AUGUSTA, Ga. – They aren’t the guys this year.
Rory McIlroy and Jason Day haven’t been pushed off stage in this run-up to the Masters, but they don’t top the marquee, either. They aren’t the big stories leading into the year’s first major championship.
Dustin Johnson, 32, is the betting favorite. He’s the best player in the game as the world No. 1, the hottest player with victories in his last three starts, but he's also suddenly a question mark to even play the Masters after falling down a staircase Wednesday and injuring his back.