Topic: The Masters
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Two days after risking the infamous curse of the Masters' Par-3 Contest, Britain's Luke Donald charged into contention for the opening major of the year.The English world number four fired a sparkling four-under-par 68 in Friday's second round ...
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - South Korea's Yang Yong-eun, the first Asian man to win a golf major, surged into a tie for the Masters lead with a string of three birdies early in the second round on Friday.Under overcast skies that threatened ...
European young guns Rory McIlroy and Alvaro Quiros shared the first-round lead in the 75th Masters on Thursday with matching rounds of seven-under par 65.At 21, McIlroy is the youngest first-round leader in the tournament's history, bettering the 23-year-old Severiano Ballesteros, who ...
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Spain's Alvaro Quiros birdied the last two holes at Augusta National on Thursday to join Rory McIlroy as the first round leader at the Masters.No one was more surprised than Quiros himself to see his name at the ...
McIlroy and Quiros take control at AugustaAUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Britain's Rory McIlroy, widely tipped as a future world number one, produced golf as dazzling as the spring sunshine at Augusta National to charge into a share of the lead at the ...
Tiger Woods teed off in Thursday's opening round of the 75th Masters with hopes of ending a 17-month win drought by capturing his fifth green jacket at the famed Augusta National course.The 14-time major champion, who has not won since the eruption ...
A quartet of Americans set the early pace when the 75th edition of the Masters got underway on Thursday.Sean O'Hair, Jerry Kelly, Jeff Overton and Kevin Na all ducked under par over the first few holes as the chase for the year's ...
European domination of world golf will be complete should the last bastion of the former US hegemony fall here this week at the 75th Masters.Already the US Open and USPGA are safely in European hands, while the British Open has seen a ...
Augusta National Golf Club will consider ways to reduce the field for the Masters after 99 players, the largest starting lineup in 45 years, booked their berths in the 75th Masters.Augusta National chairman Billy Payne said Wednesday on the eve of the ...
An all-star cast of golf's greatest players will attack the legendary Augusta National course in the 75th Masters starting on Thursday, with the world number one ranking and a major title up for grabs.Defending champion Phil Mickelson made himself the favorite with ...