Bookmakers at the Masters are on the hook for a potentially huge payout. With one round remaining at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, Tiger Woods is two shots off the lead held by Francesco Molinari and will play in the final group on Sunday night (AEST). Woods began the third day as the … Continue reading "Tiger Woods has bookmakers sweating after third round of Masters"

Adam Scott and Jason Day have each blown a chance to climb into serious final-round contention at the Masters with lacklustre third rounds at Augusta National. Francesco Molinari cruised into a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods, who roared to life at the tournament he has won four times with a 67, and Tony Finau. Molinari … Continue reading "Molinari leads Woods, Finau after three rounds as Scott, Day fall back"

Augusta, Georgia: Jason Day walked the fairways like an old man. He picked the ball out of the hole like an even older man. He took a back injury into the Masters, and aggravated it before his round when he bent down to give his daughter Lucy a kiss. Then, after a bunker shot adjacent … Continue reading "Back against the wall: Injured Day soldiers through at Masters"

Augusta, Georgia: Tiger Woods getting tripped over by a security guard was just one of several bizarre incidents during an eventful second round at the Masters in Augusta. Woods had just played a miraculous approach shot from the trees to the par-4 14th hole, when a member of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation tried to … Continue reading "Tiger Woods tripped by security guard at Masters"

Jason Day’s wife, Ellie, looked him in the eye and told him to suck it up. This is the Masters: deal with the pain and go do what you do, play golf. He listened, and 28 hours later he was in a share of the lead at the halfway point of the tournament he’s been … Continue reading "What a difference a day makes: Wife's 'advice' sets Aussie on his way"

Augusta, Georgia: Three-time major winner Brooks Koepka and fellow American Bryson DeChambeau share the lead at the Masters after carding rounds of six-under 66 on the first day. Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson finished with five birdies in seven for a five-under 67 – his lowest opening round since he won in 2010. Replay England’s … Continue reading "Koepka and DeChambeau share lead, Scott's hot start, Day's injury woe"

Augusta, Georgia: Not much troubles Cameron Smith. Except one thing. We’ll come to that later. The 25-year-old Australian has a PGA Tour victory to his credit – as well as two Australian PGA titles, and last year wowed the Augusta galleries with his incredible shot-making in finishing fifth. He played the back nine on Sunday … Continue reading "Smith masters the art of keeping calm in bid for Green Jacket"

Australia's Cameron Smith is confident he can repay a big compliment after being placed in a marquee group with history-chasing Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Smith will play the first two rounds alongside world No.3 McIlroy, as the Northern Irishman attempts to complete a career grand slam, as well as American star Rickie Fowler, the … Continue reading "Australia's Cameron Smith grouped with Rory McIlroy for Masters"

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"

Patrick Reed has had the best year of his life after winning last year’s US Masters. To celebrate, his Green Jacket is always within sight. “I position the jacket everywhere I go so every time I wake up I see it and every time I come home I see it,” he said. As is tradition, … Continue reading "The curious case of Patrick Reed, the Masters' most unpopular defending champ"