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The start of play in the first round of the 86th Masters has been delayed due to bad weather. Thunderstorms which forced Wednesday's par-three contest to be ...

Padraig Harrington will be the first Irishman on the course at 13.41pm Irish time. The start of play in the first round of the 86th Masters has been delayed due to bad weather. Inclement weather has delayed the Masters at Augusta. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Tiger Woods paired with Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin Niemann with 4.04pm start; Rory McIlroy in final group at 7.33pm; watch The Masters throughout the week ...

Featured Group coverage starts at 2pm on Thursday. 1721 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Laird Shepherd (Eng) (x) 1710 Bernhard Langer (Ger), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Cameron Davis (Aus)

There will be plenty of Irish interest too with Shane Lowry, Seamus Power, Padraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy all playing. McIlroy will be hoping to complete ...

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Thunderstorms which forced Wednesday's par-three contest to be abandoned continued through the evening and overnight in Augusta.

"It was interesting in his press conference that he said the only real issue is walking, that his golf swing's fine. But we are excited he's here." "I don't even know how else to say it.

The 11th and 15th have been changed to offer balance between risk and reward but the 13th remains toothless.

“I hope that he would feel that we continue to carry the tradition and values we thought were so important in the game.” The club have always caught between the old and the new, the desire to do right by the traditions, and to keep improving, too. “So that probably has been a counter to doing anything.” The club’s co-founder Bobby Jones loved that hole, which he said offers players “a tempting and dangerous” decision about whether to bend the tee-shot around the corner so they can reach the green in two. The players hit it so long off the tee they are left with a short iron into the green. They often tinker with the course, but these changes are a little more drastic than usual, the idea, as always, is to make sure it is still a course that offers the right balance between risk and reward.

Keita Nakajima enters this year's Masters as the world's top-ranked amateur. Getty Images. Before Augusta National was home to the greatest moments in ...

Augusta will mark the first in a storybook summer for the 19-year-old, who will also be the first from his country ever to tee it up at the Open Championship at St. Andrews in July. This year will mark his second Masters start — he finished T36 in 2017, becoming the first Mid-Am entrant to make the cut at Augusta National. Jarvis, who plays collegiately for UNLV, won the Latin American Amateur Championship to earn an invite into the field at Augusta National. In doing so, he’ll be the first player from the Cayman Islands to tee it up in the event. Nakajima is something of a superstar in his native Japan, seen by many as the natural successor to Hideki Matsuyama atop the country’s golf mantel. This, of course, is thanks to its founder, Bobby Jones. Jones is the most famous amateur in golf history, a player who won seven majors without ever turning “pro.” Rather, Jones moonlighted in professional golf from his day job as an attorney. The club also hosts an annual amateur dinner on the night before the Masters begins, an idea that came at the suggestion of Jones himself.

The Masters is officially underway at Augusta National. That's our favorite sentence of the year, and we're more excited than ever.

8 a.m.: The ceremonial first-tee shots were pushed back about a half hour to let the remaining wet weather pass through. Last to hit is Tom Watson, joining the first-tee ceremony. 8:39 a.m.: The first group is off—and we have our first birdie. The 86th Masters Tournament is now underway! With all the rain, we suppose the committee knows it needs to challenge competitors on Thursday. We'd still expect low scores if the wind isn't too bad in the afternoon. He was making jokes, doing his signature kick, and hitting one down the fairway. And players like Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele and Will Zalatoris—who might have a sour taste in their mouths after close calls last year—are among the favorites. The Masters is officially underway at Augusta National. That’s our favorite sentence of the year, and we’re more excited than ever. Gary Player was the first to hit. Jose Maria Olazabal—out there first with J.J. Spaun—holes out on the first green and gets to 1-under. That’s not even mentioning the other favorites like Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith and Dustin Johnson … etc., etc. Rory McIlroy makes his eighth attempt at completing the career Grand Slam (he’s in the 2:33 p.m. pairing with Brooks Koepka and Matt Fitzpatrick). Scottie Scheffler, the new World No. 1, looks to keep up his torrid pace—but six players have a chance to be ranked first in the world after this week.

After a brief delay following overnight storms, the 86th Masters is under way. Follow here for updates.

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Come through the 11, 12th and 13th holes at Augusta National unscathed and you could be well set, but come a cropper and you can slip down the leaderboard fast.

Coverage is also available on Sky Sports Golf (Sky channel 405) via the red button. It is called Azalea with approximately 1,600 azaleas decorating the hole from tee to green. Hole No 11, a par four called White Dogwood, has been extended by 15 yards this year.

The 2022 Masters Tournament begins on Thursday, with Round 1 featuring the return of Tiger Woods to professional golf.All eyes will be on Tiger when he tees ...

None of these options are particularly appealing to me, or would appear in my top-10 list of likely guys to win. We’ve officially made it to Masters eve. •8h ago •8h ago •8h ago •8h ago That’s something that certainly we have considered and will continue to consider.” •8h ago That was 31 years ago. Mickelson, then a junior at Arizona State, finished his first round two shots off the lead, firing a 69 that included a back-nine 32, tying the Masters amateur record. •8h ago The Masters will again be televised on ESPN and CBS this year and available to watch on Masters.com.