Wednesday 10 April 2024
Fred Ridley wants all tours to adopt the golf ball rollback but fears it won’t be enough to stop Augusta extending to 8,000 yards for a future Masters. For 70 years The Masters was played at 6,900 yards, but now Augusta National is forced to lengthen each year to keep up with the distances modern players are hitting the ball. The...
Wednesday 10 April 2024
The Masters Par 3 Contest is the traditional prelude to the tournament proper with players and their families relaxing around Augusta’s short course. Here’s who’s playing in the 2024 event at Augusta National on Wednesday afternoon. Past champions and a host of the current field will tee it up around the famous par 3 course with the likes of Gary Player,...
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Sidelined by a pickleball injury, Bernhard Langer has two farewell parties to plan after confirming that the 2025 Masters will be his last. Bernhard Langer should have been teeing it up at Augusta National for the final time this week. The two-time Masters champion had it all mapped out. What he was going to say at the Champions Dinner, who he...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Rory McIlroy spent just nine minutes addressing the media ahead of his latest bid to complete the career Grand Slam at Augusta but managed to cover a lot of ground in those 540 seconds. The Northern Irishman arrived at Augusta on Tuesday morning and headed straight for the interview room, making himself comfortable in the brown leather seat that was still...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Inspired by the first major of the year, brands have created limited edition gear for all golfers to get their hands on not just the ones attending the Masters As the azaleas bloom and the lush fairways of Augusta National Golf Club beckon, golf enthusiasts around the globe eagerly anticipate the annual spectacle of the Masters Tournament. Beyond the gripping competition...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Players and patrons can look forward to pleasant conditions across the weekend as we edge closer to seeing who will win the Green Jacket. After high winds and heavy rain on Thursday led to a 2.5-hour delay to proceedings, officials will be glad to see the weather gods looking down favorably on eastern Georgia for the remainder of the 88th...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Jon Rahm says it was “so special” to have won the Masters in 2023 on what would have been Seve’s 66th birthday When Jon Rahm slipped on the Green Jacket last April, few could have envisaged that when he returned to Augusta National to defend his Masters title he’d be wearing a LIV Golf polo shirt. But fast forward 12...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Tiger Woods says he can win his sixth Green Jacket at this week’s Masters “if everything comes together”, but admits he’ll be in pain throughout. Speaking at his press conference ahead of the year’s first Major, five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods admitted that he lives with pain every day and that the only shots that feel comfortable at Augusta are those...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
All the latest news from the 2024 Masters Tournament. The Masters is finally here, and we’ve got boots on the ground for the most exciting week of the year. Here are the latest news and developments coming from Augusta National. Get ready for Sunday fireworks! They say the Masters doesn’t start until the 10th Hole on Sunday and we can expect just that...
Monday 8 April 2024
Ahead of the 2024 Masters Tournament, 2016 champion Danny Willett has opened up on the highs and lows of winning the Green Jacket and how it’s touch and go whether he plays in Augusta this year. Speaking exclusively to Betfred ahead of the 2024 Masters, Willett also discusses the fallout surrounding the Official World Golf Ranking System, reports of Rory McIlroy...
Friday 5 April 2024
Across the 87 editions of the Masters there have been 34 hole-in-ones recorded – let’s take a look at them all! The first Masters was played in 1934, and it has been played every year since, barring 1943 – 1945 when the event was canceled due to WWII. Over those 90 years, patrons have been treated to 34 hole-in-ones. The first...
Friday 5 April 2024
Today’s Golfer speaks to some of the best broadcasters in the business to get a steer on who, if anyone, can stop Scottie Scheffler from pulling on a second Green Jacket. Golf reunites at Augusta National for the 88th edition of The Masters where defending champion Jon Rahm and his band of brothers from the LIV breakaway tour target a smash-and-grab...
Friday 5 April 2024
We’re set up for a Sunday at Augusta National where Scottie Scheffler will hope to turn a one-shot lead into a second Green Jacket. Here are the final round tee times and groupings for The Masters. World No.1 Scheffler recovered from a rare poor patch to shoot a one-under par 71 and take a single shot lead into the final round...
Friday 5 April 2024
Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark and Nicolai Hojgaard feature among a lengthy list of Masters debutants… The Masters is the toughest Major to get into, with its limited field of past champions, PGA Tour winners and the world’s top 50. This year 89 players will be teeing it up at Augusta National, of which 20 have ambitions of breaking the rookie curse...
Thursday 4 April 2024
How well do you think you know The Masters? Find out as we reveal 15 fun facts you may not have known about the year’s first Major After waiting months to see the world of golf brought back together, the most anticipated week of the year is finally here. The patrons, the Green Jackets, the azaleas, and even the pimento cheese...
Thursday 4 April 2024
On the eve of the 33rd anniversary of his 1991 triumph, former World No.1 Ian Woosnam reflects on all things Augusta and what it takes to win the most coveted jacket in golf. Tied on 11-under par with Jose-Maria Olazabal and Tom Watson after 71 holes, Ian Woosnam was just minutes away from understanding the significance of making a humble par. Up...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
The Masters prize purse and winner’s payout have changed a lot over the years. We look at The Masters prize money year-by-year. Winning the Masters has long been one of the most coveted achievements in this great game. However, the prize hasn’t always been as lucrative as it is in 2024. Augusta National opened its gates for the first Masters to...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
Why does no one want to win the Masters Par 3 Contest? The Masters Tournament Par 3 Contest has been around since 1960. It’s a fun curtain-raiser played on the Wednesday afternoon, before the serious action gets underway the following morning. It takes place on a nine-hole par-3 course with holes ranging from 90 to 155 yards. Jimmy Walker holds the course record...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
I look at the LIV Golf players in the field at Augusta and analyze their chances of becoming the first LIV golfer to win The Masters. Twelve months ago, the golf world made the journey up Magnolia Lane to Augusta National with the eager awareness that it was the first Masters Tournament of the LIV Golf era. Questions about the likely competitiveness...
Wednesday 5 April 2023
Get ready for the 2024 Masters with our hole-by-hole course guide to Augusta National Golf Club, including hole-by-hole strategy from former champion Bubba Watson. JUMP TO AUGUSTA HOLE: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |...