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Tearful scenes as Langer signs off at Augusta Masters

Tearful scenes as Langer signs off at Augusta Masters

More than 30 years ago, Fred Couples helped Bernhard Langer slip back into the green jacket at the Masters. 12 Apr 2025
CLEARY: When breakfast beers in a corporate Ambrose spawned a great revelation

CLEARY: When breakfast beers in a corporate Ambrose spawned a great revelation

Following another 31 points in a stableford competition, another four hours swimming in the viscous soup of competitive juice, I made a half-joking post-round quip to our teaching pro: mate, you don’t do psychiatry services, do you? 23 Sep 2024
Tiger adds another slice of Augusta history

Tiger adds another slice of Augusta history

It took some help from close friend Justin Thomas, but Tiger Woods is now the co-holder of yet another record around Augusta National. 9 Apr 2023
Beware the wounded Tiger

Beware the wounded Tiger

Even as a part-timer closing in on 50 and playing virtually on one leg, Tiger Woods believes he can win the Masters again. 5 Apr 2023
Business as usual at Augusta despite golf's divide

Business as usual at Augusta despite golf's divide

Dustin Johnson has declared Masters week 'business as usual' as fellow former champion Fred Couples played down the great divide between the PGA Tour stars and LIV Golf defectors. 4 Apr 2023
Zalatoris turned down big LIV offer: Couples

Zalatoris turned down big LIV offer: Couples

While the staggering sums of cash offered by LIV Golf have drawn some of the biggest names on the PGA Tour to make the leap, veteran golfer Fred Couples says it couldn't turn the head of rising star Will Zalatoris. 17 Mar 2023
Love finalises Presidents Cup captain’s assistants

Love finalises Presidents Cup captain’s assistants

U.S. Team Captain Davis Love III announced Steve Stricker and Webb Simpson as his final two captain’s assistants for the 2022 Presidents Cup, which will be played at Quail Hollow. 3 Aug 2022
Barty to tee it up at ‘Icons Series’ exhibition

Barty to tee it up at ‘Icons Series’ exhibition

Ash Barty is returning to the world sporting stage, this time wielding a golf club rather than a tennis racquet. 19 Apr 2022
‘He'll compete, and he'll be ready to roll’: Couples

‘He'll compete, and he'll be ready to roll’: Couples

Five-time champion Tiger Woods has put the finishing touches to his preparations for this week's Masters by playing nine eve-of-tournament holes at Augusta National ahead of his highly-anticipated comeback. 7 Apr 2022
Masters: Golf's boulevarde of broken dreams

Masters: Golf's boulevarde of broken dreams

It could be called the ‘Boulevarde of Broken Dreams’. Instead, it’s known as Amen Corner – a (as of 2022) 1,185-yard stretch of golfing heaven that can be hell for the world’s best players. 6 Apr 2022
Gallery: Pre-Masters Sunday

Gallery: Pre-Masters Sunday

Following the Augusta National Women's Amateur on Saturday, the Drive Chip & Putt competitors took to the home of The Masters. So too did a number of this week's players, including Tiger Woods. Here are the best shots from on the grounds of Augusta. 4 Apr 2022
Phil and Freddie join Ryder Cup team

Phil and Freddie join Ryder Cup team

Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker has filled out his roster of assistants by announcing Phil Mickelson and Fred Couples will serve as vice captains for Team USA. 2 Sep 2021
Andrade & Ames share first-round lead at U.S Senior Open

Andrade & Ames share first-round lead at U.S Senior Open

Billy Andrade and Stephen Ames, a pair of 57-year-olds, each shot five-under-par 65 to share the round one lead on Thursday in the 41st US Senior Open Championship at Omaha Country Club. 9 Jul 2021
From the Vault: Freddie & Fans Overwhelm Paz

From the Vault: Freddie & Fans Overwhelm Paz

It took nine appearances and four previous top-10 finishes before Fred Couples finally broke through at Augusta National to win the 1992 Masters and enter the major winner’s circle. 7 Apr 2021
Masters missing 'bummed' Tiger Woods

Masters missing 'bummed' Tiger Woods

Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas are among the players still influenced by their absent friend Tiger Woods during Masters week. 7 Apr 2021
Davis Love III named US Team captain for 2022 Presidents Cup

Davis Love III named US Team captain for 2022 Presidents Cup

Two-time Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III will captain the US Team when it hosts the Presidents Cup against the International Team in his home town of Charlotte in 2022. 27 Jan 2021
Old warrior Langer set to make Masters cut

Old warrior Langer set to make Masters cut

Bernhard Langer spent more than seven hours walking 26 holes across a soggy Augusta National that made it feel even longer. His 63-year-old knees were aching. He was happy to be done. 14 Nov 2020
Australian heartache at the Masters

Australian heartache at the Masters

Jim Ferrier kick-started a curse that troubled Australian sport for 63 years. Here are nine Australian heartache stories from the Masters. 12 Nov 2020
Gallery: Masters Practice Day 3

Gallery: Masters Practice Day 3

Rain greeted the players at Augusta National for the final day of preparations before The Masters gets underway. Here are some of the best pictures from the day, including Tiger and Adam Scott's practice round. 12 Nov 2020
Jimenez goes wire-to-wire on Champions Tour

Jimenez goes wire-to-wire on Champions Tour

Miguel Angel Jimenez completed a wire-to-wire victory on Sunday in the Sanford International, the PGA Tour Champions' first event with fans since returning from a break for the coronavirus pandemic. 14 Sep 2020
Tested: Bridgestone Tour B Golf Balls

Tested: Bridgestone Tour B Golf Balls

Bridgestone says you can now get more distance and more spin out of its Tour B golf balls. But what did our equipment guru make of the four models on offer? 7 Sep 2020