Posts Tagged ‘Augusta National’

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - It has been 30 years since Fuzzy Zoeller teed it up at his first Masters Tournament. Doesn't seem like much of an occasion to mark, but Zoeller is the only player to win the Masters in his first start. Sure, Horton Smith and Gene Sarazen did the same, but their wins came in the first two years this tournament existed. Ever ...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Masters winner Angel Cabrera showed off the newest addition to his wardrobe for the admiring hometown crowd that welcomed him back to Argentina. “Green suits me,” Cabrera said on Tuesday, smiling and sporting the Masters jacket he earned as the first champion from South America. Two days after winning the Masters on the second hole of a three-way playoff at Augusta ...
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – It’s one thing to navigate the 7,435 yards at Augusta National in the final round of the Masters, a harrowing ride of birdies and bogeys with the pressure of a green jacket riding shotgun. Even more dangerous might be the 100 yards between the 18th green and the clubhouse. That’s where Fuzzy Zoeller ...
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – They battled each other as though no one else was playing, and for many of those lucky enough to be at Augusta National on Easter Sunday, no one else was. Every shot seemed to spark a new roar echoing through the Georgia pines, and every birdie brought new hope that this might be ...
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Argentina's Angel Cabrera won his second major championship with a nerve-jangling playoff victory at the U.S. Masters on Sunday, becoming the first South American to claim the prized Green Jacket. The 2007 U.S. Open champion edged out Americans Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell at Augusta National as he clinched his second PGA Tour title with a par ...
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Five years ago, Augusta National officials scolded John Merrick, then a student, for laying down in the grass. With a 66 on Sunday, he stood tall enough to earn a spot right back here next year. By Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.COM Correspondent AUGUSTA, Ga. -- John Merrick remembers laying down beside the 18th green here in 2004. The UCLA senior was exhausted -- from a college event the weekend ...
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After teeing off in the seventh-to-last pairing, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson quickly took center stage. Neither could pull off the miracle comeback, but their charges sent shockwaves across Augusta National. By T.J. Auclair, PGA.com Interactive Producer AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The final round at Augusta National was nearly one for the ages. It’s not often -- perhaps never, actually -- that all eyes are on the seventh-to-last pairing ...
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Defending Masters champion Trevor Immelman says of Tiger Woods: "Whether he's human or not is still up for debate." If Woods wins a fifth green jacket at Augusta National on Sunday even more people will be inclined to agree with the South African - and certainly the rest of the field will be green with envy. "Well, I know I can do it - I've done it," ...
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Tiger versus Phil AUGUSTA , Ga. – Jack had Arnie who begat Tom. The Red Sox have the Yankees. Nadal has Federer. Britney had Kevin. It is the way of life, every alpha hurtling head-long toward its omega, the inevitable clashes completing the circle. But life, at least not the version that is played between the ropes ...
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Obviously, more than a few players have a chance to win the Masters. But if he is to slip his arms into the cool silk sleeves of the Green Jacket come next Sunday afternoon, the winner must do five basic -- albeit extremely difficult -- things. And no, one of them is not drop to your knees at Amen Corner and pray to the golf ...
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