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 ...

But they won't be the first to hit from the tee box. The Masters loves ... How long have the Masters had a ceremonial first shot?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 89th Masters Tournament is finally here ... got this year's tournament underway by hitting the ceremonial first tee shots. For the fourth consecutive year, honorary starters Gary Player ...

Gary Player and Tom Watson began the tournament with their ceremonial tee shots, there has been no slowing down the tremendous groupings taking the course. Two-time Masters winner and reigning ...

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