The civil war that has split men's professional golf into two is set to swap the court rooms for the pristine fairways of Augusta for the 87th edition of The Masters.
A LIV Golf event had not yet been staged when Scottie Scheffler slipped his arms into a Green Jacket last year - but over 20 per cent of the Masters field will now be made up of players who have defected to the lucrative Saudi-funded circuit.
A total of 18 LIV renegades will tee it up in the first major of the year desperate to prove that they did not surrender their competitive relevance when joining the contentious enterprise.
Of those players, six are past champions and there are several who have headed down Magnolia Lane with a genuine belief of claiming a victory that would prove just as powerful for LIV in its ongoing battle for legitimacy.
Here, Mirror Sport looks at five LIV rebels who have the best shot at spoiling the PGA Tour party at Augusta.
Brooks Koepka
Brooks Koepka is the LIV rebel in the most ominous form as he targets his fifth major championship at Augusta.
There are whispers that an ultra-competitive Koepka is feeling a tinge of regret at ditching the PGA Tour for an unestablished invitational circuit as he watches his American counterpart Scottie Scheffler win some of the sport's most eminent events whilst falling outside of the world's top 100 and, perhaps more importantly, public consciousness.
But Koepka - who has played down any feud with PGA Tour players - now looks determined to make a major statement after last week's impressive one-shot victory in the third LIV event of the season in Orlando. A resurgent Koepka returning to a world class field is one of countless fascinating subplots to keep an eye on this week.
Cameron Smith
The Australian has not dominated an ailing LIV scene like many had expected ever since it emerged he would be defecting just after winning the 150th Open Championship.
But Smith is still LIV's most outstanding performer and has an Augusta pedigree that makes him a huge threat to claim his second major title. He has finished inside the top 10 on four of six starts at The Masters and had a serious chance to beat Scheffler down the stretch before disaster struck at the 12th in last year's tournament.
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson, perhaps admirably, has kept his opinions to himself on the divide in golf, quietly raking in millions in LIV prize money whilst his fellow renegades fire tiresome shots and pursue legal battles against the status quo.
But Johnson is at his most destructive on the course and will be one of the LIV players present at a potentially awkward Champions Dinner after his dominant victory in 2020.
At his best, few can match Johnson's relentlessly low-scoring and he cannot be counted out if he finds his best stuff over the weekend at Augusta.
Patrick Reed
Patrick Reed was golf's pantomime villain long before he joined the divisive LIV tour but there can be no doubt that he thrives when operating as the perceived antagonist on the biggest stages in the sport.
He pushed Rory McIlroy all the way in an epic battle at the Dubai Desert Classic earlier this year on a week where tempers flared following the infamous "Teegate" incident.
And he donned the Green Jacket after holding off the likes of McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth down the stretch in 2018. When nobody wants Reed to succeed, that is precisely when he is at his most dangerous.
A maligned Reed will no doubt be fired up to become a two-time Masters winner and it would be fair to say that the American would be far from the most popular champion if he finds his best form on Sunday.
Joaquin Niemann
The consensus among both PGA Tour and LIV players has been that the Masters transcends the feud across the golfing factions, with all parties playing down rifts ahead of the most prestigious tournament of the year.
But Chile's Niemann - a young superstar who looked destined for dozens of PGA Tour wins before jumping ship for LIV - has certainly fanned the flames with tensions already simmering before the tournament.
Niemann said the Masters will be "more fun knowing they hate us" and is desperate to get one over his PGA rivals, but must make a vast improvement on his best finish of 35th to cause any serious damage.
