Brody Miller

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Brody Miller

AUGUSTA, Ga. - It's a strange moment to realize Rory McIlroy feels the same way about Rory McIlroy as the rest of us. That he sees a ball in the pine straw and knows he can do anything with it, and he sees that same ball in the air and sees everything that can go wrong. That McIlroy can hit the potential shot of the tournament, and as he watches it he can say to himself:"You idiot. What did you do?"To watch McIlroy is to hope.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Brody Miller

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Arms crossed, face scowled, Jon Rahm stood on the top of the hill on the ninth green staring at where he used to be. The top of the leaderboard. He didn't look away. He didn't watch Wyndham Clark finish the hole. Rahm remained locked in on the analog scoreboard at Augusta National, hunched forward with his eyes squinted to get a closer look. What he saw were his peers. * Scottie Scheffler: Clubhouse co-leader, 4-under. * Rory McIlroy: 3-under through 10.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brody Miller |Gabrielle Herzig

AUGUSTA, Ga. - When the Masters begins on Thursday, there'll be no shortage of top contenders. Scottie Scheffler is seeking to become the first back-to-back champion since Tiger Woods more than 20 years ago, and only the second to win three times in four years (Jack Nicklaus, of course, was the first.). Rory McIlroy is seeking to end an 11-year drought between major championships. A Masters victory would also complete the career grand slam.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Gabrielle Herzig |Brody Miller

AUGUSTA, Ga. - He was new, as giddy as the rest of us would be arriving at Augusta National for the first time. He didn't know any better, because how would he? The young man was about to caddie his first Masters practice round when he heard one of the veterans say:"Boy, can you believe it?" You know the closest to the pin competition The Players Championship does for caddies on TPC Sawgrass' 17th hole?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brody Miller

Ludvig Åberg is not here to golf. He's a few hundred yards from one of the most famous courses in the country, but he's hardly allowed to pick up a club yet. Not that he'd even want to. It's late October in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and Åberg is sitting at what they've jokingly called the bridal suite, chugging electrolytes from a small vanity serving as his headquarters during two of the more foreign days of his life. He's at the end of a big Adidas media push at TPC Sawgrass.