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With the world’s best players gathering at Augusta National for the 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, fewer LIV Golf players will be in attendance compared to the year prior.

A total of 13 golfers from the breakaway league will be teeing it up at the first men’s major championship of the year, down from 18 in 2023. The LIV players in the field of 89 include world No. 2 and defending champion Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and more past major champions.

Meet the 13 LIV Golf players competing in the 2024 Masters at Augusta National.

Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau of the Crushers plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

DeChambeau has missed the cut in his last two trips to Augusta National and has a best-finish of T-21 when he was the low amateur in 2016.

Sergio Garcia

Sergio Garcia of the Fireballs plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

Garcia’s lone major win came at Augusta National at the 2017 Masters, but he’s missed the cut in four of his five starts since. He makes his 25th appearance this week.

Tyrrell Hatton

Tyrrell Hatton of Legion XIII gestures during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational – Mayakoba at El Camaleon at Mayakoba on February 02, 2024 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images)

Hatton makes his eighth start at Augusta National this week and has made his last three cuts, with finishes of T-18, 52 and T-34.

Dustin Johnson

Dustin Johnson of 4Aces looks on during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational – Jeddah at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on March 01, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

The 2020 Masters champion is back for his 14th start at Augusta National, where he has five top 10s, including three top-five finishes.

Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka of the Smash golf club plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

One of two runners-up last year, the five-time major winner has yet to win at the Masters in eight apperances but in the last five years has a pair of T-2s (2019, 2023) and a T-7 (2020).

Adrian Meronk

Adrian Meronk of Cleeks GC gestures during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational – Mayakoba at El Camaleon at Mayakoba on February 02, 2024 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images)

Meronk missed the cut in his Masters debut last year.

Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson of the HiFlyers plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

A three-time winner at Augusta National (2004, 2006, 2010), Mickelson was a runner-up alongside Koepka last year, his first top 10 at the tournament since he bagged another T-2 back in 2015. Mickelson is the leading money-winner in Masters history .

Joaquin Niemann

Joaquin Niemann of Torque GC hits a tee shot on the 3st hole during day two of the LIV Golf Invitational – Hong Kong at The Hong Kong Golf Club on March 09, 2024 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Niemann was one of three players to receive special invitations from Augusta National for this year’s tournament. He’s made four starts since 2018 and has made the cut in his last three Masters appearances, including a T-16 last year.

Jon Rahm and his caddie, Adam Hayes, stand with the Masters trophy during the green jacket ceremony at the 2023 Masters. (Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Network)

The defending champion looks to become just the fourth player (Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods) to go back-to-back at Augusta National as he makes his eighth Masters appearance. He’s earned five top-10 finishes and has never missed the cut.

Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed plays his shot from the eighth tee during the LIV Golf Miami ProAm at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

Reed won the 2018 Masters for his first major championship and hasn’t missed the cut since with three top 10s and a T-4 last year.

Charl Schwartzel

Charl Schwartzel of Smash GC looks on during day two of the LIV Golf Invitational – Jeddah at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on March 02, 2024 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, makes his 15th appearance at Augusta National this week, where he has just three top 10s. He finished T-50 at last year’s tournament.

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith of the Ripper golf club warms up before the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

Smith will play in his eighth Masters this year and has never missed the cut at Augusta National. He logged finishes of T-2, T-10 and T-3 from 2020-22 and finished T-34 last year.

Bubba Watson

Bubba Watson of RangeGoats GC plays a tee shot on the 16th hole during day two of the LIV Golf Invitational – Jeddah at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on March 02, 2024 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

The two-time Masters champion (2012, 2014) makes his 16th appearance at Augusta National this week. Watson hasn’t finished inside the top 10 since 2018 (T-5) and missed the cut last year.

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LIV golfers in the 2024 Masters field? Here's who was invited and how they qualified

The PGA and LIV merger negotiations may be in full swing, but The Masters is just around the corner.

In the meantime, opportunities for LIV golfers to score Masters invites have dwindled, except for the fortunate few who've won at Augusta and have a lifetime of invitations to look forward to.

On March 5, LIV Golf dropped its application for Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points. Two of the 20 criteria to get a Masters invite are related to the OWGR:

• 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

Since joining the Saudi-backed golf league, players have seen their world golf ranking take a nosedive, according to Golfweek , with only four players still in the top 50.

Six qualification criteria are related to amateur players and one to winners of PGA Tour events, which currently excludes LIV players.

Here are the 13 LIV players invited to the 2024 Masters and the qualifications that got them the invite:

Qualifications for Masters invitation

The following criteria qualify players for an invitation to the Masters Tournament:

• Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
• US Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
• The Open Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
• PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years)
• Winners of The Players Championship (Three years)
• Current Olympic Gold Medalist (One Year)
• Current US Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the Runner-up (7-B) to the current US Amateur Champion
• Current The Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year)
• Current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (One year)
• Current Latin America Amateur Champion (One year)
• Current US Mid-Amateur Champion (One year)
• Current NCAA Division I Men's Individual Champion (One year)
• The first 12 players, including ties, in the previous year's Masters Tournament
• The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's US Open
• The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's The Open Championship
• The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship
• Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
• Those qualifying for the previous year's season-ending Tour Championship
• The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
• The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament

The Masters Committee, at its discretion, also invites international players not otherwise qualified .

Bryson Dechambeau

Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open in 2020. That victory earned him Masters invites through 2025.

Additionally, DeChambeau tied for fourth in last year's PGA Championship. The top four players, plus ties, receive a Masters invitation.

DeChambeau will be making his eighth Masters appearance. His best Masters finish came in 2016 when he tied for 21st.

Sergio Garcia

Spaniard Sergio Garcia won the 2017 Masters . The victory came with a big check ($1,980,000), a green jacket and a lifetime of tournament invitations.

Garcia won in a playoff against England's Justin Rose on that Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club. It was his first major championship in 74 tries.

This will be Garcia's 25th Masters Tournament.

Tyrrell Hatton

England's Tyrrell Hatton met two criteria for a Masters invitation. He qualified for the 2023 Tour Championship and was among the top 50 on the final Official World Golf Ranking for 2023.

Hatton has seven previous Masters appearances. His best finish was a tie for 18th in 2021.

Dustin Johnson

Dustin Johnson won the COVID-delayed 2020 Masters in record-breaking fashion. After a runner-up finish in 2019, Johnson scorched Augusta National's greens in November of 2020 on his way to a scoring record of 20-under par and tournament invitations for life.

This will be Johnson's 14th Masters appearance.

Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka qualified for the 2024 Masters in three ways. His 2023 PGA Championship win is accompanied by 5 years of Masters invites. Koepka was among the top 12 finishers in last year's Masters and one of the top 50 players on the last OWGR of 2023.

It will be Koepka's ninth Masters. His best finishes are ties for second place in 2019 and 2023 .

