Posts Tagged Masters


Masters To Remember, But For The Wrong Reason

Angel Cabrera won his second professional major Sunday afternoon at Augusta National Golf Club. Cabrera has now won the Masters and the U.S. Open. For someone from South America, you can’t pick two tournaments you would rather win than those two. No disrespect to the Open Championship and the U.S. PGA Championship, but the U.S. […]

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Cabrera erases painful Masters memories for Argentina

The last time an Argentinean was in contention to win the US Masters, a sporting error of major proportions denied the South American country Augusta glory. It was 1968 and Roberto De Vicenzo was supposed to go into a play-off with American Bob Goalby. However, he submitted an incorrect scorecard – a huge faux pas […]

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Kim left to provide midway Masters magic

Being half a day ahead of Augusta, Georgia in terms of time, it means TV-lag easily sets in when watching the US Masters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There are few people in the global TV audience who hadn’t settled in front of the box or flat screen earlier this week and not anticipated Tiger Woods’ […]

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Norman ready for Masters return

It is difficult to be a legend at Augusta having never won there during its most important event – the US Masters. Australian Greg Norman, though, probably qualifies as an Augusta legend for his sheer presence and the thrills he has given fans in allowing others to win. His most famous time was the 1996 […]

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Million-dollar Japanese teen headed for Augusta

Within one week, 17-year-old Japanese golf sensation Ryo Ishikawa was given a million-dollar golf club and a fulfilled wish that could be worth millions more. The schoolboy, who at 15 years old became the youngest winner of a professional tournament, has been given a driver which cost US$1 million to develop by Japanese sports giant […]

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