For five hours, it seemed like there had been a rain delay and they were running the endlessvideo vault from the Decade of the Tiger. This was the old Tiger Woods at Augusta National:the red and black Sunday colours, the predatory stride, the scowl suggesting not the luckiestguy in the world with its best job, … Continue reading "Great Tiger of old stalks the fairways at Augusta again"

Augusta: Australia's Jason Day has joined US President Donald Trump, golf great Jack Nicklaus and tennis legend Serena Williams in congratulating Tiger Woods on his fifth victory at the Masters. Woods won the Augusta National major by on shot on Sunday for his 15th major title. Replay It is his first major victory since the … Continue reading "'A Cinderella story': The world reacts to Tiger's Masters win"

Augusta, Georgia: When Tiger Woods won his first Masters more than half his life ago, he fell into the embrace of his father Earl, because he was barely a grown man himself. When he strode off the 18th green on Sunday afternoon at Augusta National Golf Club – his hair long since thinned, his life … Continue reading "Tiger Woods gives golf another unforgettable moment and begins new chapter"

Tiger Woods' extraordinary comeback from personal and physical wreckage to win a fifth US Masters title was so significant that even President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama were in almost unprecedented agreement. “Love people who are great under pressure,” Mr Trump tweeted. “What a fantastic life comeback for a really great guy!” “Congratulations, … Continue reading "Tiger Woods likely to play at Royal Melbourne after Masters win"

The TV commentator nailed it in the moments after Tiger Woods sunk his putt on the eighteenth hole at Augusta to win his fifth Masters, his fifteenth Major and first in over a decade, to be engulfed by his fellow players, his children, his aged mother and history itself, all as the crowd chanted: “Tiger! … Continue reading "Why Tiger Woods is the greatest story in sport right now"

Augusta: Xander Schauffele, in only his second Masters, was alone atop the leaderboard for a brief moment during the late stages of the final round but said falling short to Tiger Woods in a major was like a dream. Schauffele, who was playing two groups ahead of Woods, ended up one shot back of the … Continue reading "Losing to Tiger 'a dream' for Schauffele, and a nightmare for Molinari"

Augusta, Georgia: The King was dead. Long live the King. Tiger Woods won the Masters. Eighteen months ago it was inconceivable. A year ago it was highly improbable. When he finished sixth in the British Open and second in the US PGA last year before winning the Tour Championship six months ago, it was possible. … Continue reading "Augusta becomes Tiger town again as Woods turns back the clock"

Augusta: Jason Day says his best Masters result in five years has him counting down the days until next year's Augusta National major. Day's Sunday charge came too late in what was a disappointing week for the Australian contingent, given Day and Adam Scott shared the 36-hole lead. Replay Former world No.1 Day started the … Continue reading "Day's best Masters since 2013 has him itching for more"

Augusta, Georgia: Jason Day has defied crippling back pain to be in contention at Augusta National but his Masters campaign is in mortal danger. The former world No.1 somehow posted a two-under-par 70 on day one and sits only four shots from the lead despite aggravating his chronic back injury and needing medical treatment just … Continue reading "Day defies crippling back pain at Masters"

As you make your way to the fabled Augusta National golf club, you think Google Maps has got it horribly wrong. You head down Washington Drive and past all the monuments to middle America: McDonald's, Arby's, Waffle House, Starbucks, Taco Bell, Wendy's. There are car yards, loan sharks, malls, servos, bedraggled scalpers holding signs that … Continue reading "Tiger, Hootie, Hooters and the alternate universe of the Masters"