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second major championship on the back end of a career that includes an Olympic gold medal.<\/p><p>Rory McIlroy will also kick off his second round soon and has work to do to get his career Grand Slam bid back on track. <\/p><p>McIlroy got off to a solid start on Thursday, shooting four-under through 14 but a chip into the water on 15 led to a double bogey that zapped the Northern Irishman's momentum. <\/p><p>A three putt on 17 resulted in another double bogey and dropped him to even par heading into the second round.<\/p><p>This is McIlroy's 11th attempt to complete the set of all four golf majors. <\/p><p>World number one Scheffler avoided any pitfalls in his bogey-free round of 68 on Thursday and will look to continue his hunt for a third Green Jacket in four years on Friday afternoon. <\/p><p>Rain moved through the area overnight, potentially softening up the course and making Augusta National's slick greens more receptive. Friday's forecast is for increasing winds through the day and the chance of a passing thunderstorm in the afternoon. <\/p><p>\"A lot of the strategy for this place changes with the conditions of the course,\" Scheffler said earlier this week. <\/p><p>Past Masters champions and LIV golfers Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson are among those in danger of potentially missing the cut at the first major of the year.<\/p><p> (Reporting by Rory Carroll in Augusta, Georgia; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>"},{"cms_article_id":3816225,"np_article_id":1597655,"article_title":"Remember public phones? 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I figured it out. If I had to use one of those (rotary) phones I probably would've had to ask my dad.”<\/p><p>Augusta National requires its patrons to leave their cellphones and other electronic devices behind. In place of those security blankets, there are several public telephone banks of those throwback devices from days gone by. They are a foreign sight for many in the younger generation who've never seen a phone with an attached cord.<\/p><p>Abraham is not unlike most teenagers – or adults, for that matter – who are very much attached to the world through their cellphones.<\/p><p>At some point, chances are, patrons check for their phone – patting their pockets, reaching for the clip on their belts, wherever it usually is.<\/p><p>And when they can't find it, well...<\/p><p>\"It's kind of panic mode,\" Abraham said. \"We were at 18th (hole) and I went to reach in my pocket and it wasn't there. Then I remembered it's in the car.\"<\/p><p>He wasn't alone.<\/p><p>\"I've checked my pockets for my phone no less than 10 times today,\" said Ryan O'Connor from Little Rock, Arkansas. \"I was sitting in the bleachers on the 16th green and someone dropped a water bottle and it made a loud noise and I instinctively reached for my phone. Not there.\"<\/p><p>The line at the public phone bank can stretch up to 10 people deep at the height of the Masters. And while they provide an outlet for those looking to touch base with the world outside of Augusta National's gates, there are some issues that come with them.<\/p><p>Like, remembering phone numbers.<\/p><p>Bill Kehoe, 50, from Raleigh, North Carolina came prepared.<\/p><p>As he approached the public phones, Kehoe whipped out a sheet of paper with a handful of names and numbers written on them with a black Sharpie. He picked up the receiver on the phone, punched in the number \"1” to start the call and then looked down at the paper and entered the remaining numbers to complete the free call.<\/p><p>\"I can’t even remember my own phone number, let alone anyone else’s number,” Kehoe joked. \"They're all saved in my phone.”<\/p><p>One of the calls he made was to his 14-year-old son Connor, who was on a school fieldtrip to Washington. D.C.<\/p><p>Connor had asked his dad to call at a prearranged time while he was on a bus, and his 8th grade classmates were shocked when his caller ID popped up as \"Augusta National Golf Club”.<\/p><p>\"You could hear all of the kids like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool!,” Kehoe said with a laugh. \"But then they all started asking for merchandise so I had to hang up.”