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Evening Standard
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Evening Standard
When is Rory McIlroy playing at the PGA Championship? New tee times and groupings after severe weather delays
The Northern Irishman - who has also won at both the Players Championship and Pebble Beach Pro-Am so far this year - squeezed marginally under the cut line at the 107th PGA Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, struggling to a first-round 74 before scraping through despite two closing bogeys in a 69 on Friday leaving him one over par for the tournament.
Irish Daily Star
25-04-2025
- Business
- Irish Daily Star
Billionaire PGA Tour star's father sold stunning mansion with own ice rink for $35 million
Maverick McNealy earned close to $1 million at the RBC Heritage last week, but is accustomed to living a life of luxury . The PGA Tour star has climbed to 10th in the world rankings and finished T3 at the RBC Heritage, three shots behind Andrew Novak and Justin Thomas. McNealy, 29, has one professional win and is edging closer to a second title with five top 10 finishes in 2025. Despite his success on the golf course, McNealy considered leaving the sport to pursue a career in business before turning pro. His dilemma was likely influenced by watching his father Scott McNealy build a company worth $7.4 billion. The golf star grew up in lavish surroundings, with his unique childhood home being sold for $35M last year. The Bay Area mansion that was previously the McNealy family home was initially listed for $96M in 2018. The golfer's parents spent $11M to build the vast property in 2008. Tech billionaire McNealy, who has an estimated net worth of $1BN, co-founded Sun Microsystems and sold the company for $7.4BN in 2010. Having made their fortune, the family designed the five-bedroom and seven-bathroom mansion around Maverick and their other three sons. The Portola Valley home remarkably boasted an ice hockey rink, golf course, rock-climbing wall, poker room, and party room with a disco ball. Other notable features included the home theater and gym, as well as a hidden bunker with panic buttons to ensure the family's safety. Scott McNealy played alongside Maverick at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February (Image:) Previous listing agent Deepee Chattha explained to SFGATE that the family was not serious about selling the 13-acre mansion until 2019. The couple almost halved the asking price to $53M and later remodelled the house in their attempt to find a buyer. 'A lot of heart went into building this home. It was built from love,' Chattha told SFGATE in 2020. Four years on, the private listing was bought by an LLC named Zenith Property for $35M last July. Having access to a home golf course would have helped PGA star McNealy hone his skills. As a teenager, he was rated among the top golf prospects in the US and has since made his mark in the pro ranks, winning the RSM Classic in November 2024. Earning his first victory on the PGA Tour appears to have given McNealy added confidence this year. The 29-year-old had achieved two top 10 finishes before finishing runner-up by a stroke to Ludvig Aberg at the Genesis Open in February. Scout McNealy has been Maveick McNealy's caddie (Image: Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images) He followed this by finishing T3 at the Valero Texas Open earlier this month and ended the Masters in T32. A week later, McNealy collected $960,000 for his performance at the RBC Heritage. According to the PGA , McNealy has earned $4.8M so far this year. His overall career earnings stand at $17M since joining the tour in 2020. McNealy's upbringing around golf has also benefited one of his siblings. Since late last year, the world No.10 has been caddied by his youngest brother, Scout.
