Augusta, GA

Viktor Hovland's Masters ends with bizarre miss from inches away

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2 years ago

April 13, 2024

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Viktor Hovland's Masters ends with bizarre miss from inches away

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Nick Piastowski

April 12, 2024

Viktor Hovland missed the Masters cut, and a late three-putt — and bizarre miss from inches away — didn’t help his cause.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Maybe not now, perhaps not for a while, but Viktor Hovland believes the bad stuff sometimes leads to the good.

Although it’s unclear if he’s still thinking that after he just three-putted from 5 feet — including a miss of about 3 inches — to miss the Masters cut by two shots.

“Yeah, sometimes it’s like, I would say — I don’t know if that’s normal, but I feel like that’s how I’m wired a little bit,” Hovland said earlier this week. “If I play bad, that almost motivates me more than when I’m playing good because when you’re playing good, it’s like, OK, I know what I’m doing, I can kind of take tomorrow off or I know that I’m playing good, so I’ll just chill for a little bit or whatever. You become more complacent. I would say as soon as I play bad or I make a couple of mistakes, that almost motivates me more to come back and get better.”

Now, about that three-putt.

On Friday, during the second round at Augusta National, Hovland had been struggling. It was surprising. A day earlier, he shot a one-under 71. But he succumbed to the wind and the devilishness of Augusta. He bogeyed 1. He tripled 2, via two penalties. He doubled 4. He bogeyed 5. He birdied 13, but then bogeyed 14. He was six over. He was squarely on the cut line.

Then on the 550-yard, par-5 15th, Hovland disastrously fell off. After four strokes found him 5 feet from the hole, it took him three more to get in the cup. A quick rundown:

— On the par putt, he missed to the left. It happens. His ball finished about 3 inches away. He took three steps to his right.

— On the bogey putt, Hovland just brushed the ball with just his right hand. It missed to the right. Someone in the background shouts: “Oh s**t.” Indeed.

— On the double-bogey putt, Hovland took five steps to the right. He made it, for a 7.

From there, he took six more steps and heaved his ball into the water ahead of the green. He looked down. He parred out. No weekend.

Nick Piastowski

Golf.com Editor

Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his role, he is responsible for editing, writing and developing stories across the golf space. And when he’s not writing about ways to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native is probably playing the game, hitting the ball left, right and short, and drinking a cold beer to wash away his score. You can reach out to him about any of these topics — his stories, his game or his beers — at nick.piastowski@golf.com.

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Augusta, GA

AU to cut ribbon on new Student Health Services building

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30 minutes ago

January 9, 2026

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AU to cut ribbon on new Student Health Services building

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Augusta University is set to cut the ribbon on a new Student Health Services building on Friday.

The ribbon cutting will be held at 2:30 p.m. at 1465 Laney Walker Boulevard in Augusta.

The event will showcase the field of college health and the role the services have on students’ personal development and academic success.

The clinic relocated to the new space last month to make way for AU’s advanced research and clinical innovation, according to officials.

At the event, there will also be snacks, interactive games and clinic tours.

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Augusta, GA

Law enforcement converges on home in west Augusta

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13 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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Law enforcement converges on home in west Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – There was a large law enforcement presence Thursday morning at a home in west Augusta near Fort Gordon.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force were in the area attempting to find a suspect, according to deputies.

Witnesses said around 11:25 a.m. that officers had been surrounding a home at Harper-Franklin Avenue and Covington Court.

That’s in a neighborhood of mostly two-story brick-fronted homes built in the past three or four years just east of Jimmie Dyess Parkway and a couple of blocks north of Gordon Highway.

As noon approached, law enforcement had left.

But a Facebook post from earlier did show a large presence,including marked and unmarked cars, and officers all around the house. A witness said police dogs were on the scene, as well.

News 12 has reached out to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office for information.

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Augusta mayoral candidate holds town hall as election season begins

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1 day ago

January 8, 2026

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Augusta mayoral candidate holds town hall as election season begins

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Steven Kendrick held a town hall on Wednesday at the Henry Brigham Community Center as he prepares to challenge Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson.

Kendrick, who serves as chief deputy tax commissioner for Richmond County, previously ran against Johnson in 2022. The town hall was part of Kendrick’s campaign tour as he seeks to unseat the incumbent mayor.

“Some of the people felt as though we really needed to dig a little deeper and we dug a little deeper,” Kendrick said after the meeting. “But that’s how you gain understanding, where everybody’s not going to agree about everything. Some of them we didn’t agree on. I certainly enjoyed the interaction. I learned some things, and I hope they learned some things as well.”

Multiple Commission seats up for election

The mayoral race is not the only contest facing Richmond County voters. Several Augusta Commission seats are up for election across multiple districts.

District 8 will have a new commissioner because Commissioner Brandon Garrett is term-limited and cannot run again. Michael Cioffi and Evett Williams have filed to run for the District 8 seat.

Districts 2, 4, 6 and 10 are also up for election. Stacy Pulliam currently serves in District 2.

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