Ang Augusta Masters, golf’s first Grand Slam 2022can be watched live on television via Movistar+ golf channel, from the Movistar+payment platform. Broadcasts will begin this Thursday, April 7, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm (Spanish peninsular time) with Multi Augusta, where signals from Amen Corner, holes 15 and 16 and the feature group is mixed, and from 9:00 pm to 1:30 am with an international signal, with narration in Spanish.
Over the weekend, Movistar+ Golf will connect to the Augusta Masters from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm for Multi Augusta and from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am for the international signal on Saturday, April 9, and from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm completion for the international signal on Sunday, April 10. In both cases, the Multi Augusta signal will continue to be available in the second slot on dial 192.
The Green Jacket tournament will bring together the best players in the world in search of glory. and between them There will be three Spaniards: the champions in 1994, 1999 and 2017, Txema Olazábal and Sergio García, and world number 2 Jon Rahm.
THE FAVORITES
A brief look at the 10 (or 11) contenders to win this week in Augusta:
JUSTIN THOMAS
Age: 28 years old
Country: United States
World Ranking: 7th
Wins: 14
Majors: PGA Championship (2017)
Best finish in Masters: 4th
Stable: There are only five top-10 in 24 majors as a pro.
DUSTIN JOHNSON
Age: 37
Country: United States
World rank: 8th
Wins: 25
Majors: Masters (2020), US Open (2016)
Best Masters Finish: Winner
Noteworthy: Hasn’t won the PGA Tour since the 2020 Masters
but he is still one of the dominant players of the game.
JON RAHM
Age: 27 years old
Spain
World Ranking: 2nd
Wins: 13
Majors: US Open (2021)
Best finish in Masters: 4th in 2018
Noteworthy: Rahm has finished in the top 10 over the past four years at the Masters, and he was the only player last year to finish in the top 10 in all four majors.
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER
Age: 25 years
Country: United States
World Ranking: 1st
Won: 3
Majors: None
Best result in Masters: 18th ex aequo
Noteworthy: He was the first player from Dustin Johnson in 2017 to win three times in the year before the Masters.
JORDAN SPIETH
Age: 28 years old
Country: United States
World Ranking: 17th
Wins: 15
Majors: Masters (2015), US Open (2015), British Open (2017)
Best Masters Finish: Winner
Noteworthy: There have already been five top-three finishes in the Masters in eight appearances.
XANDER SCHAUFFELE
Age: 28 years old
Country: United States
World Ranking: 10th
Win: 5
Majors: None
Best finish in Masters: Runner-up in 2019
Noteworthy: His Olympic gold medal last summer in Tokyo was his only achievement in the last three years.
RORY MCILROY
Age: 32 years
Country: Northern Ireland
World Ranking: 9th
Wins: 28
Majors: US Open (2011), PGA Championship (2012, 2014), British Open (2014)
Best finish in Masters: 4th in 2015
Noteworthy: Since winning the British Open in 2014, this has been his eighth attempt to win the Masters to collect his career Grand Slam. McIlroy showed he could win the Augusta National. But the scar from losing the big lead in 2011 and losing the last group against Patrick Reed in 2018 only adds more pressure.
PATRICK CANTLAY
Age: 30 years
Country: United States
World Ranking: 5th
Win: 5
Majors: None
Masters best finish: Tied 9th in 2019
Noteworthy: He only had two top-10 finishes in the 14 majors he played as a pro.
HIDEKI MATSUYAMA
Age: 30 years
Country: Japan
World Ranking: 12th
Wins: 17
Majors: Masters (2021)
Best Masters Finish: Winner
Noteworthy: Matsuyama is the eighth player to become champion as a rookie and the Masters. He will host dinner this Tuesday night and will be under more pressure than usual as the defending champion.
COLLIN MORIKAWA
Age: 25 years
Country: United States
World Ranking: 3rd
Won: 6
Majors: PGA Championship (2020), British Open (2021)
Masters best result: tied at 18th
Noteworthy: Won three times on the PGA Tour before playing his first Masters.
TIGER WOOD
Age: 46 years
Country: United States
World Ranking: 944.
