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The Par-3 Contest and the Other Augusta Traditions That Make Masters Week Different

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

It is impossible to spend a few hours at Augusta National during Masters week without noticing how different it feels from any other tournament on the schedule. Some of the difference is the course. Some of it is the patrons, the pimento cheese sandwiches, and the immaculate flower beds that bloom on cue every April. But a real part of what makes Masters week feel like its own kind of event is the small set of rituals that the membership has built up over more than ninety years. They are deliberate, unhurried, and oddly moving when you encounter them in person.

Masters 2026 Dark Horses: Five Names Outside the Top Ten Worth Watching

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Masters favourites get the headlines and the magazine covers, but the tournament itself is rarely won by one of the top three names on the betting board. Roughly half of the green jackets handed out this century have gone to a player who started Masters week ranked outside the top ten in the world, and a sneaky number have gone to players who weren’t even on most preview lists. Here are five names worth watching this year who don’t sit at the very top of the conversation.

Scheffler vs McIlroy: The Two Favorites Walk Into the Masters in Very Different Places

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Six days before the first round at Augusta National, two players hold the centre of the conversation. One is the defending champion. The other is the consensus betting favourite. Both arrive at the Masters in form that does not match their reputations, and the contrast between their respective situations is the most interesting subplot of the build-up.

A Hole-by-Hole Look at the Augusta National Tests That Decide the Masters

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You can study Augusta National for a lifetime and still find something new to admire about the routing. Most of the course’s reputation, however, has been built on the same dozen or so moments that come up year after year: the ones where the championship is won and lost. Here is a tour of the holes at Augusta National that have decided more Masters than the rest of the course combined.

Masters 2026: The Ultimate Preview as Augusta National Awaits

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

There is no week in golf quite like Masters week. The Tour has its big tournaments, the majors all carry their own particular weight, but none of them produce the same eight-day buildup of anticipation, ritual, and quiet conversation as the first major of the year at Augusta National. We’re now eight days out, and the stories are starting to write themselves.