Ian O'Connor
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LIV Golf merger proves PGA Tour was always full of it with blood-money high ground
This was always about the money, as much as the Tour wanted people to believe it was about Saudi atrocities and human rights.
Caddie's steady hand helped Jon Rahm to Masters win: 'Reading my mind'
Jon Rahm’s caddie, Adam Hayes, had one last message for his player before he won the Masters.
Tiger Woods may appear finished — but never count him out
Four years later, Tiger Woods is more fragile than he’s ever been, but if anyone in the history of the sport can overcome massive physical hurdles to win again, it’s...
Phil Mickelson's historic Masters round not enough in vintage performance
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson spoke it into existence on Friday, as a warm and familiar Augusta National feeling lifted him from the depths of his LIV Golf despair. “I’m...
Star amateur claims 'my good golf is good enough' to make Masters history
Sam Bennett was thrown into the final third-round group with a pair of major champions and former world No. 1 golfers: Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm.
Tiger Woods now faces caddie's 'biggest fear' at Masters
“My biggest fear going in ... is we get a lot of rain and thunderstorms and we get the stop and start, or we get extra holes one day,” longtime...
Tiger Woods in pursuit of tying this Masters record
This time around, Tiger Woods will not be chasing Augusta National history in the form of a sixth green jacket, which would match Jack Nicklaus’ record.
Brooks Koepka attacking this year's Masters with a different outlook
Brooks Koepka tried to put his fist through the back window of his Mercedes courtesy car during the Masters last year.
Rory McIlroy flops again in another Masters shortcoming
Rory McIlroy looked like a beaten man.
Cameron Young makes early statement at Masters
Cameron Young shot a 5-under 67 and is two strokes off the first-round lead shared by Brooks Koepka, Viktor Hovland, and Jon Rahm.
LIV star golfer rediscovering his game at Masters
If this Masters is really a heavyweight fight between golf’s feuding families, and if Brooks Koepka represents the Great White Shark’s Great White Hope, then the PGA Tour had better...
63-year-old turns back time with great start at Masters
In the first round of The Masters, the 63-year-old Fred Couples shot a 71 to finish at 1-under par.
This sad version of Phil Mickelson looks completely out of place at Masters
As Mickelson practiced on the putting green Wednesday, two longtime golf fans kept asking each other, “Is that him? Is that Phil? Is it?”
Post experts' Masters predictions
Here are the Masters picks from Post experts Mark Cannizzaro and Ian O’Connor: Mark Cannizzaro Rory McIlroy: The world’s No. 2 ranked player will finally get off to a strong...
Defending champ would love to have second emotional Masters moment
Masters leaders are not supposed to cry on Sunday morning. But Scottie Scheffler flipped that maxim on its head.
Longtime caddie truly knows Tiger Woods' Masters pain: 'Fact of life'
Tiger Woods is the king of pain, but as he addressed the Masters media on Tuesday, his longtime caddie sat on a bench in the distance and spoke of that...
8 years after Masters win, top golfer chasing more magic
It feels like yesterday when Jordan Spieth won the 2015 Masters, at age 21, and started wearing his green jacket to games played by his favorite Texas teams.
The LIV Golf reality even hardliners can agree on Masters
Six LIV members who have won green jackets will be in attendance at the Masters, inspiring a lot of conversation about the potential food fight to come.
Knicks' postseason hopes will hinge on Julius Randle's health
The same Garden fans who booed Julius Randle last year were trying to pick him up this time, trying to lift him back into the fight.
Inside dinner that changed everything for Anthony Volpe
It was one dinner that put Anthony Volpe on the path to be the Yankees' starting shortstop this season.