The different tradition to any other is back.
Augusta National will be the host of 95 of the best golfers on the planet this weekend, and only one will wear the famous green jacket on Sunday night.
All eyes are in the current champion Scottie Scheffler, Rory Mcilroy and the two -time main winners Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele and a couple of other known names.
But we are here to tell him about the nine golfers with whom he is not familiar who can do some noise in Georgia this weekend.
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The Augusta National Golf Club, with The Crow’s Nest on the second floor, in Augusta, Georgia on March 13, 2008. (Chris Thelen/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Shane Lowry
Shane Lowry is no stranger to the great success of the tournament. It has ended among the first four in each specialty, including a victory in the 2019 Open Championship and a second place in 2022 Masters.
Last year was up and down, but he achieved sixth place in the PGA championship and in the open championship. This year, he has had a beginning.
In seven events, it has three best results among the 10 best, including a runner -up behind his friend Rory Mcilroy in Pebble Beach. The only time he ended outside the Top 20 was when the cut was lost as the insurance of the farmers, and ended up tied in 39th position in Genesis.
Since then, he has finished tied in the 11th, seventh, tied in 20 and tied in the eighth. It is classified as several important analyzes that are key to Augusta: Fourth in shots won by T -shirt to Green, Sixth in the Green approach and 24 on SG around the green.
Russell Henley
Augusta National has not been typically friendly to Russell Henley. Outside his fourth tie in 2023, he has finished outside the Top 20 in five of his other eight times in the course.
But the largest hot ones ended last year, ending tied in the seventh place in the US Open and the fifth in the open championship. His performance was good enough for an appearance of the Cup of Presidents, and took it with an incredible victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational with the help of an eagle of holes in the trap on 16.
Henley has made the cut in the seven tournaments this year and has four ends. It occupies the 16th position in SG Tee-To-Green and around the green and 22 in SG is approaching the green.
Russell Henley leaves the third Tee during a practice round for masters in the Augusta National Golf Club. (Michael Madrid/Imagn images)
JJ Spaun
JJ Spaun stood with Rory Mcilroy in the players championship, and although the playoff was not on his way, it was a great effort.
Spaun has another runner -up this season as Cognizant and tied thirdly at Sony Open in Hawaii. His other events have not gone too well, but it is no secret that he can find himself close to the top if he starts it.
Spaun occupies the second place in SG approaches the green (only behind Collin Morikawa) and seventh in SG Tee-To-Green. It is a cunning choice and monitoring.
Robert McIntyre
Robert McIntyre is high. Its last four finished have tied in the sixth, Cut lost, tied in 11th and ninth. He deals with the fifth place in SG Tee-To-Green, with the first four of Morikawa, Mcilroy, Scottie Scheffler and Lowry combining for nine important championships.
It also occupies the eighth place in SG outside the shirt, the 21 in SG approaches the green and sixth in the green in the regulation percentage.
It would be an stunner if he won everything because his putter is not too friendly, but his pilot and iron game could make him collapse around the moving day.
Will Zalatoris
Should Zalatoris be really considered a sleeping if he has competed three times in the Masters and ended in the top 10 in each of them?
In a course like Augusta National, who eats some of the best golfers in the world, Zalatoris clearly knows how to tame it. However, he has not had the best beginning of season 2025 according to his standards, although he has been a finalist among the 50 years in each event he has played so far.
Will Zalatoris greets the Green Gallery 18 during the third round of the invitational genesis in the Riviera Country Club on February 17, 2024, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
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Corey Conners
Conners goes to the Masters week, ending with three best results in its recent events. And given the need to hit the ball well in Augusta, Conners is one of those players who could climb the classification immediately in this year’s first specialty.
Through his seven teachers, Conners has finished among the top 10 in three of them.
Akshay Bhatia
The sweet left -hander is quickly becoming a superstar in the PGA Tour, and could consolidate that title if it runs in the green jacket this week. Last year, Bhatia tied in 35th place in his first Masters tournament, and given his 10 best results in the players (tied in third place), Invitational Genesis (tied in the ninth) and Mexico Open (ninth), he is playing a great golf at the time in a course that should be soft this week for an easier score.
SEPP Straka
Making his fourth teacher begin this week, Straka, the 13th golfer in the world, had his best final last year when he arrived in 16. But his last three tournaments have seen him finish 11, fifth and 14, respectively. He also won the American Express this year, so he is playing a great golf in the week.
SEPP Straka of Austria walks at Green 18 during the final round of the John Deere Classic Golf Tournament on July 9, 2023, in TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. (Photo AP/Charlie Neibergall)
Tom Kim
Kim is not playing his best golf at this time, losing the cut in two of his last four tournaments, including Valero Texas Open. In the two cuts he made, he ended up tied in 36th place and tied in 42º.
However, Kim has gone well in Augusta National in his two tournaments. He finished tied in his 16th place in his debut in 2023, and tied in 30 in 2024. And his final round last year saw a 66, which was the low score of the day for two blows.
If you can reduce approximation errors, Kim has the opportunity to compete on Sunday.
