Honorary starters Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer will get the tournament started Thursday morning but the hoopla unofficially begins Monday when Tiger Woods faces the media at roughly 3 p.m. ET. Busy Monday in the sports world!

After all the smoke clears, will Tiger win his fifth Green Jacket?

If Tiger somehow wins this thing, ESPN will self-implode.

I'm actually glad Tiger is trying to come back but his chances of making the cut are slim to none. If he does make the cut it could get interesting.

"Slim to none" of making the cut? You laying odds for that bet?

I'll take that "slim to none" bet.

I would never bet against Tiger.

Hoping to see Freddie and/or Duval make a run. DD has been playing terrible lately but Freddie is hot.

The "cut" comment has me laughing too. I totally expect Tiger to be there on Sunday with a chance to win.

Im thinking this may be the higest rated Masters in history.

rock_knutne wrote: The "cut" comment has me laughing too. I totally expect Tiger to be there on Sunday with a chance to win.

Big Red Monster wrote: Im thinking this may be the higest rated Masters in history.

I agree very much with both of these posts. I expect Tiger to finish in the top five (minimum) and for Sunday to have HUGE ratings.

Im hoping Camillo has a good run in him. He has become my second favorite golfer to watch.

I don't see Tiger winning this.

This is going to be awesome.

I don't see Tiger winning this, but a top 10 finish is likely IMO. As far as not making the cut, give me a break.

It will be interesting to see how the weather change affects scoring today. Around noon, the wind is kicking up to 10-15 with gusts to 30. Huge advantage for those on the course right now.

Phil and some guys should have decent weather on the front, but it will get worse on the back. Tiger is looking in bad shape with a late tee time.

Tee No. 1
7:50 AM Heath Slocum Nathan Green Louis Oosthuizen
8:01 AM Craig Stadler Jerry Kelly John Merrick
8:12 AM Ian Woosnam Brian Gay Marc Leishman
8:23 AM Bernhard Langer Scott Verplank Brad Benjamin
8:34 AM David Toms John Senden Graeme McDowell
8:45 AM Mark O'Meara Nathan Smith Rory Sabbatini
8:56 AM Geoff Ogilvy Luke Donald Martin Kaymer
9:07 AM Tom Watson Tim Clark Steve Marino
9:18 AM Todd Hamilton Anders Hansen Bill Haas
9:29 AM Alvaro Quiros Oliver Wilson Dustin Johnson
9:40 AM Mike Weir Lee Westwood Matteo Manassero
10:02 AM Chad Campbell Francesco Molinari Paul Casey
10:13 AM Ernie Els Anthony Kim Ryo Ishikawa
10:24 AM Jim Furyk Angel Cabrera Byeong-Hun An
10:35 AM Phil Mickelson Robert Allenby Y.E. Yang
10:46 AM Robert Karlsson Retief Goosen Hunter Mahan
10:57 AM Michael Campbell Ben Crane Simon Dyson
11:08 AM Larry Mize Chris Wood Ryan Palmer
11:19 AM Sandy Lyle Justin Leonard Kevin Na
11:30 AM Ben Crenshaw Steve Flesch Ben Martin
11:41 AM Ryan Moore Nick Watney Ross Fisher
11:52 AM Trevor Immelman John Rollins Soren Hansen
12:14 PM Vijay Singh Sean O'Hair Jason Dufner
12:25 PM Ben Curtis Soren Kjeldsen Thongchai Jaidee
12:36 PM Kenny Perry Camilo Villegas Rory Mcilroy
12:47 PM Henrik Stenson Zach Johnson Chang-Won Han
12:58 PM Fred Couples Shingo Katayama Sergio Garcia
1:09 PM Miguel Angel Jimenez Edoardo Molinari Lucas Glover
1:20 PM Stewart Cink Padraig Harrington Charl Schwartzel
1:31 PM Steve Stricker Ian Poulter Yuta Ikeda
1:42 PM Tiger Woods Matt Kuchar K.J. Choi
1:53 PM David Duval Adam Scott Ricky Barnes

Anyone watch the Par 3 yesterday??? It was an absolute blast watching Arnie, Gary and Jack out there. As well as all the kids with the dad's; and letting them hit some putts.

As far as Tiger goes; if you don't think he is going to make the cut, you don't know anything about his game or this tournament. He will be there in the hunt(if not the lead) at the turn on Sunday.


And Laley, I completely agree about Camillo. I love watching him play, I think this could be a "break out" year for him on tour.

Later afternoon tee times today AND early morning tee times tomoorrow will BOTH get screwed by the weather. Going to be a tough road for Tiger. Ill take Ernie Els to win the Masters!!

Leaders as of 12:20

Langer -2 (14)
Toms -2 (14)
Watson -2 (11)
Smith -2 (12)
Marino -2 (11)
Kim -2 (7)
Cabrera -2 (7)

14 players at -1 including Phil Mickelson

seems like watson is always there early in the tourney.

And there it is ... he's back on the course. Good tee shot, I gotta believe even Tiger had a little bit of butterflies going on.

Great to see him smile also.

And a nice moment between Choi and Tiger, who from my knowledge have always had a pretty good relationship.

lol the Tiger Butt kissers has me laughing. The same people rooting for him in the crowd are probably the same who bashed him any chance they could get the last few months.

For sure cats, I think it is a pretty comfortable pairing for Tiger. It can only help settle whatever he is feeling inside to have a friend in his group.

Day 1 is all about Tom Watson now. Par 18 and shoot an opening round 68.