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Here’s the list of celebrities we’ve seen during the 2022 Masters Tournament

Celebrity sightings have become a norm at Augusta National throughout the week of the Masters.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Celebrity sightings have become a norm at Augusta National throughout the week of the Masters Tournament.

This year is no different.

Here’s who we’ve spotted on the course this week.

Condoleezza Rice

Rice is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford. She was the 66th U.S. Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush. She later served in the Bush administration as National Security Advisor. Rice is a member of Augusta National Golf Club.

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Condoleezza Rice (right) greets Lee Styslinger, III, Lynn Swann, and Bubba Watson during the final round of the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)

Peyton Manning

Manning played 18 NFL seasons before he was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021. He threw for over 71,000 yards and 500 touchdowns over those 18 years. A five-time NFL MVP, Manning led two teams to Super Bowl titles during his career: Indianapolis Colts (XLI, 2006) and Denver Broncos (L, 2015).

Charles Kelley

Kelley is vocalist in the country music trio “Lady A”, which formed in 2006. He grew up in Augusta, graduating from Lakeside High School and the University of Georgia. With Lady A, he’s won awards such as the 2008 CMA New Artist of the Year, 2009 and 2012 Vocal Group of the Year, and a Grammy in 2011 for Song of the Year.

Little Big Town

Little Big Town is a country music group founded in the late 1990s. They’ve won Grammys for multiple songs, including “Pontoon” (2013), “Girl Crush” (2016) and “Better Man” (2018). They were also the recipient of the On The Hill Award in 2018.

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A photographer takes a picture of the musical group Little Big Town at the 11th fairway during the second round of the 2022 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Course. (Photo: Andrew Davis Tucker/The Augusta Chronicle)

Eric Church

Church is an award-winning country music artist from Granite Falls, North Carolina. He’s known for several No. 1 hits, including “Drink in My Hand” and “Springsteen.” Church is affectionately referred to by his fans as “The Chief.”

Aaron Murray

Murray played quarterback at Georgia from 2009-13, leading the Bulldogs to the 2012 SEC Championship Game. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of 2014 NFL Draft and now serves as a college football analyst for CBS.

Ryan Zimmerman

The Washington Nationals selected Zimmerman with the top pick in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his big-league debut that same year and played his entire 16-year career with the organization before retiring after the 2021 season. Zimmerman helped lead the Nationals to a World Series title in 2019 and his jersey number (11) is set to be retired in June.

DJ Shockley

Shockley led Georgia to the 2005 SEC Championship over LSU. The Atlanta Falcons drafted him in the seventh round in 2006, where he played until 2009. Following his football career, Shockley currently serves as a sports anchor for FOX 5 in Atlanta.

Lynn Swann

Swann is a Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver. He played with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1974-82, helping lead the team to four Super Bowl titles. He most recently served as the athletic director for his alma mater, USC, from 2016-19. Swann is a member of ANGC.

Roger Goodell

Goodell is the sixth commissioner of the NFL since assuming the role in 2006. He’s also a member of ANGC.

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has a conversation near the clubhouse during the first round of the 2022 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Adam Cairns/The Augusta Chronicle)

Larry Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald is a former NFL wide receiver. He played his entire 17-year career with the Arizona Cardinals, earning 11 Pro Bowl selections and leading the team to an appearance in Super Bowl XLIII.

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Phil Mickelson enters fifth-straight start confident despite late stumble at Pebble Beach

Phil Mickelson came up short at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but as he approaches his fifth-straight start, he feels confident in his play.

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – On Wednesday, the eve of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Condoleezza Rice hosted a small gathering of friends that included Phil Mickelson and PGA Tour veteran Jason Bohn, who served as a commentator this week for Sky Golf, and had partnered with Rice in the team competition in previous years.

Eventually, Mickelson and Bohn got a chance to talk during which time Mickelson bragged that he had figured out his visualization skills after a slow start at the European Tour’s Saudi International last week.

“He told me he feels this is the best his game has been,” Bohn said. “I’m just in awe of what he’s doing. It isn’t easy to hang with these kids when you’re in your late 40s, let me tell you.”

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Mickelson put up a valiant fight in his effort to defend his title and win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for a record sixth time. He closed in 2-over 74 to finish in third place, five strokes behind the winner Nick Taylor.

“I got outplayed,” Mickelson said. “I mean, Nick played better than I did.”

Mickelson was 3 under through his first six holes, but the wheels started to fall off when his 2-iron at No. 8 only flew 180 yards in the wind. That left him 248 yards to the hole and he ripped another 2-iron that sailed just over the green. Mickelson tried to hit one of his patented flop shots but this time there was no magic in his wedge and he made a double bogey and fell three strokes behind. A birdie by Taylor at the ninth and a bogey by Mickelson left him five strokes behind at the turn.

Mickelson climbed within two strokes of the lead after Taylor made a double bogey at 14, but Taylor’s chip-in birdie at 15 sealed the deal.

Still, Mickelson chose to focus on the positives despite playing the final 11 holes in five over.

“These last two weeks have really given me a lot of motivation and momentum to continue doing what I’ve been doing,” Mickelson said.

Last year, Mickelson left with the trophy and then suffered through one of his worst slumps. He completed the season with only two top 10s and 12 made cuts in 20 tournaments.

“I haven’t seen good, clear pictures,” Mickelson explained. “I haven’t been as committed and as connected to the target. I just haven’t been mentally as sharp the last six, eight months.”

Mickelson said his focus was sharp on Sunday despite the windy conditions, which dried out greens and made Pebble Beach more treacherous as the round progressed.

“I just didn’t execute,” Mickelson said. “We had a few misjudgments of the wind. It was a tough day.”

Brandt Snedeker, who played with Mickelson for the first three rounds, was impressed with Mickelson’s performance and predicted better days were still to come.

“He seems excited about playing,” Snedeker said. “The way he’s swinging it right now, there’s no reason he can’t still contend out here a lot.”

Mickelson is scheduled to play this week at the Genesis Invitational, which will be his fifth straight start.

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