THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS - APRIL 27: Mao Saigo of Japan (C) jumps in the pond on the 18th hole after winning The Chevron Championship 2025 in a playoff at The Club at Carlton Woods on April 27, 2025 in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
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Japanese golfer Mao Saigo celebrates first major trophy by jumping in a pond
Rory McIlroy ended years of hurt as he finally won the Masters.
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Rory McIlroy reveals he spoke to two US presidents after his Masters win
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 13: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrates winning the 2025 Masters Tournament after the first playoff hole on the 18th green at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2025 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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Rory McIlroy could go onto win 10 majors now Masters ‘shackles are off,’ says men’s captain of his hometown golf club
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland is awarded the Green Jacket by Masters Champion Scottie Scheffler after the final round of the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2025, in Augusta, Georgia.
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‘What are we going to talk about next year?’: Why Rory McIlroy’s Masters mania will be hard to beat
Rory McIlroy won his first major since 2014, knocking off Justin Rose in a playoff at the 2025 Masters.
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Rory McIlroy completes his long-awaited career grand slam with Masters triumph
Rory McIlroy is in position to win his first career Masters after a historic third round Saturday.
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‘He’s out of his mind right now’: Rory McIlroy blazes to historic third round lead at the Masters
Nick Dunlap fought back from one of the worst ever first rounds at the Masters.
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Nick Dunlap records extraordinary 19-shot turnaround after nightmarish opening round at the Masters

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Golfer of the Month

Golfer Kipp Poppert (right) chats with Andreas Ma (left) during the 2024 Hong Kong Open in November.
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December: Disabled golf No. 1 Kipp Popert is on a mission to lift trophies in able-bodied tournaments
Rory McIlroy celebrates with his wife and daughter after winning his sixth Race to Dubai title.
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November: Tearful Rory McIlroy caps tumultuous year with double DP World Tour win
SOTOGRANDE, SPAIN - OCTOBER 15: Steven Alderson of Australia poses with the trophy after winning the G4D Tour @ Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters at the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande on October 15, 2024 in Sotogrande, Spain. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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October: Steven Alderson was bullied at school for being autistic. Decades on, a historic win has made him an Australian national hero

Video

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<p>Golfer Gary Woodland won his first major title at the US Open in 2019, but a serious health issue in the years that followed made his life "hell" -- on and off the course. </p>
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<p>A blend of professionals and amateurs, individuals and teams, the Aramco Team Series is one golf’s most unique events. Ahead of its 2024 finale in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, CNN’s Jasmine Saunders found out what makes the tournament a “once in a lifetime” experience.</p>
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Jun 16, 2024; Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA; Bryson DeChambeau celebrates after putting on the eighteenth green to win the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
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US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau speaks to CNN following second career major victory 2:09

Galleries

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The luxury fashion brand trying to inject golf with a new style
Park your tired old buggy in the clubhouse car park -- Danish company Garia are forging new roads for the golf cart.
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These ultra-luxury golf cars could be coming to a road near you
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Annika Sorenstam of Stockholm, Sweden holds the "Player Of The Year" trophy during the third round of the ADT Championship on November 22, 2003 at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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Golf great Annika Sorenstam’s legacy on and off the course
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 21: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off on the eighth hole during the Final Round of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club on January 21, 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
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The best moments of the 2024 golf season so far
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - MAY 05: The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform a flyover during the Military Appreciation Ceremony prior to the start of THE PLAYERS Championship held at THE PLAYERS Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass on May 5, 2010 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
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Finding a slice of paradise at TPC Sawgrass
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The golf paradises in America’s backyards

Features

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American astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr (1923 - 1998), Commander of NASA's upcoming Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, with the mission's insignia behind him at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 14th November 1970. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)
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The incredible true story of the time an astronaut played golf on the moon
A bull shark swims close to the edge of a lake at Carbrook course in January 2012.
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Six bull sharks inadvertently made their home on an Australian golf course. Then they vanished
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For nearly 50 years, only Black men caddied The Masters. One day, they all but vanished
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How to play alongside crocodiles, snakes and kangaroos: Golf, Aussie-style
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A murderous ghost haunted an exclusive Jamaican resort for centuries. But could she survive a paranormal investigation?
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The haunting Masters meltdown that changed Rory McIlroy’s career
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Losing his young son to a drug overdose left him broken. A ‘sacred’ trip to Scotland helped him heal