Nicklaus has been an Honorary Starter since 2010, while Player joined him in 2012. Watson was the most recent addition to the ...

Since 1963, the Masters has gotten rolling with honorary starters from Augusta National's storied past. Here's what to know ...

Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Player serve as honorary starters prior to the outset of Thursday's opening round at ...

Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Player are set to begin the 2025 Masters with ceremonial opening tee shots at Augusta National.

Player, 89, kicked his leg after his tee shot, and the 75-year-old Watson ... along the fairway scurried out to collect the three ceremonial golf balls, and the Masters was underway.

The full tee times for the first two rounds of the Masters are now live. Plan your Thursday and Friday accordingly.

Follow live coverage of the 89th Masters from the start of tournament preparation through Sunday's final round ...

The first major of the year got started with a ceremonial tee shot from Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson. After that ...

It is not only the hopes of the patrons he carries. The legendary figures who set the show in motion with the ceremonial ...

But they won't be the first to hit from the tee box. The tradition dates to 1941 ... when Jock Hutchison and Fred McLeod hit the first shots at the Masters. The first years of the tradition ...

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 ...