50 days until they tee it up in Augusta. Just thought I would add a specific Masters thread for this years tournament.

Here are the invites. Most of the elder living past champions are sitting out this year. Apparently Langer hurt his achilles and is unlikely to play:

Tommy Aaron, 1*

Ludvig Aberg, 17 (RSM Classic), 19

Keegan Bradley, 17 (Travelers), 18, 19

Sam Burns, 18, 19

Angel Cabrera, 1*

Patrick Cantlay, 18, 19

Wyndham Clark, 2, 14, 17 (Wells Fargo, U.S. Open), 18, 19

Eric Cole, 19

Corey Conners, 18, 19

Charles Coody, 1*

Fred Couples, 1

Ben Crenshaw, 1*

Cam Davis, 16, 19

Jason Day, 17 (Byron Nelson), 19

Santiago De la Fuente (a), 10

Bryson DeChambeau, 2, 16

Nick Dunlap, 17 (American Express)

Harris English, 19

Nick Faldo, 1*

Tony Finau, 17 (Mexico Open), 18, 19

Matt Fitzpatrick, 2, 13, 17 (RBC Heritage), 18, 19

Tommy Fleetwood, 18, 19

Raymond Floyd, 1*

Rickie Fowler, 17 (Rocket Mortgage), 18, 19

Ryan Fox, 19

Sergio Garcia, 1

Lucas Glover, 17 (Wyndham, St. Jude), 18, 19

Emiliano Grillo, 17 (Colonial), 18, 19

Adam Hadwin, 19

Stewart Hagestad (a), 11

Brian Harman, 3, 17 (British Open), 18, 19

Tyrrell Hatton, 18, 19

Russell Henley, 13, 18, 19

Lee Hodges, 17 (3M Open)

Nicolai Hojgaard, 19

Max Homa, 18, 19

Viktor Hovland, 13, 16, 17 (Memorial, BMW), 18, 19

Sungjae Im, 18, 19

Trevor Immelman, 1*

Dustin Johnson, 1

Zach Johnson, 1

Tom Kim, 15, 17 (Shriners), 18, 19

Si Woo Kim, 18, 19

Chris Kirk, 17 (Sentry)

Kurt Kitayama, 16, 19

Brooks Koepka, 4, 13, 16, 17, 19

Christo Lamprechet (a), 8

Bernhard Langer, 1*

Min Woo Lee, 19

Luke List, 17 (Sanderson)

Shane Lowry, 3, 19

Sandy Lyle, 1•

Hideki Matsuyama, 1, 3, 17 (Genesis), 19

Denny McCarthy, 19

Rory McIlroy, 13, 17 (Scottish Open), 18, 19

Adrian Meronk, 19

Phil Mickelson, 1, 4, 13

Larry Mize, 1*

Taylor Moore, 18

Collin Morikawa, 3, 4, 13, 19


Grayson Murray, 18 (Sony Open)

Jack Nicklaus, 1*

Joaquin Niemann, special invite

Mark O'Meara, 1*

Jose Maria Olazabal, 1

Matthieu Pavon, 17 (Farmers)

Gary Player, 1*

J.P. Poston, 19

Jon Rahm, 1, 2, 15, 17 (Masters), 18, 19

Patrick Reed, 1, 13

Justin Rose, 19

Xander Schauffele, 18, 19

Scottie Scheffler, 1, 5, 13, 14, 16, 18

Adam Schenk, 18, 19

Charl Schwartzel, 1

Adam Scott, 1, 19

Neal Shipley (a), 7

Vijay Singh, 1

Cameron Smith, 3, 5, 14, 19

Jordan Spieth, 1, 13, 18, 19

Craig Stadler, 1*

Sepp Straka, 15, 17 (John Deere), 18, 19

Jasper Stubbs (a), 9

Nick Taylor, 17 (RBC Canadian, WM Phoenix), 18

Sahith Theegala, 13, 17 (Fortinet), 19

Justin Thomas, 4, 19

Erik van Rooyen, 17 (World Wide Technology)

Camilo Villegas, 17 (Bermuda)

Tom Watson, 1*

Bubba Watson, 1

Mike Weir, 1

Danny Willett, 1

Gary Woodland, 2

Tiger Woods, 1

Ian Woosnam, 1*

Cameron Young, 13, 19

Will Zalatoris, 19

Fuzzy Zoeller, 1*

Masters qualifying criteria
1: Masters champions (lifetime)

