April 10 (UPI) -- A legion of fans flanked golf legends Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson on Thursday morning in Augusta, Ga., as the honorary starters teed off the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
Thursday marked the fourth-consecutive year Nicklaus, Player and Watson participated in the annual ceremony. Nicklaus first participated in the event in 2010. Player joined Nicklaus in 2012. Watson first participated in 2022.
"It [the fairway] gets a little more narrow every year," Player, 89, said after grooving the first drive on hole No.