Japan Times
11-04-2025
- Sport
- Japan Times
Is Mookie Betts or Shohei Ohtani the better athlete? Dodgers teammates weigh in
In one corner, standing 190 cm and weighing 95 kg, is Shohei Ohtani, hitter, pitcher and three-time MVP. In the other corner, standing 178 cm and weighing 81 kg when fully nourished, is Mookie Betts, outfielder, infielder and one-time MVP. Which Los Angeles Dodgers superstar is the better athlete? The Athletic posed the question to numerous Dodgers in recent weeks. "Oh man,' Tommy Edman said. "Oh God,' pitcher Tyler Glasnow said. "That's a tough one,' the team's third base coach, Dino Ebel, said. The beauty of the question is that even as baseball players, Ohtani and Betts are so different. Ohtani, now a designated hitter, doesn't play infield or outfield. Betts doesn't pitch. Ohtani is stronger, with a career slugging percentage 50 points higher, and faster, with a sprint speed that ranked in the 70th percentile last season, compared with Betts, who is in the 31st percentile. (Surprisingly, the New York Yankees' 99-kg catcher, Austin Wells, and the San Diego Padres' 106-kg pound first baseman and outfielder, Gavin Sheets, were among the players who had the same average sprint speed as Betts.) As a pitcher, Ohtani's career strikeout rate is 31.2%; Chris Sale led the majors last season at 32.1%. Last season, while unable to pitch during his recovery from major elbow surgery, Ohtani became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single MLB season. The latter total was helped by rules introduced in 2022 to make it easier for players to steal bases. Even then, Betts has made it to 30-30 once — in 2018, his MVP season with the Boston Red Sox. No matter. In our informal poll, Betts was the clear winner. Dodgers' utility man Chris Taylor called him "one of the greatest athletes I've ever played with, if not the greatest.' Shohei Ohtani slides into second during the third inning against the Tigers at Dodger Stadium on March 27. | Imagn Images / VIA REUTERS What about Ohtani? "I've never seen Shohei play other sports,' Taylor said. "Mookie, pretty much anything that guy does, he's a natural at. You can pretty much put him on any field or sport and he can thrive at it.' Ebel, Edman, first baseman Freddie Freeman and third baseman Max Muncy also leaned toward Betts, all citing his ability to excel at numerous sports. "Sho might do some stuff that's a little more unbelievable,' Muncy said. "But I think overall athlete, I have to give it to Mook.' To understand the case for Betts, you cannot simply look at the back of his baseball card. Playing basketball for John Overton High School in Nashville, Tennessee, Betts was the Class AAA All-City player of the year. As a bowler, he has rolled numerous perfect games, including one at the 2017 World Series of Bowling. In golf, he has competed in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Freeman said he has seen Betts run routes like a wide receiver. And Betts' latest passion is pickleball, which last September he called "my jam.' Ohtani? He swam competitively at Hanamaki Higashi High School in Japan. His baseball coach there said he was fast enough to represent Japan in the Olympics. But his Dodgers teammates said the only sport they have seen him play is baseball. "It depends how you want to define athleticism,' catcher Will Smith said. "Just pure athleticism, probably Shohei. But hand-eye coordination and playing other sports, probably Mookie.' Glasnow, too, found it difficult to draw a distinction. "I think if you define being athletic as picking up whatever sport and being good at it, I'd say Mookie,' Glasnow said. "But Shohei just has the freakish ability to be dominant. So it's hard. It's kind of a mixed bag answer.' Right fielder Teoscar Hernandez did not see the question as particularly complicated, saying Ohtani is the better athlete, "just because he can pitch.' Then again, perhaps no other player in baseball could win six Gold Gloves in right field, then become an everyday shortstop the way Betts has the past two seasons. Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts hits a walk-off, three-run home run against the Tigers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 28. | Imagn Images / VIA REUTERS Manager Dave Roberts was another who chose Betts because of his multisport prowess. But then Roberts made an interesting point. If the two were competing in a decathlon — the Olympic event considered the best overall measure of athletic ability — he would take Ohtani. Think about it. Ohtani would probably win all the running events — the 100 meters, 400, 1,500 and 110-meter hurdles. He also would win the strength events — the shot put, discus and javelin. That leaves the long jump, high jump and pole vault. Would you bet against Ohtani in any of those? Maybe not. But for the final