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Pin High Press Picks: Our Final Masters 2026 Predictions

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Forty-eight hours from now, the 2026 Masters will be underway. Forty-eight hours after that, we’ll have the Sunday afternoon we’ve been waiting on since the previous Masters ended. Before the first tee shot, here are our final predictions for the week — the calls we’re committing to in writing so we can be properly accountable for them on Monday morning.

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.

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.