The 2025 Masters Tournament begins on Thursday, April 10, 2025 (4/10/25) with the first round of the competition at Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Georgia.

The tournament concludes on Sunday, April 13, 2024 (4/13/25).

Fans can watch a majority of the action throughout the tournament for free via a trial of fuboTV and DirecTV Stream, or via a subscription to Sling TV, which is 50% off the first month.

Here’s what you need to know:

What: 2025 Masters Championship

When: Thursday, April 10, 2025- Sunday, April 13, 2025

Where: Augusta National Golf Club

Time/TV schedule:

Thursday, April 10: 3-7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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Friday, April 11: 3-7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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Saturday, April 12: 12-2 p.m. ET (Paramount+), 2-7 p.m. (CBS)

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Sunday, April 13: 12-2 p.m. ET ( Paramount+), 2-7 p.m. (CBS)

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AP golf story:

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — For now, there’s another tradition unlike any other at the Masters: The first opportunity in nine months for all the world’s best players to compete against each other.

Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are among the biggest stars in golf that hardly anyone sees during this great divide in golf between the PGA Tour and Saudi-funded LIV Golf that doesn’t appear to have a bridge in the immediate works.

“I think we would all like to see that,” Rahm said about a potential unification. “But as far as I can tell and you guys can tell, it’s not happening anytime soon.”

Rahm still goes upstairs in the Augusta National clubhouse to the locker room set aside for Masters champions where he can find plenty of friends, six of them colleagues at LIV Golf and plenty others who can see beyond the strife.

DeChambeau still dreams of winning a Masters green jacket like he did when he was a kid. Even so, there is another identity at the first major of the year because it’s been so long since so many of the best were in the same field.

“Anytime I get an opportunity to play against everyone, the best players in the world, it’s great,” DeChambeau said. “I think that’s what we’re all hoping for at some point is for that to be figured out. That’s beyond me and beyond my scope, unfortunately. I think at some point if the players get all together, I think we could figure it out. But it’s a lot more complicated, obviously, than what we all think.”

Rahm returns to Augusta National in a far different frame of mind.

He was the defending Masters champion last year, fresh off his decision to go back on his proclaimed “fealty” to the PGA Tour and sign for the Saudi riches of LIV Golf. He had a major championship season to forget, never seriously contending in any of them, missing the U.S. Open with a toe infection.

“There was a few times where there was a lot of questions that I didn’t really have an answer to … the state of the game and what’s happening. We all want a solution and it’s hard to give one. When it comes to this week, last year for me was tough because it was the first major after joining LIV and I was also defending. There was a lot going on that week.”

There doesn’t appear to be much going on in terms of a solution.

The second White House meeting with President Donald Trump in February resulted in what amounts to a stalemate.

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund behind LIV Golf, wants a path forward for team golf. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said while the goal was bringing together golf’s best, “The only deal that we would regret is one that compromises the essence of what makes the game of golf and the PGA Tour so exceptional.”

PIF recently sent a proposal offering $1.5 billion and Al-Rumayyan a seat on the PGA Tour Enterprises, to which the tour found no need to respond because it was ground already covered with no solution what to do with two tours.

Rahm, DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and other LIV players arrived from Miami after the first domestic LIV event at Trump Doral. According to Sports Business Journal, the PGA Tour averaged 1.75 million viewers on NBC for Brian Harman winning the Valero Texas Open. LIV Golf averaged 484,000 viewers on Fox for Marc Leishman winning.

And now they are all at Augusta National, and golf feels normal again amid dogwoods and azaleas, and far less Georgia pines wiped out by Hurricane Helene last fall.

It’s a big stage for the top players on LIV Golf to perform because opportunities are limited, even as players are thinking more about winning a major than proving anything beyond that. DeChambeau wants a first green jacket as badly as Rahm wants a second, as much as Scottie Scheffler is trying to win a third.