Adrian Meronk

Adrian Meronk, of Poland, qualified for the 88th Masters Tournament for being among the top 50 players on the last OWGR of 2023.

This will be Meronk's second time playing in the Masters Tournament. He missed the cut in 2023.

Phil Mickelson

Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson will make his 31st tournament appearance in 2024. Mickelson's Masters victories came in 2004, 2006 and 2010. His wins ensure he will receive Masters invitations for life.

He also qualified by way of his 2021 PGA Championship win and being among the top 12 finishers in last year's Masters.

Mickelson finished tied for second place in the 2023 Masters after shooting a record final-round 65, making him the highest finisher among players 50 and older in Masters history.

Joaquin Niemann

Joaquin Niemann, of Chile, spent the LIV offseason playing golf all over the world. His success, including an Australian Open win, was rewarded with a special Masters invitation . Special invitations are extended to international players not otherwise qualified, at the Masters Committee's discretion.

It will be Niemann's fifth appearance at the Masters Tournament. His best result came at the 2023 Masters, where he tied for 16th.

Jon Rahm is the defending Masters champion . On what would have been fellow Spaniard and Masters champion Seve Ballesteros' birthday, Rahm bested Brooks Koepka, who let a four-shot lead slip away in the final round. Rahm's round of 69 put him 12-under par and four shots ahead of Koepka for the victory.

Not that he needed it, but Rahm qualified for the Masters in four additional ways:

• 2021 U.S. Open win (5 years)
• Among the top four in The Open Championship
• Qualifier for the 2023 Tour Championship
• Among the top 50 on the last OWGR in 2023

Rahm joined LIV in December , but his Masters invitations aren't in danger. He's also earned a lifetime of them with his 2023 Masters win.

This will be Rahm's eighth Masters appearance.

Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed gets lifetime invitations for winning the 2018 Masters . Reed also qualified for being among the top 12 finishers in last year's Masters.

He'll be playing in his 11th Masters Tournament.

Charl Schwartzel

Another Masters champion, another lifetime of invitations. South Africa's Charl Schwartzel earned his green jacket in 2011 when he birdied the final four holes to win by one stroke.

This will be Masters No. 15 for Schwartzel.

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith met four criteria to qualify for his 2024 Masters invite:

• Winner of the 2022 Open Championship (5 years)
• Winner of 2022 The Players Championship (3 years)
• Among the top 5 at last year's U.S. Open
• Among the top 50 players on the last OWGR of 2023

This will be Smith's eighth Masters appearance. His best finish was a tie for second in 2020.

Bubba Watson

Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson doesn't have any invitation worries. His victories in 2012 and 2014 set him up for life, too.

Watson will be making his 16th Masters start.

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: LIV golfers in the 2024 Masters field? Here's who was invited and how they qualified

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As golf’s civil war rages, all the top PGA Tour and LIV players are at the Masters this week

Jon Rahm, of Spain, walks to the 10th green during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Brooks Koepka hands over his club on the second hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Bryson DeChambeau hands his driver to his caddie on the eighth hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Jon Rahm, of Spain, reacts on the 12th hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Jon Rahm, of Spain, hits on the 12th hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Jon Rahm, of Spain, and Nicolai Hojgaard, of Denmark, walk onto the 12th green during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Brooks Koepka, from left, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay hits on the second hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Bryson DeChambeau tees off on the eighth hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — In some ways, golf finds itself at a point in time not unlike pro football in the 1960s, when two rival leagues duked it out but found a path to reconciliation that produced a game far bigger than anyone could’ve envisioned.

Bryson DeChambeau, for one, is hopeful that the still-smoldering split between the established PGA Tour and upstart LIV Golf could lead to a Super Bowl-like extravaganza that brings everyone together.

“You can look at it like the NFL and you could have NFC-AFC sort of working in their own fields and at the end they come together, put on a huge event at the end of the year,” said DeChambeau, who plays on the LIV circuit. “That could be really cool.”

If nothing else, major championships such as the Masters , which begins Thursday at Augusta National, provide a brief detente in this civil war of the links.

All the top players — from reigning Master champion Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka representing Team LIV to world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy teeing it up for the old guard — will be looking to not only claim a green jacket, but score bragging rights for their de facto team.

“Obviously, the more togetherness that you get, the better it is for everyone. There’s no doubt about that,” said Sergio Garcia, the 2017 Masters winner who bolted for LIV. “But there’s room for everyone. I don’t think that’s a problem at all.”

Even though LIV appears to have strengthened its hand with its stunning signing of Rahm , who was on the PGA Tour when he won at Augusta a year ago, there are actually five fewer players from the new tour than the 18 who played in 2023.

That’s largely because LIV events — with their smaller fields and 54-hole format — do not receive world ranking points, one of the main conduits for entry into the Masters.

Still, the Saudi-funded circuit has demonstrated that its top players can compete with the best of the PGA Tour.

Koepka and Phil Mickelson were runner-ups to Rahm a year ago at the Masters, and Koepka went on to capture his fifth career major title at the PGA Championship . Of the 27 major championships that have been staged since the beginning of 2017, 13 were won by golfers who now call LIV home.

Koepka took issue with those who say the split is ruining the game.

“Look, the best players in the world never got together week in, week out. I think that’s kind of forgotten,” Koepka said Tuesday. “It was the majors, (World Golf Championship tournaments) ... those were pretty much the 10 events where everyone was, for sure, going to be there. And then it was just kind of sprinkled in everywhere else. I think that’s kind of how it is” now.

But hard feelings remain, especially since a supposed merger agreement announced 10 months ago had yet to be finalized.

Just listen to Fred Couples, the 1992 Masters champion and outspoken critic of LIV.

“I don’t think I’ll ever understand it,” he said. “Now, everything can get better. But let me tell you, if the LIV tour is better for golf, I’m missing something there.”

Rahm acknowledged that when he accepted a reported $350 million offer to join LIV in December, he was hopeful that it would spur the two sides to reach some sort of reconciliation by the time the Masters rolled around.

Now, with a divide that seems as gaping as ever, he’s one of the most prominent faces on a tour that has been called everything from the future of the game — with its shotgun starts and team element — to a refuge of sellouts who are helping the Saudis sportswash the image of a repressive regime.

“It’s a bit of a detour on my path,” Rahm said. “But change can be better.”

Just how much things have changed was apparent from the attire he donned a year ago as he departed Augusta National to what he picked out for his practice rounds leading into this Masters.

Gone was the green jacket. Now he’s wearing a shirt emblazoned with a Legion XIII logo.

The team he now leads in LIV.

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Masters 2024 leaderboard live updates: Tiger makes record 24th straight cut, weather and weekend tee times

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Masters 2024 — leaderboard, tee times, how to watch

The sun is shining and the winds are gusting at Augusta National for the second round of the Masters on Friday.

Tiger Woods shot a second-round 72 and will make a record 24th cut at the Masters. Woods played 23 holes on Friday after completing his first round in the morning.

