Exploring the Impact of Tee Times at The Masters 2025

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00:00Each of the last six winners when the Masters has been contested in its usual time of year

00:05in early spring have started in the early window and played in the late window on Friday,

00:11the early late designation of their opening two rounds.

00:15Is that a trend you expect to continue in 2025?

00:18And if so, which of these golfers that we see on the course at the moment might have

00:22benefit most?

00:24Well, just a couple minutes before we came on, Colin Morikawa, who's definitely one of

00:28the people that we're talking about, plus 1600 on the board, he's out there, right?

00:32As we just come on the air, Scotty, JT, and the amateur champion, they have just teed off.

00:38But I'm going to go against that trend, Ben.

00:41And I know at Augusta National, you know, that might be a little bit of heresy, but here's

00:44the thing.

00:45What we know about the weather is that we're going to get a little shower this evening,

00:48right?

00:48And the guys that tee off in the PM AM wave, they're going to get very little wind this

00:53afternoon.

00:54Tomorrow morning, they're going to get the softest conditions that they're going to get

00:57all week to score.

00:59And tomorrow afternoon, we expect wind in the 15 to 18 mile an hour zone.

01:02So Scotty, JT, Colin, the guys that are going off this morning, they're going to get that

01:07wind tomorrow afternoon, and they're going to get the firmest test for all 36 of their

01:11holes before the cut.

01:12Now, your Rory's, your Bryson's, your Rahm's, your Zander's, right?

01:17They're going off this afternoon.

01:19They're going to catch tomorrow morning.

01:20They're going to have 36 contiguous holes.

01:22I think that trend gets upended this year.