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"

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"

Click:galss candle jar 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 … 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"