<\/p><p>The reasons patrons disrupt their round of watching professional golf to make a call.<\/p><p>One person was calling to hear about the day's dramatic movement in the stock market. Another said he was checking in with work. And several others were simply touching base with family or loved ones.<\/p><p>Tyler Johnson and his wife Lauren called home to Roswell, Georgia to check on their five-year-old son, who is staying with his grandparents, \"just to make sure there's no blood,” Tyler said with a laugh. As mom and dad alternated talking to their son, they took pictures of each other talking on the odd-looking black public phone.<\/p><p>\"I think the last time I used one of these was 1999, before Y2K, I think,\" Tyler joked.<\/p><p>While not having a cellphone is an inconvenience for some, others have come to relish the liberating feeling of being disconnected from the world for a little while.<\/p><p>Fletcher Lord from Little Rock texted his wife after he arrived at the course around 6am and reminded her not to expect to hear from him all day. He then set out to enjoy a few refreshments on a sunny, 70-degree day amid the serene backdrop of blooming azaleas and tall pines.<\/p><p>\"Once you get over the anxiety of not having your phone, it's a very freeing feeling because it forces you to just be here in the moment,\" Lord said.<\/p><p>O'Connor agreed.<\/p><p>He phoned one of his old friends from high school just to see if he'd pick up. He did.<\/p><p>\"He didn't recognise the number obviously, but when he saw Augusta National pop up he said I better pick this one up,” O'Connor said.<\/p><p>Then it was off to enjoy the day.<\/p><p>\"Is not having a phone a pain?\" O'Connor said. \"No, I think it's actually good for me. Those emails will be there when I get back home.” – AP<\/p>"},{"cms_article_id":3816211,"np_article_id":1597633,"article_title":"Golf-Woods will likely dominate the PGA Tour Champions, says Nicklaus","article_custom_fields":"{\"\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_keywords\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_description\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_title\":[\"\"],\"sponsored_flag\":[\"\"],\"offer_flag\":[\"\"],\"featured_article_flag\":[\"\"],\"primary_category\":[\"\"],\"other_keywords\":[\"\"],\"external_link\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\\\/integration.thestar.com.my\\\/tsol\\\/ImportReuters\\\/UK%20Online%20Report%20Sports%20News\\\/2025-04-11T060238Z_1_KCN3GJ0BD_RTROPTC_0_UK-GOLF-MASTERS.XML\"],\"article_tags\":[\"\"],\"send_to_scmp\":[\"off\"],\"media_gallery_title\":[\"\"],\"media_gallery_flag\":[\"off\"],\"syncad_medrec_top\":[\"\"],\"syncad_megalead\":[\"\"],\"header\":[\"\"],\"stop_cxense_recommendation\":[\"\"],\"permalink\":[\"sport\\\/golf\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/11\\\/golf-woods-will-likely-dominate-the-pga-tour-champions-says-nicklaus\"],\"origin\":[\"RTR2025_KCN3GJ0BE\"],\"agency\":[\"Reuters\"],\"review_max_rating\":[\"\"],\"review_rating\":[\"\"],\"review_summary\":[\"\"],\"review\":[\"\"],\"breaking_news_end_time\":[\"\"],\"breaking_news_start_time\":[\"\"],\"breaking_news\":[\"\"],\"branded\":[\"{\\\"is_branded\\\":null}\"],\"paywall_package_type\":[\"Complimentary\"],\"video_source\":[\"\"],\"keyword_tagging\":[\"\"],\"summary\":[\"AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Tiger Woods will be eligible to play in the PGA Tour Champions when he turns 50 later this year and 18-times major winner Jack Nicklaus expects him to dominate the circuit when he returns from another lengthy injury lay-off.