[Sports] The Masters 2024 weather: First round delayed with tee times pushed back due to Augusta storms

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Thursday's tee times pushed back at Augusta by at least one hour to 2pm UK time due to bad weather at Augusta and forecast of heavy rain and thunderstorms; watch all four days exclusively live on Sky Sports Golf

 

 

The start of The Masters has been delayed with tee times pushed back on Thursday's opening day by at least one hour due to adverse weather.

The first group had been due to tee off at 1pm BST (8am local) but play will now not start before 2pm BST (9am local) amid the forecast of heavy rain and thunderstorms.

Rain has been falling at Augusta so far on Thursday, with lightning also in the area.

All four days of the tournament are exclusively live on Sky Sports Golf.

Forecasts had shown '90 per cent chance' of showers and thunderstorms on Thursday morning, with wind gusts of up to 45 miles per hour expected, with the possibility of storms returning again later in the day.

 

Strong winds continue into Friday, with gusts expected to reach 30mph, although conditions will be less humid and sunshine is scheduled to return.

However, the weekend forecast is about as perfect as the tournament could hope for, with warm and sunny conditions and winds significantly less than the previous two days, meaning the event will be able to get back on track if there are any delays earlier in the week.

"Windy conditions persist Friday under mostly sunny skies as a dry and stable airmass settles into the area," a weather update from the tournament on Wednesday said. "Mostly sunny skies can be expected through the weekend with west to south-westerly winds in the 7-15 mph range."

Adverse weather delay has forced at least one suspension in play in each of the past five editions of The Masters, while rain has been experienced in over half of the 88 previous editions of the event.

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