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Bubba Watson caught the golf world's attention this season with a somewhat dramatic transformation.
In the midst of a lackluster stretch without a top-10 finish since September, Watson arrived at this year's Masters notably thinner.
We still don't know who will win the 2017 Masters Tournament, but we shouldn't be surprised if one of golf's young guns steals the show again as the last two Masters champs and three of the previous six have been in their 20s.
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Bubba Watson caught the golf world's attention this season with a somewhat dramatic transformation.
In the midst of a lackluster stretch without a top-10 finish since September, Watson arrived at this year's Masters notably thinner.
The Masters golf tournament was rocked on its opening day Thursday when Dustin Johnson — the world's top-ranked golfer — was forced to pull out of the competition.
Dustin Johnson has pulled out of The Masters, on the first day of the golf world's first major tournament of 2017. Johnson had been set to tee off at 2.03 p.m. at Augusta National in Georgia but withdrew...
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The Masters is the most prestigious golf tournament in the world and most golfers yearn for an invitation.
As it turns out, there are 19 different ways in which a golfer can come to receive an invitation.
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Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters, is famous for its strict and seemingly archaic rules, and if Masters chairman Billy Payne is to believed, one of their most notorious rules is not changing anytime soon.
THE Masters, the first men’s major golf tournament of 2017, is set to kick off in Augusta, Georgia on April 6th. The Economist Advantage in Golf Likelihood Estimator (EAGLE), our statistical forecasting system first developed last year, is poised to return for its third tournament.
Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters, is famous for its strict and seemingly archaic rules, and if Masters chairman Billy Payne is to believed, one of their most notorious rules is not changing anytime soon.
When the Masters tees off Thursday, it will bring us not only golf's top tournament but also the most visually stunning event in sports.
