April 6 (UPI) — Travel down Magnolia Lane, eye Amen Corner and choose a favorite to take home the green jacket at the 2017 Masters.
Here are official tee times, where to watch, and highlights from the annual golf tournament:
Ceremonial tee shot
Arnold Palmer’s green jacket adorned a white lawn chair nearby as teary-eyed friends Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player hit ceremonial tee shots to open the 81st Masters on Thursday.
“This is a wonderful and difficult day,” said Masters chairman Billy Payne. “Arnold Palmer was more than a king. He was my friend. He was your friend.”
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First round | Thursday, April 6
Tee time: 8 a.m.
Featured groups: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
TV: 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Live stream: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at CBSSports.com and 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. [TV Simulcast] at Masters.com
Second round | Friday, April 7
Tee time: 8 a.m.
TV: 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Live stream: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at CBSSports.com and 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. [TV Simulcast] at Masters.com
Third round | Saturday, April 8
Tee time: 10 a.m.
TV: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on CBS
Live stream: 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at CBSSports.com and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. [TV Simulcast] at Masters.com
Final round | Sunday, April 9
Tee time: 10 a.m.
TV: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on CBS
Live stream: 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at CBSSports.com and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. [TV Simulcast] at Masters.com
2017 Masters predictions: 10 players to watch, picks to win
1. Dustin Johnson
Many people have thought DJ was the best golfer in the world for a while now, and he has proved it by winning his past three starts, including two World Golf Championships. He has taken a firm hold on the No. 1 spots in the Official World Golf Rankings and the FedExCup standings by finishing sixth or better in five of his six starts on the PGA Tour this year. And Johnson finally got the major monkey off his back last year when he captured the U.S. Open at Oakmont by three strokes over Jim Furyk, Shane Lowry of Ireland and Scott Piercy, shrugging off a one-stroke penalty after his ball moved slightly on the ninth green and he did not place it back on the original spot. Johnson is making his seventh start in the Masters and recorded his best results the past two years, tying for sixth in 2015 before tying for fourth last year, two of his 13 finishes in the top 10 in the major championships.
2. Rory McIlroy
Rory will make his third bid to become the sixth player to complete the Career Grand Slam this week in the Masters, and even though he has yet to win at Augusta National, he has proven that his game seems to be a good fit for the first major of the year by finishing in the Top 10 each of the last three years. But his most memorable Masters came when he took a four-stroke lead into the final round in 2011, only to implode with an 8-over-par 80 and skid to a tie for 15th. McIlroy showed his moxie when he bounced back to win the U.S. Open by eight strokes two months later at Congressional, the first of his four major championships. He hasn’t won a major since claiming the PGA Championship for the second time in 2014, a month after winning the Open Championship. McIlroy is playing well, having tied for fourth in the WGC-HSBC Champions and the WGC-Mexico Championship, and tied for seventh in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in his three PGA Tour stroke-play events this year.
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