AUGUSTA, Ga. – It’s a time-honored tradition around these parts: the past champions spend a good portion of their pre-tournament practice time playing with younger participants in the field, passing along some of the wisdom that helped earn them a green jacket.
The familiar formula was again on display with the first threesome off the 10th tee Monday morning, as Justin Thomas teed off under overcast skies for a tour of the second nine alongside 1992 champ Fred Couples and four-time winner Tiger Woods. But according to Thomas, one of them was a little more tight-lipped than the other.