AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The 2025 Masters has begun, and it did so just as others preceding it have -- with the annual tradition of three luminary figures and former Masters champions hitting tee shots as ...

For the past three years, golf legends Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson have served as the honorary starters at the Masters, hitting ceremonial tee shots down the first fairway to get the ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson walked across the dew-soaked grass outside the Augusta National ...

After trying not to "kill anybody" with his ceremonial tee shot Thursday, honorary Masters starter Jack Nicklaus shared his ...

Since then, 11 golfers, each with extensive history at Augusta National Golf Club, have helped kick off the Masters with the ceremonial first tee shots. Having someone hit the first shot at the ...

Player, 89, kicked his leg after his tee shot, and the 75-year-old ... fairway scurried out to collect the three ceremonial golf balls, and the Masters was underway. The first official pairing ...

Davis Riley and Patton Kizzire will be the first group competing at the 2025 Masters today. But they won't be the first to hit from the tee box. The tradition dates ... Hutchison and Fred McLeod hit ...

At the 2025 Masters, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Player will serve as honorary starters, beginning the tournament with ceremonial first tee shots on the first tee at Augusta National Golf Club.

Davis Riley and Patton Kizzire will be the first group competing at the 2025 Masters today. But they won't be the first to hit from the tee box ... McLeod hit the first shots at the Masters.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson walked across the dew-soaked grass outside the Augusta National clubhouse to warm applause, and when they reached the first tee box ...