[Tiger’s] The terrible accident means that he will not be here this year. Here is the great man who is rebuilding his health and completing another fairytale comeback. A sixth Masters in 2022? Hi, we are allowed to dream. Did we really believe what we were writing then? We can not be serious. Did the heart rule the head? I’m not sure. But here we are! We will be watching the five-time winner closely this morning as he attempts a return for the ages that would make the 2019 return for the ages look like a walk in the park. We do not apologize for that. You should sue us. That’s just how things should be. However, other players are available! The favorite of the week is US Open champion Jon Rahm, aiming to become the fourth Spaniard to wear a Pantone 342. Jack Thomas, the only player in the field to receive beneficial advice from Tiger, if you think Ram is not far behind in betting. A second gentleman is long overdue for the 2017 PGA champion. Cameron Smith and Scottie Scheffler are the hottest accommodations on the PGA Tour this season. Smith has an impressive record in Augusta – three finishes in the top ten in five starts, including a draw for second place a few November. Scheffler has not made a mark here yet, but he is the new number one in the world, so there he is. Sam Burns is another fit man, though he has never played here before, and no one has won here in his debut since the club withdrew its insistence on everyone using local scales. You need to know where to lose, you see, as Bernhard Langer told Bryson DeChambeau the other year. 2020 champion Dustin Johnson is back in shape. Rory McIlroy and Colin Morricawa could be dangerous if their irregular players start. Victor Howland himself with that wedge of his. Brooks Koepka usually appears in the big ones; Jordan Spieth always appears in Augusta. Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay and Will Zalatoris have almost all failed here and it’s good to be back. And of course there is the reigning champion Hideki Matsuyama, who is set to become the first player since Tiger in 2002 to successfully defend his title. We could go on for a while – Bryson! Babi !! Sergio !!! – but what would be the meaning? There is not much hope in this area. So make yourself a pimento cheese sandwich, drop a long cool glass of iced tea, pineapple for the legendary Georgia peach ice cream sandwich (missing this year due to supply chain problems) and relax. We will go here at 3 p.m. BST, which translates to 10 p.m. in Georgia. Until then, here are the tee times. Read and choose your winner (times BST, USA unless mentioned, -a- means amateurs) … 13.00 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), JJ Spaun 13.11 Austin Greaser -a-, Padraig Harrington (Irl), Mike Weir (Can) 13.22 Larry Mize, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Sepp Straka (Aut) 13.33 Fred Couples, Garrick ( Rsa), Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 13.44 Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Kor), Ryan Palmer, Vijay Singh (Fij) 13.55 Min-Woo Lee (Australia), Hudson Swafford, Cameron Young14.06 Stewart Cink, Brian Harman , Harry Higgs1 .17 Aaron Jarvis (Cay) -a-, Zach Johnson, Si Woo Kim (Kor) 14.39 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Luke List, Matthew Wolff 14.50 Talor Gooch, Jason Kokrak, Danny Willett (Eng) 15.01 Max Homa, Shane Lowry (Irl), Kevin Na15,12 Daniel Berger, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Kevin Kisner15,23 Paul Casey (Eng), Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Smith (Aus) 15,34 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Tiger Woods15,45 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), James Piot -a-, Justin Thomas15,56 Tony Finau, Scottie Scheffler, Adam Scott (Australia) 16,18 Stewart Hagestad -a-, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 16 , 29 Cameron Champ, Lucas Glover, E. van Rooyen (Rs a) 16.40 C Christian Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Cameron Davis (Aus), Bernhard Langer (Ger) 16.51 Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Laird Shepherd (Eng) -a-17.02 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Justin Rose (Eng), Gary Woodland17.13 Corey Conners (Can), Russell Henley, Lee Westwood (Eng) 17.24 Lucas Herbert (Aus), Seamus Power (Irl), Patrick Reed17.35 Tom Hoge, Keita Nakajima (Jpn) -a-, Bubba Watson17 .57 Sung Jae Im (Kor), Marc Leishman (Aus), Webb Simpson18.08 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Thomas Pieters (Bel), Harold Varner III18.19 Abraham Ancer (Mex ), Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 18.30 Billy Horschel, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa18.41 Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm (Spa), Will Zalatoris18.52 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth19.03 Matthew Fitzpatrick ( Eng), BrooksNI McIrlka, RooksI Koeplka)
