The real reason for all the talk that this Masters might be the best ever still comes down to one guy: Tiger Woods.
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Tiger Woods is one of the favorites to win his fifth green jacket and cash countless futures bets ranging from 100-1 to 8-1 while authoring one of the most stunning turnarounds in sports history.
Green is probably the main color golfers are thinking about this week, with the possible exception of Tiger Woods’s Sunday red.
Woods and Mickelson had not played together at Augusta National since 2009, and even then it wasn’t by choice.
Odds and props posted at the Westgate and William Hill sports books for the Masters.
Rory McIlroy hits it a country mile, with a deft short touch, his putting is back on the beam and his prowess was on full display in winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March.
Ryan Moore, a 5-time PGA Tour champion, doesn’t know exactly what he needs to do to win his first Masters, but has an idea about how to improve on his career best ninth-place finish of a year ago.
Lindberg finished off Inbee Park on the par-4 10th, the fourth playoff hole Monday at Mission Hills after they played until it was too dark to see — and then played some more — Sunday night.
Tiger Woods is back for only the second time in the last five years, and what makes the sight of him at Augusta National even more tantalizing is that Woods is starting to look like the player who dominated golf for nearly 15 years.
UNLV Professional Golf Management program alumnus Kendall Murphy, 31, became the Southern Nevada Chapter, Southwest Section, PGA of America president much faster than he expected due to happenstance.
A few months ago, you could bet Tiger Woods to win the 2018 Masters at 100-1. Not so today. According to Westgate sports book golf odds expert Jeff Sherman, Tiger is at 8-1.
The connection Rory McIlroy had with Arnold Palmer was strong even before he delivered a Sunday charge that would have made the King proud.
With two Division I signees, two talented sophomores and a rule change that only the top four scores are counted for match play, the Aggies have a good chance to earn that elusive first state team championship.
Legacy Golf Club owners will head to trial Wednesday to continue a legal fight with residents who want to enforce a deed restriction that prohibits redevelopment.
UNLV head football coach Tony Sanchez looks forward to his frequent conversations with Rebels men’s head golf coach Dwaine Knight, whose mantra during his illustrious career has been to “finish like a Rebel.”
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