Golf

The post-Masters tour tees off on Thursday when the 2021 RBC Heritage gets underway from Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. This has traditionally been one of the most competitive tournaments on the PGA Tour as only two events over the last decade have been won by more …

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Hideki Matsuyama stood on the 18th green at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday evening, a winner of the Masters Tournament. There had been no skyward leap, no cathartic, celebratory climb into his caddie’s arms.Just a hat tip and some hugs — an understated, in-the-moment recognition of …

Japan sucked in its breath as Hideki Matsuyama almost blew his chance to win the Masters but the golfer’s one-shot victory at Augusta National sparked a joyous reaction back home as the country celebrated another sporting triumph in testing times.Matsuyama, 29, became the first man from Japan to win one …

But as often happens on a Masters Sunday, odd, unforeseen things ensued.At the par-5 15th hole, Matsuyama sized up a second shot in the fairway that was 227 yards from the flagstick. He said he “flushed” a 4-iron but his golf ball rocketed off the green and scooted into the …

AUGUSTA, Ga. — As an undergraduate at Wake Forest, Will Zalatoris received an invitation familiar to members of the golf team: Come play at Augusta National Golf Club. When he did in 2017, he recalled recently, he stood on the bridge straddling Rae’s Creek and gazed around Amen Corner.He has …

There will be a second green jacket awarded in a five-month span on Sunday, but even as Round 4 at the 2021 Masters begins, we’re not sure who will be be honored by 2020 champion Dustin Johnson at the tournament’s end. Hideki Matsuyama (-11) took a commanding four-shot lead after …