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Timeline from Augusta triumph to Hilton Head:

• Rory McIlroy defends Masters title in dramatic finale, beating Scheffler to join Nicklaus, Faldo,...

Under-the-radar hero: All 14 winners this season, including Rory McIlroy at the Masters, wore spiked shoes.

• Masters stats: 86% of field (78/91),...

Rory joins rarified air with back-to-back green jackets, only the fourth ever alongside Nicklaus, Faldo, Woods.

Scheffler's epic charge: From 12...

Historic Repeat: Rory became the 4th player to win consecutive Masters—joining Nicklaus, Faldo, Woods—with his 6th major on 12-under...

• 26 wire-to-wire (no ties) major victories across four championships' history
• Brooks Koepka's 2019 PGA most recent: opened with 63, never trailed
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Betting preview for May's PGA at Aronimink:

• Scottie Scheffler +380 favorite, unchanged post-Masters runner-up; defending 2025 champ
• Rory McIlroy...

Masters Sunday primed for drama: Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young enter tied at -11 after McIlroy's 73 (from 6-shot lead) and Young's 65 charge from 8...

Saturday Masters takeaways set up epic R4:<br>- Scheffler's blitz: 65 with eagle-2, five birdies vaulted him to 7-under, four back.<br>- Rory's lead...

Co-leaders tee off last: Rory McIlroy & Cameron Young (-11) at 2:25 p.m. ET; final pairing rarely loses.

• Scheffler in hunt (-7, T7): Tees with...

Winning the 2026 Masters nets $4.5 million plus elite perks:

• Lifetime Masters entry and green jacket
• 5-year exemptions to U.S. Open, Open...

Round 3 Leaderboard Shakeup

• 🔥 McIlroy, Young Tied at 11 Under: Rory McIlroy shot 73 to blow his six-shot lead and tie Cameron Young at 11 under...

• Scoring explosion: Field averaged record-low 70.63 on Saturday, besting 2019's 70.769; dozen players now within 6 shots of lead vs. just 2 entering...

Rory McIlroy's dominance unravels at Augusta: entered Round 3 with six-shot lead, but shot 1-over 73 amid two-way miss.

• Lead evaporates fast: Down...

• Record $22.5M purse tops all majors, surpassing U.S. Open's $21.5M
• $4.5M to winner, largest first-place major payout ever
• Fifth straight year of increases, up $1.5M from 2025
• Sets tone for other majors' prize shifts

• Rory's blown advantage: Held six-shot lead through 36 holes at -12, but shot 73 with double on 12th and bogey 13th, tying Young at -11.
• Young's...

'None. Golf is golf' – Rahm's sharp response to needing LIV tweaks for majors.

• Survived cut tied 47th (6-over opener, then 2-under).
• Dismisses critics like Chamblee: LIV lacks real challenge.
• Calls poor round 'anomaly', eyes miracle charge.

• Rory's historic edge: Record six-shot lead at 12-under after 36 holes, dominating par-5s with seven birdies in eight tries as a wily old veteran.
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• Record $22.5M purse, up $1.5M from 2025's $21M
• Winner's $4.5M share, $300K more than Rory's 2025 payout
• Top finishes: 2nd $2.43M, 3rd $1.53M, 4th $1.08M, 5th $900K
• Rory eyes back-to-back win with six-shot lead entering Round 3

Escalating majors money hits new high at Masters with $22.5M purse — biggest of golf's four majors, up from $21M last year.

• Winner gets $4.5M,...

Only three golfers have won the Masters in their debut, a feat last achieved in 1979:

• Horton Smith (1934): Took the inaugural Augusta National...