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California allows fans for U.S. Opens if vaccinated or tested

A limited number of spectators will be allowed at the U.S. Women’s Open in San Francisco and the U.S. Open in San Diego in June provided they are vaccinated or can show proof of a negative t...

DATE: Apr 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Matsuyama goes from inspiration to Masters champion

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The idea was to create golfing heroes, not necessarily a Masters champion. Hideki Matsuyama is now both. “I owe a deep debt of gratitude to the members o...

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Masters is a win for Hideki Matsuyama, and for Japan

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The question became inevitable at some of the bigger golf tournaments, whether it was for Jordan Spieth or Tiger Woods. And it had nothing to do with them. Japanese...

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Matsuyama becomes first Japanese player to win Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The pressure was even more than Hideki Matsuyama could have imagined when he stood on the first tee Sunday at Augusta National. So was the emotion when he walked off the 18th ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Rose clings to 1-shot Masters lead

Spieth, Thomas lurk going into weekend

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Justin Rose rules early among Augusta’s azaleas

Nine birdies in final 11 holes leads Englishman to four-shot lead at Masters

DATE: Apr 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Johnson, McIlroy seek exclusive company at Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Rory McIlroy stopped by to encourage Tiger Woods as he recovers from multiple leg injuries and might have come away with some inspiration of his own. “In his family...

DATE: Apr 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Scottie Scheffler mows down European stalwarts in Match Play

AUSTIN, Texas – Scottie Scheffler delivered all the right shots Saturday and moved into the semifinals of the Dell Technologies Match Play by taking down Ian Poulter and Jon Rahm. ...

DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Sergio Garcia’s hole-in-one wins Match Play playoff

AUSTIN, Texas – Needing to win the final hole to advance, Bob MacIntrye drilled a driver to 3 feet of the cup on he 371-yard 18th hole. Moments later, Sergio Garcia ended one of the record e...

DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Great Scot! MacIntyre battles world No. 1 Dustin Johnson to Match Play draw

AUSTIN, Texas – Bob MacIntyre grew up playing the rough-and-tumble Scottish sport of shinty, and he had more than enough fight to give Dustin Johnson all he could handle Thursday in the Dell...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Justin Thomas turns in brilliant weekend to claim The Players Championship

Westwood falters to take second once more

DATE: Mar 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

The old guys have their day at Players Championship

Westwood takes lead at Players Championship

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports