It’s the best time of year baby.
Welcome to the official 2025 Barstool Masters Tournament preview.
We’re back at the crowned jewel of the golf world, Augusta National Golf Club.
It really doesn’t get any better than this.
We spend weeks and months counting down the days for the Masters to arrive and it’s finally here.
Whole gang is back together.
Scottie was the man in 2024, slipping on the Green Jacket for the 2nd time.
Scottie never looked back.
Morikawa followed up his double at 9 with a rinsed shot on 11 to fall out of it.
Aberg also made double on 11.
And Scottie did what Scottie does.
Last year’s leaderboard and recent winners of The Masters Tournament.
2024 Leaderboard
Recent Masters Champions
The Course
Come on y’all.
We know what this course is all about.
It’s the only major that’s played at the same course every single year.
That’s what makes this such a treat.
There’s no 2nd cut of rough anywhere on this course.
The thing that makes Augusta National what it is is the undulating nature of the entire place.
The greens are traditionally some of the fastest and most challenging on Tour.
And the hills aren’t just obstacles around the greens.
There’s hardly an even lie on the entire course that isn’t a teebox.
Most years there are a handful of tweaks to the course.
That’s not really the case this year.
Still 7,555 on the card like last year.
Rory mentioned at some point 4 greens had been altered, while not mentioning which.
If you’re looking for some historical data on the holes themselves, here ya go.
Regardless, barring inclement weather, everybody goes off of 1 at Augusta National.
Subair should handle that just fine.
All in all, should make for a great tournament.
By the way, rain has been experienced during 48 of the 87 previous Masters Tournaments.
The Media Guide literally has a round by round detail of how weather has affected the Masters.
TV Coverage
Courtesy of theMasters website, below is your schedule for wall to wall coverage the Masters Tournament.
Short version for main broadcast - ESPN for Thursday/Friday, CBS for Nantz’s 40th Masters on the weekend.
We’re back to categorizing every single damn player in the field.
Let them soak in the love and reminisce.
We do get one last ride for Bernhard Langer.
The Amateurs (Pronounced “Am-A-Toors”)
Bless their hearts.
If one makes the cut, its a minor miracle.
Appreciate the Crow’s Nest, boys.
The Debutants
Kevin C. Cox.
If there’s one guy to look out for here, it’s Mav McNealy.
Guy has always had a ton of potential and is finally starting to realize it.
Thanks For Coming Out
The happy to be here crowd.
Just soaking up Augusta and hoping to make the weekend for a sweet check.
These are guys that could make or break your DFS teams if that’s your bag.
Phil is teetering here… but did contend last week on LIV.
The Veterans With A Chance
We’re getting a little closer now.
Loooot of major champions on this list below, but only Fitzy and Harman have in recent years.
Fitzy is as lost as anyone with his game right now.
Yet I can’t help but think this course is a little too long for his liking.
He’s missed his last 3 cuts here.
We’re at such an interesting juncture with Spieth and Augusta National.
He’s missed the cut 2 of the last 3 years, but sandwiched a T-4 between them.
The rest of his track record speaks for itself - 6 Top 5’s in 11 starts.
Sergio is another interesting one here.
Corey Conners is lowkey very solid around this place.
Hatton v ANGC is always fireworks.
Sepp Straka has been playing sneaky good golf this year too.
Maybe one of these guys steal the whole thing, but it’s a longshot.
If I had to pick one to roll with, it would be Bhatia.
Homa is lost at sea and just broke up with his bagman.
Winning the API goes a long way and he T-4’d here a couple years ago.
Also made 7 straight cuts at Augusta.
One to keep an eye on.
Your Zach Johnson and Charl Schwartzels are a thing of the past.
It’s a brutally tough and long golf course that requires a complete game.
Over the course of 72 holes, the cream is going to rise.
Rahm has been a little lost in the shuffle but he may be as dangerous as ever.
He’s Top 10’d in all 17 LIV events he’s played and won twice.
I like X here more and he’s obviously stamped himself as a bona fide major winner.
He’s missed his last two cuts coming into the week but can’t count him out.
The 3 most dangerous guys here in my mind are Aberg, Niemann, and Morikawa.
Aberg and Morikawa obviously both had a green jacket in their sights last year before faltering.
There are a ton of signs pointing towards Collin.
Niemann is a really interesting one too.
But it’d be a helluva story if he did.
The “Is This The Year”?
But maybe….????
It’s Scottie vs. the field.
He’s the benchmark everyone’s been chasing.
He’s always going to be weighing on everyone’s mind.
That’s territory reserved for the true greats.
His game here speaks for itself.
This course requires shot-making, and he has all the shots.
He’s sharp around the greens, especially playing chips and pitches on the ground.
Just like Alister McKenzie drew it up.
If he can just make putts, he’s going to be extremely hard to beat.
