{"id":4136,"date":"2018-04-03T12:10:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T12:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4136"},"modified":"2023-08-21T09:42:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T08:42:24","slug":"countdown-to-the-masters-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/countdown-to-the-masters-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masters 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>It&#8217;s Major Season, The Masters 2018<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again, the season opener at Augusta National. The Masters 2018 kicks off the first major of the golfing calendar and who can forget that remarkable win from Sergio Garcia last year, to pick up his first ever green jacket.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Garcia, of Spain, holds his trophy at the green jacket ceremony after the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 9, 2017, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo\/David Goldman)<\/p>\n<p>The Masters is one of those events, that even for the neutral it is a spectacle to watch. The golf course will look as stunning as ever, with the azaleas in full bloom and the course playing even tougher than last year, Augusta provides one of the most fiercest tests in golf for the worlds best players to battle it out, in the years first major. Back in the spotlight and teeing it up once again, will be a Tiger in the Woods at Augusta, Tiger is in the some pretty fine form going into the event and as always it will be a pleasure to see him back out there competing for another Major title.<\/p>\n<h2>Thursday 5th &#8211; Sunday 8th April 2018<\/h2>\n<p>The Masters will start on Thursday the 5th April with the inaugural par 3 contest, this involves the players family and friends to take part before the big event. The first Major of the season will get underway on Thursday the 5th April running right through to Sunday the 8th. The Masters at Augusta always provides some unmissable golf, that you will not want to miss.<\/p>\n<p>If your not lucky enough to be there in person, then you will be able catch coverage of the masters across multiple broadcasting streams, either on T.V or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/watch\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live updates online which you can follow right here<\/a>. Amen corner will be an area to focus on, this challenging set of holes running from 11 &#8211; 13 can make or break any players game in such an important part of the round.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/watch\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-12.49.08.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-30 at 12.49.08\" width=\"1313\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-12.49.08.png 1313w, https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-12.49.08-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-12.49.08-768x285.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-12.49.08-1024x380.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1313px) 100vw, 1313px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Masters 2018 Tee Times<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/players\/pairings\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Tee Times for all four days play<\/a>, will be displayed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/players\/pairings\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> and updated through out the week, as the field gets cut down to the elite for the weekend. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/players\/pairings\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pairings for Round 1 and 2<\/a>, will be announced on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/players\/pairings\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuesday the 3rd of April<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Leader Board<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/scores\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Leader Board<\/a> will become available to follow, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/scores\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wednesday the 4th of April<\/a> when the Par 3 contest kicks off. Be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/scores\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check back here<\/a> for all your live updates on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masters.com\/en_US\/scores\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leader board<\/a> as the players rise and fall across Augusta.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-13.00.44.png\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4143 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-13.00.44.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-30 at 13.00.44\" width=\"943\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-13.00.44.png 943w, https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-13.00.44-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-30-at-13.00.44-768x340.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/top-3-whats-bag-masters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Sergio roar back at Augusta?<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Major Season, The Masters 2018 It&#8217;s that time of year again, the season opener at Augusta National. The Masters 2018 kicks off the first major of the golfing calendar and who can forget that remarkable win from Sergio Garcia last year, to pick up his first ever green jacket. Sergio Garcia, of Spain, holds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[159,172,3,4],"tags":[10,12,146,165,168,171],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4136"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7550,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136\/revisions\/7550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/media\/4137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegolfshoponline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}