AUGUSTA — The weekend has arrived at Augusta National Golf Club, and the world’s best golfers are honing in on one of the most iconic and unique prizes: a green jacket.
The winner of the Masters Tournament will get that, and a lot more, but first he must navigate Amen Corner and his own emotions before he slips on the iconic garment.
Perhaps songwriter Dave Loggins said it best in the record “Augusta” that he penned. Loggins was inspired by a visit to Augusta National in 1980, and CBS began using the record as part of its telecast in 1981. Loggins died in 2024 at the age of 76, and was best known for his Masters song and the hit single “Please Come to Boston.”
This is the opening of “Augusta”:
“Well, it’s springtime in the valley on Magnolia Lane
It’s the Augusta National and the master of the game
Who’ll wear that green coat on Sunday afternoon
Who’ll walk that eighteenth fairway singing this tune
Augusta … your dogwoods and pines
They play on my mind like a song
Augusta…it’s you that I love
And it’s you that I’ll miss when I’m gone.”
Here’s what you need to know for the weekend:
Making the cut
The low 50 and ties out of this year’s starting field of 95 players made it to the weekend. First instituted in 1957, the cut was low 40 and ties through 1961. From 1962-2012, it was low 44 and ties and those within 10 strokes of the leader. From 2013-2019, it was low 50 and ties and those within 10 strokes of the leader.
The current format was adopted in 2020. A total of 53 players made the cut this year, which fell at 2-over-par 146. Among the notable golfers who won’t play the weekend include Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau, Adam Scott and Phil Mickelson.
Tiger Woods, who is not competing this year because of an injury, holds the record for most consecutive cuts made with 24. Jack Nicklaus, who retired from competition in Augusta in 2005, holds the record for most made cuts overall with 37.
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