What happens when two men who are each forces of nature, in their own way, clash at the most prestigious championship in American golf? When one is rich and handsome and headstrong, but the other is the lord of Augusta National? When Cliff Roberts, the chairman of Augusta, and Frank Stranahan, the playboy son of a millionaire, collided at the Masters in 1948, it was inevitable that something wild would happen. And something did—a controversy that shed a light on two of the strangest American lives in golf history, and gave a glimpse at the paranoia and exclusivity that dominated old Augusta.
A long drive champ takes aim at the PGA Tour
Living room visits with golf’s greatest players
The last days of the true amateur
The near demise of Augusta National
Team Game: Inside the life of the modern PGA Tour caddie
The bootstrapping life of an LPGA Tour player
The dirty secrets of sandbaggers
“I’m such an idiot”: The hidden lessons in a collapse
Funny Money On Tour: The lucrative life of a PGA Tour golfer
The Golf Savant: The life and career of Moe Norman
Bob May and the curse of the very good golfer
Swing Oil: Does alcohol really help your golf?
Golfing While Black
Introducing: Local Knowledge
How the Tour is combating the spread of COVID-19, Dustin Johnson’s Travelers victory
Sir Nick Faldo, high drama at the RBC Heritage
The PGA Tour’s return at Colonial, caddie John Wood
Behind the scenes of the PGA Tour’s return
Annika Sorenstam, the Euro Tour’s bold new strategy
Why The Match worked so well
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