ESPN will present coverage of the 88th Masters Tournament from Augusta National Golf Club starting next week. ESPN is now in its 17th year of providing live coverage of the Masters. ESPN will televise live play in the first and second rounds of the Tournament on Thursday and Friday, April 11-12, as it has since 2008.
Among new additions to ESPN’s coverage of the Masters, former major champion and eight-time PGA TOUR winner Geoff Ogilvy is joining the coverage team and will appear as an analyst on SportsCenter all week from the event.
Scott Van Pelt will host ESPN’s telecasts with ESPN golf analyst Curtis Strange. Van Pelt, Strange and Michael Eaves, who will conduct player interviews, will join CBS’ golf announcer crew for the telecasts. Van Pelt and Strange also will call the action on the 18th hole from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.
Others working the broadcasts will include analyst Andy North and reporters Marty Smith, Michael Collins and Jeff Darlington.
The Masters Par 3 Contest will again air live on ESPN on Wednesday, April 10, from 3-5 p.m., with additional live streaming of the Contest on ESPN+ from noon until 3 p.m.
Returning for its second year will be Welcome to the Masters, a two-hour program that will lead into ESPN’s live telecasts of the first and second rounds of the Tournament on Thursday and Friday. Airing from 1-3 p.m. on ESPN, Welcome to the Masters will be hosted by Laura Rutledge and will include features, interviews and special guests as well as live look-ins and in-progress highlights of Tournament play.
