Three veteran writers join our team

Our Masters staff grew by three more reporters today with the arrival of Tim Guidera of the Savannah Morning News, Gary Smits of the Florida Times-Union and John Kaltefleiter of the Athens Banner Herald. They will write for their own papers and The Augusta Chronicle, and our website.

All three have covered the Masters before, so they add even more experience to our staff.

There will be several player interviews today, but the most anticipated event is a press conference by Arnold Palmer this afternoon. Many are speculating he will announce he will become an honorary starter this year, pleasing both fans and Augusta National officials.