Scottie Scheffler is the Masters champion once again. Scheffler won the 2024 edition of the tournament with a dominant display in the final round, which saw him hit 4-under 68.

Scheffler, who entered the tournament as the No. 1 golfer in the world, entered the final round with −7 to par and one-shot lead ahead of Collin Morikawa. He would go on to finish the round with −11 to par, being up four strokes on second-placed Ludvig Åberg.

Scheffler now has two Masters titles from five appearances. He is also the fourth-youngest two-time winner in the history of the tournament at the age of 27, behind only Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Steve Ballesteros.

“I feel like I’m playing really good golf right now,” Scheffler said after receiving the iconic green jacket. “I feel like I’m in control of my emotions as I’ve ever been, which is a good place to be. I feel like I’m maturing as a person on the golf course, which is a good place to be.”

Scheffler has been on an impressive run this season, appearing in nine PGA Tour events and winning three while missing out on the Top 10 just once. He also added to his reign as the top-ranked golfer in the world, being No. 1 for 80 weeks.

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Tiger Woods is no stranger to making history at Augusta National, so it isn’t surprising to see him making some more at the 2024 Masters. Woods made the cut on Friday and set a new record in the process.

Woods has now made the cut at the Masters for 24 consecutive times, more than any other player in the Masters history. He was previously tied with Fred Couples and Gary Player with 23 straight cuts made.

When asked about the record, Woods didn’t waste too much time celebrating. Instead, he remained focused on the task at hand.

“It means I have a chance going into the weekend,” Woods said. “I’m here. I have a chance to win the golf tournament. I don’t know if they’re all going to finish today, but I’m done. I got my two rounds in. Just need some food and some caffeine, and I’ll be good to go.”

While Woods’ is a long shot to threaten the Top 10 at this year’s tournament due to all of the injuries he has been dealing with in recent years, it would be foolish to count him out. After all, he won Masters five times, including in 2019, when no one gave him a chance.

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Anthony Kim is making an unexpected return to professional golf. Kim, who hasn’t played since 2012, announced on Wednesday that he will join LIV Golf and participate in the league’s 2024 events.

Kim will make his LIV debut at the LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah on Friday and play out the rest of the season as a wild-card player.

Kim underwent Achilles tendon surgery in 2012 and was initially projected to miss between eight and 12 months. However, his recovery took longer than expected, and he remained away from golf, saying on multiple occasions that he wasn’t “ready” to play again. Reportedly, one of the reasons he was reluctant to come back was an insurance policy that would see him collect between $10 and $20 million in case of a career-ending injury.

Kim became a professional in 2006 and has three PGA Tour wins and a Kiwi Challenge win on his resume. His best results in major championships were third place at the Masters in 2010 and fifth place at The Open Championship in 2011. He was at one point ranked at No.6 on World Rankings.

“After stepping away from the game years ago due to injury, I’m happy to officially announce my return to the world of professional golf,” Kim said in a statement after his comeback was made official. “It’s been a long time coming, and I’m very grateful for all the highs, lows and lessons learned from the first part of my career. I want to compete with the best players in the world, and I’m on a mission to prove to myself that I can win again.”

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The three most prominent golf tours—the PGA Tour, the LIV Golf, and the DP World Tour—made an announcement on Tuesday that they are merging in a move that sent shockwaves throughout the world of golf.

Announcing the merger, PGA Tour called it a “landmark agreement to unify men’s professional golf”.

The PGA Tour and the DP World Tour were previously engaged in a widely publicized legal battle with LIV Golf after the Saudi Arabia-backed tour plucked away some of the best golf players with lucrative contracts. The merger will now bring to an end all the legal proceedings and allow LIV Golf members to become part of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour again.

According to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, the decision was made with the goal to improve golf as a sport and take it to another level.

“There’s been a lot of tension in our sport over the last couple of years,” Monahan said in a chat with CNBC. “What we’re talking about today is coming together to unify the game of golf and to do so under one umbrella.”

The details of the merger are still being worked out, but the tours said it will result in a “new, collectively owned, for-profit entity to ensure that all stakeholders benefit from a model that delivers maximum excitement and competition among the game’s best players.”

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The newly-founded LIV Golf continues to pluck talent from PGA Tour. The latest to join the lucrative tour is four-time major winner Brooks Koepka.

Koepka switching from PGA Tour to LIV Golf is yet to be announced, but multiple reports say the official confirmation should come by the end of the week. In the meantime, the 32-year-old has canceled his appearance at the upcoming Travelers Championship.

