Official invitations to the year’s first men’s major championship don’t start hitting letterboxes for another few weeks, but as the holiday season draws nearer, we got into the merry mood of celebrating who will be among the lucky players teeing it up at Augusta National come April.
Whether Woods plays or not, the Hero will again have a star-studded field of 20 players, including world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and No.4 Viktor Hovland, who is the event’s two-time defending champion.
Golf Saudi officials sent out a press release trumpeting a list of 25 top players – including 11 Major champions – who they say have committed to playing at Royal Greens Golf Club near Jeddah.
It’s been nearly 24 months since the R&A named Shane Lowry its last “champion golfer of the year,” the COVID-19 pandemic causing the cancellation of the Open Championship in 2020 for the first time since World War II.