Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2024 Masters at Augusta National, as the best golfers in the world descend on the sport’s most famous course for the first of the four annual majors.
As ever with this tournament, there are plenty of fascinating subplots to keep an eye on as the drama unfolds over the next four days.
The 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler is the strongest favorite for victory at a major since Tiger Woods was in his prime following his commanding triumphs at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Players Championship, which he also won last year.
He tees off alongside fellow American Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, who has of course won every major apart from this one. Full tee times to follow.
There will also be plenty of attention on five-time winner Woods, who will play alongside Jason Day and Max Homa.
And then there is the small matter of the ongoing cold war between the PGA Tour and LIV. Last year 18 LIV players were in the field but that number has reduced to 13 this time around. Jon Rahm, last year’s champion, is in attendance, along with fellow former winners Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel and Bubba Watson.
The much-fancied Joaquin Niemann also received an invite, while Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton, Brooks Koepka, Adrian Meronk and Cameron Smith all fall into at least one of the exemption categories.
