Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy spotlight first observe spherical at The Masters

One of the cool issues about The Masters is the protection the PGA nails every yr. And that begins on Day 1 when the gamers kickoff their observe periods.

The largest names to obtain the largest consideration on the opening day of the observe rounds had been Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The two had been joined by Tom Kim and legendary golfer Fred Couples and the 4 determined to maintain custom alive at Augusta.

Skipping a ball throughout the water at at 16.

While the group was receiving a number of cheers as they walked by followers, they’d some competitors for the loudest roar of the day (sorry, Tiger).

The loudest roar belonged to Sepp Straka who aced the twelfth gap on Monday.

I do know, I do know. Someone as soon as stated, “We’re talkin’ about practice…” so there could also be a number of of you that will assume that clip isn’t an enormous deal. But golf is golf and that was a shot.

Also highlighting Monday’s practices in Augusta had been LIV golfers making their look. There wasn’t something to jot down house about. In truth, it gave the impression to be enterprise as standard, form of.

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Several golfers wore their LIV workforce shirts, together with former Masters champion Dustin Johnson who wore his 4Aces workforce shirt with Carolina blue colours and spoke to the media following Monday’s observe spherical.

“For me it’s the same. All my buddies are still my buddies, and we play, and it’s still golf. So it doesn’t matter where you play at,” stated Johnson about how he felt enjoying for LIV and dealing with his former PGA friends. “I still play golf for a living. I’m here at the Masters and enjoying this week. This week’s all about Augusta.”

We’ll simply have to attend and see if something evolves because the week progresses.