Bryson DeChambeau, who was the 18-hole leader, shot a second-round 73. DeChambeau, currently at 6-under-par and tied with Max Homa, is searching for his second major championship this weekend.

Second-round TV coverage of the Masters is on ESPN from 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. ET. You can also stream second-round Masters coverage via ESPN+, Masters.com or the Masters app.

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Leaderboard:

T1: Scheffler -6 (14)

T1: Homa -6 (71)

T1: DeChambeau -6 (73)

4: Højgaard -4 (73)

T5: Davis -3 (72)

T5: Morikawa -3 (70)

T24. Woods +1 (72)

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The LIV golfers in attendance at Augusta this week

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As it stands, LIV players’ entry to the Masters is mostly limited to past major success. The only way for a LIV player to land a spot is by holding past champion status at Augusta (lifetime) or another major (five-year exemption) or finishing in the top four of a previous year’s major.

While individual winners of full-point PGA Tour events are awarded Masters invitations, LIV winners are not. And while PGA Tour players can accumulate Official World Golf Rankings points based on their finishes, LIV is not recognized by the OWGR and not awarded points.

That means that only 13 LIV golfers will be teeing it up at Augusta today, down from 18 last year. Jon Rahm , last year’s champion, is in attendance, along with fellow former winners Sergio Garcia , Dustin Johnson , Phil Mickelson , Patrick Reed , Charl Schwartzel and Bubba Watson .

The much-fancied Joaquin Niemann also received an invite, while Bryson DeChambeau , Tyrrell Hatton , Brooks Koepka , Adrian Meronk and Cameron Smith all fall into at least one of the exemption categories.

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Ridley non-committal on pathway for LIV stars to Masters

While 13 of the 89 players in this year’s Masters field are members of LIV Golf, including defending champion Jon Rahm, five of the top 10 finishers in the 2023 LIV standings will spend this week at home as Augusta National Golf Club wrestles with questions of access to its field amid professional golf’s divide.

While the pathway is clear for PGA Tour players, it remains limited for those on LIV.

Furthermore, that dynamic doesn’t appear to be changing anytime soon. Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley was noncommittal yesterday when asked about potential criteria being created specifically for the Saudi Arabian-owned tour.

“I think it will be difficult to establish any type of point system that had any connection to the rest of the world of golf because they’re basically, not totally, but for the most part, a closed shop,” Ridley said at his annual Masters news conference.

Fowler seeking to rekindle his Rocket Mortgage Classic magic

The last time Rickie Fowler teed it up at Augusta was during the November Masters in 2020. Fowler played well at the Masters in the past — he has three top-10 finishes including a runner-up result in 2018. Last year, Fowler ascended back to the forefront of the pro golf scene, winning at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, his first victory since the 2019 Phoenix Open. He was back in the final group on Sunday at the U.S. Open before finishing T5 and made the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Fowler is currently trying to rekindle that magic. In 2024, he’s played eight events, making six cuts but zero finishes in the top 25. His negative strokes gained off the tee (171st on tour), approaching the green (146th) and putting (120th) are concerning at a golf course like Augusta.

Rickie Fowler rubbishes talk of the par-three ‘curse’

Rickie Fowler wasn’t having any talk of the par-three ‘curse’ after his victory yesterday.

“The Par-3 contest is something special,” he said. “You know, the tradition of the Masters and being able to go out there, and now being able to spend it with my family.

“Been around plenty of the little kids over the years but a little different when we have our own out there.”

Rickie Fowler wins Augusta’s ‘cursed’ par-three contest

Rickie Fowler won Wednesday’s par-three contest — and will be hoping he does not become the next player in a very long line to fall victim to the ‘curse’ of the tournament.

Since the friendly contest started in 1960, nobody has ever become par-three and Masters champion in the same week. That has led to the amusing sight of many players now deliberately avoiding shooting the best score possible on the eve of the major.

But Fowler, who is yet to claim a major victory, completed the nine-hole course in the grounds of Augusta National in five under par. That saw him finish two shots clear of JT Poston, Austria’s Sepp Straka and Mexican amateur Santiago de la Fuente.

Masters 2024 weather delay

Play had initially been scheduled to start at 8am ET (1pm BST). Erik van Rooyen , Jake Knapp were the first players due to tee it up.

The honorary starters — Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson — had been scheduled to take their shots from 7.40am ET (12.40pm BST).

But all of that will be delayed, with Augusta confirming the 2024 Masters will not start until 9am ET (2pm BST) at the earliest.

Start to Masters 2024 round one delayed

The first round of the 2024 Masters has been delayed.

Augusta National have just said in a short statement: “We continue to monitor the weather closely. Gate openings and tee times have been delayed until further notice. The first round will not begin before 9am.”

Min Woo Lee a player to keep an eye on at Augusta

Min Woo Lee , one of the more colorful personalities in professional golf, is definitely one to keep an eye on this weekend.

The 25-year-old is trying to become the second Australian golfer to win the Masters, joining Adam Scott (2013). Lee is playing in his third Masters. Last year, he missed the cut. During his inaugural Masters appearance in 2022, Lee finished T14. Lee’s last win came at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship last November. His best finish at a major was T5 at last year’s U.S. Open.

Fans hope that Lee will captivate the highlight reels, as he did at this year’s Players Championship when he converted a 60-foot birdie putt on the island green 17th hole.

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A busy day at Augusta for Greg Norman

And PGA Tour fans might want to look away now: here’s Greg Norman sharing a warm embrace with rising star (and fellow Aussie) Min Woo Lee .

Greg Norman in attendance at 2024 Masters

One patron was the focus of more attention than most yesterday: Greg Norman, the CEO of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour that launched in 2022 was in attendance as a ticketed fan.

It marks the first time that Norman, 69, has appeared at the Masters since 2021, when he worked as a radio analyst. Augusta chairman Fred Ridley memorably said that Norman “was not extended an invitation” to the 2023 Masters.

Norman told the New York Post yesterday: “I’m here because we have 13 players that won 10 Masters between them, so I'm here just to support them, do the best I can to show them, ‘Hey, you know, the boss is here rooting for you.’”

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Masters 2024 contenders — Jon Rahm

The defending Masters champion usually has some latitude in their return performance — only three men in history and no one since Tiger Woods (2001-02) has repeated as Masters champ, after all. But there’s unique pressure on Jon Rahm this year, in his first major since he joined LIV. Suddenly the same question is being asked of him that was asked of the first generation of stars to break away to the rebel tour — can you win the big one when your prep is 54-hole, no-cut events? We’ll find out for Rahm, who lacks a win on LIV this year but has five top 10s in as many starts.

