Andrew Beaton
Sports Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
I cover the NFL and sports for @WSJSports; may occasionally tweet about chess. Email: [email protected]
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wsj.com | Andrew Beaton
Augusta National has long held itself up as the American keeper of the spirit of golf. So it echoed loudly around the sport last week when club chairman Fred Ridley went out of his way to address one of the sensitive issues driving a wedge through the game: painfully slow rounds of golf. “Playing without undue delay, as the rules and the game’s traditions dictate, is an essential skill of golf at all levels,” Ridley said.
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wsj.com | Andrew Beaton
April 14, 2025 9:00 am ETA week before Rory McIlroy made his latest run at the Masters, he sat down for lunch in Florida with someone who knew a thing or two about getting around Augusta National Golf Club. “Rory, I know you prepared for Augusta,” Jack Nicklaus told him. “Tell me how you’re going to play the golf course.” Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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wsj.com | Andrew Beaton
The heartbreak only deepened after he recovered to build a five-shot lead on the back nine, only to unravel again with a gut-wrenching double bogey while a surging Justin Rose mounted his charge. But each time, he kept recovering, and when the pair went to a playoff after McIlroy gave up the lead once more with a bogey on the 18th hole, there was no mistaking it: he was heading for his worst collapse yet or he would finally get over the hump in the most excruciating fashion imaginable.
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wsj.com | Louise Radnofsky |Andrew Beaton
Augusta National maintains the secrecy it craves, through the help of the cityOn the grounds here during the Masters, there’s no hiding who’s a member of Augusta National Golf Club. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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fnlondon.com | Louise Radnofsky |Andrew Beaton
Augusta National Is So Private Even the Government Protects Its SecretsAugusta National maintains the secrecy it craves, through the help of the city Published April 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM ET Augusta, Ga. On the grounds here during the Masters, there’s no hiding who’s a member of Augusta National Golf Club.
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Normally, they'd be obsessing over their portfolios. Instead, they went to the Masters, ditched their phones and when stocks went crazy yesterday, they had no idea. Until I told them. "The market's ripping?" The market was, in fact, ripping. https://t.co/d1eHowBsJN
One lesser known Masters tradition unlike any other: Augusta National gifting scores of tickets to government officials. "This is a recipe for making sure that this powerful golf club actually controls the city." With @louiseradnofsky: https://t.co/85oaDOtsW3
In the NIL era, the collectives and boosters paying for top talent isn't usually a secret. But who's paying for Cooper Flagg and Duke's star-studded roster has been tightly held. Until now. The dark money behind the top team in college basketball: https://t.co/cBnc7ZD2ES