vote, let's hear who Betts thinks is the better athlete. "Me,' he said. "Not even close.' Why? "If we're talking about does he run fast, does he jump high and stuff, Shohei would win that,' Betts continued. "But as far as, like, pure coordination skills, I don't think it's remotely close. I feel like it's just what I do. It's just what God blessed me with.' Betts nodded when informed that most of the Dodgers picked him, marveling not just at his ability to move from position to position, but also sport to sport. "Like I said, that's kind of what God blessed me with,' Betts said. "That's the reason why I can move and play kind of any position. If you can play any sport and understand how your body moves, you should be able to put it in decent spots to be successful, no matter where you are on the field.' Ohtani was not available for comment, but it's doubtful anything he said would have altered the conversation. Besides, is it really even a competition? If Ohtani can't beat out Betts for best athlete on the Dodgers, he gladly would settle for the only title that seems to matter to him: greatest baseball player who ever lived. This article originally appeared in The New York Times © 2025 The New York Times Company
USA Today
06-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
When is 2025 Masters? Start date, times, schedule, how to watch first golf major
When is 2025 Masters? Start date, times, schedule, how to watch first golf major Show Caption Hide Caption Wyndham Clark on magic of Augusta and studying Tiger Woods' approach Wyndham Clark joins Sports Seriously to talk about the Masters and how he's studied Tiger Woods' success there over the years. The 2025 Masters will see the best in men's golf take to the links this week, with Augusta National Golf Club the stage for the first major of the PGA Tour season. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is aiming to defend his title and would put on the fabled green jacket for the third time in his career . However, Rory McIlroy — who lost out to Scheffler by three strokes back in 2022 — has started the 2025 season strong, winning the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Players Championship. In Houston Open in late March, Scheffler finished four strokes ahead of McIlroy, with both stars placing in the top five. Scheffler and McIlroy are far from the only serious contenders. While Tiger Woods is definitely out with an Achilles injury, the PGA Tour is stocked with potential winners. Ludvig Åberg pushed Scheffler all the way last year, while Jon Rahm (who won the 2023 Masters), Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele are all formidable threats. Here is what to know about the 2025 Masters, including TV and streaming information. 2025 MASTERS: Scottie Scheffler set to defend title against star-studded field When is 2025 Masters? Dates, time, how to watch The 89th edition of the Masters is set to begin Thursday, April 10 and run through Sunday, April 13, at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Both CBS and ESPN provide coverage of the first major of the year. ESPN will carry the first three rounds, with live coverage running from 3-7:30 p.m. ET starting on Thursday and recurring for each of the next two days. CBS has announced expanded coverage of the final round, with coverage running from 2-7 p.m. on Sunday. Paramount+ will include a further two-hour window of exclusive coverage, which starts at 12 p.m. and runs through the start of the CBS broadcast. Dates: Thursday, April 10 – Sunday, April 13 Thursday, April 10 – Sunday, April 13 Time: First tee on Thursday is set for 8 a.m. ET First tee on Thursday is set for 8 a.m. ET Where: August National Golf Club (Augusta, Georgia) August National Golf Club (Augusta, Georgia) TV: CBS, ESPN CBS, ESPN Stream: Paramount+, Fubo (free trial) Watch the 2025 Masters on Fubo
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
How do you prepare for your first Masters? Maverick McNealy has a plan
Maverick McNealy is ready for his Masters moment. () (Jonathan Bachman via Getty Images) This time last year, Maverick McNealy was ranked 102nd in the world, a promising player on a Tour full of them. He hadn't yet won on the PGA Tour, and as he watched Scottie Scheffler win another green jacket, he made himself a vow: Get to Augusta next year. Advertisement 'The Masters last year was a tough one for me to watch because I wanted so badly to be there,' McNealy told Yahoo Sports this week. 'It's always one of my favorite tournaments to watch, and it just it really bugged me that it didn't have a tee time.' So McNealy did what every good 2020s-era golfer does: huddled with his team at the start of the fall season and made a plan. Their goals: Get into the top 60 to qualify for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational; get into the top 50 to qualify for the Masters; and get into the Sentry at Kapalua by winning a tournament. The fall was decent but not spectacular, and McNealy's carefully laid plans were coming apart. With one tournament left, the possibilities of hitting his marks were dwindling. 