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LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman hit the headlines earlier this week after paying for his own ticket to attend the Masters, but the rebel tournament’s kingpin Yasir Al-Rumayyan was nowhere to be seen.
Some wondered if the governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund would head to Augusta, potentially for peace talks, but a visit failed to materialise.
Last year Newcastle United director Amanda Staveley headed down Magnolia Lane as part of an attempt to ease relations between LIV and the PGA.
LIV CEO Greg Norman paid for his own ticket to attend this year's Masters in Augusta
A golf debut at Augusta
Each year a ballot is held among media members with winners given the honour of playing a round at the course on Monday.
The idea can fill some hackers with trepidation - given Augusta’s ludicrously difficult slopes and greens.
This time around local TV reporter Julia Westerman was among those pulled out – and will play her first ever round of golf at one of the sport’s most iconic venues.
The South Carolina journalist joked: ‘As if this month couldn't get any crazier,