AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fifteen-time main champion Tiger Woods will not tee it up within the 89th Masters as a result of he is recovering from a ruptured left Achilles tendon, however there are nonetheless loads of storylines because the world’s finest golfers descend on Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership this week.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will attempt to be a part of Jack Nicklaus (1963, ’65 and ’66) as the one golfers to win three inexperienced jackets in a four-year span. He can change into solely the fourth participant in Masters historical past to win in back-to-back years; Nicklaus, Nick Faldo (1989-90) and Woods (2001-02) had been the others.
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy may need higher kind than Scheffler heading into the primary main championship of the season. McIlroy will try and change into solely the sixth golfer within the Masters period to finish the profession Grand Slam by capturing a inexperienced jacket. It is going to be McIlroy’s eleventh try, and he’ll attempt to finish a significant championship drought of greater than 10 years.
These aren’t the one intriguing storylines in what guarantees to be a drama-filled week at Augusta Nationwide. For the primary time in eight months, the perfect golfers from each the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League will likely be competing in the identical discipline.
“[It’s] per week that all of us cherish essentially the most,” three-time Masters winner Phil Mickelson mentioned. “It is the beginning of the key championship sequence. Historical past is made there yearly.”
Here is a take a look at the 96 golfers within the discipline, from the blokes who can win to those that are merely attempting to make the minimize.
