Nicklaus has been an Honorary Starter since 2010, while Player joined him in 2012. Watson was the most recent addition to the group in 2022, and he struck an opening tee shot for the fourth time ...

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.

Tee times for the 2025 Masters are plentiful with the Thursday pairings at Augusta National running from morning until the afternoon. After the Honorary Starters -- Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Honorary Starter Ceremony kicks things off Thursday ... Johnson has missed the cut at three of the last four Masters, and the last time he shot in the 60s in the first round of a Masters ...

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 ...