Indeed, the pandemic hardly seemed to rattle most of the winners, many of whom saw the golf and Augusta’s traditions as too great to ignore, even in 2020. Sixteen past champions are playing this week and even though Player and Jack Nicklaus are not, they started the tournament with a ceremonial tee shot around daybreak on Thursday. “It seemed very hard because I was marooned in Scotland for seven months, eight months,” said Sandy Lyle, the 1988 champion. 1 on Tuesday morning, Patrick Reed, who won 18 years after Singh, started a round from nearby No. More came for the Champions Dinner, a closed-door rite of the tournament for past winners and the club chairman.

Source: New York Times November 13, 2020 06:00 UTC