Wins: 93
Majors: Masters (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019), US Open (2000, 2002, 2008), British Open (2000, 2005, 2006), PGA Championship (1999, 2000, 2006), 2006
Best Masters Finish: Won 5 times
Noteworthy: Winner with a record 12 shots over 2nd in his pro debut in 1997, completed Tiger Slam in 2001, winner after undergoing four back operations in 2019. Jack Nicklaus could tie for sixth green jacket and replace the Golden Bear as the oldest champion of the bosses. He has not yet announced if he will play.
AWARDS
All masters champions
1934 Horton Smith
1935 Gene Sarazen
1936 Horton Smith
1937Byron Nelson
1938 Henry Picard
1939 Ralph Gudahl
1940 Jimmy Demaret
1941 Craig Wood
1942Byron Nelson
1943 No tournament
1944 No tournament
[1945Notournament[1945Walangtournament
1946 Herman Keizer
1947 Jimmy Demaret
1948 Claude Harmon
1949 Sam Snead
1950 Jimmy Demaret
1951 Ben Hogan
1952 Sam Snead
1953 Ben Hogan
1954 Sam Snead
1955 Cary Middlecoff
1956 Jack Burke Jr.
1957 Douglas Ford
1958 Arnold Palmer
1959 Art Wall Jr.
1960 Arnold Palmer
1961 Gary Player (AFS)
1962 Arnold Palmer
1963 Jack Nicklaus
1964 Arnold Palmer
1965 Jack Nicklaus
1966 Jack Nicklaus
1967 Gay Brewer Jr.
1968 Bob Goalby
1969 George Archer
1970 Billy Casper
1971Charles Coody
1972 Jack Nicklaus
1973 Tommy Aaron
1974 Gary Player (SAF)
1975 Jack Nicklaus
1976 Ray Floyd
1977 Tom Watson
1978 Gary Player (SAF)
1979 Fuzzy Zoeller
1980 SEVE BALLESTEROS (ESP)
1981 Tom Watson
1982 Craig Stadler
1983 SEVE BALLESTEROS (ESP)
1984 Ben Crenshaw
1985 Bernhard Langer (Ale)
1986 Jack Nicklaus
1987 Larry Mize
1988 Sandy Lyle (GB)
1989 Nick Faldo (GB)
1990 Nick Faldo (GB)
1991 Ian Woosnam (GB)
1992 Fred Couples
1993 Bernhard Langer (Ale)
1994 TXEMA OLAZABAL (ESP)
1995 Ben Crenshaw
1996 Nick Faldo (GBR)
1997 Tiger Woods
1998 Mark O’Meara
1999 TXEMA OLAZÁBAL (ESP)
2000 Vijay Singh (Fiji)
2001 Tiger Woods
2002 Tiger Woods
2003 Mike Weir (Can)
2004 Phil Mickelson
2005 Tiger Woods
2006 Phil Mickelson
2007 Zach Johnson
2008 Trevor Immelman (SAF)
2009 Angel Cabrera (Arg)
2010 Phil Mickelson
2011 Charlie Schwartzel (SAF)
2012 Bubba Watson
2013 Adam Scott (Aus)
2014 Bubba Watson
2015 Jordan Spieth
2016 Danny Willett (GBR)
2017 SERGIO GARCIA (ESP)
2018 Patrick Reed
2019 Tiger Woods
2020 Dustin Johnson
2021 Hideki Matsuyama (Japan)
HIGHEST NUMBER OF ACHIEVEMENTS
6
Jack Nicklaus
1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986
5
Tiger Woods
1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019
4
arnold palmer
1958, 1960, 1962, 1964
3
Jimmy Demaret
1940, 1947, 1950
Gary Player
1961, 1974, 1978
Sam Snead
1949, 1952, 1954
Nick Faldo
1989, 1990, 1996
Phil Michaelson
2004, 2006, 2010
two
Horton Smith
1934, 1936
byron nelson
1937, 1942
ben hogan
1951,1953
Tom Watson
1977,1981
Seve Ballesteros
1980, 1983
Bernhard Lang
1985, 1993
Ben Crenshaw
1984, 1995
Jose Maria Olazabal
1994, 1999
bubba watson
2012, 2014
WINNERS FROM BEGINNING TO END
Craig Wood, 1941
Arnold Palmer, 1960
Jack Nicklaus, 1972
Raymond Floyd, 1976
Jordan Spieth, 2015
HIGHEST STROKE DIFFERENCE OF A WINNER
Tiger Woods, 12, 1997
Source: La Verdad
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