Koepka is expected to make his first LIV Golf appearance in late June at Portland, Oregon’s Pumpkin Ridge. He should play alongside his younger brother Chase, who also left PGA Tour recently.

Besides the Koepka brothers, LIV Golf’s roster features a number of other big names, including Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and Patrick Reed. The tour is in its inaugural season and has already wrapped its first event in London, which saw a win from Charl Schwartzel.

Brooks Koepka previously spent 47 weeks as the world’s No. 1 golfer. He has 15 wins as a professional, including two U.S. Open championships and two PGA Championship trophies. However, things haven’t been smooth for Koepka in 2022, as his best result is 55th place at U.S. Open. He is currently ranked as the no. 18 player in the world.

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Matt Fitzpatrick held off a fierce competition to claim the 2022 U.S. Open. The win, which came with a one-stroke lead, marked the first major trophy for the 27-year-old Englishman.

Fitzpatrick entered the final round tied with Will Zalatoris for the lead at four-under-par. What ensued was a rollercoaster, as Sheffield native first got to six-under-par on the front nine only to bogey the 10th and 11th hole. This dropped him back to four-under-par.

Luckily for Fitzpatrick, he managed to correct his mistakes and re-enter the leading group with a birdie on the 13th. The 19-foot putt on 15th allowed him to emerge alone on the top, and he never looked back.

The only player with a shot to stop Fitzpatrick was Zalatoris, who had to make a 14-foot putt for birdie on the 18th to force a playoff. However, the 25-year-old American narrowly missed and finished second at five-under-par. He was previously a runner-up at the 2022 PGA Championship as well.

The 2022 U.S. Open win marked the first time Matt Fitzpatrick even finished in the top 10 at the tournament. His previous best was no. 12 in 2018 and 2019.

“It’s what you grow up dreaming of. It’s something I’ve worked so hard for — for such a long time — it was a big monkey on my back trying to win [in the United States],” said Fitzpatrick. “That’s all everyone talked about was that. To do it with a major for my first win, there’s nothing better.”

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PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan made good on his word and suspended all players who decided to participate in the inaugural LIV Golf event. The decision was confirmed via a memo issued to members of the tour.

As it currently stands, 17 members of the PGA Tour opted to play at the LIV Golf Invitational Series that started at London’s Centurion Club on Thursday. They are now banned from taking participation in any of the events organized by the tour, including the Presidents Cup.

Monahan reiterated that the same sanctions would be applied to PGA Tour players who decide to play at LIV Golf in the future.

“These players have made their choice for their own financial-based reasons,” Monahan said in a memo. “But they can’t demand the same PGA TOUR membership benefits, considerations, opportunities, and platform as you. That expectation disrespects you, our fans, and our partners.”

LIV Golf, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has been in the works since 2019. Its first season is set to have eight tournaments, with seven of them having a purse of $25 million. The winner of each tournament will receive $4 million, which is most than the PGA Tour’s record prize of $3.6 million.

The financial benefits of playing at LIV Golf attracted some big names, including six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and two-time major champion Dustin Johnson. The 2020’s U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed, who won the Masters in 2018, are reportedly also set to join.

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Justin Thomas entered the last day of the 2022 PGA Championship seven shots behind leader Mito Pereira. At that point, you wouldn’t blame Thomas if he stopped hoping to claim his second major title. But the 29-year-old player never lost hope and it resulted in a memorable comeback win.

When golfers took the Southern Hills Country Club course on Sunday, it seemed like a battle between Pereira and Will Zalatoris, who was three shots behind, would determine the winner of the tournament. But both Pereira and Zalatoris started struggling towards the finishing line, allowing Thomas to move up the board.

Thomas’ ferocious comeback started with a birdie at the ninth and an impressive 64-foot putt on the 11th for another birdie. He then continued to chip away the lead from Pereira and Zalatoris to get a chance for 10 feet putt for birdie at the 18th. This led to a rare slip-up on the final day for Thomas, as he missed the putt and had to settle for par to finish five-under. Zalatoris also finished under five after par on the 18th, while Pereira double-bogeyed to slip to four-under and miss the playoff cut.

In the playoffs, it was Thomas who was calmer under pressure. He birdied the 13th and 17th holes and only needed par on the 18th to seal the win after Zalatoris missed a birdie on the same hole.

This was the second major trophy and second PGA Championship win for Justin Thomas. It is also his first win on PGA Tour in more than a year. His seven-under comeback is the biggest in the tournament’s history since John Mahaffey did the same in 1978.