Masters 2024 contenders — Rory McIlroy

Nobody enters Masters week with more pressure — both internal and external — than Rory McIlroy. He thinks about it more than anyone and talks openly about his eager desire to finally complete the career grand slam. It’s been 10 years since McIlroy’s last major victory, but what makes it so frustrating is that he hasn’t fallen off in that 10 years. He’s a 34-year-old star coming off arguably the best two-year span of golf in his career. He just keeps falling agonizingly short in majors like the 2022 Open Championship and the 2023 U.S. Open, among others. From a pure golf perspective, McIlroy is one of the three or four favorites in the field. The question is whether he’s ready to close and grab another major when it’s there for him.

Masters 2024 contenders — Scottie Scheffler

The best player in the world right now and it might not be close, Scottie Scheffler’s game is reaching the kind of levels we haven’t seen in at least a decade. Now, he needs to solidify it with another major victory. He was one missed putt on 18 away from possibly winning a third-straight PGA Tour event at Houston, and while it’s naive to think his putting issues are completely solved, he’s been putting at an above-average level. With his historically incredible ball striking, many argue Scheffler just needs to be an average putter and he can go on Tiger Woods-esque runs of majors. He won here just two years ago, and he’s a 4-to-1 favorite to win this week. That’s the largest favorite since Tiger.

Who is in contention to win the 2024 Masters?

Scottie Scheffler is unsurprisingly the strongest favourite to win this weekend given his fine start to the 2024 season. Scheffler overcame injury to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational and followed that up by becoming the first player to win back-to-back Players Championship titles.

Defending champion Jon Rahm is meanwhile attempting to join Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo in winning back-to-back Masters titles. And there is also plenty of attention on Rory McIlroy , who last won a major in 2014 and has spent the last decade — and past 34 majors — attempting to join Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Nicklaus and Woods in completing a career slam.

Masters 2024 weather delay latest

The Masters begins later today under the considerable threat of thunderstorms, with delays already confirmed by the organizers of the tournament.

There is currently a 90 per cent chance of rain over the course today, with the very worst predicted shortly, from 6-11am ET (11am-4pm BST).

The latest update from Augusta late yesterday read: “Due to forecasted weather on Thursday, we have decided to delay all gate openings in the morning. All Masters free parking will be closed until further notice while gate openings are delayed.”

A further update is expected in around two hours.

Augusta National course information

Course: Augusta National Golf Club — Augusta, Ga.

Designed by: Alister MacKenzie

Yardage: 7,545 yards

Average green size: 6,486 square feet

Features: The tee boxes and fairways feature Bermuda grass that is overseeded with rye grass in the fall. The greens are very large and feature bent grass. The fairways are large with elevation changes as well as undulations throughout. The rough is kept short, which allows wayward tee shots to find the pine straw that sits beneath the trees that line many of the fairways. The back nine has water in play on five of the nine holes.

Past champions: Jon Rahm 2023, Scottie Scheffler 2022, Hideki Matsuyama 2021, Dustin Johnson 2020, Tiger Woods 2019, Patrick Reed 2018, Sergio Garcia 2017, Danny Willett 2016, Jordan Spieth 2015

Masters 2024 round one tee times

All times ET.

• 8am: Erik van Rooyen, Jake Knapp
• 8.12am: José María Olazábal, Taylor Moore, Santiago de la Fuente
• 8.24am: Danny Willett, Austin Eckroat, Stephan Jaeger
• 8.36am: Charl Schwartzel, Luke List, Christo Lamprecht
• 8.48am: Gary Woodland, Thorbjørn Olesen, Bryson DeChambeau
• 9am: Zach Johnson, Corey Conners, Jasper Stubbs
• 9:12am: Sergio Garcia, Chris Kirk, Ryan Fox
• 9.24am : Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An, Harris English
• 9.36am: Phil Mickelson, Sepp Straka, Tony Finau
• 9.48am: Nick Taylor, Joaquin Niemann, Russell Henley
• 10.06am: Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Rickie Fowler
• 10.18am: Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas
• 10.30am: Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Dunlap
• 10.42am: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
• 10.54am: Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Cameron Smith
• 11.06am: Lee Hodges, Adrian Meronk, Grayson Murray
• 11.18am: C amillo Villegas, Denny McCarthy, Cameron Davis
• 11.30am: Mike Weir, Ryo Hisatsune, Neal Shipley
• 11.42am: Vijay Singh, Si Woo Kim, Emiliano Grillo
• 11.54am: Fred Couples, Adam Hadwin, Stewart Hagestad
• 12.12pm: Justin Rose, Eric Cole, Peter Malnati
• 12.24pm: Akshay Bhatia, J.T. Poston, Shane Lowry
• 12.36pm: Bubba Watson, Nicolai Højgaard, Adam Schenk
• 12.48pm: Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im, Kurt Kitayama
• 1pm: Keegan Bradley, Matthieu Pavon, Tyrrell Hatton
• 1.12 pm: Adam Scott, Sam Burns, Cameron Young
• 1.24pm: Tiger Woods, Jason Day, Max Homa
• 1.36pm: Brian Harman, Brooks Koepka, Tom Kim
• 1.48pm: Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg, Sahith Theegala
• 2pm: Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood

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Golf | LIV golfers, PGA Tour stars together at the Masters, for now

Liv golf has 13 players in the field, seven of them former champions who can play as long as they want, but that’s down from 18 a year ago and only nine liv players are assured of being back next year.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

AUGUSTA, Ga. — More than golf’s first major championship of the year, the Masters represents unification. This is the first time since July at the British Open the best players regardless of their tours compete against each other – same course, same tournament, same television network.

“I believe everyone agrees there’s excitement in the air this week,” Masters Chairman Fred Ridley said Wednesday. “The best players in the world are together once again.”

Still unclear at Augusta National is for how much longer.

Saudi-funded LIV Golf has 13 players at the Masters, seven of them former champions who can play as long as they want. That’s down from 18 a year ago. Only nine LIV players are assured of being back to Augusta National next year, depending on how they fare in the majors this year.

Ridley offered little hope the pathway for LIV to Augusta National was about to get wider.

He said the Official World Golf Ranking was a “legitimate determiner” of the best in golf, bad news for a rival league that does not get world ranking points. And while the Masters annually reviews its criteria for invitations, Ridley announced no new changes.

Instead, he leaned on the Masters being an invitational, and the club alone decides who it deems worthy of getting that elegant, cream-colored invitation in the mail.

“If we felt that there were a player or players, whether they played on the LIV Tour or any other tour, who were deserving of an invitation to the Masters, we would exercise that discretion with regard to special invitations,” Ridley said.

The battle is for a green jacket, but that might not be the only competition.

It will be difficult to look at a leaderboard without considering who is with LIV Golf. That much hasn’t changed from last year – the first Masters since LIV was launched – and LIV certainly showed the 54-hole, no-cut league didn’t affect them. Three players were among the top four on the final leaderboard.

And just like last year, there is no animosity inside the ropes.

Phil Mickelson and Joaquin Niemann from LIV Golf played a practice round with Akshay Bhatia, the final player into the field because of his Texas Open victory last week. Xander Schauffele told of running into Dustin Johnson and the two decided to play a practice round, no different from what would have happened long before LIV began luring away players with guaranteed riches.

