The US President Donald Trump (left) and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (AP) Ground was broken on May 21 for a $1.5 billion luxury golf resort in northern Vietnam owned by the family business of US President Donald Trump.Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization,…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A concoction of sweaty bodies and long-lens cameras was deadlocked in the upper left-hand corner of the No. 15 grandstand at Augusta National as Rory McIlroy’s 7-foot eagle putt slid underneath the cup. At that point in the day, the phoneless Masters Tournament patrons were not unfamiliar with the sound of thousands…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Four miles west of Augusta National Golf Club, in the Forest Hills section of town, where colonial revivals mix with brick Tudors, dusk settled in over a garden party Wednesday. It was the night before the 2025 Masters Tournament, and Nick Faldo and Ben Crenshaw sat on a back porch for a…
Follow live coverage of the final round of the 2025 Masters AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters will never be cheugy. It may be a crime of fashion to be overdone, outdated or, gasp, dressed in millenial-core for 51 weeks a year. But for this week, at Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters, the patrons come…
The Athletic has live coverage from Round 3 of The Masters. Golf Channel TV analyst Brandel Chamblee was on a Barstool Sports’ golf podcast earlier this week, and there is a fascinating clip where Chamblee reviews the words or phrases that TV broadcasters are given guidance on not to utter when covering the Masters. They…
The Athletic has live coverage from Round 3 of The Masters. “Tradition” is a word you hear a lot in relation to The Masters. So when someone wears something that breaks from tradition in any sort of way on the grounds of Augusta National during the year’s first major, it’s likely to cause a stir….
Just months ago, professional golf seemed to be on the brink of resolving a bitter conflict that had torn the sport apart. The PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit, rival leagues that had been feuding over stars and audience share for several years, finally submitted a proposal for a deal to the Justice Department….
AUGUSTA, Ga. — When the Masters begins on Thursday, there’ll be no shortage of top contenders. Scottie Scheffler is seeking to become the first back-to-back champion since Tiger Woods more than 20 years ago, and only the second to win three times in four years (Jack Nicklaus, of course, was the first.). Rory McIlroy is…
To know how Scottie Scheffler plots his way around Augusta National is to understand how a handyman tackles a leaky pipe. “It’s kind of like he’s got a toolbox, right?” says Randy Smith, Scheffler’s swing coach since he was 7. “OK, you’re going to go fix some plumbing. You look in your toolbox and say,…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It’s Masters Week. The azaleas are popping, the gnomes are flying off the shelves in the merchandise building, and the egg salad sandwiches are in abundance. The golf world has descended on Augusta National Golf Club for the 2025 Masters Tournament, including The Athletic. To get the week started, three of our…