\"],\"columnist\":[],\"byline_email\":[\"\"],\"wide_image\":[\"off\"],\"wide_template\":[\"off\"],\"lifestyle_categories\":[\"\"],\"byline_photo\":[\"\"],\"wide_story_template\":[\"off\"],\"company_brand\":[\"\"],\"requester\":[\"\"],\"video_programme\":[\"\"],\"video_category\":[\"\"],\"is_video_programme\":[\"\"],\"video_programme_start_date\":[\"\"],\"video_programme_end_date\":[\"\"],\"is_klik_article\":[\"\"],\"klik_start_date\":[\"\"],\"klik_end_date\":[\"\"],\"is_topik\":[\"\"],\"topik_start_date\":[\"\"],\"topik_end_date\":[\"\"],\"caption\":[\"\"],\"fbia\":[\"off\"],\"mstar_status\":[\"\"],\"footnote\":[\"\"],\"is_exclusive\":[\"off\"],\"drupal_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":null,\\\"properties\\\":{\\\"PUBLISHED\\\":0,\\\"PROMOTED\\\":0,\\\"STICKY\\\":0,\\\"LANGUAGE\\\":0,\\\"PUBLISH_STATUS\\\":0,\\\"BODY_SUMMARY\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"ENTITYQUEUES\\\":\\\"\\\"},\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"wp_custom_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":null,\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"is_branded_article\":[\"\"],\"branded_article_start_date\":[\"\"],\"branded_article_end_date\":[\"\"],\"majoriti_paywall_story_type\":[\"\"],\"cxense_tags\":[\"\"],\"superapp_keyword_tagging\":[\"\"],\"external_source\":[\"\"],\"canonical_link\":[\"\"],\"page_number\":\"0\",\"initial_publication\":\"\",\"date_created\":\"2025-04-11 14:12:10\",\"date_modified\":\"2025-04-11 20:47:28\",\"last_modified_user\":\"NPAPI Server\",\"section_color\":\"#08F304\",\"cxense_metatags\":null,\"target_page\":\"0\"}","publish_time":"2025-04-11 14:12:00","sub_section_id":58,"image_path":"{\\\"image_path\\\":\\\"uploads\\\\\/images\\\\\/2025\\\\\/04\\\\\/11\\\\\/3259474.jpg\\\",\\\"cms_type\\\":\\\"live\\\",\\\"small_image\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"is_updated\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"image_cropping\\\":\\\"{\\\\\\\"original_image\\\\\\\":{\\\\\\\"image_original_width\\\\\\\":800,\\\\\\\"image_original_height\\\\\\\":602,\\\\\\\"icd_image_type\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"original_image\\\\\\\"}}\\\",\\\"is_copied\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"media_type\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"image_caption\\\":\\\"FILE PHOTO: Golf - The 152nd Open Championship - Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland, Britain - July 19, 2024 Tiger Woods of the U.S. acknowledges the crowd at the 18th green after finishing his second round REUTERS\\\\\/Maja Smiejkowska\\\\\/File Photo\\\",\\\"image_count\\\":1}","section_name":"Sport","sub_section_name":"Golf","permalink":"sport\/golf\/2025\/04\/11\/golf-woods-will-likely-dominate-the-pga-tour-champions-says-nicklaus","show_image_in_thumb":0,"a_custom_data":"","article_body":"<p>AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Tiger Woods will be eligible to play in the PGA Tour Champions when he turns 50 later this year and 18-times major winner Jack Nicklaus expects him to dominate the circuit when he returns from another lengthy injury lay-off.<\/p><p>Six years on from his last major win at Augusta in 2019, Woods is sidelined with a torn Achilles tendon and is expected to miss the rest of the PGA Tour season.<\/p><p>The 15-times major winner has played a limited schedule in recent years due to injuries and has not played on the PGA Tour since July last year. He will be eligible for the Tour Champions circuit when he turns 50 in December.<\/p><p>\"Tiger will be 50 next year. I believe he'll probably play the senior tour and he'll probably dominate the senior tour,\" Nicklaus said at the Masters on Thursday.<\/p><p>\"Tiger is too much of a competitor to not play.\"<\/p><p>The 85-year-old Nicklaus, who won a record six times at Augusta National, said prize money would not be the main factor in Woods joining the over-50s tour.<\/p><p>\"He doesn't need money. Tiger will play for competition. He loves competition, and he's very good at it, obviously,\" added Nicklaus, who was an honorary Masters starter on Thursday.<\/p><p>\"Tiger has had his issues, and he's overcome most all of them each time he's had them. I fully expect him to do that again.\"<\/p><p> (Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)<\/p>"},{"cms_article_id":3816181,"np_article_id":1597547,"article_title":"Golf-Fore! 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and 17 to drop back to even par. <\/p><p>It is McIlroy's 11th attempt at becoming only the sixth player in history to triumph at all four of golf's majors. <\/p><p>Scheffler signed for a bogey-free round of four-under 68 to sit in a three-way tie for second place behind leader Justin Rose, who is seven under par. <\/p><p>Although the world number one appeared to move effortlessly through Augusta National, he said the firm greens were making him work. <\/p><p>\"I would have felt pretty good about it,\" Scheffler said when asked how he would have felt about the round if he knew ahead of time. <\/p><p>\"I had a feeling the golf course was going to get pretty firm. 