But the future remains murky.

Augusta National and the other three organizations that run majors have seats on the OWGR board that reviewed LIV’s application to join and get world ranking points. The vote was unanimous not to award points until certain enhancements were met.

LIV eventually decided to withdraw its application, and several players decried the world ranking as no longer relevant.

It is to Ridley and the Masters. The top 50 at the end of the year and a week before the Masters still get invitations. Bryson DeChambeau said the majors, including the Masters, should invite the top 12 from the LIV points list.

Ridley wasn’t buying that.

“I think it will be difficult to establish any type of point system that had any connection to the rest of the world of golf because they’re basically – not totally, but for the most part – a closed shop,” Ridley said. “There is some relegation, but not very much.

“But I don’t think that prevents us from giving subjective consideration based on talent, based on performance to those players.”

That’s what led Augusta National to offer an invitation to Niemann. The club did not cite anything he did on LIV – the Chilean has two LIV wins this year – but his willingness to travel outside LIV and win the Australian Open, along with a top finish in the Australian PGA.

Talor Gooch did not get an invitation. He won three LIV events last year and later suggested Rory McIlroy would have an asterisk next to his name if he won the Masters because all the best aren’t there.

Gooch is unlikely to be missed, not with Scottie Scheffler going for a second green jacket, with McIlroy chasing the career Grand Slam, Tiger Woods playing for only the second time this year and a host of others from all tours chasing one of golf’s most prized possessions.

And then the PGA Tour will head to Hilton Head and LIV Golf will make its way to Australia, and they all have to wait until the next major May 16-19 at the PGA Championship.

“There’s a lot of people a lot smarter than me that could figure this out in a much more efficient way,” Jon Rahm said. “But the obvious answer is that there’s got to be a way for certain players in whatever tour to be able to earn their way in. That’s the only thing can I say. I don’t know what that looks like. But there’s got to be a fair way for everybody to compete.”

MASTERS TEE TIMES

Thursday-Friday, all times are PT

5 a.m.-8:06 a.m. — Erik van Rooyen, Jake Knapp

5:12 a.m.-8:18 a.m. — Jose Maria Olazabal, Taylor Moore, a-Santiago De La Fuente

5:24 a.m.-8:30 a.m. — Danny Willett, Austin Eckroat, Stephan Jaeger

5:36 a.m.-8:42 a.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Luke List, a-Christo Lamprecht

5:48 a.m.-8:54 a.m. — Gary Woodland, Thorbjorn Olesen, Bryson DeChambeau

6 a.m.-9:12 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Corey Conners, a-Jasper Stubbs

6:12 a.m.-9:24 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Chris Kirk, Ryan Fox

6:24 a.m.-9:36 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An, Harris English

6:36 a.m.-9:48 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Sepp Straka, Tony Finau

6:48 a.m.-10 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Joaquin Niemann, Russell Henley

7:06 a.m.-10:12 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Rickie Fowler

7:18 a.m.-10:24 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas

7:30 a.m.-10:36 a.m. — Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Dunlap

7:42 a.m.-10:48 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele

7:54 a.m.-11 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Cameron Smith

8:06 a.m.-5 a.m. — Lee Hodges, Adrian Meronk, Grayson Murray

8:18 a.m.-5:12 a.m. — Camilo Villegas, Denny McCarthy, Cameron Davis

8:30 a.m.-5:24 a.m. — Mike Weir, Ryo Hisatsune, a-Neal Shipley

8:42 a.m.-5:36 a.m. — Vijay Singh, Si Woo Kim, Emiliano Grillo

8:54 a.m.-5:48 a.m. — Fred Couples, Adam Hadwin, a-Stewart Hagestad

9:12 a.m.-6 a.m. — Justin Rose, Eric Cole, Peter Malnati

9:24 a.m.-6:12 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, J.T. Poston, Shane Lowry

9:36 a.m.-6:24 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Nicolai Hojgaard, Adam Schenk

9:48 a.m.-6:36 a.m. — Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im, Kurt Kitayama

10 a.m.-6:48 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Mattieu Pavon, Tyrrell Hatton

10:12 a.m.-7:06 a.m. — Adam Scott, Sam Burns, Cameron Young

10:24 a.m.-7:18 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Jason Day, Max Homa

10:36 a.m.-7:30 a.m. — Brian Harman, Brooks Koepka, Tom Kim

10:48 a.m.-7:42 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Aberg, Sahith Theegala

11 a.m.-7:54 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood

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Who are the best LIV golfers of 2022? LIV Golf is a new golf tour financed by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. The name LIV is a reference to the Roman numeral for 54, the score if every hole on a par-72 course were birdied. When the tour started in 2022, the question on everyone's mind was: can LIV golfers play in majors? The answer is yes, for now. Although a rift is forming among the best current golfers about the ethical participation in LIV golf tournaments as well as the general mercenary feel of LIV in the world's classiest sport. What golfers joined LIV? And, who are the best LIV golfers right now? 

If you're wondering who you'll find atop the LIV golf leaderboard each weekend, familiar names like Cameron Smith, Bubba Watson, and Brooks Koepka, can be seen playing LIV golf tournaments. On this list of LIV golfers you can also find Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, and Patrick Reed, who are taking the LIV golf league by storm.

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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 10: Phil Mickelson of the United States and his caddie, Jon Yarbrough, ... [+] walks the 13th fairway during a practice round prior to the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

There’s not a lot of highly competitive golf left in Phil Mickelson’s tank. He led the line of players defecting from the PGA Tour to join the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf two years ago, and has finished in the top 10 only twice in the 26 events he’s played.

He could be playing on the PGA Tour Champions circuit, as he’s 53. It’s easy to see why oddsmakers list Mickelson somewhere between 125-to-1 and 300-to-1 to win the Masters, placing him in the range of golfers like Jake Knapp, Kevin Na, Eric Cole and Adam Svensson.

But here’s a question to ask the guy sitting on the next bar stool: Where did Mickelson finish in last year’s Masters?

The answer, believe it or not, is second.

Mickelson was never a threat to Jon Rahm but put together a final-round 65 to tie 54-hole leader Brooks Koepka for second. It marked his 16th top-10 at Augusta National, where he built his legend by winning three times (2004, ’06 and ’10).

One of the fascinating features of the Masters is that it is one of the few events where all of the world’s best golfers are welcome, whether they stayed with the PGA Tour or took the guaranteed money being offered by LIV Golf.

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There are 13 LIV members in the 89-man field for the Masters, including the defending champ. Rahm was still on the PGA Tour side of the split when he out-dueled Koepka to win last April but shook hands with Greg Norman and LIV’s deal-makers in December, with reports of his guarantee ranging from $300 million to $550 million.

Eighteen LIV golfers qualified for the 2023 Masters but it is becoming harder for them to qualify with LIV events not registering in the Official World Golf Rankings. You can see why that is a point of great contention among LIV golfers.

