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Five looming questions ahead of Masters<\/p>\n

McIlroy shares remarkable tale in new documentary, ‘Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait’<\/p>\n

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McIlroy shares remarkable tale in new documentary, ‘Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait’<\/p>\n

Golf fans will have no shortage of viewing options for the Masters, and that goes beyond the 27 hours of live coverage (streaming and linear) among Prime Video, ESPN, Paramount+ and CBS.<\/p>\n

CBS, in its 71st year covering the Masters, will have a pair of one-hour shows ahead of the final round on April 12. One will look back 40 years at Jack Nicklaus charging to his sixth green jacket at age 46. The other is Jim Nantz sitting down with Rory McIlroy at Pebble Beach in February to revisit McIlroy’s thrill-a-minute victory last year.<\/p>\n

Augusta National announced last week that Prime Video, in addition to two hours of streaming on the weekdays leading into ESPN coverage, will have a stats-driven program dedicated to Amen Corner.<\/p>\n

Nicklaus is scheduled to join the Prime coverage for the opening round, with Terry Gannon as the host. The Amen Corner stream on Prime will be hosted by Justin Kutcher with analysts that include 2006 U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy and NBC regulars Smylie Kaufman and John Wood.<\/p>\n

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Jack Nicklaus joins the booth at Cognizant Classic<\/p>\n

Nantz recalled days of a shorter window on network TV and how much it has grown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s an amazing undertaking what we\u2019re doing now with all those different sources,\u201d Nantz said Monday. \u201cThe amount of programming is amazing. The every shot, every hole. It is a massive undertaking, and I\u2019m really proud of the people as time has marched on how they\u2019ve been able to pull this off and do it so seamlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Berson, the CEO and president of CBS Sports, was quick to point out that for all the feeds, millions still come together on the main feed Sunday afternoon to watch the final round unfold. He said last year’s Masters peaked at nearly 20 million viewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like providing it for everyone,\u201d Berson said. \u201cAnd despite all these different feeds, it\u2019s so nice that we can bring everyone together for the main coverage like we do, and I love that it\u2019s being so widely recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler intended to play the Texas Children’s Houston Open until he withdrew early in the week to return to Dallas for the impending birth of his second child.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy usually plays in Texas leading up to the Masters \u2014 Houston, San Antonio or when Match Play in Austin was on the schedule \u2014 but chose not to play since THE PLAYERS Championship.<\/p>\n

That means three weeks off for the world’s top two players, both of them perhaps trying to end a curious streak. The last Masters champion who was off three weeks leading to Augusta National was Adam Scott in 2013.<\/p>\n

The tee flip that didn\u2019t happen<\/p>\n

One of the bizarre moments in the aftermath of Rory McIlroy winning the Masters last year is when Bryson DeChambeau said, \u201cDidn\u2019t talk to me once all day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turns out there was one brief conversation.<\/p>\n

McIlroy shared a remarkable tale in the documentary \u201cRory McIlroy: The Masters Wait\u201d that began airing Monday on Prime Video and revealed a scene at Augusta National that had not previously been told.<\/p>\n

McIlroy was three shots ahead when both hit it close on the par-4 ninth, leading to a question of who was away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it very clearly was my putt. I thought his ball was slightly closer than mine,\u201d McIlroy says in the film. \u201cWe sort of look at each other, and I\u2019m like, \u2018Well I think it\u2019s me to go.\u2019 And he\u2019s like, \u2018Well I think it\u2019s me to go.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy felt it was like match play, a big advantage to whoever was first to hole the birdie putt. But what followed surprised him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe goes, \u2018Well why don\u2019t we just throw a tee up for it to see who goes first?\u2019\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018No.\u2019 This is the final round of the Masters. This isn\u2019t some game on a Tuesday afternoon somewhere.”<\/p>\n

McIlroy suggested a nearby rules official decide, and DeChambeau gave in by saying: \u201cNo, no. It\u2019s fine. You can go anyway. I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy made it, DeChambeau missed and three holes later he was seven shots behind and out of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t going to wilt in that situation,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cI was just going to stand firm.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy\u2019s interview after Round 4 of THE PLAYERS<\/p>\n

Brandt Snedeker is making his sixth start of the season this week in the Valero Texas Open, giving the U.S. captain for the Presidents Cup plenty of opportunities to see players he might want for his team in September at Medinah.<\/p>\n

Jim Furyk didn’t play on the PGA TOUR in 2024 when he was captain at Royal Montreal. Davis Love III played five times during his year as captain in 2022. The most any U.S. captain played the year of a Presidents Cup was Tiger Woods (14) in 2019, but he played on the team.<\/p>\n

International Captain Geoff Ogilvy, meanwhile, hasn’t been able to get a sponsor exemption to play this year. The fields are smaller and competition is greater than ever. Does it matter?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know how vital it is that he has to play as a captain \u2014 I don’t mean just Geoff, any captain,\u201d said Adam Scott, who has played in every Presidents Cup since 2003. “It is important the captain is out and about and being seen throughout the year. Certainly there will be a couple of players Geoff is going to have choose that he might not know well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can play, it’s a bonus,\u201d Scott said. \u201cBut exemptions are hard to come by these days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brandt Snedeker displays short-game prowess at Valspar<\/p>\n

The plus four with Koepka playing Zurich Classic of New Orleans<\/p>\n

Brooks Koepka plans to play the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Shane Lowry, and four more players will get an opportunity they otherwise wouldn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n

Part of the deal that allowed Koepka to return to the PGA TOUR was that when he is added to the field, two additional players get in to keep a balance in the tee times. The Zurich Classic is the only team event on the PGA TOUR.<\/p>\n

That will put the Zurich Classic field at 74 teams (148 players). As long as Koepka doesn\u2019t withdraw before 5 p.m. Friday, the next two players in line will be notified so they can choose a partner. The Friday deadline is only for the team event.<\/p>\n

The Zurich Classic would be fifth time Koepka plays to the benefit of at least two players (he was eligible on his own for THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters). Seamus Power got in twice and picked up 28 FedExCup points, making him at the moment 25 spots higher at No. 89.<\/p>\n

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Brooks Koepka mic\u2019d up playing No. 15 at Memorial Park<\/p>\n

\u201cShe runs the ship. If she goes down, the whole ship goes down. I wouldn’t be where I am before all this without her, and I\u2019m definitely not sitting here today without her.\u201d \u2014 Gary Woodland on his wife, Gabby, during his recovery from brain surgery with three kids at home.<\/p>\n

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