Sandy Lyle

...and you only get it IF you win the Masters. Of course, this is coming from someone, me, who loves food and doesn't consider golf a sport. (Bucky's definition of sport is considerably broader. If you can drink beer while you do......

There is no explanation. It just doesn't seem possible. Who would ever buy this incredible story? No, I'm not talking about Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend actually being a fake boyfriend. I'm talking about the fact that the coolest, hippest,...

His work complete at the Wells Fargo Championship, Phil Mickelson set out for his next stop: The World Golf Hall of Fame. With a little speechwriting session wedged in somewhere. “I haven’t started,” Mickelson admitted after a closing 1-...

It's golf's unofficial fifth major, featuring one of the sport's most recognizable holes, and it gets going today at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., with THE PLAYERS Championship. That hole, of course, is the notorious No. 17 island green...

Golf’s first major tournament of the year, The Masters, returns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 5-8 as the top players in the game compete for the coveted green jacket and a place in golf history. Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald,...

Phil Mickelson officially has taken the first step toward World Golf Hall of Fame membership. OK, you might technically say that happened when Mickelson finally ended his winless string of major championships by capturing the 2004 Masters. But with the...

Tiger Woods can sleep in Thursday. And really sleep in Friday. Woods will tee off Thursday at the Masters in the 7:41 a.m. (all times Pacific) group with reigning U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell and Australia's Robert Allenby. His Friday......

To no one's surprise, Tiger Woods' comeback round delivered the biggest golf audience in cable history to ESPN. The numbers couldn't be nearly as good for today's round – Woods putted out at No. 18 about five minutes before ESPN came on. So today...

Tiger Woods and Justin Rose of England will play in the same group for the first two rounds of the British Open for the first time since 2002 at Muirfield. Back then Woods was on a hot streak, going for......

All times are Pacific Thursday / Friday 4:50 a.m. / 7:57 a.m. -- Nathan Green, Heath Slocum, Louis Oosthuizen 5:01 a.m. / 8:08 a.m. -- Craig Stadler, John Merrick, Jerry Kelly 5:12 a.m. / -8:19 a.m. -- Ian Woosnam, Brian......

Too bad so much of today's spotlight at Augusta National was zeroed in on Tiger Woods' comeback round. There were enough other Masters storylines going on to fill pages of copy even in a normal year. From old guys to long-lost guys to one of the easier...

Newport Beach Country Club Sunday Tee No. 1 10:30 a.m. – Craig Stadler, Mark McNulty, Jeff Sluman 10:39 – David Eger, John Cook, Tom Lehman 10:49 – Gil Morgan, Larry Nelson, Joe Daley 10:58 – Steve Elkington, Olin...