There are a lot of perks that come with winning the Masters, and 2015 green jacket winner Jordan Spieth is just starting to realize them. Before playing in a pro-am in Florida last weekend (where he did the Happy Gilmore swing), Spieth made a trip to Augusta National to get in a few rounds. As […]
Woods plays Augusta National practice round, still uncertain for Masters
April 1, 2015 by
It’s true: Tiger Woods did play an 18-hole practice round at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday. However, the four-time Masters champion is not yet certain if he’ll play next week in the year’s first major. [DraftKings: Win $ 1 Million playing Fantasy Golf during the Masters – Sign up for free!] After Woods finished his […]
Tom Brady to join Rory McIlroy next week at Augusta National
March 7, 2015 by
Things really couldn’t be going better for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. He’s celebrating a fourth Super Bowl win, has Gisele Bundchen for a wife and can pretty much ride off into the sunset whenever he feels like it. [DraftKings: Win $ 1 Million Playing Fantasy Golf During The Masters. Sign Up Free to […]
Phil Mickelson was too tired to play a round at Augusta National
March 4, 2015 by
If someone told you that, if you stayed up for 48 consecutive hours, you could play Augusta National Golf Club, there’s a good chance you would run to your nearest coffee machine and start brewing. If you had to give a kidney to play the home of the Masters, there’s a chance you’d handle the […]
Report: IBM CEO Rometty becomes 3rd female Augusta National member
November 15, 2014 by
Observers thought IBM CEO Virginia “Ginni” Rometty would be the first female member of Augusta National Golf Club. It had practically become tradition for the head of Big Blue to don a green jacket. But when the home of the Masters admitted its first female members in 2012, Rometty wasn’t one of them. All in […]
Watch the opening tee shots from the Drive, Chip and Putt Championship at Augusta National
April 6, 2014 by
Many of us dream of walking on those hallowed grounds of Augusta National, taking in the views, the smells and the history at the most exclusive, and most famous, course in the United States. A few lucky kids not only got that on Sunday morning, but they were able to compete in the Drive, Chip […]
Bacon Mailbag: Tiger’s back, Reed’s confidence and the first stop on an Augusta trip
March 12, 2014 by
Each Tuesday for the remainder of the golf season we will be rolling out a mailbag, with any and all questions invited from readers and fans around the world. Have a good question you want answered? Hit me up on Twitter at @shanebacon and we will try to get to it in the coming weeks. […]
The Bacon Mailbag: Match play, Bubba Watson and Spieth’s chances at Augusta
February 19, 2014 by
Each Tuesday for the remainder of the golf season we will be rolling out a mailbag, with any and all questions invited from readers and fans around the world. Have a good question you want answered? Hit me up on Twitter at @shanebacon and we will try to get to it in the coming weeks. […]
Augusta National is covered in snow (again)
February 13, 2014 by
It has been a pretty tough winter for Augusta natives, as winter weather has wrecked havoc on the area. The most famous golf course in the world is one of those that has been beaten up by Mother Nature, and that happened again on Wednesday as winter storms blew through the area and knocked down […]
Augusta National is covered in snow and it’s fantastic
January 30, 2014 by
I know in these snowy days it’s tough to think about the first major championship of the year, but this picture will probably get the goosebumps a-going. Miller Coop posted the above picture on Twitter of a snowy Augusta National, and even though we are 71 days until the big three hit their ceremonial Masters […]