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So to be three-under through three really got me on the front foot and felt like I was playing great golf.\"<\/p><p>Rose is three strokes clear of the trio of Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners and Ludvig Aberg, who are all four under heading into Friday's second round. <\/p><p>Strong starts at Augusta National are nothing new for Rose, who has now been either in the lead or tied for it after the first round for a record fifth time. <\/p><p>\"I've played well enough to win this tournament. I just feel like I don't have the jacket to prove it,\" he said. \"Ultimately, you want to be last man standing on Sunday.\"<\/p><p>Rose, an Olympic champion who won the 2013 U.S. Open and placed second at the Masters in 2015 and 2017, said he wants to finish his career with a bang. <\/p><p>\"I do feel that I could make a statement with how well I played the back end of my career,\" he said. <\/p><p>\"My resume is nicely rounded out. There's a few big glaring gaps. 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You can't really force it. I felt like I like that type of golf. I enjoy that challenge. It's almost like you're walking on cloud nine every time you play Augusta, and today that was the case, as well.\"<\/p><p>The 25-year-old Aberg has now gone 11-under through his first five rounds at Augusta National, a mark bettered only by Jordan Spieth, who went 13-under through his first five career rounds at the famed layout.<\/p><p>For Aberg, the only blemish on his card in the opening round came at the par-three fourth hole where he two-putted from six feet after chipping out of the front right bunker that guards the green.<\/p><p>That cancelled out a birdie on the previous hole but Aberg did not panic and instead waited for his moments to strike, and he picked up strokes on four of his final seven holes to vault up the leaderboard.<\/p><p>\"This place, experience goes a long way, and I felt like we played a very disciplined round of golf today,\" said Aberg, who picked up his second career win on the PGA Tour in February at Torrey Pines.<\/p><p>\"When you execute the shots, it makes it a whole lot easier, obviously, but I felt like we managed sort of the shots where we were in between clubs in the right way and didn't try to force anything, laid up on a couple of par-fives where I could have probably gone for it if I was aggressive.\"<\/p><p> (Reporting by Frank Pingue in Augusta, GeorgiaEditing by Shri Navaratnam)<\/p>"},{"cms_article_id":3816108,"np_article_id":1597418,"article_title":"Golf-Canada's Conners plays his way into Masters conversation","article_custom_fields":"{\"\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_keywords\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_description\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_title\":[\"\"],\"sponsored_flag\":[\"\"],\"offer_flag\":[\"\"],\"featured_article_flag\":[\"\"],\"primary_category\":[\"\"],\"other_keywords\":[\"\"],\"external_link\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\\\/integration.thestar.com.my\\\/tsol\\\/ImportReuters\\\/UK%20Online%20Report%20Sports%20News\\\/2025-04-11T000037Z_1_KCN3GI28O_RTROPTC_0_US-GOLF-MASTERS.XML\"],\"article_tags\":[\"\"],\"send_to_scmp\":[\"off\"],\"media_gallery_title\":[\"\"],\"media_gallery_flag\":[\"off\"],\"syncad_medrec_top\":[\"\"],\"syncad_megalead\":[\"\"],\"header\":[\"\"],\"stop_cxense_recommendation\":[\"\"],\"permalink\":[\"sport\\\/golf\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/11\\\/golf-canada039s-conners-plays-his-way-into-masters-conversation\"],\"origin\":[\"RTR2025_KCN3GI28P\"],\"agency\":[\"Reuters\"],\"review_max_rating\":[\"\"],\"review_rating\":[\"\"],\"review_summary\":[\"\"],\"review\":[\"\"],\"breaking_news_end_time\":[\"\"],\"breaking_news_start_time\":[\"\"],\"breaking_news\":[\"\"],\"branded\":[\"{\\\"is_branded\\\":null}\"],\"paywall_package_type\":[\"Complimentary\"],\"video_source\":[\"\"],\"keyword_tagging\":[\"\"],\"summary\":[\"AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Corey Conners was not garnering much attention in the lead-up to the year's first major but the Canadian announced his presence on Thursday with his best-ever start to a Masters that left him firmly in contention.