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Tiger Woods is looking to complete his remarkable comeback with an appearance in this year’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National. Woods hinted at this previously unlikely scenario while chatting with reporters on Tuesday.

Woods was involved in a nearly fatal crash in February 2021 that left him with a severe leg injury. His condition was so critical that doctors even considered amputation as an option. Luckily, the 46-year-old player managed to avoid this outcome but ended up undergoing several surgeries and spending three months in a hospital bed.

Many believed this would be the end of Woods’ golf career, but the 15-time major winner had other plans. Despite dealing with pain, he managed to get into competitive shape in recent months and now seems to be ready to play in his first PGA event in almost 17 months. 

“As of right now, I feel like I am going to play, as of right now,” Woods said. “I’m going to play nine more holes [Wednesday]. My recovery has been good. I’ve been very excited about how I’ve recovered each and every day, and that’s been the challenge.”

And Woods isn’t just playing for the sake of it.

“I don’t show up to an event unless I think I can win it,” he added.

Tiger Woods won the Masters Tournament five times in his career. His most recent win came in 2019, which marked his first major championship since U.S. Open win in 2008. Woods finished tied 38th in the 2020 edition of the tournament.

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Two-time Masters Tournament champion Bubba Watson dropped some surprising news on Thursday. Watson shared on social media that he is splitting with caddie Ted Scott after working together for the past 15 years.

Watson posted a series of photographs on Instagram before detailing the decision in the caption. According to the 42-year-old golfer, he and Scott went their separate ways following “deep talks, not only about golf but life.”

“Teddy deserves more credit than anyone can imagine for our success on the golf course, but I am just as grateful for his friendship and the way he has helped me grow as a person,” he added.

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Watson is yet to reveal who will replace Scott as his caddie.

With Scott by his side, Bubba Watson claimed all of his 12 PGA Tour wins, and the two previously mentioned majors titles. During their partnership, Watson also claimed a 4-1 PGA Tour playoff record and finished second at PGA Championship in 2010.

Watson hasn’t been successful as of late, however, getting his last win in 2018. He also struggled during FedExCup Playoffs, finishing 81st in 2019 and 2020, which are his worst career finishes in the competition.

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Scottie Scheffler is the Masters champion once again. Scheffler won the 2024 edition of the tournament with a dominant display in the final round, which saw him hit 4-under 68.

Scheffler, who entered the tournament as the No. 1 golfer in the world, entered the final round with −7 to par and one-shot lead ahead of Collin Morikawa. He would go on to finish the round with −11 to par, being up four strokes on second-placed Ludvig Åberg.

Scheffler now has two Masters titles from five appearances. He is also the fourth-youngest two-time winner in the history of the tournament at the age of 27, behind only Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Steve Ballesteros.

“I feel like I’m playing really good golf right now,” Scheffler said after receiving the iconic green jacket. “I feel like I’m in control of my emotions as I’ve ever been, which is a good place to be. I feel like I’m maturing as a person on the golf course, which is a good place to be.”

Scheffler has been on an impressive run this season, appearing in nine PGA Tour events and winning three while missing out on the Top 10 just once. He also added to his reign as the top-ranked golfer in the world, being No. 1 for 80 weeks.

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Tiger Woods is no stranger to making history at Augusta National, so it isn’t surprising to see him making some more at the 2024 Masters. Woods made the cut on Friday and set a new record in the process.

Woods has now made the cut at the Masters for 24 consecutive times, more than any other player in the Masters history. He was previously tied with Fred Couples and Gary Player with 23 straight cuts made.

When asked about the record, Woods didn’t waste too much time celebrating. Instead, he remained focused on the task at hand.

“It means I have a chance going into the weekend,” Woods said. “I’m here. I have a chance to win the golf tournament. I don’t know if they’re all going to finish today, but I’m done. I got my two rounds in. Just need some food and some caffeine, and I’ll be good to go.”

While Woods’ is a long shot to threaten the Top 10 at this year’s tournament due to all of the injuries he has been dealing with in recent years, it would be foolish to count him out. After all, he won Masters five times, including in 2019, when no one gave him a chance.

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Anthony Kim is making an unexpected return to professional golf. Kim, who hasn’t played since 2012, announced on Wednesday that he will join LIV Golf and participate in the league’s 2024 events.

Kim will make his LIV debut at the LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah on Friday and play out the rest of the season as a wild-card player.