The list of those playing this years Masters: Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson, Koepka, Adrian Meronk, Mickelson, Joaquin Niemann, Rahm, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith and Bubba Watson.

Garcia, Johnson, Mickelson, Rahm, Reed, Schwartzel and Watson qualified as past champions. DeChambeau, Hatton and Koepka qualified as past champions of other majors of the Players Championship. Hatton and Meronk were ranked within the top 50 in the OWGR, and Niemann was given a special exemption after winning once on the DP World Tour and twice in LIV events since November.

The list of LIV members who did not qualify for the Masters is headed by Talor Gooch, Louis Oosthuizen, Abraham Ancer, Mito Pereira, Harold Varner III, Paul Casey and Dean Burmester, who beat Garcia in a playoff to win last week’s LIV event in Miami.

The other three majors have also elected to include LIV members who qualify. There are currently eight LIV members eligible for the PGA Championship, nine eligible for the US Open and 13 eligible for the Open Championship.

It is a point of pride for LIV that 12 of their members made the Masters cut in 2023, with Koepka and Reed (tied for fourth) joining Mickelson in the top-10. Including Rahm, four of the top six finishers from last year enter this year’s event representing LIV. The only exceptions are Jordan Spieth and Russell Henley, who shared fourth with Reed.

PGA Tour members Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy head to Thursday’s first round with the lowest odds to win the Masters. But LIV members Rahm, Koepka, Niemann and DeChambeau are generally among the 10 players with the lowest odds.

McIlroy has become outspoken about the need for golf’s ruling bodies to bridge the chasm that was created when the the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, known as the Public Investment Fund, changed the financial landscape of the sport in 2022. The PGA Tour responded a year ago, adjusting its structure and elevating its prize money in an attempt to stop the exodus from its ranks.

It doesn’t appear a resolution is in sight. That makes events like the Masters even more interesting than they’ve always been.

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Little life left among LIV Tour loyalists at the U.S. Open

By bill felber | jun 17, 2022.

The second day of play at the U.S. Open at The Country Club amounted to one more kick to the nether regions of the LIV Tour loyalists.

After being thoroughly outplayed Thursday by the PGA Tour loyalists, the 15 LIV Tour commits returned to Brookline for Friday’s second round to be even more thoroughly outplayed.

With only four exceptions, there’ll be no need for the LIV Tour guys to undergo further humiliation this weekend. They didn’t make the cut.

The raw numbers testify to how thoroughly PGA Tour cadre members have dominated the first two days of this national championship, and how it is virtually inevitable that they will also dominate the final two days.

• The average 36-hole score of a PGA Tour loyalist was 142.66 strokes. That’s 2.06 strokes better than the full field average.
• The average 36-hole score of a LIV Tour loyalist was 145.53 strokes. That’s eight-tenths of a stroke worse than the full field average and nearly three strokes worse than the PGA Tour guys.
• Of the 64 players who made the cut, 45 – that’s 70 percent  — were PGA loyalists. Another 14 – 22 percent – were either amateurs or players unaffiliated with either of the big-money tours. That left only LIV Tour commits Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau, and Richard Bland plus Brooks Koepka – whose status is not entirely clear — to flesh out the weekend field.
• Of the 22 players within four shots of the lead, 20 are PGA Tour loyalists. The only exceptions are M.J. Daffue, who plays on the Korn-Ferry Tour, and Travis Vick, an NCAA champion and runner-up in the 2021 U.S. Amateur.
• The highest placed LIV Tour guys, Johnson and Reed, will begin the weekend in a tie for 31st place six strokes out of the lead. DeChambeau and Bland are another stroke back in a tie for 40th.

The guts of the LIV brand were sent packing Friday.

Phil Mickelson, the most visible face of the insurgent tour, shot 151 and tied for 135th in a 156-player field. Louis Oosthuizen shot 146. Talor Gooch, considered one of the budding PGA Tour stars when he bolted last month, turned in an uninspired 145 and was never a factor.

Reigning U.S. Amateur champion, James Piot, who made his professional debut in the LIV Golf inaugural event, followed a first-day 69 with a Friday 75 for a 144 total that left him one stroke off the cutline. Sergio Garcia also shot 144 and left town.

If head-to-head results from the first two days of Open competition have established anything, it is that the LIV Golf Tour is going to have to poach several more stars if it hopes to even approach the quality of competition presently offered by the PGA Tour.

There have been rumors, not substantiated but also not fully shot down by the target player, that LIV leaders are making a heavy push to entice 36-hole co-leader Collin Morikawa to their events.

He is of course already a two-time Major champion, having won the 2020 PGA and the 2021 British Open. By Sunday night, the 25-year-old could be three-quarters of the way to a career grand slam.

His comment about the LIV Tour during a pre-tournament press conference this week was just vague enough to be inscrutable.

"“We don’t want to be worrying about this a year or two years down the road,” he told reporters."

Make of that what you will.

For the present, Morikawa has more pressing concerns, including the significant shadows cast by Rory McIlroy and defending champion Jon Rahm, both in a large group just one stroke in the wake of Morikawa and co-leader Joel Dahmen.

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It is perhaps no coincidence that in a week when the LIV Tour forces have performed so ingloriously, Rahm and McIlroy have emerged as two of the insurgent Tour’s harshest critics.

If either of them were to emerge with the trophy this weekend, that would be the ultimate slap at the Saudi-based Tour.

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2024 Masters odds, betting favorites: Scottie Scheffler leads with Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka among contenders

Will the best player in the world continue his hot streak, or is there value elsewhere on the masters odds board.

The best time of the year has finally arrived. The 2024 Masters is here with the azaleas in full bloom and Augusta National as pristine as ever, so now, it's time for players to descend on the 18-hole masterpiece with dreams of donning the coveted green jacket come Sunday evening. Some may have better chances than others, but as it stands, every golfer in the field has a chance to make history of their own. Take a look at the Round 1 tee times and groupings set for the Masters this week.

Perhaps no one has a clearer path to victory this year than the 2022 champion, Scottie Scheffler. The world No. 1 has once again raced through the initial portion of the PGA Tour schedule eyeing his second green jacket in the last three years. Finishing T10 in his defense effort last year, Scheffler hopes a renewed confidence on the greens can lead him back to Butler Cabin. But he will need to fend off a number of big names, including a pair he has not seen on the golf course since the Ryder Cup.

LIV Golf's heaviest hitters in this field include the two men who duked it out on the final day in last year's tournament: Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka. Rahm is looking to become just the fourth man to successfully defend his green jacket -- the first since Tiger Woods in 2001-02 -- while Koepka, with a win, would catch Phil Mickelson, Nick Faldo and Lee Trevino with six major championships and inch one step closer to capturing the career grand slam.

