Scottie Scheffler will return to Augusta Nationwide as Masters Champion for a second time as he headlines the foremost area subsequent month.
The Masters ushers within the begin of main season within the golf calendar every year, and the traditions and pageantry of Augusta make the event one of many nice sporting highlights.
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Scheffler turned a two-time Inexperienced Jacket winner final April as he held off his rivals to romp to victory.
It was the showpiece win of a stellar 12 months for the American and he would be the red-hot favorite in Georgia as soon as once more.
The chasing pack will embrace the likes of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Bryson Dechambeau.
McIlroy remains to be striving for Masters glory as he seeks to finish the coveted profession Grand Slam and he’ll be determined to lastly finish his main drought this 12 months.
The Masters 2025: Date and how one can observe
The 2025 Masters Match will get occurring Thursday, April 10.
It can happen at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership in Georgia and can be performed over 4 days till Sunday, April 13.
The motion is predicted to get began at 1:30pm UK time (8:30am in Georgia) over the opening two days and at 3pm UK time over the weekend.
talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2 may have dwell protection of all of the motion from Georgia.
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The occasion can be broadcast dwell on Sky Sports activities within the UK too.
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The Masters 2025: Area and tee occasions
The event has the smallest area of the 4 main championships with round 90 gamers teeing it up earlier than Friday’s reduce.
The complete area can be confirmed in the end however the likes of Scheffler, McIlroy, Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas will head up the all-star forged.
Plenty of LIV Golf stars can be in motion too together with Rahm, DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Cameron Smith.
5-time champion Tiger Woods is hoping to tee it up as soon as once more as all previous winners of the Masters are invited again, nonetheless, his harm might stop that.
Jose Luis Ballester received the 2024 US Newbie and can lead the contingent of novice gamers within the area.
The Masters has already introduced two particular exemptions with Joaquin Niemann and Nicolai Hojgaard invited to compete.
The complete area can be confirmed nearer to the occasion whereas tee occasions and groupings might be discovered right here when introduced.
The most recent leaderboard from Augusta might be discovered right here as soon as play is up and operating.
Current Masters champions
2024: Scottie Scheffler -11
2023: Jon Rahn −12
2022: Scottie Scheffler −10
2021: Hideki Matsuyama −10
2020: Dustin Johnson -20
2019: Tiger Woods −13
2018: Patrick Reed −15
2017: Sergio Garcia −9
2016: Danny Willett −5
2015: Jordan Spieth −18
The Masters 2025: The course
Augusta Nationwide is a par 72 and measured 7,555 yards in size final 12 months.
Augusta suffered ‘catastrophic’ harm within the wake of Hurricane Helene in September, with a number of timber falling down and extreme flooding.
Greenkeepers on the well-known course have been working onerous ever since to restore the harm and the course will little question look as spectacular as ever come the opening tee shot.
Any course modifications for the 2025 event can be confirmed in the end with the par-5 second gap lengthened by ten yards final 12 months.
The course has been steadily prolonged over the previous couple of years and is 120 yards longer than it was when Jordan Spieth received ten years in the past.
As ever, the world-famous par-3s of Golden Bell and Redbud will take centre-stage as will the treacherous run of holes at Amen Nook.
The 520-yard par-4 White Dogwood eleventh was essentially the most troublesome gap final 12 months, simply forward of the 18th ending gap Holly.
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The Masters 2025: What has been stated?
Scheffler was visibly emotional following his win at Augusta final 12 months as his spouse Meredith was because of give beginning whereas he claimed victory.
Amid his celebrations, Scheffler stated: “I’m coming residence. I can be residence as fast as I can. I like you and I’m coming residence.
“You will make me cry. It’s a very particular time for us. I can not put it into phrases what it means to win this event once more and I can not put into phrases what it will be wish to be a father for the primary time.
“I’m wanting ahead to getting residence and celebrating with Meredith, it has been a protracted week right here with out her.”
He added: “I did my greatest to remain calm and keep affected person on the course and was in a position to make some key photographs and putts to maintain my spherical going.
“I hadn’t hit many good iron photographs which is a bit uncommon for me. I hit some good ones however they weren’t ending up the place they had been alleged to.
“I had that bogey on seven, birdie putt on eight and going to 9 it was good to get the sensation of hitting a extremely well-hit shot and it set me up for the again 9.”
In the meantime, US Open champion DeChambeau believes it’s ‘only a matter of time’ earlier than he claims Masters glory.
He stated: “I’ve simply all the time wished to win the Masters. That dates backs to my novice days and even earlier than that as a junior once I was watching Tiger win it. His chip in on 16 in 2005 actually bought it for me.
“I believed to myself ‘OK, that is an occasion that I wish to be part of.’ Once I noticed Augusta for the primary time and skilled the individuals there and the professional store, the individuals within the store and the pinnacle professionals which can be there, they’re simply incredible.
“I simply love coming again to Augusta each single 12 months, and I actually consider that I will get it completed there one among today. It is only a matter of time and continued onerous work and studying from my failures.”
DeChambeau added: “The profession grand slam is primary on the highest of my precedence checklist. I’ve received two of them (US Opens) however I’ve bought to win three extra to get the profession grand slam.
“I gave myself some good probabilities final 12 months and [the goal] yearly is to repeatedly give myself good probabilities.”