“I don’t think you need to do anything to make the Masters any more special than it already is,” Rahm said. “Coming here, there’s no added anything to that. Majors have always been aside from every event in the world, and when you come to one of those, it doesn’t feel any different to what it was before or anything like that.”

Toward the end of Rahm’s press conference, he was asked about the world ranking — LIV Golf events do not get points — and where he felt he was among the best in the world.

“Where am I in the world rankings at this point? Am I out of the top 100 yet?” he asked

Close. The two-time major champion is coming up on the two-year anniversary of when he was No. 1 in the world. He dropped five spots this week to No. 80.

“A couple weeks to go and I’ll be gone,” Rahm said with sarcasm mixed with reality. “I’m not going to say exactly a number, but I would still undoubtedly consider myself a top-10 player in the world. But it’s hard to tell nowadays.”

He wouldn’t get much of an argument. During his time on LIV, the Spaniard has never finished out of the top 10 in any 54-hole tournament he finished.

In the seven tournaments he played outside LIV last year — including the Olympics — Rahm has five top 10s, a missed cut at the PGA Championship and a tie for 45th in the Masters.

“I think last year the state of my game was being unfairly judged based on how I played here and at the PGA compared to how I really played throughout the whole year,” Rahm said. “While I understand why, I don’t think it was the most fair state of my game.”

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WTOC) – Hurricane Helene had major effects around the city of Augusta last September, and despite the perceived magic that Augusta National has to offer to the public eye, the grounds weren’t immune to the damage done around the city.

While the club never shared information publicly, reports from those close to the situation are that the course suffered severe tree loss. The grounds look pristine as ever, but those who know Augusta National can tell a difference. There are certain spots of brush you can see through that you weren’t able to before, as well as some overhanging trees and limbs that are no longer there.

As a course that’s built on forcing golfers to play specific types of shots, the loss of trees that have been in play for decades could change certain holes. Despite the noticeable effects from Helene, it’s still a challenge for the best in the world.

“From a tee-shot perspective, there are maybe a couple that are a little less visually intimidating,” said Rory McIlroy, who is searching to complete the career grand slam this week. “Thinking of a tee shot like 10, a little bit of that tree loss on that left side, your target is that TV tower down there at the bottom of the hill. You used to not be able to see that, and now you can see that pretty clearly. Visually, it doesn’t look like you have to turn the ball as much as you used to.”

“I think with the trees, you just get a different view,” said Collin Morikawa, who sits fourth in the Official World Golf Rankings. “The way this course is set up, it usually forces you to hit a shot. Most likely a tiny draw, a tiny fade. You can’t really work it as hard sometimes. But, you lose a few trees and it kind of plays a little bit differently.”

The first tee time of the 89th Masters is Thursday morning at 7:40.

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The South Carolina Gamecocks won’t have any alumni in the field at the 2025 Masters this weekend in Augusta, Ga., but one of their most passionate fans will be competing.

Dustin Johnson, the former Coastal Carolina star and longtime Gamecock superfan, has never been shy about his support for South Carolina. Whether it’s the Gamecock-logo scorecard holder he carries on tour or the time he was the celebrity guest picker on ESPN’s College GameDay where he made it crystal clear he was picking against Clemson Johnson wears his pride proudly.

A two-time major winner, Johnson earned his green jacket in 2020 and also claimed the U.S. Open title in 2016. Now playing on the LIV Golf tour, he was the league’s 2022 points and money list winner and currently ranks second all-time in LIV career earnings with $44.4 million and counting.

He returns to Augusta this week aiming for another run at a green jacket, but oddsmakers have him as a long shot.

Masters Betting Snapshot – Dustin Johnson

At +10000 odds, Johnson is a true longshot to win this year’s Masters but there are still ways to bet on him smartly. A top-30 finish (+125) or even a top-40 (-150) might offer better value. Even betting him to make the cut (-170) could be a solid play if you’re backing DJ to hang around through the weekend.

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