Michigan’s Masters 2025 connections: 4 golfers who have won big
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Thefieldforthe2025Masterstournamentisset,with95golfersatAugustaNationallookingtoputonthecovetedgreenjacket.
Amongthefieldistheworld’sNo.1rankedScottieScheffler,lookingtodefendhis2024Mastersvictory(andachievehisthirdMasterswininfouryears).RecentwinnersJonRahm(2023),HidekiMatsuyama(2021)andDustinJohnson(2020)alsopacethefield,withmainstayslikeSergioGarciaandPhilMickelsonalsointhefield.
Twonotableabsencesfromthetournamentare2000MasterschampionVjiaySingh,whowithdrewfromthetournamentwithabackinjuryonMondayandfive-timeMasterschampionTigerWoods,whosufferedanAchillesinjuryinMarchandunderwentsurgery.(WoodsteasedhisinvolvementwithanAprilFool’sjokethatclaimedamedicalmiraclehadhealedhisinjury.)
The2025MastersalsofeaturesafewgolferswithMichiganconnections—let’stakealookatthefour:
FredCouples
At65yearsold,CouplesislookingtobecometheoldestgolfertoevermaketheMasterscut(aimingtobeathisownrecordhesetin2023).Heiscelebra