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Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka walk over a footbridge on the course.

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A Masters Where Both Sides Lose Is One Where Everyone Else Wins

AI Golf Commentary Is A New Frontier In Dullness

Greg Norman spreads his arms wide for some reason.

LIV Golf Bozos Hope To Storm The 18th Green In Masters Triumph

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The Masters Blesses LIV Tour Players With Access To Golf’s Biggest Stage

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Tiger Woods celebrates on the eighteenth green after winning the 1997 Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, on April 13 1997. Woods finished with a record eighteen-under-par. / AFP PHOTO / Timothy A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tiger Woods, But Not Me, 25 Years Later

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The Masters – Preview Day 2

Tiger Woods Is Back, And Just In Time

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Media Meltdowns

Bill Simmons: Cancel Culture Prevented Jim Nantz From Making A Cheap Racist Quip About Hideki Matsuyama, And That’s A Shame

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The Masters – Final Round

The Masters Was Will Zalatoris’s Coming-Out Party

Rory McIlroy's father reacts to being struck by his own son's second shot on the 7th hole of the Masters

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Rory McIlroy Smote His Own Father With A Golf Shot

Dustin Johnson wears the green jacket and nobody gives a crap.

Maybe People Care About Watching Sports Exactly As Much As They Should

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