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CBS, ESPN, Golf Channel to re-air classic Masters, ANWA tournaments

Relive some of the greatest Masters final rounds, as CBS, NBC and Golf Channel will re-air some of Jack’s and Tiger’s most memorable wins.

While many hoped to see watch the 2020 Masters Tournament during the second weekend in April, a few networks are re-airing some classic rounds in an attempt to fill the void.

CBS announced Thursday it updated programming for April 11-12 — when the third and final rounds of the 2020 tournament were scheduled to be played — with broadcasts of the final rounds from the 2004 and 2019 Masters Tournaments.

While fans lose the privilege of watching another champion crowned at Augusta National due to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, they can watch Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods win two of the most memorable Masters Tournaments of all time.

ESPN will also provide classic coverage in place of the 2020 Masters by replaying Tiger Woods’ 1997 and 2005 wins and Jack Nicklaus’ 1986 win during what would have been Masters week. ESPN+ will also offer on-demand Masters films beginning the week of April 6.

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NBC announced it will re-broadcast the 2019 Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. Golf Channel will also re-run the final day on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET.

CBS Sports’ broadcast will be available on television and the CBS All Access subscription service. Additional coverage throughout the week will be available on the CBS Sports HQ streaming sports news network, CBSSports.com and The First Cut podcast.

The Masters website and social media accounts will also feature never-before-seen content from both final rounds.

Augusta National Golf Club announced on March 13 that the 2020 Masters will be postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus fears. In the meantime, there has been some speculation that the Masters could be staged in October.

The TV schedule for all Augusta National re-broadcasts is below. All times listed are ET.

Saturday, April 4

2019 ANWA final round, 1 p.m., NBC
2019 ANWA final round, 9 p.m., Golf Channel

Wednesday, April 8

2018 Masters Par 3 Contest, 1 p.m., ESPN
1986 Masters final round, 3 p.m., ESPN
2018 Masters Par 3 Contest, 8 p.m., ESPN2

Thursday, April 9

2012 Masters final round, 2 p.m., ESPN
1997 Masters final round, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Friday, April 10

2013 Masters final round, Noon, ESPN
2005 Masters final round, 6 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, April 11

1975 Masters final round, 1:30-2:30 p.m., CBS
2004 Masters final round, 2:30-6 p.m., CBS

Sunday, April 12

2019 Masters final round, 12:30-6 p.m., CBS

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Golfweek Rewind: Tiger says ‘play inside,’ IOC makes decision on Olympics postponement

JuliaKate Culpepper recaps the week’s top golf stories including all the latest event cancelations and postponements due to COVID-19.

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Tiger Woods says “play inside”, the IOC makes a decision about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and a dad-daughter duo helps golf fans miss Augusta National a little less.

Take a look at the week’s top stories on the latest episode of Golfweek Rewind.

Top stories

Tiger Woods was one of many professional athletes encouraging fans to play inside in an effort to combat COVID-19 by posting a Nike sponsored message on Saturday. As of March, avoiding contact with other people and shared surfaces is the only known weapon against the virus.

With Augusta National closing its doors to members and the course traditionally being closed in September, one professional golfer doesn’t think the 2020 Masters will be played.

Lou Stagner and his 9-year-old daughter, Abby, are named our Person(s) of the Week because they’re making golf fans miss the Masters a little less. Since December, the duo has been building a replica of the 12th hole at Augusta National Golf Club with Legos in their basement. After over 60 hours of planning and building and perfectly placing over 20,000 pieces, the replica is complete. You have to check it out.

Professional golf

All events on the PGA Tour schedule through the PGA Championship have been canceled or postponed. Scheduled for May 14-17 at Harding Park in San Francisco, the PGA of America postponed the PGA Championship last week with hopes of rescheduling later this summer.

The LPGA has canceled or postponed nine total events including the ANA Inspiration. That event was rescheduled for September.

The R&A canceled two international amateur events scheduled for
April, but as of now the British Open in July and AIG Women’s British Open in August are still on.

The U.S. Open and Women’s Open are still on, but the USGA has canceled local qualifying and is keeping an eye on the spread of COVID-19. Both events are scheduled for June. The USGA also canceled all U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball and U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.

