The Masters begins after weather delay, though high winds are still expected at Augusta National
Associated PressAUGUSTA, Ga. — The Augusta National that Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and the rest of golf’s greats played during their practice rounds for the Masters was a bit different than what greeted them Thursday after they drove down Magnolia Lane. “Yeah, when the wind is swirling here it’s very hard,” said Shane Lowry, who had a later tee time Thursday. They wound up opening at 9:30 a.m. local time, giving patrons 40 minutes to speed walk — running, of course, is strictly forbidden at Augusta National — to get a prime vantage point for the ceremonial first shots. “It will be gusty, for sure,” said National Weather Service forecaster Brad Carlberg, who predicted gusts up to 45 mph into the early evening. “Those wind speeds could easily knock down branches here and there.” Last year, torrential rains and wind sweeping through the course Friday knocked down three towering pines.
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