Augusta, Ga. – The scene is defined. The preparations were finalized. The 89th Masters game is officially underway Thursday at the picturesque Augusta National Golf Club. The story and a green jacket are at stake, and an adequate start will be necessary for the contenders to keep their luck with an immortality ribbon. World n ° 1 and reigning masters champion Scottie Scheffler seeks to become the fourth player to successfully defend his green jacket While emerging as the second to put on three in four years.
Scheffler will leave the morning hours and seek to give the pace while the world n ° 2 Rory McILroy will wait for his time in the afternoon. The wait was commonplace of the end or McILroy, which begins his 11th trip around Augusta National since his last major championship. A big career chelem is at stake for McilroyWho enters the Masters of his hottest start for a season with two PGA Tour victories before April.
There are many more candidates beyond these two with the world n ° 3 Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Bryson Dechambeau and Jon Rahm among the favorites in the field of 95 men. With regard to the (older) standbys, the triple winner of the masters, Phil Mickelson, tries to improve his finalist a few years ago, while the holder of the green jacket Tiger Woods will miss his first masters since 2021 and fourth since 2016 after having broken his Achilles in preparation for this tradition unlike others.
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