Speaking of that slam, it can't be the Masters if Rory McIlroy's name is not discussed. Now in his 10th attempt to close out the ultimate achievement, McIlroy enters these Masters with mixed expectations. The same can be said for many of the game's best, including 2015 champion Jordan Spieth, two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas, reigning FedEx Cup champion Viktor Hovland and a slew of others. And don't forget that some of the best amateurs in the world are set to take on Augusta National.

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• Scottie Scheffler: 4-1

Scheffler finds himself in uncharted territory with the shortest odds to win any major since Tiger Woods in 2013. While the comparisons to the 15-time major champion may rub some the wrong way, Scheffler's short price is warranted. He arrives at Augusta National as the clear cut world No. 1 with an ideal runway of two wins and a runner-up result in his last three tournaments. The 2022 champion has yet to finish outside the top 20 in four Masters appearances and has factored on the major stage more often than not since slipping on the green jacket.

Other favorites

• Rory McIlroy: 11-1
• Jon Rahm: 11-1
• Xander Schauffele: 14-1
• Brooks Koepka: 20-1
• Hideki Matsuyama: 201
• Jordan Spieth: 22-1

This group of golfers has combined for 15 major championships and three Masters titles, but it is the one with the goose egg next to his name who may have the best chance to win this year. Schauffele enters the Masters as the second-best player in the world from a statistical standpoint and with plenty of form in tow. Collecting six top 10s in eight starts this season, Schauffele has flashed on the big stage at the Genesis Invitational and Players Championship to no avail. There's a chance he took those close calls personally and finally rights these wrongs at a place where he found himself in contention in 2019 and 2021. While Schauffele's price has shortened over the last few days, that of McIlroy, Koepka, Matsuyama and Spieth has gotten longer.

• Joaquin Niemann: 28-1
• Ludvig Åberg: 33-1
• Bryson DeChambeau: 35-1
• Viktor Hovland: 35-1
• Patrick Cantlay: 40-1
• Will Zalatoris: 40-1
• Tony Finau: 40-1
• Wyndham Clark: 40-1
• Matt Fitzpatrick: 40-1
• Justin Thomas: 45-1
• Dustin Johnson: 45-1

This year's Masters may be the best opportunity in the last 45 years for a debutant to win -- a streak that has lasted since Fuzzy Zoeller broke through in the 1979 Masters. Not only will a reigning major champion, Clark, be among those to make his first Masters start, but so will one of the brightest young talents in the game in Åberg. Clark arrives at Augusta National with a win at Pebble Beach and a pair of runners-up to his name, while Åberg looks like a certified top-10 player in the world. The Swede will also have a chance to become the first player since Keegan Bradley in 2011 to win in his major debut.

Everyone except three players in this group has seen an uptick compared to their Monday price with those being DeChambeau, Finau and Fitzpatrick. Clark has ballooned from 28-1 to 40-1 while Thomas has gone from 35-1 to 45-1. 

• Tommy Fleetwood: 50-1
• Collin Morikawa: 50-1
• Cameron Smith: 55-1
• Shane Lowry: 55-1
• Cameron Young: 55-1
• Sahith Theegala: 55-1
• Tyrrell Hatton: 60-1
• Russell Henley: 65-1
• Si Woo Kim: 65-1
• Max Homa: 65-1
• Corey Conners: 70-1
• Brian Harman: 75-1
• Jason Day: 75-1
• Sam Burns: 80-1
• Patrick Reed: 80-1
• Adam Scott: 80-1
• Min Woo Lee: 100-1
• Akshay Bhatia: 100-1
• Byeong Hun An: 110-1
• Denny McCarthy: 110-1
• Sergio Garcia: 120-1
• Sungjae Im: 120-1
• Tiger Woods: 150-1
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• Chris Kirk: 170-1
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There are a number of interesting names listed among those north of 100-1, including last year's runner-up. Mickelson hasn't had much form on the LIV Golf circuit, but that didn't stop him from shooting a final-round 65 and finishing behind only one man in last year's tournament. His magic can never be doubted at Augusta National, and the same goes for Woods. Tiger hasn't been seen since his withdrawal from the Genesis Invitational, but he still has a tournament record in his sights. Tying Fred Couples and Gary Players with 23 straight made cuts at the Masters in 2023, Woods hopes to grab it all on his own this year (and hopefully play four rounds unlike last year).

• Adrian Meronk: 200-1
• Kurt Kitayama: 220-1
• Erik van Rooyen: 220-1
• Austin Eckroat: 220-1
• Keegan Bradley: 220-1
• Sepp Straka: 220-1
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• Phil Mickelson: 270-1
• Adam Hadwin: 270-1
• Matthieu Pavon: 270-1
• Jake Knapp: 300-1
• Eric Cole: 300-1
• Taylor Moore: 300-1
• Ryan Fox: 300-1
• Emiliano Grillo: 300-1

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Editor's Note: This article first appeared in Fire Pit Collective , a Golf Digest content partner.

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NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — LIV Golf is about many things: disruption, sportswashing, vengeance (in the case of frontman Greg Norman) and, uh, golf. But more than anything, it’s about cold, hard cash. As with many other issues surrounding this upstart tour, the details around all the money are shadowy. In an effort to get more granular, the Fire Pit Collective spoke with four agents who represent LIV golfers; they were granted anonymity to facilitate candor.

“What you have to understand about professional golfers is that they are all whores,” Agent A says. “That is the starting point.”

Touched off by a recent Brandel Chamblee tweet in which he said prize money is being applied to signing bonuses, there has been discussion this week about how the money is distributed on the LIV tour. The lower-wattage players in the field at Pumpkin Ridge have to kill what they eat, guaranteed nothing beyond the last-place money of $120,000 in the 48-man field. The more established players who jumped to LIV from the PGA and European tours have received guaranteed money that, contrary to Chamblee’s tweet, is in addition to whatever the player claims from the tournament purses, which this week is $20 million plus an additional $5 million for the concurrent team competition. “The prize fund is the prize fund,” says Pat Perez, who is making his LIV debut this week. “Whatever you win you get to keep. That’s why guys are taking this seriously.”

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As with team sports, the guaranteed money on LIV varies from player to player, based on age, starpower, current form and projected performance. “Every deal is different,” Ian Poulter says. “There hasn’t been a lot of talk about the money [among players] because that’s personal.” Some of the numbers that have been floated in media reports have been fantastical: $200 million for Phil Mickelson, $150 million for Dustin Johnson, $100 million for Bryson DeChambeau. “You have to take that with a grain of salt,” Agent B says. “Who does it benefit to inflate those numbers? LIV, obviously, because they’re trying to generate buzz and recruit more players. But it also benefits the agents who are trying to sign new players or nudge other clients to make the jump.”

