Golf | featured news

Matt Kuchar looked beyond the edge of the 16th green at a scene packed with enough stress it could wipe away even his smile. Across the water was an island green that was awaiting him Sunday in The Players Championship. The guy dressed in all orange and pumping his first was Rickie Fowler after making a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th to cut Kuchar's lead to two shots.

Common sense, not to mention fan sentiment, would argue that Rickie Fowler inserted himself Saturday as the leading man at the Players Championship. He wears clothes that have long defined the man, almost before he was a full-grown man.

When Tiger Woods won the Players Championship for the first and only time, he was at the peak of his powers.

Unlike Gene Sarazen’s double-eagle 2 in 1935, Louis Oosthuizen’s perfect swing from the second fairway of Augusta National on Sunday did not alter the course of Masters history.

Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National as a favorite to win his fifth green jacket. Instead, he left with his worst score as a pro.

Rory McIlroy moved in for the kill and Tiger Woods was left kicking his club in frustration during a Masters second round that ended with Americans Jason Dufner and Fred Couples sharing the lead.

Russ Berkman's dream came true when he won a lottery for four passes to Wednesday's practice round at the Masters golf tournament in Georgia. But the Seattle-area resident's stomach turned when he found his dog, Sierra, had eaten them... He induced vomiting and recovered a gooey glob. Then he went to work trying to put about 20 vomit-covered pieces back together.

A resurgent Tiger Woods returned to the Masters stage on Tuesday night with the most emphatic statement for his rivals, declaring: “I’m here for the green jacket.”

After being plagued by injuries and scandal, Tiger Woods pulled away from his competition to capture his first PGA Tour win since September 2009.

The road back to the top of world golf is proving to be a long and arduous one for former world No. 1 Tiger Woods.