2: U.S. Open champions (five years)

3: Open champions (five years)

4: PGA champion (five years)

5: Players champion (three years)

6: Current Olympic gold medalist (one year)

7: Current U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up (one year)

8: Current British Amateur champion (one year)

9: Current Asia-Pacific Amateur champion (one year)

10: Current Latin America Amateur champion (one year)

11: Current U.S. Mid-Amateur champion (one year)

12: Current NCAA Division I Men's Individual champion (one year)

13: First 12 players, including ties, in the previous year's Masters

14: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's U.S. Open

15: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's Open Championship

16: First 4 players, including ties, in the previous year's PGA Championship

17: Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point FedEx Cup allocation, from previous Masters to current Masters

18: Those qualifying and eligible for the previous year's season-ending Tour Championship

19: 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year

20: 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

I know Scottie has won there before, but if he doesn't fix his short range putting issues he hasn't a chance to get another green jacket.

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i just placed a $1 bet on freddy couples at +150000. if he ends day one in the red i'll cash out for $1.50

Is anyone attending this year? Just a few weeks away now.

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I'll be in NW Arkansas

Nardi + Seacrest + LTG = MATCH

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I am actually heading to Augusta this year

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How quickly we forget about Ogie. Sad!

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Ok nice... Practice round? Always nice when the CFMB has some kind of presence there.

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Im guessing after I say this he will miss the cut but Wyndham Clark might not be a bad play .

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Agreed, but keep an eye on a back flare up he had this week.

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The way Clark performed in the Ryder Cup gives me pause to root for him at all. I know the US had plenty of turds all weekend, but he singlehandedly pissed away a chance at potentially two full points when he played the same par 5 like shit back to back days.

I'd keep an eye on the Irishmen (Lowry & McIlroy, who will team up at Zurich later in the year), Theegala, and Åberg.

If you're looking for a long shot, Corey Conners +9000 or recent LIV defector Tyrrell Hatton +7500

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Schauffele is my pick outside of Scheffler and if he putts, it won’t matter.

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Just the town, or are you actually going to the Masters?

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Schauffele has to show he can close one of these out. I dont think itll happen at Augusta.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

"This year" when? Hotels are probably pretty cheap in late July.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Playing very well finishing 2nd and 5th in his last 2 starts and has played Augusta very well.

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He probably has some litigation to handle at the state house of Maine.

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After the general question of if anybody is going to the Masters, why would SS even answer if he was not going to the Masters? Unless he's some kind of July DiCaro misanthrope.

Watching him now, he is just fine.

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No big surprise here...

All indications are that Tiger Woods will play in the Masters next week.

What is good news for golf fans comes with one major question that has become the theme of Woods' pro golf twilight: how will the 15-time major champion's body hold up? Former Stanford teammate and longtime friend Notah Begay III says everyone will find out at the same time.

"He’s trying to formulate a strategy and approach that he can work within given the constraints that he’s presented with. And he’s got some constraints," Begay, now a commentator for NBC Sports, said on a conference call Wednesday. "He’s got zero mobility in that left ankle and really has low-back challenges now, which he knew he was going to have.

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Begay is an unfortunate name.

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Attempt to play*

I think nearly everybody in the golf world would be mildly surprised if he is able to play 4 rounds.

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I'm going to look into it.

Nobody likes being told what to do.

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If he’s Notah Begay III, I and II couldn’t have been that gay.

He's also a Native American.

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DNA tests seem in order, but I’m not confident the Begay family would understand the exercise.

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I guess we never really found out if Spiral Stairs was going to be on the grounds this week or just going to Augusta at some point this year. I hope it is to see the golf because Augusta itself is kinda one of the armpits of Georgia, and that is saying something. I was just going to throw out my pick for this year and one long shot. I am going with Koepka as my pick. He plays well here and has all the tools to bring it home. He never seems to care about much but I know he would love to be able to put on the green jacket and play here the rest of his career. Still love the way he plays the game. My long shot is going to be Chris Kirk. Real nice human interest story and a very good golfer who has the skills on the greens to play Augusta. Not a lot of high finishes in the past but I think this could be his year. Who you guys got?

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