Of all the cherished Masters traditions, the honorary starters has always been one that has tended to pass me by. ‘Did you watch Jack & co get things started this morning?’ I can’t recall watching one live before, the reason being that as much as I love everything about The Masters, I’m not a morning person. ‘No, I was sleeping.’
Not today. This is the first time that I’ve covered the event on site, and watching Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson get proceedings underway was an opportunity that I was not going to miss, even if the 7.40am tee off time came rather inconveniently bang in the middle of breakfast.
