Eisenhower’s drinking partner and the man who helped make the Masters what it is today surely deserves more recognitionTucked away in a corner of YouTube sits the kind of cheesy 1976 sales pitch Augusta National had to make to Asia decades before Hidek…
Masters champion could light cauldron at Tokyo GamesGolf’s return to Olympics hit by withdrawals at Rio 2016Golf’s rocky relationship with the Olympic Games hardly looked like improving when Dustin Johnson, the world No 1, confirmed he would skip the c…
The Masters champion appears to have little in common with Asian Americans. But his win comes at a time when any Asian success story is welcome in the USAnd with that, Hideki Matsuyama is the first male Japanese player ever to win a golf major.Quite in…
TV commentators ‘could hardly speak’ as 29-year-old becomes first Japanese man to win a majorHideki Matsuyama has recorded one of Japan’s greatest international sporting successes after winning the US Masters golf , months before Tokyo is scheduled to …
Final round of 73 enough to secure Green JacketMatsuyama becomes first Japanese male major winnerOne can only assume Hideki Matsuyama did not feel the heavy burden of history at all. There is no other reasonable explanation for the manner in which the …
Hole-by-hole coverage of the action at Augusta NationalMatsuyama surges to four-shot lead | LeaderboardCoaches ejected for flouting Augusta’s phone rulesGet in touch! Email Scott 4.34pm BST While a few of the early starters are in the red for their rou…
65 moves Japanese to 11 under, with four tied for secondJustin Rose among quartet after battling his way to a 72Moving day? Matsuyama’s day. In proving how even a brief delay in a tournament – in this case 75 minutes – can totally shift its complexion …
Hole-by-hole coverage of the action at Augusta NationalOfficial Masters leaderboardRose holds on to lead but has Spieth in rearview mirrorAny comments? Email Scott your thoughts 4.06pm BST Having mentioned Gary Player, it would be remiss of us not to f…
As some players’ mentors have found out in Masters week, this grand old club will punish anyone who breaks its traditionsThe famously no-nonsense approach of Augusta National to matters of discipline has been evident once more during Masters week, with…
Player invited Lee Elder to play in South Africa and was praised by Nelson Mandela but admits his past is not blamelessIt has been almost 50 years since Lee Elder became the first black man to play in the Masters, and five months since Augusta National…
Johnson fails to defend Augusta title he won in November‘I just didn’t putt very good. It’s pretty simple’, says world No 1The defending champion, Dustin Johnson, led a high-profile exodus from the 85th Masters, after the 36-hole cut fell at three over…
Rose one shot clear of Will Zalatoris and Brian HarmanSpieth makes 68 to lie two shots off leadFor a dozen holes of this Masters second round, the biggest threat to Justin Rose looked as if it came from within. By close of play, Jordan Spieth had appea…
Officials have said drugs and alcohol not a factor in accidentGolfer underwent surgery on multiple fractures of right legWoods unable to remember driving on day of crash, police sayTiger Woods wasn’t sure where he was when a sheriff’s deputy interviewe…
Hole-by-hole coverage of the action at Augusta NationalOfficial Masters leaderboardRose leads Masters by four shots after brilliant first-round 65Any comments? You can email scott.murray@theguardian.com 2.03pm BST A fast start this morning for Bernd Wi…
Hole-by-hole coverage of the action at Augusta NationalOfficial Masters leaderboardRose leads Masters by four shots after brilliant first-round 65Any comments? You can email scott.murray@theguardian.com 2.03pm BST A fast start this morning for Bernd Wi…
Englishman comes home in 30 to put DeChambeau in shadeRose leads by four from Harman and MatsuyamaStep aside Bryson DeChambeau. Should Justin Rose press home the strong advantage claimed late in the first day of this, the 85th Masters, the Englishman c…
‘I was trying to turn the ball off him,’ jokes McIlroyFour-times major winner recovers from tough start to make 76A smiling Rory McIlroy offered to “autograph a bag of frozen peas” for his father, Gerry, after striking him on the leg with an iron shot …
Hole-by-hole coverage of the opening day at Augusta NationalCourse guide and the five holes that could decide the MastersAny thought? You can email scott.murray@theguardian.com 12.11pm BST Here we all are again, then, back at Augusta! It’s only been fi…
Tiger Woods was speeding when he crashed an SUV in Southern California less than two months ago, leaving the golf superstar seriously injured, authorities said on Wednesday. Woods was driving 84-87 mph on a downhill stretch of road outside Los Angeles …
Dustin Johnson sauntered to victory in November but the soft conditions are gone and the iconic course could show its teethA safe distance from the gates of Augusta National, badge selling appears slow. Parting with $600 would secure a practice-day tic…
