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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,...

Current Leaderboard: T1 -- Mark Calcavecchia, Kenny Perry, Russ Cochran & Jeff Sluman/137/-7); T5 -- Chien Soon Lu, Bob Gilder & Chip Beck /139/-5); 8 -- Nick Price/136/-8.RelatedLeaderboard Round 3 Tee times Round 2 Wrap-up Schwab Cup rankings •...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer-Premier League, Arsenal at Blackburn, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) PGA Golf-BMW Championship, 11 a.m. (NBC) College Football-Auburn at Clemson, 11 a.m. (ABC); Penn State at Temple, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Pittsburgh at Iowa, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)...

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......

Travelers Championship leader Justin Rose, a loyal follower of his country's World Cup soccer fortunes, says he'll try to be restrained today when England plays Germany. — Justin Rose, a loyal follower of his country's World Cup soccer fortunes,...

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...

SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP At Timonium Final round, par 70 D.A. Weibring, $390,000 67-70-66-68 - 271 Fred Funk, $228,800 66-68-72-66 - 272 Ben Crenshaw, $156,000 67-66-74-66 - 273 Nick Price, $156,000 70-66-66-71 - 273 Jeff Sluman, $156,...

...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......