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Golf
Photos: First round of the 2021 Masters
The scene from the first round of the 2021 Masters Thursday in Augusta.
Justin Rose and his caddie David Clark react to his second shot on the eighteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Shane Lowry, left, gives Justin Rose a fist bump as they finish their first round on the eighteenth hole during the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Rose hits his tee shot on the fifteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Adam Scott reacts to missing his birdie putt on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Kevin Na hits out of the bunker on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Charles Osborne reacts to his tee shot on the eleventh hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Fred Couples stretches before he hits his tee shot on the eleventh hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Marc Leishman hits his second shot on the tenth fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Bubba Watson tees off on the eighteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
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April 8, 2021, Augusta: Hideki Matsuyama hits his tee shot on the eleventh hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
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April 8, 2021, Augusta: Hideki Matsuyama chips from off of the twelfth green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Hideki Matsuyama hits his tee shot on the eleventh hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Cameron Champ hits on the tenth fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Hideki Matsuyama reacts to his tee shot on the eleventh hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Webb Simpson reacts to his birdie putt on the thirteenth green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Webb Simpson, left, and Christiaan Bezuidenhout walk up to the thirteenth green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Bubba Watson tees off on the fourteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Bubba Watson prepares to putt on the thirteenth green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Brooks Koepka takes a drop after hitting into the tributary to Rae’s Creek on the thirteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Only a few patrons watch as Hideki Matsuyama tees on the eighteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the sixteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Christiaan Bezuidenhout tees off on the fourteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Marc Leishman tees off on the eleventh hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Patrick Reed reacts to missing his par putt on the eighteenth green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Patrick Reed reacts to missing his par putt on the eighteenth green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Matt Kuchar hits out of the bunker on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Rose practices his swing as he walks to the eleventh tee during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Sungjae Im reacts to missing his par putt on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Phil Mickelson reacts to missing a birdie putt his on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Sungjae Im hits his fairway shot on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Rose hits out of the bunker on the fifteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Thomas reacts to making a putt on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Rose reacts to his tee shot on the fifteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Louis Oosthuizen hits out of the bunker on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Bryson DeChambeau reacts to the gallery as he makes a par putt on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Rose reacts to missing his birdie attempt on the eighteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Rose reacts to his birdie shot on the seventeenth hole to go seven under during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Rose tees off on seventeenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
April 8, 2021, Augusta: Justin Rose reacts to making a birdie on the sixteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
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Justin Rose and his caddie David Clark react to his second shot on the eighteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Augusta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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Atlanta Dream center Brittney Griner (42) fights for possession during the first half of a WNBA basketball first-round playoff game against the Indiana Fever at Gateway Center Arena on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Atlanta. 
(Miguel Martinez/ AJC)
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PHOTOS: Dream defeat Fever to open WNBA Playoffs

The Atlanta Dream defeated the Indiana Fever 80-68 to take Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round WNBA playoff series on Sunday

Georgia coach Kirby Smart (center) gives Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton a play during the closing minute of the second quarter against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Jason Getz/AJC)
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PHOTOS: Georgia visits Knoxville to take on Tennessee

The Georgia Bulldogs traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in an early-season key matchup in the SEC.

Georgia Tech wide receivers Dean Patterson (left) and Malik Rutherford celebrate after a successful two-point conversion  during the second half against the Clemson Tigers on Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. (Jason Allen/AJC)
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PHOTOS: Georgia Tech defeats Clemson on the final play

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeat the Clemson Tigers on a field goal as time ran out, 24-21.

Georgia faithful drove to Knoxville on Saturday to cheer on the Bulldogs as they play Tennessee in Knoxville. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

PHOTOS: Georgia visits Rocky Top, Tennessee, for SEC showdown

Georgia visits Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., for SEC clash with Volunteers.

Sequoyah wide receiver Brook Darling catches a pass during the first half against Sprayberry at Skip Pope Stadium in Canton on Friday, Sept. 12th, 2025. (Oscar Guevara Saenz for the AJC)
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Credit: Oscar Guevara Saenz

PHOTOS: Sequoyah vs. Sprayberry high school football

Sequoyah defeated Sprayberry, 63-20, in a football game at Sequoyah High School in Canton on Friday.

Fayetteville Firefighter Noah Maupin makes it to the summit of Stone Mountain during the annual 9/11 memorial on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.   Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Credit: Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal

PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta remembers victims of Sept. 11

Two events in metro Atlanta commemorate the 2977 lives lost in deadly terrorist attacks in on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Cobb County fire department hangs a U.S. flag from their fire trucks as a procession for fallen Dekalb County Firefighter Preston Fant arrives at West Cobb Funeral Home on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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Credit: Ben Hendren

PHOTOS: Fallen DeKalb firefighter honored with processional through metro Atlanta

Several metro Atlanta fire departments paid their respects Wednesday morning to fallen DeKalb County firefighter Preston Fant with a somber procession to a Marietta funeral ho...

Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider throws a pitch against Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a baseball game at Truist Park, Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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PHOTOS: Braves fall to Cubs, 6-1

The Braves fell to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, 6-1, at Truist Park.