More information on these top stories, the status of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and all the latest cancellations and postponements can be found in the latest edition of Golfweek Rewind, featured above.

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Father, daughter celebrate Augusta National with Lego replica for charity

Lou Stanger and his daughter Abby had a goal- make a replica of Augusta National out of Legos. As they built, their goal changed.

Lou Stagner and his daughter have spent countless hours inside over the past few months and it had nothing to do with social distancing or the coronavirus.

Since December, Stagner, a golf strategy and analytics expert for DECADE Golf, and his 9-year-old daughter, Abby, have been building a replica of the 12th hole at Augusta National Golf Club with Legos at their home in New Jersey.

Although neither Lou nor Abby have been to Augusta National, the father-daughter duo wanted to recreate the iconic foliage and architecture of the 12th hole in Augusta, Georgia.

After 20,000 individual pieces, over 60 hours of planning and building and some help from Abby’s mom, Amy, the replica is complete.

“Our basement has been overtaken by Lego!” Lou wrote in a message to Golfweek.

Initially, the goal in building the replica was selling the finished product, but as Lou and Abby kept building, they decided instead of keeping the money, they should donate the funds to charity. Ideally, Abby, whose favorite golfer is Bubba Watson, would like to find a charity that benefits the homeless.

The Stagners have reached out to a few players and individuals in golf to seek a partner to auction off the item and launch the sale during Masters week, but plans have shifted.

“We are still searching for a partner and unfortunately the coronavirus has somewhat put a damper on the original plan,” Lou wrote.

Augusta National postponed the 2020 Masters Tournament Friday in wake of the COVID-19 outbreak that has brought events around the globe to a halt.

Even though golf fans won’t have the privilege of looking at Augusta National in person and on television in April, the Stagners’ replica is a fitting and breathtaking replacement.

Take a look through a few photos below.

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Opinion: Men’s golf finally accepts new reality, makes right call to postpone the Masters

Christine Brennan writes men’s golf made the right decision to cancel the Masters in wake of coronavirus, finally accepting new reality.

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As leagues and sports quickly postponed, suspended or canceled events during the past few days due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, one high-profile sport became a significant holdout:

Men’s golf.

The Players, the PGA Tour’s so-called fifth major, went ahead with its first round Thursday – with spectators in attendance – while the Masters was sticking with its March 4 statement that its high-profile show would go on.

Reality, and sanity, hit late Thursday night and again Friday morning. The Players was canceled first. Then the Masters was postponed. Golf has finally joined the rest of the sports world in shutting itself down for the good of us all.

“Unfortunately, the ever-increasing risks associated with the widespread Coronavirus COVID-19 have led us to a decision that undoubtedly will be disappointing to many, although I am confident is appropriate under these unique circumstances,” Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said in a statement Friday morning, postponing not only the Masters, set to begin April 9, but also the second annual Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

The significance of the Masters postponement is obvious. It’s one of the biggest sports events in the world, a cultural rite of spring. But even more important is the fact that it is not played in March, but rather in mid-April.

So far, almost every sporting event to shut down has been scheduled in March. The Masters postponement takes us well into April, as does the Boston Marathon decision to move to September.

It’s a sobering thought, but those two events just showed us the future. Events even a month away now are a no-go. What does that mean for MLB, the NBA and the NHL?

We received a hint of this with college sports canceling their spring schedules, but most of those had a foothold in March. The Masters is all April.

Men’s golf has now made the right call, just as the LPGA did earlier in the day Thursday. It’s sad that it has come to this, of course, but also entirely proper. It would be unconscionable to play any game, much less a sport still so linked with elite country clubs, during these trying times in the United States and around the world.

And yet, could there be a tiny sliver of joy to be salvaged by this decision? Consider this: Tiger Woods, whose comeback story leading to victory last year was one of the most compelling sports moments of 2019, gets to remain defending Masters champion a little bit longer.

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Through the years: Remembering every Masters Tiger Woods has played

Beginning in 1995 as an amateur and going up to his triumph in 2019, here’s a look at all 22 Masters appearances for Tiger Woods.

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When thinking of Augusta National, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

Is it the flush foliage, the famous Masters logo, the smell of springtime and fresh-cut grass? Or is it one of the golfers most synonymous with victory in Augusta, Georgia?

