Hideki Matsuyama has delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all.
Marc Leishman is trying to become just the second Australian to win the green jacket as Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama takes a four-shot lead into the final round.
Hideki Matsuyama became the first golfer from Japan to lead in the Masters but Australia has a leading contender as well.
The Australian was one of the big movers in the second round and is poised for another run at the green jacket as he closed in on leader Justin Rose.
Only a dozen players managed to break par in the opening round of the Masters. No one was close to Justin Rose.
The excitement of the first major of the golf season was mixed with no small measure of trepidation about the test Augusta National might present this week.
He is the only person in the tournament’s 84-year history to shoot four rounds in the 60s. But Cameron Smith returns to Augusta with unfinished business five months later.
Adam Scott has set himself for another strong showing at the Masters and believes some early season tinkering with his driver will pay dividends.
The 2007 US Open champion and 2009 Masters winner Angel Cabrera was arrested on Friday in Brazil and faces extradition to his native Argentina.
The Australian etched his name into Augusta folklore and will become a trivia question for the ages after a stirring week at the rescehduled tournament.
Dustin Johnson saw off a challenge from Australia's Cameron Smith after being the highest-profile golfer to contract coronavirus,just weeks from the rescheduled tournament.