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Weather: Today's forecast
7am Mainly clear skies, chilly 45*f wind NE 5-10mph
9am Mostly sunny and cool 49*f wind NE 7-14mph
11am Partly cloudy, breezy 59*f wind NE 10-15mph
1pm Partly cloudy 66*f wind ENE 10-14mph
3pm Partly cloudy 70*f wind ENE 7-12mph
5pm Mostly sunny 73*f ENE 7-12mph
Mostly sunny conditions will persist through the rest of the week with temperatures warming further, reaching the mid 80's by Saturday and Sunday
Tiger Woods, right, presents Weir with the green jacket after the Canadian won the 2003 Masters. (Harry How/Getty Images)
There are 3 Canadians in this 91 man field this year.
9.31 Nick Taylor, Ryan Gerard, Keegan Bradley
11.27 Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (a) (Weirsy won 3 tournaments in 12 months in 2003 culminating in his playoff win at the Masters to secure his legendary status in Canada)
12.44 Corey Conners, Harry Hall, Michael Brennan
Honorary Starters
Jack Nicklaus 17th, Gary Player 15th, Tom Watson 5th will open this 90th Masters at 7.25am ET with their ceremonial tee shots.
1st pairing 7.40am Haotong Li, Johnny Keefer will get the field under way
Sunset : 7.54pm
Opinion
It will be tough for Rory to duplicate his Grand Slam win of 2025 however the rest of his career including this week is gravy. As his close friend Shane Lowry said " He's done it all now, the rest will just be history"
From what I've seen of Scott Scheffler is he hasn't had his best stuff yet, His driver has not been trustworthy, all the putts are not falling like they were in 2025, but he has won here twice recently, but he is not a lock this year.
Corey Conners has has 4 top 10's in his last 6 outings at Augusta and played well recently in Florida before taking the two weeks in Teas off to prepare for Augusta this year. He will need to make a few more putts to be in contention Sunday afternoon
Augusta National is bound to play hard and fast with high pressure in place ensuring no bad weather, it will end up being a beautiful dry sunny week in Georgia for the players and patons alike.
There is no Tiger this year as the former champion battles his addiction to prescription drugs at an unknown rehab center in Europe. Phil Mickelson is also absent citing family health issues.
So this year seems wide open to me, I personally would love to see Justin Rose rewarded, he has finished 2nd three times, 2015, 2017 in sudden death to Sergio, and last year he was so gracious in defeat in the playoff to Rory after he posted a 10 birdie 66.
He put on a Master class at Torrey Pines earlier this year winning from wire to wire by a record 7 strokes, finishing -23 265 beating Tiger's record
Mark Calcavecchia who never won but was 2nd to Sandy Lyle in 1988 was escorted off the property yesterday when caught talking on his cell phone, which are banned at Augusta during Masters week. He had no comment except to say " I have nothing bad to say about the Masters at Augusta National"
Bryan Angus
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