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Rod Pampling set for early Masters exit

Rod Pampling plays out of the bunker on second hole during his first round of the 2017 Masters.

At the age of 47, Rod Pampling knows the 2017 Masters could be his last but the veteran Australian golfer is happy to be back at Augusta National after a decade-long drought.

Johnson withdraws, Scott struggles early

Mixed start: Adam Scott.

World No.1 Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the Masters minutes before he was scheduled to tee off in the first round at Augusta National on Thursday (Friday AEST).

Believe the hype – Augusta National is unbelievable

One of a kind: Augusta National is golf's greatest cathedral.

The English writer and philosopher William Hazlitt contemplated, that no man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime; the test of greatness is the page of history. When you think about it, this is a mighty difficult barometer. So how then, do you define greatness?

Leishman's Masters focus is razor sharp

"I'm really excited to be at Augusta; this time last month I wasn't in the Masters": Marc Leishman.

With the anniversary of wife Audrey's life-threatening illness a relic of 2016, Marc Leishman believes his Masters focus will be greater than ever at Augusta National this week.

Tiger's grand entrance: 20 years on

Tiger Woods laughs with Richard Green of Australia during a practice round prior to the start of the 89th PGA ...

Twenty years later, it is easy to forget that when Woods showed up at Augusta National Golf Club for his major debut as a professional, the only person predicting that he would win 14 majors was his father, Earl.