Kim underwent Achilles tendon surgery in 2012 and was initially projected to miss between eight and 12 months. However, his recovery took longer than expected, and he remained away from golf, saying on multiple occasions that he wasn’t “ready” to play again. Reportedly, one of the reasons he was reluctant to come back was an insurance policy that would see him collect between $10 and $20 million in case of a career-ending injury.

Kim became a professional in 2006 and has three PGA Tour wins and a Kiwi Challenge win on his resume. His best results in major championships were third place at the Masters in 2010 and fifth place at The Open Championship in 2011. He was at one point ranked at No.6 on World Rankings.

“After stepping away from the game years ago due to injury, I’m happy to officially announce my return to the world of professional golf,” Kim said in a statement after his comeback was made official. “It’s been a long time coming, and I’m very grateful for all the highs, lows and lessons learned from the first part of my career. I want to compete with the best players in the world, and I’m on a mission to prove to myself that I can win again.”

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The three most prominent golf tours—the PGA Tour, the LIV Golf, and the DP World Tour—made an announcement on Tuesday that they are merging in a move that sent shockwaves throughout the world of golf.

Announcing the merger, PGA Tour called it a “landmark agreement to unify men’s professional golf”.

The PGA Tour and the DP World Tour were previously engaged in a widely publicized legal battle with LIV Golf after the Saudi Arabia-backed tour plucked away some of the best golf players with lucrative contracts. The merger will now bring to an end all the legal proceedings and allow LIV Golf members to become part of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour again.

According to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, the decision was made with the goal to improve golf as a sport and take it to another level.

“There’s been a lot of tension in our sport over the last couple of years,” Monahan said in a chat with CNBC. “What we’re talking about today is coming together to unify the game of golf and to do so under one umbrella.”

The details of the merger are still being worked out, but the tours said it will result in a “new, collectively owned, for-profit entity to ensure that all stakeholders benefit from a model that delivers maximum excitement and competition among the game’s best players.”

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The newly-founded LIV Golf continues to pluck talent from PGA Tour. The latest to join the lucrative tour is four-time major winner Brooks Koepka.

Koepka switching from PGA Tour to LIV Golf is yet to be announced, but multiple reports say the official confirmation should come by the end of the week. In the meantime, the 32-year-old has canceled his appearance at the upcoming Travelers Championship.

Koepka is expected to make his first LIV Golf appearance in late June at Portland, Oregon’s Pumpkin Ridge. He should play alongside his younger brother Chase, who also left PGA Tour recently.

Besides the Koepka brothers, LIV Golf’s roster features a number of other big names, including Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and Patrick Reed. The tour is in its inaugural season and has already wrapped its first event in London, which saw a win from Charl Schwartzel.

Brooks Koepka previously spent 47 weeks as the world’s No. 1 golfer. He has 15 wins as a professional, including two U.S. Open championships and two PGA Championship trophies. However, things haven’t been smooth for Koepka in 2022, as his best result is 55th place at U.S. Open. He is currently ranked as the no. 18 player in the world.

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Matt Fitzpatrick held off a fierce competition to claim the 2022 U.S. Open. The win, which came with a one-stroke lead, marked the first major trophy for the 27-year-old Englishman.

Fitzpatrick entered the final round tied with Will Zalatoris for the lead at four-under-par. What ensued was a rollercoaster, as Sheffield native first got to six-under-par on the front nine only to bogey the 10th and 11th hole. This dropped him back to four-under-par.

Luckily for Fitzpatrick, he managed to correct his mistakes and re-enter the leading group with a birdie on the 13th. The 19-foot putt on 15th allowed him to emerge alone on the top, and he never looked back.

The only player with a shot to stop Fitzpatrick was Zalatoris, who had to make a 14-foot putt for birdie on the 18th to force a playoff. However, the 25-year-old American narrowly missed and finished second at five-under-par. He was previously a runner-up at the 2022 PGA Championship as well.

The 2022 U.S. Open win marked the first time Matt Fitzpatrick even finished in the top 10 at the tournament. His previous best was no. 12 in 2018 and 2019.

“It’s what you grow up dreaming of. It’s something I’ve worked so hard for — for such a long time — it was a big monkey on my back trying to win [in the United States],” said Fitzpatrick. “That’s all everyone talked about was that. To do it with a major for my first win, there’s nothing better.”

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PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan made good on his word and suspended all players who decided to participate in the inaugural LIV Golf event. The decision was confirmed via a memo issued to members of the tour.

