2023 Masters weather update: Big chance of heavy rainfall at Augusta

The 2023 Masters not only has controversies around it, but the weather seems to spoil the play as well. The weather forecast for Saturday, April 8, is quite upsetting for fans.

According to weather forecast channels, Augusta National Golf Club can experience heavy rainfall on Saturday and Sunday. There are possibilities for thunderstorms too.

Forecasts suggest that Georgia might experience a 24 percent chance of rain on Thursday, followed by 80 percent on Friday. Meanwhile, the rain probability shoots up to 93 percent on Saturday.

This is the first time in the last four decades that the weather seems to spoil the play of rich men's sport. The last time the Masters experienced rain was in 1983 and before that in 1973.

Since 1973, all the years ending with three have experienced bad weather. Be it 1983, 1993, or 2003, all have had a day or two suspended due to bad weather. In 2013, the rain did try to spoil the game at Augusta National, but fortunately, no round was affected.

Now it would be interesting to see if the weather gods show some mercy on golf or if there will be another Monday finish in the history of the Masters.

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The 2023 Masters: Schedule

The 87th edition of Masters starts on Thursday, April 6, 2023. However, the pre-tournament got underway on Monday, April 3, 2023, and the 2023 Masters Dinner took place on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

• April 3 - Pre-Tournament
• April 4 - Pre-Tournament
• April 5 - Pre-Tournament
• April 6 - Round 1
• April 7 - Round 2
• April 8 - Round 3
• April 9 - Round 4

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The 2023 Masters: Entire field

The organizers of the Masters have announced that no more than 90 players shall field in the 2023 Masters. According to the 19 eligibility criteria points, 90 players are invited to compete this year for the prestigious green jacket.

1. Fred Couples
2. Sandy Lyle
3. Patrick Reed
4. Jordan Spieth
5. Sergio Garcia
6. Hideki Matsuyama
7. Scottie Scheffler
8. Bubba Watson
9. Dustin Johnson
10. Phil Mickelson
11. Mike Weir
12. Zach Johnson
13. Larry Mize
14. Charl Schwartzel
15. Tiger Woods
16. Bernhard Langer
17. Jose Maria Olazabal
18. Adam Scott
19. Vijay Singh
20. Danny Willett
21. Bryson DeChambeau
22. Gary Woodland
23. Matt Fitzpatrick
24. Jon Rahm
25. Brooks Koepka
26. Shane Lowry
27. Francesco Molinari
28. Collin Morikawa
29. Cameron Smith
30. Justin Thomas
31. Sam Bennett
32. Ben Carr
33. Aldrich Potgieter
34. Harrison Crowe
35. Matthew McClean
36. Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira
37. Cameron Champ
38. Sungjae I'm
39. Will Zalatoris
40. Corey Conners
41. Rory McIlroy
42. Tommy Fleetwood
43. Viktor Hovland
44. Cameron Young
45. Mito Pereira
46. Keegan Bradley
47. Max Homa
48. Chris Kirk
49. Xander Schauffele
50. Adam Svensson
51. Sam Burns
52. Mackenzie Hughes
53. Kurt Kitayama
54. Patrick Cantlay
55. Bill Horschel
56. Tony Finau
57. Kim Si Woo
58. Seamus Power
59. Russell Henley
60. Tom Kim
61. Justin Rose
62. Brian Harman
63. Joaquin Niemann
64. Scott Stallings
65. Sahith Theegala
66. Tom Hoge
67. JT Poston
68. Sepp Straka
69. Aaron Wise
70. Taylor Moore
71. Lee Kyoung Hoon
72. Abraham Ancer
73. Tyrell Hatton
74. Adrian Meronk
75. Louis Oosthuizen
76. Ryan Fox
77. Kevin Kisner
78. Kevin Na
79. Thomas Pieters
80. Talor Gooch
81. Jason Kokrak
82. Alex Noren
83. Harold Varner III
84. Sam Burns
85. Jason Day
86. Harris English
87. Keith Mitchell
88. Min Woo Lee
89. Kazuki Higa
90. Gordon Sargent

Interestingly, according to the eligibility criteria, 17 LIV golfers also got invited to play in the 2023 Masters.