There are five weeks to go until the 2025 edition of the first Major of the season, and the field is now taking shape: at the moment there are ninety-two envelopes with invitations ready.
Among them there are two destined for two great players who, almost certainly, will leave a mark first in the chronicle and, subsequently, in the history of this year’s Masters Tournament.
The first envelope is the one destined for Bernhard Langer, Masters Champion 1985 and 1993.
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Well, despite having fully recovered from the operation on the Achilles tendon of his left leg, as demonstrated by the recent victory at the PNC Championship with his son Jason, he confirmed what he had anticipated in January, and that is that this will be his last Masters Tournament.
“The course is really long”
“The last 5 or 10 years I played there, the course was really long”
“It’s not much fun having to play a 3-wood to hit a par 4, a 2-hybrid or anything like that.”
A sincere answer from Langer, who finds himself facing another farewell after last July at his home tournament, the BMW International Open, his last appearance on the DP World Tour.
But, if one champion says goodbye to Augusta, there is another who, instead, is finally certain to return to walk the Magnolia Lane after 6 long years.
The second envelope we open is the one that will reach Angel Cabrera.
Almost a year ago I had already anticipated that the 2009 Green Jacket was completing the process to obtain a new VISA to enter the United States.
Today his name appears among those of the 92 invited by the Board, and this also means that Cabrera will return to sit at the table of the Champions Dinner on Tuesday.
It seems that this step worries the Argentine, but Ben Crenshaw, who has held the role of master of ceremonies of the Dinner since 2006, is keen to reassure him.
“I am happy to meet Angel”
“During the dinner the focus will be on Scottie, but it will be nice to have Angel back among us”.
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