Tee It Up Preview-The Masters

Tee It Up Preview-The Masters

This week on Tee It Up Preview-The Masters. The Masters is hosted by Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This is the first golf Major of the year on the PGA Tour. The event was first thought of by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts in 1930. The tournament came to life for the first time in 1934, the event does contain a smaller field than other major championships because it is an invitational event. Beginning in 1949 The Master began a tradition of giving the winners a green jacket. The winners are allowed to keep the green jacket for one year, then they must return it to Augusta National’s clubhouse, it is still their personal property and is kept in a designated closet. For multiple winners, they use the same green jacket, unless they need to be refitted. On Tuesday of The Masters week, they host the Champions dinner, first held in 1952, the dinner is hosted by the previous years’ winner and is only open to past champions and certain board members of the Augusta National Golf Club.

Par 3 Contest

The Masters Par 3 Contest is a held the Wednesday before official play begins. It was first held in 1960 and won by Sam Snead. The 9 hole par 27 course was designed in 1958 by George Cobb and club founder Clifford Roberts. The event typically has the golfers using friends or family members as their caddy. No winner of the Par-3 contest has gone on to win the Masters in the same year. Notable winners include –

• Tom Watson (1982, 2018)
• Luke Donald (2011)
• Vijay Singh (1994)
• Sam Snead (1960, 1974)

Ben Crenshaw and Vijay Singh are the only players to win a Masters after winning a Par-3 contest. Tom Watson is the only player to hold both titles at once, winning the Par-3 contest in 1982 as defending Masters champion.

Field

• Masters Tournament Champions (lifetime)
• The U.S. Open Champions (5 years)
• The Open Champions (5 years)
• PGA Champions (5 years)
• Winners of the Players Championship (3 years)
• Current Olympic Gold Medalist (1 year)
• Current U.S. Amateur Champion & Runner-Up
• Current British Amateur Champions
• Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion
• Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion
• Current Latin America Amateur Champion
• The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
• The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
• The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open Championship
• The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
• Winners of PGA Tour regular-season and playoff events that award at least a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, starting with the RBC Heritage to the Shell Houston Open. Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship (top 30 in FedEx Cup prior to tournament)
• The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
• The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters’ Tournament

Augusta National

Augusta National is located in Augusta, Georgia and was first opened in 1933. The club was founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts on the former site of Fruitland Nursery. The golf course was designed by Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie. Beginning in 2019 Augusta National co-hosted the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Currently, it is ranked #2 on Golf Digest’s 2019-2020 America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses.

Thursday Notable Groups

• 9:58 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Tony Finau, Henrik Stenson
• 10:31 a.m. — Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson, Viktor Hovland
• 10:53 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele, Gary Woodland
• 11:04 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Haotong Li, Jon Rahm
• 11:15 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Cameron Smith
• 12:32 p.m. — Alex Noren, Keegan Bradley, Matthew Fitzpatrick
• 1:05 p.m. — Zach Johnson, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar
• 1:38 p.m. — Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day
• 1:49 p.m. — Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas
• 2 p.m. — Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey, Brooks Koepka

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TV Schedule

Thursday

• 7:45 am – 8:30 am: Honorary Starters (Masters.com)
• 8:30 am – 10:30 am: On the Range (Masters.com)
• 10 am – 7:30 pm: Featured group coverage (Masters.com)
• 10:45 am – 6 pm: Amen Corner live feed (Masters.com)
• 11:45 am – 7 pm: Holes 15 and 16 live feed (Masters.com)
• 3 pm – 7:30 pm: First-round broadcast coverage (ESPN)

Friday

• 8:30 am – 10:30 am: On the Range (Masters.com)
• 10 am – 7:30 pm: Featured group coverage (Masters.com)
• 10:45 am – 6 pm: Amen Corner live feed (Masters.com)
• 11:45 am – 7 pm: Holes 15 and 16 live feed (Masters.com)
• 3 pm – 7:30 pm: First-round broadcast coverage (ESPN)

Saturday

• 11 am – 1 pm: On the Range (Masters.com)
• 11:15 am – 7 pm: Featured group coverage (Masters.com)
• 12:30 pm – 6 pm: Amen Corner live feed (Masters.com)
• 1:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Holes 15 and 16 live feed (Masters.com)
• 3 pm – 7 pm: Third-round broadcast coverage (CBS)

Sunday

• 10:45 am – 7 pm: Featured group coverage (Masters.com)
• 11 am – 1 pm: On the Range (Masters.com)
• 12 pm – 6 pm: Amen Corner live feed (Masters.com)
• 1 pm – 6:30 pm: Holes 15 and 16 live feed (Masters.com)
• 2 pm – 7 pm: Third-round broadcast coverage (CBS)
• 7 pm: Green Jacket ceremony (Masters.com/CBS)

Weather Forecast

Day	HIGH/LOW	PRECIP	WIND	HUMIDITY	DESCRIPTION
Thursday	83/64	10%	ESE 12 mph	60%	Partly Cloudy
Friday	83/67	60%	SSE 11 mph	71%	Scattered Thunderstorms
Saturday	85/67	50%	S 7 mph	70%	AM Thunderstorms
Sunday	85/57	90%	S 15 mph	70%	PM Thunderstorms