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The PGA of America announced Tuesday that the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park was being postponed. Image: (PGA of America)

PGA Championship Postponed, Might be Played in Fall with Masters

The second of the four major golf championships has been postponed, with the PGA of America announcing it is shelving the PGA Championship due to the coronavirus outbreak. The tournament was scheduled for May 14-17 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. The Masters was the first major championship event […]

Golfing great Jack Nicklaus expressed doubts last week that The Masters will be played this year. (Image: Getty)

Jack Nicklaus Doubts The Masters Will Be Played This Year

While Masters officials and golfers are hopeful the major championship will take place this year, Jack Nicklaus has his doubts. The annual major championship, held the first week of April, was postponed on Friday because of the coronavirus outbreak. Nicklaus, a six-time winner of the green jacket, believes it will […]

The Masters has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, and chairman Fred Ridley said they will try and reschedule. (Image: Augusta Chronicle)

Masters Postponed Because of Coronavirus, New Date Possible

Masters chairman Fred Ridley announced Friday the major championship will be postponed because of concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak. The surprise announcement came less than 12 hours after the PGA Tour canceled The Players Championship and three other tournaments. This will be the first time the Masters will not […]

Brooks Koepka is trying to find his golf game after three poor outings, but he is refusing to blame a prior knee injury. (Image: Getty)

Can Brooks Koepka Find His Form Before The Masters?

Brooks Koepka had a short, profane, and possibly costly remark when asked about the state of his golf game last Sunday. “Still s***. Still s***. Putting better,” Koepka told reporters after his final round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The obscenity might earn a fine from the PGA Tour, but […]

Tiger Woods didn’t win last week’s Farmers Insurance Open, but has jumped up to become the co-favorite to win the Masters.

Tiger Woods, Rory Mcllroy, Brooks Koepa are Masters Co-Favorites

Tiger Woods might not have won the Farmers Insurance Open, but his tie for ninth at Torrey Pines on Sunday impressed oddsmakers enough to make him one of the co-favorites at April’s Masters. The 44-year-old moved from 14/1 to 10/1 at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. Woods joins the top […]

Xander Schauffele finished tied for second at last week’s Masters, and is one of several big names playing at the RBC Heritage. (Image: Augusta Chronicle)

RBC Heritage Has No Problems Getting Big Names After Masters

Usually the PGA Tour event after a major championship is devoid of talent, but this week’s RBC Heritage has bucked that trend. The Hilton Head Island tournament has several top names entered this week. The biggest is Dustin Johnson. The No. 1 ranked player in the Official World Golf Rankings […]

Wisconsin resident James Adducci bet $85,000 at 14/1 odds that Tiger Woods would win the Masters, and collected $1.19 million. (Image: David Becker/Getty Images)

Cashing In on Tiger Woods Masters Win for $1.2 Million (Video)

While most of the viewers of the Masters nervously watched the final round on Sunday, wondering if Tiger Woods was going to win his 15th major, the man whose record he is chasing knew he was going to get his fifth green jacket. Jack Nicklaus spent the morning bone fishing […]

One of the other winners from the Masters besides Tiger Woods was Bernhard Langer, who made the cut for the fifth time in seven appearances. (Image: Getty)

Betting on Tiger: Winners and Losers at Historic Masters

The Masters is usually special, but Sunday’s final round at Augusta National will go down as one of the best in modern history. At one point there were seven players either tied or one shot off the lead. The drama produced was a network television CEO’s dream, and golf fans, […]

Tiger Woods won his fifth Masters, and gamblers collected big payouts at local sportsbooks. (Image: AP)

Masters Winner Tiger Woods Rewards Gamblers who Club Sportsbooks

While Tiger Woods was winning the Masters at Augusta National, bettors were cleaning up at sportsbooks that reported losses as large as $1 million. It was one of the worst days for the betting facilities in recent memories. It was the fifth green jacket for Woods, who began the day […]

Tiger Woods shot his second under-par round at the Masters on Friday and heads into the weekend just one shot out of the lead. (Image: Getty)

Tiger Woods Posts Second Under Par Score; New Masters Favorite

About the only thing that could derail Tiger Woods during the Masters’ second round was an overzealous Augusta National security guard. Fortunately not even that collision seriously affected Woods. The 43-year-old shot his second round under par round, posting a 4-under 68 to get within one shot of the lead. […]