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The victory was expected to propel him into the top 25 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

The event from March 31 to April 6 attracts some of the world's best golfers who compete for a $9.5 million purse. The winner receives $1.7 million.

In 1956, Burke staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National. He was a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, won the PGA Championship and was equally skilled as a teacher.

Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century, died on Christmas Eve. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — He won the first one the way players like to take majors, leading from the start at the Masters on a romp to the green…

The New York Times is calling Spieth, 21, "a composite of several of the best golfers the United States has produced."

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The green jacket belongs to Jordan Spieth.Spieth finished off the first wire-to-wire victory at the Masters since 1976 with a dominating…

SAN ANTONIO — Jimmy Walker made himself right at home on the Texas Open leaderboard. Walker won his hometown event Sunday to become the first two-time…