Patrons cheer on the players as they attempt to skip the ball across the water on to the 16th green during a practice round.
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However, some others watching on don’t seem as impressed.
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During the par three contest, Rory McIlroy (right) watches his daughter Poppy’s ball alongside Shane Lowry, as it rolls towards the hole on the 9th green … before dropping in.
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Some caddie assistants (namely AJ, son of Adam Schenk (right), and Fritz, son of Stephan Jaeger) take a more direct route when making sure a ball goes into a hole.
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The sun rises as patrons enter the course for the first round.
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Tyrrell Hatton (left) and Jordan Spieth watch to see if a putt from playing partner Tom Kim will drop on the second hole.
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A pin badge fan.
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Scottie Scheffler hits his putt on the 6th green during the first round.
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Scottie Scheffler looks for Justin Thomas’s ball in the azaleas on the 13th.
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An eastern bluebird on the 13th during the first round.
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Sam Burns hits from Rae’s Creek on the 13th. The American may have later had regrets about finding the water given the earlier relief found by Jose Luis Ballester.
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Robert MacIntyre is not a happy chappy after his second shot on the 11th during the second round.
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Frenchman Matthieu Pavon sports a rather natty jumper.
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Justin Rose lines up a putt on the 16th green on his way to a second round of 71.
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Joaquin Niemann talks with caddie Gary Matthews before playing his shot from the pine straw on the 13th during his second round.
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Canada’s Corey Conners tees off on the 17th during his third round.
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Patrons are sorted for snacks and drinks.
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A case of Where’s Rory? after he plays an approach shot on the 7th during his superb, destiny-altering third round of 66.
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Bryson DeChambeau gets some putting practice in ahead of the final round – his fine opening three days were followed by a three-over round of 75 on day four.
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It’s a tense start to the final round at Rory McIlroy’s Holywood Golf Club in County Down as a double bogey at the 1st sees his overnight lead disappear.
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Justin Rose peeks over the bunker on the green of the 2nd. The Englishman finished with a score of 66 which saw him take Rory McIlroy into a playoff.
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Rory McIlroy celebrates on the 18th green – what turned out to be the first and final playoff hole – after his putt drops to seal his first Masters victory.
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Celebrations at Augusta are mirrored over in Holywood Golf Club.
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Rory McIlroy celebrates on the 18th green after winning the first playoff hole
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A joyful Rory McIlroy is presented with the Green Jacket by Scottie Scheffler – the 2024 champion.
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