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Welcome, patrons, to the 88th edition of the Masters Tournament. Cell phones and other devices with recording and/or transmission capabilities are prohibited, no autograph requests on the course, no running.
So will Jon Rahm become the first player since Tiger Woods in 2002, and only the fourth in history, to win consecutive tournaments? Will favorite Scottie Scheffler don the green jacket for the second time? Will Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth or Dustin Johnson do it again? Will Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry or Viktor Hovland break through? Will Rickie Fowler become the first par-three winner to go on to win the main event? Will Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark or Akshay Bhatia become the first rookie to win since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979? Will Zalatoris?
There are other players available too, but there’s little point in talking about them now. You see, Erik van Rooyen was supposed to hit the first shot out of anger this morning at 8am local time, 1pm in Britain. But the weather around Augusta National is limited and the game has been postponed until 10.30am (3.30pm BST). You can find the updated starting times here. This hole by hole report will start at 5pm BST, after which we will blog ♫♪ all day looooooonng ♫♪ ; Until then, here’s the famous CBS theme in an hour long loop and a retro report to get you in the mood. See you soon!