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 the Honorary ...

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 ...

Player, Nicklaus and Watson Hit Ceremonial Shots and Joke About Aging ... Then the three luminaries turned the traditional honorary tee shots that open the Masters into a comedy sketch about ...

Then the three luminaries turned the traditional ceremonial tee shots that open the Masters into a comedy sketch about their aging bodies. "The tee is yours," tournament chairman Fred Ridley said ...

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 ...

He arrived at Augusta National Golf Club early April 10 to hit the ceremonial tee shots alongside Gary Player and Tom Watson to begin the 89th Masters. But it didn’t mean he was exempt from the ...

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

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