Good morning from The Masters: Tiger teeing off

“His return to fitness and form will [draw] swaths of viewers around the world to tune in and increase golf’s following dramatically this weekend”, Stainer said.

Certainly, no one took a more harrowing path to the Masters.

Tiger Woods does not follow the Twitter account that tracks his every move but he may well know the man behind the scenes. Consider what that means.

Mickelson on the march And 47-year-old Phil Mickelson, who numbers three green jackets among his five major titles, suddenly looks like a real contender after winning his first title in almost five years at the WGC Mexico Championship. He had a 6-iron and “I thought it was flawless; straight at the flag, ” he said. Whether you’re in the U.S., the UK, Spain, Japan or absolutely anywhere else with an internet connection, we’ll help you tune in for the all the action. For more tips and expert insight, check out this Masters 2018 tips guide from our friends at Golf Monthly. Fantastic things don’t always happen at the Masters, but they do more often than not, and that’s why I’m thankful it is here at last!

“But it is Tiger Woods”.

Outlook: “I’m an avid fan of the history of the game, and I know a win here and what that would mean and where that would put me in history alongside some of the greatest that have ever played this game, and that would mean an bad lot to me”.

He played a nine-hole practice round with his golfing idol, Tiger Woods, while his lifelong idol, his father Vic, caddied for him.

Familiarity is supposed to breed contempt. “Augusta doesn’t allow phones on the course, so I’m inside the press centre tweeting as much as I can from all of the available resources”.

“It’s the flawless golf tournament”, Rory McIlroy said. McIlroy has never won here.

Perhaps it was his own amateur history that meant Parziale struck such a chord with him. Jordan Spieth already has three major titles, including the 2015 Masters.

“When he was teeing off on the first hole, I said, ‘How’s the penny working out?'” Sullivan said.

Should he contend here this week, he’ll face that spot – and that shot – again. He hit his tee shots on 13 and 15 into pine straw, and for good measure put a second shot into the patrons too. “It’s just a matter of now going out there and competing and playing and posting numbers”.

With the jitters out of the way, the 27-year-old from Arkansas proceeded to hit a nice approach shot and then sank a 15-foot putt dead center. Take one overriding factor.

The 42-year-old Woods was first off the first tee in his group, which includes Marc Leishman and Tommy Fleetwood. It’s lost on exactly no one, and it changes the tenor of the event. Another 3-wood on the fifth was left.

2018 Masters predictions: who will win? Rory McIlroy won with five birdies on his last six holes. Spieth, who seemed to get untracked by finishing third in Houston. And world No. 1 Dustin Johnson begins his round at 2:00 ET, in the day’s final grouping. It’s more when the comments get a little personal and they start to root against you and all that stuff. And at the Masters, it matters that the stage is the same each year.

Stamping his authority as a four-times Masters victor, Woods said that while he hopes to play his best golf this week he felt he could slip into a Green Jacket on Sunday evening even if he is not firing on all cylinders.