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Social media fans are angry with ESPN after WWE wrestler was on the Masters broadcast -Credit:Getty Images<\/p>\n
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ESPN is once again taking heat after one of the broadcaster featured a non-golf star prominently during its Masters coverage.<\/p>\n
The Masters<\/a> is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious events in the sport. ESPN already was shut down by Augusta National Golf Club when they denied contributor Pat McAfee a studio spot on their grounds during the tournament.<\/a><\/p>\n During Thursday’s opening round, viewers on social media were outraged after WWE wrestler Michael Gregory Mizanin, or The Miz, sat alongside longtime ESPN reporter Laura Rutledge during the Masters broadcast.<\/p>\n \u2022 Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes’ ‘tourist trap’ steakhouse blasted in viral video<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Noteworthy Andy Reid change at league meeting sparks questions about Chiefs coach’s future<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cJust a continuation of how ESPN has degraded over a number of years,\u201d wrote one user on X.<\/p>\n \u201cI don’t think ESPN actually employs golf analysts\/personalities anymore. So they just take from what they have and these folks are all about it. Who wouldn’t want to get paid to be at the Masters,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n Another angry social media user wrote, \u201cESPN has desecrated the Masters with their coverage this week.\u201d<\/p>\n The Miz wasn’t the only non-golf athlete on site this week. Jason Kelce was at Augusta for ESPN as a sideline reporter during the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday. He made his introduction on the broadcast in a caddie outfit, unfolding a lawn chair and talking noticeably loud at an otherwise quiet and calm course.<\/p>\n ‘The Miz’ was seen on the Masters broadcast -Credit:Getty Images<\/p>\n The most prestigious event in golf approved for Kelce to be there \u2014 although it denied his fellow ESPN star McAfee and his broadcast crew \u2014 while Scott Van Pelt and Marty Smith performed more traditional interviews along the sidelines as Kelce wandered the grounds, and viewers on social media weren\u2019t in favor of the retired NFL star being on their televisions.<\/p>\n “I\u2019ll lose my mind if I see Jason Kelce hit a golf shot during this par 3 contest,” one X user wrote. “Jason Kelce just absolutely brutal in his first appearance at Augusta,” wrote another.<\/p>\n \u2022 Xander Schauffele loses golf ball in Masters patron’s bag full of merchandise<\/a><\/p>\n![\"'The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aa456561719d76db79cab43acc706a36.jpeg\"\/)
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