Though it is subject to negotiation, the standard arrangement in professional golf is that players keep all of the money they win on the course but agents take 20 percent of appearance fees and endorsement deals. LIV’s upfront money is treated like the latter, and as a result, the player representatives are getting a fat cut. (Because there is no cut in the events and players are guaranteed a check, some agencies are taking a commission on the first $120,000 of a player’s winnings, treating it as a de facto appearance fee.) One veteran caddie to a top player who has remained loyal to the PGA Tour says in a text message, “I honestly think that one of the backstories to this LIV thing are agents who desperately want the biggest payday of their lives.”

A key player in the building of LIV Golf is GSE Worldwide, a New York-based outfit that represents seven players who have made the jump: DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen, Brendan Grace, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz and Eugenio Chacarra (who just turned pro). On Thursday, Norman told me, “We still have some big announcements coming.” Speculation has centered around another GSE client, Sam Burns. (Andrew Witlieb, the head of the company’s golf division, did not respond to a request for comment for this story.) GSE’s aggressive business model dovetails nicely with LIV’s desperate need to sign players. “We call it pushing paper,” Agent A says. “Those guys buy clients. They go in and say, ‘We’ll guarantee you X millions of dollars in income to sign with us.’ That means if [GSE doesn’t] land some big deals, they get their ass handed to them.” But Agent C pushes back on the notion that he or any of his colleagues have steered their players to LIV despite the risks of being banned from what was their home tour, to say nothing of the blowback attached to LIV’s funding coming from Saudi Arabia. “Our job is to present all the options to the player, but they always make the final decision,” Agent C says. “If you push a player to do something that is not in his best interests long-term, you’re not going to be in this business very long.”

Norman and LIV’s newest signee Brooks Koepka pressing flesh on Thursday with Majed Al Sorour, CEO of the Saudi Golf Federation.

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How are players taking care of the rest of their “team” in this era of inflated purses? Most caddies and swing coaches to LIV players are getting the same percentages as always, which means 10 percent of a victory this week is worth a cool $400,000 to the looper. “I’ve heard a little grumbling from the players,” Agent D says, “but there has been so much talk about quote unquote player greed that I think they are sensitive to not squeezing anyone right now. I do expect that at the end of this season some percentages will get adjusted.”

Perez has no such plans. “The whole thing about this is I’m trying to take care of my family,” he says. “And H [caddie Michael Hartford] is family. Claude [swing coach Claude Harmon] is family. So I’m still going to take care of these guys the way we usually operate.” Each LIV player is given four plane tickets per tournament: one first class, one premium economy and two economy. He also gets four rooms in a luxury hotel. So caddies who used to have to pay their own way are now traveling for free. With no cut, they are also guaranteed a check every time out, and the 54-hole events reduce the wear and tear on their aching joints. “I have gotten calls from more than a dozen caddies dying for a bag,” Agent D says.

Perez signed with LIV for four years, which will take him to age 50, when he will be eligible for the PGA Tour Champions … if golf’s warring bureaucracies ever make peace. Like other players with relatively modest upfront money, he received his haul in one chunk. “Mine is in,” he says. “I got it all. It’s fucking incredible.” According to Agent C, the contracts that run into high-eight and nine figures are paid in annual installment across the three-, four- or five-year deals. Every player with a long-term LIV deal is compelled to play every event on the schedule, even as it potentially expands from eight tournaments this year to 14 in coming years. There are clawback provisions should a player miss a significant amount of time for injury. Interestingly, there is also a “morals clause” by which LIV can cancel a contract and recoup the upfront money. This covers incidents of on-course cheating and legal troubles, and particular attention has been given to consorting with or being influenced by gamblers. “With so many guys getting guaranteed money,” Agent C says, “there is the concern that a player could be more tempted to do something during the competitive rounds, which might not mean as much to them. Where there is money there is always corruption. That’s just how humans are.”

The way LIV has quickly reshaped the landscape of professional golf has led to a lot of reflection on human nature. On Thursday, a couple of miles from Pumpkin Ridge, a dozen 9/11 families participated in a protest of LIV’s links to Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers. While fans, reporters, political commentators and a few professional golfers wrestle with these larger geopolitical issues, business is booming on the LIV tour. Says Agent A, “I was just talking with the guy doing all the deals for LIV, and he told me he is drinking from a fire hose right now. He is getting bombarded by agents. I think there was some initial apprehension about how this whole thing was going to play out, so a lot of people were on the sidelines, observing. Now the gold rush is on.”

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• Mobile Voucher Accepted
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• Duration: 3 Hrs
• Language: English
• Departure Time : 10:00 AM
• Departure Details : Karl Marks Monument on Revolution Square, metro stop: Square of Revolution
• Return Details : Metro Smolenskaya
• If you cancel at least 4 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
• If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
• Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Go beneath the streets on this tour of the spectacular, mind-bending Moscow Metro! Be awed by architecture and spot the Propaganda , then hear soviet stories from a local in the know. Finish it all up above ground, looking up to Stalins skyscrapers, and get the inside scoop on whats gone on behind those walls.

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We begin our Moscow tour beneath the city, exploring the underground palace of the Moscow Metro. From the Square of Revolution station, famous for its huge statues of soviet people (an armed soldier, a farmer with a rooster, a warrior, and more), we’ll move onto some of the most significant stations, where impressive mosaics, columns, and chandeliers will boggle your eyes! Moreover, these stations reveal a big part of soviet reality — the walls depict plenty of Propaganda , with party leaders looking down from images on the walls. Your local guide will share personal stories of his/her family from USSR times, giving you insight into Russia’s complicated past and present. Then we’re coming back up to street level, where we’ll take a break and refuel with some Russian fast food: traditional pancakes, called bliny. And then, stomachs satiated, we are ready to move forward! We’ll take the eco-friendly electric trolleybus, with a route along the Moscow Garden Ring. Used mainly by Russian babushkas(grannies) during the day, the trolleybus hits peak hours in the mornings and evenings, when many locals use it going to and from their days. Our first stop will be the Aviator’s House, one of Stalin’s Seven Sisters, followed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — and you’ll hear the legends of what has gone on inside the walls. Throughout your Moscow tour, you’ll learn curious facts from soviet history while seeing how Russia exists now, 25 years after the USSR.

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Dress standard: Please wear comfortable shoes for walking. For your Urban Adventure you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people

Traveler Reviews

This tour exceeded our expectations. Nikolai (Nick), our tour guide, was very knowledgeable, thorough, and has a great personality. He didn't take shortcuts and really covered everything that was on the agenda in great detail. We saw beautiful metro stations and learned the history behind them, including many of the murals and designs.

We did the tour with Anna her knowledge and understanding of the History surrounding the metro brought the tour alive. Well done Anna!

This tour was amazing!

Anna was a great tour guide. She gave us heaps of interesting information, was very friendly, and very kindly showed us how to get to our next tour.

Amazing beauty and history.

An excellent tour helped by an absolutely amazing guide. Anna gave a great insight into the history of the metro helped by additional material she had prepared.

great tour and guide - thanks again

great will do it again, Miriam ke was very good as a guide she has lived here all here life so knew every interesting detail.a good day

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Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case).