Tee Times Golf – 2015 Masters PGA Tournament – Augusta National Golf Club, US
Tee Times Golf – 2015 Masters PGA Tournament – USA – 9th to 12th April 2015
Finally. It’s here – the season’s first major championship, the Masters. Practice sessions started last Monday the 6th and the first round wil start Thursday the 9th and the last will end on Sunday the 12th.
The Masters is strictly an invitation Tournament. The qualification regulations are the principal means of determining the player invitation list.
The player field being small, many Tournament formalities and regulations are eliminated. The first consideration is to provide a first class golf course in as beautiful and nearly perfect condition as effort can make it; and, secondly, to show our player guests every possible courtesy.
The chief objective of the Masters is to stage a golf show that is enjoyable to all – our members, patrons and player guests, and to interested golfers generally. We would also like, if we can, to contribute something to the advancement of the game.
It’s been eight long months since the last major, when Rory McIlroy took the PGA Championship at Valhalla. Since then, anyone who loves golf has been dying for the Masters to get here.
Aside from the fact that it’s, well, the Masters, there are so many other reasons to be excited for this week. Tiger Woods is back. Rory McIlroy has a chance to complete the career grand slam and win his third consecutive major. Bubba Watson could make it three wins in four years. It’s Ben Crenshaw’s final Masters. The list goes on.
Here are 10 players to keep an eye on at Augusta National.
10. Tiger Woods: Did you see any of the highlights of Tiger from his practice session at Augusta National on Monday? I’ve never seen him like that. He looked human instead of robotic. Including the four victories, Tiger has racked up 13 top-8 finishes in the Masters since 1997.
9. Jimmy Walker: Over the last two seasons, no player on the PGA Tour has been better than Walker. Since October of 2013 when the Tour’s wraparound schedule began, Walker has collected five wins and a total of 15 top 10s. He heads to Augusta having won in his last start — a home game — in San Antonio.
8. Patrick Reed: To succeed on the PGA Tour, one has to have that belief in self. Not everyone is as forthcoming with that belief as Reed, but boy can he play. He won two NCAA championships while playing for Augusta State, so it’s safe to say there’s no major he’d rather win more than the Masters in his college town.
7. Dustin Johnson: In five starts at Augusta National, Johnson’s best finish is a T13 in 2013. It’s the only major in which he’s failed to record a top 10. Something has got to give there. For a long time now, Johnson has been one of the most talented players on the PGA Tour. The only thing missing from his resume is a major.
6. Adam Scott: The 2013 Masters champ — the first-ever Australian-born player to win a green jacket — is flying under the radar this week at Augusta National. And that’s just the way he likes it. With all eyes on the likes of Tiger, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson, Scott can just go about his work.
5. Henrik Stenson: Here’s another player flying under the radar at Augusta National. Stenson — the No. 2-ranked player in the world — is still in search of his first major championship win. The Masters is the lone major where Stenson has failed to record a top 10. He’s poised to change that.
4. Jason Day: Day has pretty much put it out there that there’s no tournament he’d rather win than this one. He tied for second in the 2011 Masters and was third in 2013. Perhaps the only problem facing Day at Augusta National is harnessing his desire to win and not letting it get in the way of his play.
3. Jordan Spieth: While Walker has been the hottest player on the Tour over the last 24+ months, no player has been hotter the last month than the 21-year-old Spieth. In nine starts this season, he has already amassed six top-10 finishes, including a win at the Valspar Championship, followed by back-to-back runner-up finishes — all of those in his last three starts.
2. Rory McIlroy: McIlroy has the chance to complete the career grand slam this week at Augusta National. It would also be his third consecutive major victory and would have everyone ecstatic about the possibility of a “Rory Slam” come June at the U.S. Open. His play early on this season has left something to be desired for the world’s No. 1 player. But he’s fired up for this week.
1. Bubba Watson: Watson is deservedly the favorite this week at Augusta National. He’s the defending champ and has won the tournament in two of the last three years. Because of that success, Watson’s confidence has been sky high and it’s shown in his results.
Source: masters.com, pga.com
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