit again, sending the 66-year-old packing for the weekend.,Teeing off in ideal conditions at 8:50 a.m. ET, Couples made his turn in 1-under-par for the day and 5 over for ...
Justin Rose clubhouse leader at Masters; Rory McIlroy starts fast
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Justin Rose was one of several players to post strong rounds early in the second round Friday, with defending champ Rory McIlroy on the course and trying to put some distance between himself and his closest pursuers at the Masters.,Rose shot a 3-under-par round of 69 on Friday to tak...
Wyndham Clark, Justin Rose, Tyrrell Hatton make Friday morning leap at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Wyndham Clark made his move on Friday, opening the second round at the Masters with three consecutive birdies and vaulting up the leaderboard with a 68.,Clark birdied the par-5 second hole and two more in succession, surging to 4 under for the tournament to join a handful of signific...
Scotland's Robert MacIntyre flips off green at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Scotland's Robert MacIntyre extended his middle finger in frustration after carding a quadruple bogey on the par-5 15th hole during the first round of the Masters.,MacIntyre was 3-over-par when he reached the 15th hole. His first approach shot ended up in the water in front of the gr...
Maniacal Masters? Players bracing for Augusta National at its crustiest
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- With no rain in the forecast and sunny, warm conditions forecast through the weekend, the players in the 2026 Masters said they are at the mercy of the tournament officials setting up Augusta National for the final 54 holes.,"I think this could be the toughest Masters we've played in...
Rory McIlroy taps into Masters champion confidence to spark rally
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rory McIlroy admitted he hasn't felt the same at "certain" golf tournaments since completing the career grand slam 12 months ago, but all the same old feelings came rushing back on the first tee at Augusta National on Thursday.,And that's a good thing, in his estimation.,"It's the Ma...
Bryson DeChambeau humbled by misadventures, opening 76 at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Bryson DeChambeau knows the feeling of something between proud accomplishment and elation, walking off the 18th green after the first round with the lead at the Masters. And he got reacquainted with the opposite emotion on Thursday. ,DeChambeau blasted a patron with his tee shot on N...
Rory McIlroy tied for lead to begin Masters defense
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rory McIlroy began the defense of his first Masters title with a 5-under-par 67 that gave him a share of the afternoon lead with Sam Burns at Augusta National on Thursday. ,It is only the third time in 18 Masters starts that McIlroy has broken 70 in the first round, and the second-lo...
Sam Burns torches par 5s to grab early Masters lead
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Sam Burns took advantage of Augusta National's longest holes in posting a 5-under-par round of 67 to take the early first-round in the 90th edition of the Masters Tournament on Thursday.,Burns got his round rolling by sinking an 11-foot eagle putt on the par-5 second hole. After drop...
Tom Watson: PGA Tour reneged on promise with Brooks Koepka's return
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Tom Watson didn't mince words when asked his thoughts on the special conditions the PGA Tour created in order for Brooks Koepka to make an immediate return to the tour this year after leaving LIV Golf.,"The Tour made a decision to renege on what they promised when the players left fo...
Gary Player's advice to Tiger Woods: 'Get a chauffeur'
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Gary Player has a tremendous amount of empathy for the pain Tiger Woods suffers on a daily basis. He just has one piece of advice for the 15-time major champion.,Get a chauffeur.,Shortly after taking part in his role as an honorary starter at the Masters on Thursday morning, Player, ...
Jack Nicklaus hopes to continue role as honorary Masters starter
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The 90th edition of the Masters Tournament officially began with the honorary starting threesome of Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson at 7:25 a.m. ET on Thursday.,Shortly after sunrise at Augusta National Golf Club, the trio of golfing legends emerged from the iconic clubhous...