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The Most Famous Golfer at the Masters Is Black. Why Aren’t There More Players Like Him?
When the Masters Tournament commenced on Thursday, featuring 89 competitors, there was exactly one Black golfer in the field: the one we all know, Tiger Woods. Beyond that, the field for the 88th Masters didn’t look all that different from the ...
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At the Masters, Champions Past, Present and Future
Seventy-five years ago this past week, Sam Snead won the Masters Tournament and became the first champion to receive one of Augusta National Golf Club’s green jackets. Until he died in 2002, the jacket was his to wear every time he returned to ...
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Mistrust Looms Over PGA Tour as Deadline for Saudi Deal Nears
Rancor within the tour’s board could shape decisions about the final agreement and influence the sport for decades to come.
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Barely Playing in a Tour, but Winning Its Championship Anyway
This will happen this year at the DP World Tour Championship and the Race to Dubai.
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Rory McIlroy Resigns From PGA Tour Board
The decision came about five months after the tour struck an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to create a joint company.
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Betsy Rawls, Winner of Eight Golf Majors, Dies at 95
She won four Women’s opens and a total of 55 L.P.G.A. Tour events between 1951 and 1972. Her strong suit was the short game.
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Andy Bean, 11-Time Winner on the PGA Tour, Dies at 70
“One of golf’s most appealing players,” he was an imposing and emotional presence on the course. Three times he came in second in major tournaments.
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Michael Bonallack, Britain’s Greatest Postwar Amateur Golfer, Dies at 88
He won championship after championship but never turned pro. He later led the Royal and Ancient Golf Club when it was a governing body and ran the British Open.
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Wales Has a Prince, But It Has Never Hosted a British Open
The Open is being played for the 151st time, this time at Royal Liverpool in England. It has never once been to Wales.
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At the British Open, a Mom’s Influence Looms Large for Many Golfers
Golf has long had a tradition of fathers and sons, but when the British Open was last held at Royal Liverpool in 2014, Rory McIlroy put golf’s moms on equal footing.
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