Tiger Woods has played in 22 Masters Tournaments and totaled five victories. The only golfer to have won more at Augusta National Golf Club is Jack Nicklaus, who has six green jackets.

Beginning in 1995 as an amateur and finishing, for now, in 2019 after his fifth Masters win, we document each of Woods’ 22 Masters appearances with a photo and his result.

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Masters: 82 years of Masters winners and memories

Here’s a list of every Masters winner, his country, score, number of Masters wins and the runners-up in the respective years.

There have been 52 different Masters champions and 82 different tournaments.

With his victory at the 2019 Masters, Tiger Woods tied the record for longest gap between major wins. He finished 13-under 275, one stroke ahead of Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele to secure his his fifth Masters win and 15th major title.

Here’s a list of every Masters winner, the year they won and miscellaneous facts about each win.

1934

Bobby Jones putts on the eighth green while Horton Smith watches in front of a gallery of patrons during the 1934 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Horton Smith
Country: United States
Score: 4-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runner-up: Craig Wood, two strokes

1935

A group photograph of the 1935 Master’s field during the 1935 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Gene Sarazan
Country: United States
Score: 6-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runner-up: Craig Wood, playoff

1936

Byron Nelson plays a tee shot during the 1936 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Horton Smith
Country: United States
Score: 3-under par
Masters win number: 2
Runner-up: Henry Cooper, one stroke

1937

Sam Snead appears at his first Masters Tournament circa 1937. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Byron Nelson
Country: United States
Score: 5-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runner-up: Ralph Guldahl, two strokes

1938

Patrons watch as Henry Picard putts on the 18th green during the 1938 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Henry Picard
Country: United States
Score: 3-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runners-up: Henry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl, two strokes

1939

Sam Snead lines up a putt during the 1939 Masters Tournament. (Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Champion: Ralph Guldahl
Country: United States
Score: 9-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runner-up: Sam Snead, one stroke

1940

Tommy Armour walks on course with Walter Hagen, during a 1940s Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Jimmy Demaret
Country: United States
Score: 8-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runner-up: Lloyd Mangrum, four strokes

1941

Bobby Jones putts during the 1941 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Craig Wood
Country: United States
Score: 8-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runner-up: Byron Nelson, three strokes

1942

Byron Nelson and Alfred Bourne review Nelson’s scorecard during the 1942 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Byron Nelson
Country: United States
Score: 8-under par
Masters win number: 2
Runner-up: Ben Hodan, playoff

1943-1945

War veterans watch players practice their putting at the 1946 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

The Masters Tournament was canceled for three years due to World War II.

1946

Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser and Bobby Jones at the Presentation Ceremony of the 1946 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Herman Keiser
Country: United States
Score: 6-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runner-up: Ben Hogan, one stroke

1947

Bobby Jones speaks at the Presentation Ceremony with Masters Winner Jimmy Demaret and runner-up Byron Nelson at the 1947 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Jimmy Demaret
Country: United States
Score: 7-under par
Masters win number: 2
Runners-up: Byron Nelson and Frank Stranahan, two strokes

1948

Leaderboard during the 1948 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Claude Harmon
Country: United States
Score: 9-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runner-up: Cary Middlecoff, five strokes

1949

Lloyd Mangrum, Sam Snead, Bobby Jones and Johnny Bulla during the Presentation Ceremony at the 1949 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Sam Snead
Country: United States
Score: 6-under par
Masters win number: 1
Runners-up: Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum, three strokes

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Never too early: ESPN unveils first Masters 2020 commercial

ESPN got a jump on things with the unveiling of its first commercial promoting coverage of the 2020 Masters.

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The new year is almost here as we await the arrival of 2020.

That means the countdown is on the first major of season.

ESPN got a jump on things with the unveiling of its first commercial promoting coverage of the 2020 Masters.

The ad ran on Saturday during the two College Football Playoff semifinals, the first an LSU blowout of Oklahoma and the second a thriller in the Arizona desert between Clemson and Ohio State.

ESPN’s commercial is a quick 15 seconds and features the iconic song “Georgia On My Mind” by Ray Charles.

If that doesn’t get the juices flowing, well, we’re not sure what will.

ESPN will have live coverage of the first and second rounds of the Masters on Thursday and Friday, April 9-10.

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