Ryan Gerard made his 10,000-mile trip worth the effort Sunday when he was runner-up at the Mauritius Open, good enough for him to join 13 other players who qualified for Masters invitations by finishing the year in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Kristoffer Reitan of Norway and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen of Denmark will be PGA Tour rookies next year having earned cards by being among the leading 10 players on the European tour not already exempt. They already have one edge over the other rookies. They’re in the Masters.
If you want to attend the Masters next year, you're going to need some extra money. Tournament day ticket prices for the 2026 Masters at Augusta National will increase from $140 to $160.
The farther Justin Rose drove from Augusta National only made him realize how close he came to winning the Masters. His phone kept buzzing on the way to Hilton Head Island, one text after another, all of them with the same message that applauded his remarkable rally and offered commiseration and condolences for his runner-up finish to Rory McIlroy.
Scottie Scheffler woke up Sunday with a realistic chance to come from behind and win another Masters. Once that was out of the picture, he had no issue taking a supporting role in Rory McIlroy's big day.
This was a feat over a decade in the making. The close calls and heartbreaks may have occurred in the past, but the scar tissue lingered in the space between victory and defeat. It was fitting, then, that this is how it happened.
Scottie Scheffler came to Augusta National this week looking to join Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three Masters in a four-year span. He had to settle for a fourth-place finish.
Justin Thomas didn't quite have the Masters he wanted, finishing at 2-over 290 after never being in contention for the green jacket. That left him disappointed, and a little concerned about his status with the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest moment of all, hitting a wedge into 3 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam.
Even casual golf fans in Listowel, Ont., were invested in Corey Conners's run at the Masters.
Nearly 10 months after a thrilling finish in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst placed heartbreak on Rory McIlroy's plate while awarding triumph to Bryson DeChambeau, the two will head into Sunday with a major championship in the balance. This time, they're in the final group together. This time, it's the Masters on the line.
Rory McIlroy raced out to the best start the Masters has seen in its 91-year history with six straight 3s on his scorecard that shot him into the lead Saturday and left him 18 holes away from that coveted green jacket and the career Grand Slam.
The 35-year-old from Northern Ireland will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the 89th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club after producing one of his best rounds in a major championship. LIV Golf League captain Bryson DeChambeau is perhaps the biggest obstacle in his way.
At a place where green jackets never go out of style, the sometimes-wild, often-trendy and always-interesting fashion sense of those playing Augusta National has become a viral subplot to the competition at the Masters this week.
Almost every Canadian can tell you where they were back in 2003 when Mike Weir tapped in to win the Masters. That includes Corey Conners, Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor.
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