The other four captain’s picks for golf’s biennial tournament, which gets underway at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin on September 24, were Harris English, Scottie Scheffler, Daniel Berger, and Tony Finau. English, Berger, Scheffler and Schauffele will all be making their Ryder Cup debuts, while Spieth, who will make his fourth […]
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Scar tissue. Almost everyone in sports has some — whether from some bad luck here or failure there. In golf, scar tissue from past disappointments or shortcomings can be particularly debilitating in the heat of the moment, because the golfer is on his or her own, on an island and […]
No wonder Jordan Spieth beat a hasty retreat from the 18th green. He had just been involved in the kind of horror moment as defines championships and triggers nightmares for the individual involved. If the Texan, who excelled for so much of day three at Royal St George’s, falls one […]
Jordan Spieth’s woes after winning the 2017 Open Championship were such that he had cause to ponder whether he had fallen victim to some form of Royal and Ancient curse. Spieth looked invincible at Royal Birkdale in July of that year; by the start of 2021 he sat 92nd in […]
After the final putt at the historic 85th Masters was holed and the television cameras followed tearful winner Hideki Matsuyama to the recorder’s area, his caddie Shota Hayafuji stayed on the 18th green. He took the flag as his memento, removed his cap and then, facing the wondrous acres tumbling […]
One can only assume Hideki Matsuyama did not feel the heavy burden of history at all. There is no other reasonable explanation for the manner in which the 29-year-old won the 85th edition of the Masters. Matsuyama has become the first Asian player to don a Green Jacket and the […]
“I hope I can follow in her shoes and make Japan proud.” Tsubasa Kajitani won the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship last weekend, and today, Hideki Matsuyama has a chance to make it a quick-fire Japanese double by winning the Masters. History beckons. We should probably qualify that statement, […]
Moving day? Matsuyama’s day. In proving how even a brief delay in a tournament – in this case 75 minutes – can totally shift its complexion Hideki Matsuyama emerged to leave the remainder of the Masters field grasping for air. He now sits 18 holes from the making of history; […]