On Thursday morning, another ritual unique to the Masters kicked off the tournament — the ceremonial opening tee shots. These ceremonial shots date back to 1963, when major champs Jock Hutchison ...

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.

Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and Tom Watson, who have 11 green jackets amongst them, will his the Masters ceremonial tee shot will take place at 7.40 a.m. The historic Masters ceremonial tee shots ...

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 ...

On his third hole of the day, Rory McIlroy blasted a 392-yard tee shot on Oakmont's par-5 12th hole to kick off his 2025 U.S. Open.

The 88th Masters Tournament began with a fumble ... he wasn’t able to play nine even while riding in a cart. Thus the ceremony was reduced to a tee shot. Nelson joined in that.

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 ...

(WJBF) – The 87th Masters Tournament has officially begun. Honorary starters Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson, with 11 Green Jackets between them, hit ceremonial tee shots at the No. 1 ...

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.