'We had one out of the three locked up going to Sea Island,' site of the RSM Classic, the year's final tournament, McNealy said. 'It's really just a Hail Mary pass to try and get the last two locked up. There was really only one position that was going to get it done for us.' Advertisement And then McNealy went out and finished in that one position — first — and the whole world opened up for him. He leaped all the way up to 31st in the world, and soon afterward he received that envelope that every golfer dreams of: an invitation to the Masters. McNealy's win at the RSM Classic earned him an invitation to Augusta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) (Kevin C. Cox via Getty Images) 'I'm really excited to just experience one of the cathedrals of golf and see what the Masters is all about,' says McNealy, who's now ranked 16th in the world. 'It's something I've watched on TV, but I know it's going to be even more amazing in person, and I'm excited to see how I play the golf course.' Ever since the invitation arrived, McNealy has been plotting strategy, watching old YouTube videos and working on his shot arsenal to prepare for the course. 'Sometimes it's not super relevant to watch a major from 12 years ago because the game's played differently and the course has changed,' he says. 'But the bones of [Augusta National] and the way it's played are really the same.' Advertisement Invitees have an opportunity to play the course ahead of time, and McNealy teed it up for the first time last Monday. 'I'm excited to broaden my field of view for some of the short game shots around the greens,' he says. 'I think there's a reason why a guy like Jordan Spieth had a lot of success in his first few Masters, because he sees shots like that all the time.' Working in McNealy's favor: his putting game. 'I've had some success on fast, sloping greens with lots of break,' he says, 'and I think having really good speed control will help me differentiate out there.' When he arrives at Augusta on Monday, McNealy will focus on his swing early in the week, and his putting and green reading the closer he gets to Thursday. 'I'm going to play nine each day, and depending on which nine I want to see twice, I'll do that,' he says. 'Just want to make sure I don't overdo it the first couple days and be so excited. Who wouldn't want to play 18, 18, 18? Hopefully this isn't my only one and I've got a lot of cracks at this tournament.' Advertisement He also plans to play in the Par-3 contest, with his wife Maya caddying for him. 'I'm going to be judicious with my energy as the week goes on, because I know it's going to be a really high-adrenaline, high-excitement, fun week,' he says. 'Make sure I've got a lot left in the tank for Saturday and Sunday if I need it. But definitely would regret not enjoying everything I could out of my first Masters.' Along the way, he'll avoid practicing from areas he and his team call the 'Delta ticket counter' — as in, if you hit it over there, you're going to the Delta ticket counter on Saturday morning to change your flight out of town. 'The philosophy is, prepare like you're going to be in the top 10 and trying to make a run up the leaderboard, because those shots are way more valuable than the ones when you're down in 55th place.' Before he arrives at Augusta, though, there's the small matter of this week's Valero Texas Open. Some pros prefer to take the weekend off, but McNealy believes he thrives with more consistent activity. Advertisement 'There's nothing better than playing in PGA Tour conditions on a PGA Tour setup to prepare for a major championship,' he says. 'There's nothing like competition to really reveal the loose nuts and bolts that you need to tighten up.' (After posting a 4-under first round, he stood at T6, five strokes back of leader Sam Ryder.) The numbers back up McNealy's belief in constant competition. His best results of late have come after he's played multiple weeks in short succession. The RSM win was his fifth tournament in six weeks; earlier this year, he finished T9 and solo second in the WM Open and the Genesis, his third and fourth tournaments in a row on the West Coast swing. The Masters will fall on the third week of his current run. For now, there's the Valero, and then he'll head east to Augusta. At that point, he'll face his first crucial decision of the week: what song to play as he rolls up Magnolia Drive for the first time as a player. 'My wife and I are on a Morgan Wallen kick right now,' he laughs, 'so it'll probably be one of those. I'm pretty excited for that.'
