Golf Glance: Elite field collides
as Masters kicks off majors season
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[April 10, 2024]
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PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Valero Texas Open, San Antonio, April 4-7 (Akshay
Bhatia)
THIS WEEK: The Masters, Augusta, Ga., April 11-14
Course: Augusta National (Par 72, 7,555 yards)
Purse: TBA
Defending Champion: Jon Rahm
FedEx Cup Leader: Scottie Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 3-7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN); Saturday, 3-7 p.m.
(CBS); Sunday, 2-7 p.m. (CBS)
X: @TheMasters
NOTES: Scheffler enters the Masters as the top-ranked player in the
world and the FedEx Cup standings leader for the second time in
three years. He went on to win in 2022. ... Five-time Masters
champion Tiger Woods is in the field as he seeks to set a record
with a 24th consecutive cut made at Augusta. He currently shares the
record of 23 with Fred Couples. He is also seeking to break the
record of 82 career PGA Tour victories he shares with Sam Snead and
equal Jack Nicklaus' record of six Masters titles. However, he has
withdrawn from three of his previous six starts, with a best finish
of T45 during that span. ... Rahm is one of 13 LIV Golf players in
this week's 89-player field. ... Bhatia earned the final spot with
his playoff victory at the Valero Texas Open. ... Ludvig Aberg is
making his major championship debut. He has a win and six additional
top-10s through his first 19 starts on the PGA Tour. Only three
players have won in their Masters debut, most recently Fuzzy Zoeller
in 1979.
BEST BETS: Scheffler (+400 at BetMGM) has won two of his past three
starts and finished T2 in the other. He has multiple wins entering
the Masters for the third consecutive year, the longest such stretch
since Tiger Woods did so from 2005-08. ... Rory McIlroy (+1100) is
seeking his first Masters victory and his first major title since
2014, which would also make him the sixth player to complete the
career Grand Slam. He finished second to Scheffler at the '22
Masters. ... Jon Rahm (+1200) is playing in his first 72-hole event
since signing with LIV Golf in December. He holds the longest active
streak with 17 consecutive cuts made in majors. ... Hideki Matsuyama
(+1800) was the 2021 Masters champion and enters the week having
finished T12 or better in four consecutive starts, including a win
at the Genesis. ... Brooks Koepka (+2000) held the 54-hole lead last
year before the five-time major champion settled for a T2. ...
Wyndham Clark (+3000) is the reigning U.S. Open champion and is
ranked fourth in the world, but he is also making his Masters debut.
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NEXT TOURNAMENT: RBC Heritage, Hilton Head Island,
S.C., April 18-21
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: T-Mobile Match Play (Nelly Korda)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Race to the CME Globe leader: Korda
NEXT TOURNAMENT: The Chevron Championship, The Woodlands, Texas,
April 18-21
PGA Tour Champions
LAST TOURNAMENT: The Galleri Classic (Retief Goosen)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steven Alker
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Invited Celebrity Classic, Irving, Texas, April
19-21
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LIV Golf League
LAST TOURNAMENT: Miami, April 5-7 (Individual: Dean Burmester; Team:
Legion XIII)
THIS WEEK: OFF
2024 Leaders: Players, Juaquin Niemann; Team, Crushers GC
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Adelaide, Australia, April 26-28
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