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Well, maybe this will be HV3’s year, the year Harold Varnergets his first PGA Tour win and the January trip to Maui that comes with it, for the Sentry Tournament of Champions. It’s a good week: a wide-open golf course, poolside Mai Tais after work, a Ritz-Carlton where the doorman greets you with a hearty aloha. Last year, Varner finished second at Hilton Head. In a new book by my press-tent pal John Feinstein, Varner, 31, open and playful, makes a telling appearance. On page 297 of Raise a Fist, Take a Knee, Varner and Amanda Singleton (boyfriend and girlfriend as teenagers; married...

Stephen Curry has long been an admirer of Lee Elder, who endured racism as the first Black man to play in the Masters Tournament in 1975. So, of course the Golden State Warriors’ all-time leading scorer made it a point to watch the golf legend make history again at the 2021 Masters, where Elder served as an honorary starter alongside Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player on April 8. “To know that [Elder] gets his flowers while he’s still here, one, but to know what he went through at ’75, just to qualify for the Masters, to show up there with...

When the storyline of the weekend doesn’t involve an actual competitor in the tournament, you know you’re in trouble. 

Pebble Beach Resort’s renovated short course, designed with the help of Tiger Woods and located on the former site of the historic Peter Hay Golf Course, is complete and set to welcome golfers next month. John Sawin, Pebble Beach Company’s vice president and director of golf, said that despite the pandemic and last month’s serious car accident suffered by Woods, the course will be officially open for play on April 16.