There is a benefit in golf to draining your brain. Just ask all the stars of the sport who are currently battling all manor of gremlins.

Then there’s Scottie Scheffler, whose swings are so pure but — and this is important — whose thoughts are uncluttered. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…

Tiger Woods is 10 over through 17 holes on his third round. Birdie at 18 would give him 81, par 82, bogey 83.

He has played 99 rounds at the Masters. His worst, to this point: 78 in both the third and fourth rounds in 2022.

His body really can't hold up for 72 holes. Or 54.

For a Moving Day at the Masters, there's not a lot of movement right now.

.Rick Maese on Verne Lundquist, retiring after 40 Masters?

Yes, sir!
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Max Homa is one of the world’s best golfers. Midway through the Masters, he shares the lead.

But tell his 14-year-old self he’d play the first two rounds with Tiger Woods?

“It really is a dream to play with him here.”

On idols and new records set. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…

Spent the day walking with Rory and Scottie, the world’s top two golfers. They have so many similarities, and one massive, green-jacket difference.

On the divide between No. 1 and No. 2. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…

Bryson DeChambeau with a 2-under 65 here at Augusta National Golf Club to lead the Masters, at least going by DeChambeau par from 2020.

“I’m looking at it as a par-67 for me because I can reach all the par 5s in 2, no problem,” he said. “... That’s not me being bigheaded.'

The Masters will begin at 10:30 a.m.

The animosity, mostly, is gone. The divide remains, and is unavoidable.

In golf coming together for the Masters, and the questions that linger. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…

Colleague Rick Maese caught up to Greg Norman at Augusta National, where he's cheering on his LIV players.

'I'm here just to support them, do the best I can to show them, ‘Hey, you know, the boss is here rooting for you.’'

The Shark, back at the Masters.
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Enormous win for the Caps in Detroit. I admit: a spring with playoff hockey > a spring without it. This is gonna be fascinating, down to the final games.

Tiger Woods can still hit the shots. His broken body needs to endure the walk.

On the Masters purgatory between competitor and curiosity. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…

A decade that began with his highly anticipated debut ended with World Series MVP honors and the Washington Nationals’ first title. Both stories live on in Cooperstown. All the best to Stephen Strasburg in retirement!

Here is a statement from Stephen Strasburg on retiring.

More to come on this in days and weeks ahead. This is a logistical move. We will hear from Strasburg at some point soon.

Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby first faced each other on Nov. 22, 2005. How long ago was that?

“I had hair,” Spencer Carbery said.

Thursday night, they play for the 94th time. On an enduring rivalry’s enduring relevance. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…

MacKenzie Gore has, in Josiah Gray's estimation, 'just pure arm talent.' It showed in his 2024 debut. The next trick: Getting the results to match the ability about 30 more times.

'I like where we're going.' On the Nats' potential ace, and what's next.
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The Nats’ home opener wasn’t what a sellout crowd had in mind. But doesn’t it feel like D.C. pro sports got a reset.

On a town and its teams, and what to do with an opportunity that just presented itself. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…