\"],\"columnist\":[],\"byline_email\":[\"\"],\"wide_image\":[\"off\"],\"wide_template\":[\"off\"],\"lifestyle_categories\":[\"\"],\"byline_photo\":[\"\"],\"wide_story_template\":[\"off\"],\"company_brand\":[\"\"],\"requester\":[\"\"],\"video_programme\":[\"\"],\"video_category\":[\"\"],\"is_video_programme\":[\"\"],\"video_programme_start_date\":[\"\"],\"video_programme_end_date\":[\"\"],\"is_klik_article\":[\"\"],\"klik_start_date\":[\"\"],\"klik_end_date\":[\"\"],\"is_topik\":[\"\"],\"topik_start_date\":[\"\"],\"topik_end_date\":[\"\"],\"caption\":[\"\"],\"fbia\":[\"off\"],\"mstar_status\":[\"\"],\"footnote\":[\"\"],\"is_exclusive\":[\"off\"],\"drupal_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":null,\\\"properties\\\":{\\\"PUBLISHED\\\":0,\\\"PROMOTED\\\":0,\\\"STICKY\\\":0,\\\"LANGUAGE\\\":0,\\\"PUBLISH_STATUS\\\":0,\\\"BODY_SUMMARY\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"ENTITYQUEUES\\\":\\\"\\\"},\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"wp_custom_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":null,\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"is_branded_article\":[\"\"],\"branded_article_start_date\":[\"\"],\"branded_article_end_date\":[\"\"],\"majoriti_paywall_story_type\":[\"\"],\"cxense_tags\":[\"\"],\"superapp_keyword_tagging\":[\"\"],\"external_source\":[\"\"],\"canonical_link\":[\"\"],\"page_number\":\"0\",\"initial_publication\":\"\",\"date_created\":\"2025-04-11 08:05:37\",\"date_modified\":\"2025-04-11 08:28:14\",\"last_modified_user\":\"NPAPI Server\",\"section_color\":\"#08F304\",\"cxense_metatags\":null,\"target_page\":\"0\"}","publish_time":"2025-04-11 08:05:00","sub_section_id":58,"image_path":"{\\\"image_path\\\":\\\"uploads\\\\\/images\\\\\/2025\\\\\/04\\\\\/11\\\\\/3258966.jpg\\\",\\\"cms_type\\\":\\\"live\\\",\\\"small_image\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"is_updated\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"image_cropping\\\":\\\"{\\\\\\\"original_image\\\\\\\":{\\\\\\\"image_original_width\\\\\\\":800,\\\\\\\"image_original_height\\\\\\\":523,\\\\\\\"icd_image_type\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"original_image\\\\\\\"}}\\\",\\\"is_copied\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"media_type\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"image_caption\\\":\\\"Golf - 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I don't know how you couldn't love coming here. It's a spectacular event, a spectacular golf course,\" Conners said.<\/p><p>\"Yeah, I feel like the course does suit my eye really well and plays into some of my strengths.\"<\/p><p>Conners arrived at the major in solid form after top-10 finishes in four of his nine PGA Tour events this season and looked very comfortable as he made his way around Augusta National.<\/p><p>Conners was even par when he reached the par-four seventh where he looked headed for a sure bogey after he failed to get out of a greenside bunker with his third shot.<\/p><p>But Conners, hoping to follow in 2003 winner Mike Weir's footsteps and become the second Canadian to slip into a Green Jacket, jump-started his round with his next shot when he managed to chip in for par.<\/p><p>\"To see that go in, that was great. I was trying hard to get it up-and-down the second time, and it went in,\" said Conners. \"That was a nice bonus and definitely a momentum builder.\"<\/p><p>The 33-year-old Conners stormed up the leaderboard late in his round as he birdied three of his final four holes, including a 24-footer at the 17th that he followed with a 13-footer at the last that caught the left edge of the cup.<\/p><p>There is plenty of golf to be played but Conners likes where he stands and feels comfortable on Augusta National's notoriously tricky and undulating greens.<\/p><p>\"They're obviously very fast. You don't need to work too hard to get the ball to the hole. 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