As it currently stands, 17 members of the PGA Tour opted to play at the LIV Golf Invitational Series that started at London’s Centurion Club on Thursday. They are now banned from taking participation in any of the events organized by the tour, including the Presidents Cup.

Monahan reiterated that the same sanctions would be applied to PGA Tour players who decide to play at LIV Golf in the future.

“These players have made their choice for their own financial-based reasons,” Monahan said in a memo. “But they can’t demand the same PGA TOUR membership benefits, considerations, opportunities, and platform as you. That expectation disrespects you, our fans, and our partners.”

LIV Golf, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has been in the works since 2019. Its first season is set to have eight tournaments, with seven of them having a purse of $25 million. The winner of each tournament will receive $4 million, which is most than the PGA Tour’s record prize of $3.6 million.

The financial benefits of playing at LIV Golf attracted some big names, including six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and two-time major champion Dustin Johnson. The 2020’s U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed, who won the Masters in 2018, are reportedly also set to join.

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Justin Thomas entered the last day of the 2022 PGA Championship seven shots behind leader Mito Pereira. At that point, you wouldn’t blame Thomas if he stopped hoping to claim his second major title. But the 29-year-old player never lost hope and it resulted in a memorable comeback win.

When golfers took the Southern Hills Country Club course on Sunday, it seemed like a battle between Pereira and Will Zalatoris, who was three shots behind, would determine the winner of the tournament. But both Pereira and Zalatoris started struggling towards the finishing line, allowing Thomas to move up the board.

Thomas’ ferocious comeback started with a birdie at the ninth and an impressive 64-foot putt on the 11th for another birdie. He then continued to chip away the lead from Pereira and Zalatoris to get a chance for 10 feet putt for birdie at the 18th. This led to a rare slip-up on the final day for Thomas, as he missed the putt and had to settle for par to finish five-under. Zalatoris also finished under five after par on the 18th, while Pereira double-bogeyed to slip to four-under and miss the playoff cut.

In the playoffs, it was Thomas who was calmer under pressure. He birdied the 13th and 17th holes and only needed par on the 18th to seal the win after Zalatoris missed a birdie on the same hole.

This was the second major trophy and second PGA Championship win for Justin Thomas. It is also his first win on PGA Tour in more than a year. His seven-under comeback is the biggest in the tournament’s history since John Mahaffey did the same in 1978.

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Tiger Woods is looking to complete his remarkable comeback with an appearance in this year’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National. Woods hinted at this previously unlikely scenario while chatting with reporters on Tuesday.

Woods was involved in a nearly fatal crash in February 2021 that left him with a severe leg injury. His condition was so critical that doctors even considered amputation as an option. Luckily, the 46-year-old player managed to avoid this outcome but ended up undergoing several surgeries and spending three months in a hospital bed.

Many believed this would be the end of Woods’ golf career, but the 15-time major winner had other plans. Despite dealing with pain, he managed to get into competitive shape in recent months and now seems to be ready to play in his first PGA event in almost 17 months. 

“As of right now, I feel like I am going to play, as of right now,” Woods said. “I’m going to play nine more holes [Wednesday]. My recovery has been good. I’ve been very excited about how I’ve recovered each and every day, and that’s been the challenge.”

And Woods isn’t just playing for the sake of it.

“I don’t show up to an event unless I think I can win it,” he added.

Tiger Woods won the Masters Tournament five times in his career. His most recent win came in 2019, which marked his first major championship since U.S. Open win in 2008. Woods finished tied 38th in the 2020 edition of the tournament.

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Two-time Masters Tournament champion Bubba Watson dropped some surprising news on Thursday. Watson shared on social media that he is splitting with caddie Ted Scott after working together for the past 15 years.

Watson posted a series of photographs on Instagram before detailing the decision in the caption. According to the 42-year-old golfer, he and Scott went their separate ways following “deep talks, not only about golf but life.”

“Teddy deserves more credit than anyone can imagine for our success on the golf course, but I am just as grateful for his friendship and the way he has helped me grow as a person,” he added.

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Watson is yet to reveal who will replace Scott as his caddie.

With Scott by his side, Bubba Watson claimed all of his 12 PGA Tour wins, and the two previously mentioned majors titles. During their partnership, Watson also claimed a 4-1 PGA Tour playoff record and finished second at PGA Championship in 2010.

Watson hasn’t been successful as of late, however, getting his last win in 2018. He also struggled during FedExCup Playoffs, finishing 81st in 2019 and 2020, which are his worst career finishes in the competition.

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