2024 Masters in weather delay: Opening round start time set
Nasty weather is causing inconveniences at Augusta National during Masters week.
Showers and storms delayed Thursday’s opening round of the 2024 Masters. A new start time of 10:30 a.m. is set, the tournament announced, with the honorary starters ceremony beginning at 10:10 a.m.
Patron gates will open at 9:30 a.m.
Thursday was supposed to begin with the honorary starters — Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson — teeing off at 7:40 a.m. and the first group of the day starting their round at 8 a.m.
Rain is expected to fall in the Augusta area until at least the mid-morning Thursday, including wind gusts up to 37.
The official forecast, according to the National Weather Service: “Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1 pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1 pm and 3 pm. High near 79.”
Once the weather clears, tournament organizers are expected to get creative in getting things back on schedule by Friday.
Fortunately for the patrons at Augusta and the fans watching from home this week, the forecast calls for sunshine on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Rain has now fallen in 48 of the 88 Masters tournaments, and adverse weather has now impacted the past six tournaments at Augusta National. Before that, there were no delays for almost a decade. Heavy rain and roaring gusts delayed play on Friday and Saturday in 2023 and managed to upend a couple of pine trees.
Masters TV coverage this week
Thursday, Round 1: 3-7:30 pm (ESPN)
Friday, Round 2: 3-7:30 pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Round 3: 3-7 pm (CBS)
Sunday, Round 4: 2-7 pm (CBS)
Streaming at Masters.com starts mid- to late mornings daily
Thursday’s tee times
*denotes amateur
10:10 AM Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson
10:30 AM Erik van Rooyen, Jake Knapp
10:32 AM Jose Maria Olazabal, Taylor Moore, *Santiago de la Fuente
10:54 AM Danny Willett, Austin Eckroat, Stephan Jaeger
11:06 AM Charl Schwartzel, Luke List, *Christo Lamprecht
11:18 AM Gary Woodland, Thorbjorn Olesen, Bryson DeChambeau
11:30 AM Zach Johnson, Corey Conners, *Jasper Stubbs
11:42 AM Sergio Garcia, Chris Kirk, Ryan Fox
11:54 AM Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An, Harris English
12:06 PM Phil Mickelson, Sepp Straka, Tony Finau
12:18 PM Nick Taylor, Joaquin Niemann, Russell Henley
12:36 PM Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Rickie Fowler
12:48 PM Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas
1:00 PM Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Dunlap
1:12 PM Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
1:24 PM Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Cameron Smith
1:36 PM Lee Hodges, Adrian Meronk, Grayson Murray
1:48 PM Camilo Villegas, Denny McCarthy, Cameron Davis
2:00 PM Mike Weir, Ryo Hisatsune, *Neal Shipley
2:12 PM Vijay Singh, Si Woo Kim, Emiliano Grillo
2:24 PM Fred Couples, Adam Hadwin, *Stewart Hagestad
2:42 PM Justin Rose, Eric Cole, Peter Malnati
2:54 PM Akshay Bhatia, J.T. Poston, Shane Lowry
3:06 PM Bubba Watson, Nicolai Hojgaard, Adam Schenk
3:18 PM Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im, Kurt Kitayama
3:30 PM Keegan Bradley, Matthieu Pavon, Tyrrell Hatton
3:42 PM Adam Scott, Sam Burns, Cameron Young
3:54 PM Tiger Woods, Jason Day, Max Homa
4:06 PM Brian Harman, Brooks Koepka, Tom Kim
4:18 PM Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Aberg, Sahith Theegala
4:30 PM Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood
