Masters is here. All eyes will be on Augusta National as the world's best golfers chase the green jacket and a portion of the purse.

A dozen LIV Tour golfers will participate in the 2025 Masters tournament at Augusta. Here's who got the invitation, and why.

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 Masters Tournament. It’s almost time for the world’s best golfers to tee off at Augusta National Golf Club for this year’s edition of the Masters. The top players from both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will hit the course Thursday in the first major championship of 2025.

Though Woods will not be competing in this year’s tournament due to a ruptured Achilles tendon — despite pulling an April Fools prank on fans with an X post claiming that he recovered in time to play — there are 95 other players vying for the 2025 Masters championship.

The most wonderful time of the golf season is upon us as the beauty of April surrounds Augusta National Golf Club. The 2025 Masters kicked off another star-studded affair Thursday with an absolutely loaded 95-man field featuring the best golfers in the world all attempting to conquer the season's first major championship.

Full live coverage of the prestigious tournament from Augusta National doesn’t start until the evening in the UK

Millions of golf fans around the country - and the world - waited for the morning of Thursday, April 10, for the first round of the Masters. Teeing off from Augusta National in Augusta, GA, the Masters is the first major tournament of the year and the only one played on the same course every year.

Nicklaus has been an Honorary Starter since 2010, while Player joined him in 2012. Watson was the most recent addition to the group in 2022, and he struck an opening tee shot for the fourth time Thursday morning. This year's Masters marks the 50-year anniversary of Nicklaus' fifth green jacket and 13th major title.

A legion of fans flanked golf legends Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson on Thursday morning in Augusta, Ga., as the honorary starters teed off the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.

The Masters got underway at Augusta National on Thursday with Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson hitting the ceremonial opening tee shots

The Masters got underway at Augusta National on Thursday with Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson hitting the ceremonial opening tee shots.

Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Player serve as honorary starters prior to the outset of Thursday's opening round at Augusta National.

Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson turned the traditional honorary tee shots that open the Masters into a comedy sketch about their aging bodies.

The Masters will air across two channels: ESPN and CBS. The first two rounds of the tournament will air on ESPN starting at 3 p.m. and ending at 7:30 p.m. daily. The final two rounds will air on CBS, with coverage beginning at 2 p.m. and wrapping up at 7 p.m. (ET). Coverage and commentary of the tournament will also air on the Golf Channel.

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 Masters Tournament. I have been avidly looking forward to the 2025 Masters since Scottie Scheffler donned his second green jacket in April 2024. There isn’t a better televised golf tournament on the planet than the Masters,

With the Masters teeing off yesterday afternoon, 95 of the world's best golfers arrived at Augusta to challenge for the title. This included 2022 runner-up Rory McIlroy, for whom the day didn’t go quite to plan.

With a round that was nearly nine shots better than the field Thursday, the 44-year-old managed to steal the spotlight from the Masters dominance of Scottie Scheffler and the endless quest of Rory McIlroy.

The Masters began Thursday with its largest field in 10 years and a feeling that only two players were at the center of attention at Augusta National, and one of them wasted no time in going straight to the top of the leaderboard.

History says only those golfers who placed inside the top 11 on the leaderboard after 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club have a chance to slip on the green jacket come Sunday. Don't tell that to the big names competing at the 2025 Masters.

Masters is underway at Augusta National in Augusta, Ga., with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler looking to defend his title as a favorite. Scheffler topped Ludvig Aberg by four strokes to claim the title a year ago.

The Golden Bear leaned down, planted a tee in the Augusta dirt, and let it rip. “I won,” explained Jack, raising both arms into the air. And with that, the 89th Masters Tournament was underway. In addition to Nicklaus,

Augusta National and the Masters have left Rory McIlroy green with envy and Scottie Scheffler in green jackets. They're again the favorites. Will the roles reverse? Will someone go by them to win?

Justin Rose is the runaway favorite after the first round, shooting 7-under 65 to secure a three-stroke lead going into the second round on Friday. LIV golfers Tyrrell Hatton and Bryson DeChambeau are firmly in the mix at fifth place with 4-under.

The Masters Par 3 Contest took place on Wednesday ahead of the first major of the 2025 golf season getting underway at Augusta National. Colombia’s Nicolas Echavarria won the event, defeating J.J. Spaun in a playoff after both men finished the nine-hole course on five under.

The one question put to LIV golfers - and we'll never really know the answer - is whether playing in a limited number of 54-hole events hurts those in the Masters.