The Masters and Augusta National were founded by golfing great Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts.
Jason Day has won twice and is the world's No. 1 player, replacing Jordan Spieth, who won at Kapalua and finished first, first, fourth and second in last year's majors. Later that year, he was knocked out of a playoff in the PGA Championship because of a two-shot penalty for grounding his club in sand without realizing it was one of the thousand bunkers at Whistling Straits.
Spieth missed his shot and took a fair amount of gentle jeering from the crowd.
"I look forward to being out there again as soon as I can", Woods said in a Tuesday posting on his website.
Golfweek reported this week that Augusta National has been in talks with the adjacent Augusta Country Club for more than a year about a proposed $25 million purchase of five acres of land, which would allow Augusta National to add some 50 yards to its 13th hole.
Said McIlroy-"I think it's important to get a good 36 holes under your belt and play well".
The 80th Masters starts on Thursday (local time).
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Talia Walton led Washington with 29 points and made her first eight 3-pointers to break the single-game record at a Final Four. There's only like 10 teams, you know, out of 25, that actually play the kind of game of basketball that you'd like to watch.
Top-10 lock: Adam Scott - My original pick here was Day, but between the back, his vertigo issues past year and the flu-like symptoms that caused him to lose 11 pounds recently, he's not the type of guy you pick as a "lock" even though he's playing great golf. "It changes as time goes on".
"I really feel like I play my best golf when I'm more relaxed, when I'm having fun out there and I'm not overdoing it, not overthinking it", McIlroy said.
Players have different philosophies regarding playing or resting/practicing the week before a major championship.
But just two years later, locked into another back-and-forth with Nicklaus, a 5-iron into that same green convinced Watson he was finally tough enough to be a major champion.
"It's getting harder", he said.
Billy Payne has plenty of sympathy for Tiger Woods' plight.
"But the ball doesn't know that I was T-3 at Valhalla", he said, to much laughter, about his close call at the 2014 PGA Championship. "Plans are underway to be considered". But only in the last two years has he proven to be more than a fashion trend setter. Since 1942, No. 13 is the second-easiest hole, with a scoring average of 4.78.
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"It's not as if we haven't had our share of world-class golfers", Ryder Cup captain Clarke said.
It's not a bad way for the former Georgia star and Aiken, South Carolina native to make his Masters debut.
Watson opened with a 71 previous year, but followed it with an 81 and failed to unseat Tommy Aaron, who was 63 in 2000, as the oldest player to make the cut. Then he posed for photo after photo with family and friends.
World number three Rory McIlroy.
FINAL ROUNDS: Tom Watson has declared this his last Masters as a competitor.
"He was very kind to me after", Nicklaus said.
THE KING RETURNS: Arnold Palmer will be on the first tee for the ceremonial opening shot of the Masters. "If I don't, then I'm going to have to reach down deep and really stay patient and let birdies come to me".
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The lead actor prize went to Kenneth Cranham, who beat big-name nominees including Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Rylance . The musical revival shortlist includes Gypsy , Guys and Dolls, Bugsy Malone and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
Rory McIlroy needs to win the Masters to become just the sixth golfer in history to win the majors career grand slam.
