{"id":70920,"date":"2026-04-05T11:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/tradition-trepidation-and-that-augusta-thing-why-the-masters-remains-golfs-greatest-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:05:38","slug":"tradition-trepidation-and-that-augusta-thing-why-the-masters-remains-golfs-greatest-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/tradition-trepidation-and-that-augusta-thing-why-the-masters-remains-golfs-greatest-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradition, trepidation and that Augusta \u2018thing\u2019 \u2013 why the Masters remains golf\u2019s greatest prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even the greatest golfers can wilt in pursuit of the Green Jacket \u2013 Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood try to explain its special aura<\/p>\n<p>They say the Masters is all about tradition. One involves the sense of trepidation that collides with excitement as the finest golfers in the world take to Augusta National. Rory McIlroy, now a Masters champion, was scared to take a divot when first taking to the Georgia venue. \u201cFor my first two or three times, it kind of felt like I was in a museum,\u201d says Xander Schauffele.<\/p>\n<p>Some visibly wilt under an intimidation provided by a course that is picture perfect. It is like the dazzling princess is concealing an axe.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/05\/masters-augusta-jordan-spieth-tommy-fleetwood-xander-schauffele-golf\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even the greatest golfers can wilt in pursuit of the Green Jacket \u2013 Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood try to explain its special aura They say the Masters is all about tradition. One involves the sense of trepidation that collides with excitement as the finest golfers in the world take to Augusta National. &#8230; <a title=\"Tradition, trepidation and that Augusta \u2018thing\u2019 \u2013 why the Masters remains golf\u2019s greatest prize\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/tradition-trepidation-and-that-augusta-thing-why-the-masters-remains-golfs-greatest-prize\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tradition, trepidation and that Augusta \u2018thing\u2019 \u2013 why the Masters remains golf\u2019s greatest prize\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}