Patrick Reed walks the fairways of Augusta National this week with a story unlike anyone else’s in the 91-player field. Two months ago, he was a LIV Golf defector with no clear path back to mainstream professional golf. Today, he arrives at the 2026 Masters as one of the hottest players on the planet, having … Read more
When the first tee shots fly at Augusta National on Thursday morning, the 2026 Masters will mark a milestone that felt inevitable yet still lands with a jolt: for the first time in 32 years, neither Tiger Woods nor Phil Mickelson will compete. Their combined absence removes 20 major championships, eight green jackets, and half … Read more
The TGL’s second season concluded in late March with the Los Angeles team — featuring Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, and Sahith Theegala — sweeping Jupiter Links 2-0 in the best-of-three championship final. The 9-2 decisive match was emphatic, and the $9 million prize pool ($2.25 million per player) underscored that Tiger Woods and … Read more
Cobra has launched its 2026 OPTM driver family with a bold claim: 23 percent less shot dispersion through a design philosophy the brand calls POI — Product of Inertia. It is the kind of number that sounds almost too good to be true, but Cobra’s engineering team says the science behind it is sound, and … Read more
Bryson DeChambeau arrives at the 2026 Masters in the form of his life. The Crushers GC captain has won his last two LIV Golf events — in Singapore and South Africa — and his recent Augusta National results suggest a player who has finally figured out how to play the most demanding course in professional … Read more
Rory McIlroy hosted the 2026 Masters Champions Dinner on Tuesday night at Augusta National Golf Club — an evening that capped what he has called “a dream come true” of a year since winning the green jacket. Now, as the 90th Masters Tournament begins on Thursday, McIlroy is chasing something even more ambitious: back-to-back titles … Read more
Three years after the golf world fractured, the 2026 Masters is offering the clearest evidence yet that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have settled into a functional coexistence. Ten LIV golfers are in this week’s field at Augusta National, including two of the tournament’s strongest favorites, and the public hostility that defined the early … Read more
Ping has entered the 2026 driver wars with the G440K, a high-MOI monster that pushes moment of inertia past 10,400—a figure that would have seemed impossible just five years ago. Arriving alongside the TaylorMade Qi4D and Callaway Quantum in what is shaping up to be the most competitive driver market in recent memory, the G440K … Read more
The Masters Par 3 Contest returns on Wednesday, April 9 at Augusta National’s nine-hole Par 3 Course, and while the event carries no competitive significance, it remains one of golf’s most beloved traditions—and one of its most enduring superstitions. No player has ever won the Par 3 Contest and the Masters in the same year, … Read more
The 2026 Masters is forecast to be the first completely dry tournament at Augusta National since 2011, and the implications for scoring, strategy, and course management are enormous. With warm temperatures and no rain expected throughout all four competitive rounds, Augusta’s greens will be at their firmest and fastest in over a decade—transforming how the … Read more
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