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Rory McIlroy walks onto the 18th green during the final round of The Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on April 10, 2011. (SHAUN BEST/Reuters)

Last Updated: April 11, 2011 12:58am

McIlroy's monumental Masters plunge

Britain’s young Rory McIlroy let the 2011 Masters slip through his hands on Sunday, failing to meet great expectations for the golfing prodigy in one of the biggest collapses at a major championship.

Last Updated: April 10, 2011 9:53pm

Masters champ keeps his wits

Somewhere in the fog of noise and anxiety and fear, coming down the back nine on Sunday, Charl Schwartzel found that happy quiet place that transported him to a Masters title.

Last Updated: April 10, 2011 9:34pm

A major is not too big to win

For 364 and a half days a year, Augusta National Golf Club is the picture of decorum, as civil and reserved a setting for golf as exists on the planet.

Last Updated: April 10, 2011 9:20pm

Inconsistency cost Tiger

Tiger Woods put on a front-nine clinic yesterday, but he needed to repeat it on the back if he had any hope of winning that spectacular Masters yesterday and it just didn’t happen in the warmth of an Augusta afternoon.

Last Updated: April 10, 2011 4:10pm

Final round at The Masters

See photos from the final round of the 2011 Masters.

Last Updated: April 10, 2011 7:38pm

Schwartzel triumphs at Masters

South African Charl Schwartzel birdied the last four holes to clinch his first major title with a two-stroke victory at the Masters on Sunday, ending a stunning afternoon of brilliant shot-making.

Last Updated: April 9, 2011 10:06pm

Mickelson still thinks he can win

At three under par, in an 18th-place tie, defending Masters champion Phil Mickelson was dreaming in technicolour after he came off the course.

Last Updated: April 9, 2011 10:06pm

Tiger victim of another false start

In this season of Tiger’s discontent Friday’s supposed breakthrough turned into just another false start.

Last Updated: April 9, 2011 9:14pm

Couples: Masters not over yet

With one round to play, it is a Masters leaderboard that has plenty of talent and experience but they’re all looking up at a 21-year-old kid.

Last Updated: April 9, 2011 8:58pm

Can anybody catch Rory McIlroy?

The thing that Rory McIlroy doesn’t understand about possibly winning the Masters at the age of 21 is that if you have to do it, you’re not supposed to do it so convincingly like say, Tiger Woods when he won it at the same age in 1997 by a dozen.

Last Updated: April 9, 2011 9:21pm

Young McIlroy doubles his Masters' lead

There will be plenty of doubters, to be sure. At 21, Rory McIlroy will have the weight of the ages on his shoulders as he walks to the first tee Sunday afternoon.

Last Updated: April 9, 2011 7:03pm

Mickelson letting No. 1 slip away again

It's no secret that Phil Mickelson would like to be the top player in the world.

Last Updated: April 8, 2011 8:45pm

Woods makes a charge

The ghost of Masters past paid a visit to Augusta National on Friday.

Last Updated: April 8, 2011 2:33pm

Will Tiger get his Masters groove back?

Huge galleries are still lining the fairways to get a glimpse of the man who once owned the Masters - Tiger Woods

Last Updated: April 8, 2011 4:16pm

Choi clubhouse leader at Masters

K.J. Choi tripped to a three-putt bogey at the last hole Friday, but still shot a two-under 70 and is the clubhouse leader during the second round of the Masters.

Last Updated: April 7, 2011 10:07pm

Rough day for Weir

If you have lost track of your golf game, this is not the place to come to find it.

Last Updated: April 8, 2011 7:56pm

Graphic: Augusta's glory

Hole by hole

Last Updated: April 7, 2011 4:20pm

Golf season launches in London

VIDEO: The first swings of spring drove golf balls onto the links a River Road Golf Course in London.

Last Updated: April 7, 2011 3:38pm

McIlroy goes low for early Masters lead

Rory McIlroy fired a seven-under 65 on Thursday to take the early first-round lead of the 75th Masters at Augusta National.

Last Updated: April 7, 2011 10:22am

Tiger fired up to prove Poulter wrong

Remember the days when there was reason for players to fear a curt response from Tiger Woods?

Last Updated: April 8, 2011 8:52pm

Graphic: The Masters

Augusta National Golf Club, April 7-10, 2011

Last Updated: April 6, 2011 4:11pm

Appleby: No Australian jinx at the Masters

Stuart Appleby scoffs at the notion that the Masters has been subject to an Australian jinx at Augusta National where none of his countrymen has ever won the title.

Last Updated: April 6, 2011 10:07am

Lee Westwood: BPNTHWAM

It is one of those titles that doesn't always rest easily on the shoulders of those who own it: Best Player Never To Have Won A Major.

Last Updated: April 5, 2011 6:37pm

Storm rips through Augusta

Augusta National awoke to the whine of chainsaws Tuesday after a violent overnight storm uprooted trees and littered the golf course with broken branches.

Last Updated: April 5, 2011 6:22pm

Who's No. 1? We'll find out after the Masters

How tight is the competition at the top of the world golf rankings?

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