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The US Masters barely had time to start before it was interrupted. After less than half an hour, storms stopped all play at Augusta National.
It rained in Augusta yesterday and it looks like it will even when the US Masters starts today.
There was a light drizzle over Augusta as golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player traditionally opened the Masters early Thursday morning.
Shortly afterward it began to rumble in the distance, and rather quickly the thunder grew closer and closer. Only a few players had time to start the last major of the year before organizers let the trumpet blare over Augusta National to interrupt play, about a quarter of an hour before Henrik Stenson, the only Swede in the competition, signaled. the first hole.
The weather forecast doesn’t look like fun for the rest of the day, with the risk of heavy rain. It will be better from tomorrow when it will continue to be hot, but with good opportunities for sun.
It is unclear when play can resume today.
This year’s Masters is special for several reasons. Not only is it the first time the competition has been decided in November, it will also be a unique Masters because Augusta’s “sponsors”, the spectators, are not welcome due to the corona pandemic.
Today’s start times
The US Masters begins today at Augusta National in Georgia. These are the original start times of the most popular players during the first round (Swedish time, all times now postponed indefinitely):
13.33: Jon Rahm, Spain and Bryson DeChambeau, United States.
13.44: Henrik Stenson, Sweden and Xander Schauffele, United States.
1:55 PM: Tiger Woods, United States.
17.49: Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka, both United States.
6pm: Dustin Johnson, USA and Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland.
