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The Masters is here again with the world's leading golfers set to compete at Augusta National in a bid to win the Green Jacket.
Jon Rahm returns to the iconic tournament as the defending champion but Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka are among those desperate to dethrone the Spaniard.
But while most of the focus will be on the course, the players' wives and girlfriends will certainly be attracting plenty of attention, too.
Among them is Paulina Gretzky, the wife of former Masters champion Dustin Johnson and daughter of ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. Meanwhile, Rahm's wife Kelley is pregnant with their third child and Meredith Scudder is Scheffler's childhood sweetheart.
With the tournament less than a week away, DailyMail.com takes a look at the glamorous partners set to steal the show at Augusta National.
Jon Rahm poses with his wife, Kelley, after the Spaniard won his first Masters title last year
Paulina Gretzky (Dustin Johnson)
Paulina is the daughter of Wayne Gretzky, widely acknowledged to be the greatest ice hockey player of all time.
Despite her father's fame in the sporting world, Paulina is famous in her own right thanks to her work as an actress, model and singer.
The glamorous WAG has featured in movies like Grown Ups 2 (2013), Fame (2009) and Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012) and has also had record deals.
Paulina and Johnson, who has won both the Masters and US Open, got engaged in 2013 and, after a lengthy engagement, finally tied the knot in April 2022. They share two sons together, River and Tatum.
The pair exchanged vows in front of a glamorous crowd of friends and family, including Bravo reality stars Paige DeSorbo, Craig Conover, and Austen Kroll.
Paulina is the daughter of ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and married to Dustin Johnson
The model recently revealed she got death threats following her husband's move to LIV Golf
The wedding also included a performance from Kid Rock, who sang a cover of Chris Stapleton's 'Joy of My Life.'
The model recently revealed she received death threats following her husband's move to LIV Golf.
Johnson defected to the rebel circuit for a reported $150million when it erupted onto the golfing scene in 2022.
'People sending death threats and awful, awful, awful things,' Gretzky said during an interview on Netflix show Full Swing, which details the fallout of the PGA Tour's ceasefire with LIV.
'People were aggressive that's for sure. But that's when I shut it down for a little bit. I was like I don't need to look at this. Everyone has an opinion on it. Fine.'
Jena Sims Koepka (Brooks Koepka)
Sims and Koepka met in 2015 at the Masters, which Jena told Golf Digest in 2019 was fitting because she is a Georgia native.
'We met at the 2015 Masters. And that's so special because I'm from Georgia, so it's perfect,' she explained. 'We were on Hole 7, which I don't even remember, but he's like, "Oh, I remember what you were wearing, where we were standing, everything."'
Jena explained that she was a long-time golf fan and had always grown up watching the sport because of her father.
Brooks and Jena then announced that they were engaged in April 2021, after more than five years together.
The romantic proposal took place on a beach in Jupiter, Florida and he shared her post to his Instagram story, adding, 'Finally...'
Brooks Koepka met wife Jena Sims at the Masters before marrying the model seven years later
The stunning American actress and model has 286,000 followers on her Instagram account
They announced that they were engaged in April 2021, after more than five years together
Shortly after Koepka's 33rd birthday, the couple announced they are having their first child
The couple welcomed their first child - a baby boy named Crew - in July 2013, six weeks early
In September 2021, Brooks opened up about how Jena changed his life.
'The way I'm wired, I'm all on or all off. Maybe I didn't understand that the first 25 years of my life, but in the past five years I've been able to own who I am and find that happiness,' he told Golf Digest.
'I don't know if that's because of Jena or because I understand more of how things work, but you mature a little more.
'I can't put my finger on it. But when it comes together, and you see what works, you say, this is the program, and I'm going to stick with it.'
Jena - who is an actress and is most known for her role in the Sharknado movies - is often photographed supporting Brooks at his golf events
The couple wed seven years after first meeting and welcomed their first child - a baby boy named Crew - in July 2013, six weeks before his due date.
Meredith Scudder (Scottie Scheffler)
Scheffler is dominating the PGA Tour at the moment and he'll be one of the favorites to win another Green Jacket this week.
Scheffler and his wife Meredith Scudder tied the knot in 2020, after six years of dating. The couple are high school sweethearts, and met while they both attended Highland Park High School when they were just teens.
When it came time for them to head off to college, the pair both went to different schools in Texas but stayed together.
They both graduated in 2018, and the sports star popped the question two years later.
At the time, Meredith gushed, 'YES! I can't believe God gave me my best friend to spend the rest of my life with. Can't wait to be your wife, Scottie! Blown away at the Lord's faithfulness and goodness to us. [LET'S] DO THIS!'
Scottie and Meredith tied the knot in 2020, after six years of dating and long distance
The two have kept their romance pretty low-key - with Meredith's social accounts set to private
They got married in December 2020 at Arlington Hall in Dallas.
The two have kept their romance pretty low-key other than that - with Scottie hardly ever sharing any pics with his wife to social media, and her accounts set to private.
However, she is often spotted at his tournaments supporting him as he continues to win title after title.
As for her own job, Meredith previously worked for various different humanitarian organizations, including Family Legacy and Live Beyond.
Erica McIlroy (Rory McIlroy)
Northern Irish star Rory McIlroy is married to Erica Stroll - with the pair first being introduced to each other back in 2012.
But despite initially meeting one another at the Ryder Cup that year, where Erica, 35, was working for the PGA, it wasn't until a few years later that the pair would enter a relationship.
A few months after calling off his engagement with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki in 2014, McIlroy and Erica got together before getting engaged a year later.
McIlroy proposed to Erica in 2015 while the couple were on holiday in Paris. The proposal reportedly took place on the Champs-Elysees while the pair were walking around admiring the city.
The pair would tie the knot on April 21, 2017. Their guest list famously included the like of Stevie Wonder, Chris Martin and Niall Horan.
McIlroy's wedding took place on the grounds of Ashworth Castle, which is one of Ireland's top hotels. It was reported that the fireworks display alone cost more than an estimated £50,000. The ceremony in Co Mayo itself would cost a whopping £200,000.
The pair have one child. Poppy Kennedy McIlroy was on born August 31, 2020.
Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy is married to Erica Stroll after tying the knot in 2017
The couple and their daughter Poppy enjoyed the par-three contest at the Masters last year
Erica was raised in Irondequoit, New York. She later move to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. She worked as the manager of the Championship Volunteer Operations for
