Brentley Romine

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Brentley Romine

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta National Golf Club had once again brought Rory McIlroy to his knees. After easily the most emotionally draining day of his Masters career, McIlroy had nothing left. Doubled over, his elbows firmly planted into the bentgrass turf, head buried for what seemed like forever, McIlroy finally uncurled back to his knees and with fists clenched screamed toward the sky, a decade-plus of emotion pouring out of him. AdvertisementThis time, though, he rose a champion.

1 week ago | nbcsports.com | Brentley Romine

AUGUSTA, Ga. – After bogeying each of his final two holes Saturday evening, Shane Lowry was evidently boiling as he stepped onto the interview podium at Augusta National Golf Club. Lowry was now seven shots back of his buddy Rory McIlroy, who is two clear of the field at this Masters, McIlroy’s final leg needed for the career grand slam, and whom Lowry played right in front of all day. And so, naturally, this question was asked: Did you find yourself looking back at all at Rory?

1 week ago | nbcsports.com | Brentley Romine

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta National Golf Club was an electric factory on Saturday afternoon, so much so that it felt like a Sunday. Clutch shots. Standing ovations. And the roars. Oh, those roars. Most of the big ones were for Rory McIlroy, who was bucking out of the gates, draining 3s like Steph Curry and nearly putting this 89th Masters to bed a day early. A late eagle gave McIlroy a commanding lead, putting the Northern Irishman on the precipice of completing the career Grand Slam.

1 week ago | nbcsports.com | Brentley Romine

AUGUSTA, Ga. – It had been a while since Jordan Spieth went bogey-free around Augusta National Golf Club. In fact, Spieth hadn’t kept a clean card here since the second round of the 2016 Masters, when he fired a 66 for what, at the time, was his second bogey-free round in 10 career attempts. So, in that sense, Spieth’s 3-under 69 Saturday was meaningful. “That’s the goal every time I tee it up on No. 1,” Spieth said. But it didn’t mean that Spieth wasn’t still frustrated.

1 week ago | nbcsports.com | Brentley Romine

The road to Omni La Costa is heating up. Conference championships are now underway as men’s and women’s teams battle for automatic bids into the NCAA postseason, which consists of six, 54-hole regionals featuring a combined 29 conference champions and 43 at-large teams.