While players will no doubt spend extra time on the greens this week at Augusta, getting used to the speed and slope, putting at the Masters may not be as crucial a skill as we once thought.
Merchandise is somewhere in the neighbourhood of a $US70 million ($101m) operation during Masters week, and while you can’t learn everything from my vantage inside the tent, you can learn a lot, and there’s plenty to tell.
Rory McIlroy’s final round of the 2025 Masters was a masterpiece of the highest order – a combination of high-stakes decision making, elite-level execution and overwhelming nervous tension.
The Masters is a bastion for tradition, and it seems like we’ve had a new one emerge over the last few years: Jason Day and Malbon testing out a new outfit that’s a bit too out there for Augusta National.
From proven contenders to rising stars, here are the players to watch at the 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, where experience could be everything.
Australian Golf Digest
