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We. Over a lot I'm -- Sparage it's time for a masters preview -- Q by Tiger Woods PGA tour twelve. The masters available now E. A. SPORTS. It's in the game and please be joined by foxsports.com. Senior golf writer Robert loose -- Great to finally six -- to be here -- to have in studio here you know as they say the masters a tradition like. No other what makes this event so special compared to the other majors on the PGA tour.

Well they say there'll equal in my edges and must play as will tell you that bad luck to win any one of them here. But the truth is this a busy Poland and as the Boston's. And it's it's unique in that every other sport at the end of its season has a playoff and the super ball comes at the end of the season but -- gulf. -- people who -- quarter of the way through the season and it's that -- The -- since I think truly be you know really the pinnacle of golf.

The premiere of that course Phil Mickelson is the defending champ he's got about three green jackets and he's coming up that emotional victory last year but so far this season. Things haven't exactly gone his way deal like lefties chances at Augusta this year.

You gotta like his chances every era Augusta because he has the good time for that course and it's a course where. Having experienced knowing where to miss that. You know even if you don't have the right -- knowing where to hit the bowl. Where you can miss -- where you can get up and down from the site are if you remember last year in the final round. He hit a few squirrelly shots -- each one of them from under a tree he found applies that he could hit it -- to get up and down on site is pop. And the united bid there's nothing like experience at Augusta when Tiger -- for -- went there as a as a young kid. He soared up the veterans and cost of what you do here what do you do there. Good move and it was a very very primitive and and unifil. Three green jackets. I mean amazingly he's one short of August and more and and so you I don't think you can discount and he's not having a great year. But he he wasn't playing well lost ignoring them.

Into them off the -- well let's talk Tiger Woods he hasn't won a tournament since November of all nine. His last masters title was 2005. Obviously tiger's gone through a lot. Over the last year and a half where's tiger's game right now and do you think he has legitimate shot at winning the issues masters.

Well he certainly improving as he's as he keeps telling us he's progressing it's a process. Or it's -- it is what it is. Which. Nobody can quite figure out what that -- but. But by the united look Tiger Woods has been there has been going into 1516 years. He'd like Mickelson now is the place he knows where to hit it he knows the slot lines. You know as the angles he knows where to miss on grains. He knows that sometimes it's better to hit it ten feet away and right of the pin because you hit it -- opinion miss that. He could be 25 feet away and count to pop. So his guy and certainly at Torrey punts this tournament back this year I -- said zero child and he wins. Anything much less the Boston's but I was at by hill last week in Florida he made mistakes which cost him. But I would say he would he's gone from 20% good and -- 80% terrible. To 80% good ball wanted to -- terrible I turn around and it's a big turnaround so certainly I would not be discounting him.

So don't count him out as for the rest the tour you know we haven't seen any one player dominate this season of course the masters a great place to make a name for yourself. Course some of the guys to watch players who. Aren't exactly household names right now who can actually surprised at this year's masters.

Well I think one guy is nick walk me. The Californians. He won at the Ralph. That's a tough field so it's a tough tournament. And some tough closing holes and he really showed me a law. Winning there. I think he's got began for Augusta -- think -- just their fifth place if the weather's good and it's minutes taught. I think it's it's going to be one of the long hitters. If it rains a law and the course plays short and you know maybe. It plays longer and and it's Madi I think maybe one of them shortly gauze but. I would say nick -- has a really good shots I think not Palmer as the number one par in the world he was the loss go to Wyndham my agent and at the PGA I very dramatically. I I really look for him to have a a good week because that. His bowl slot is really well suited to Augusta the dog that won last week at bay hill mock live a real grinder. Can -- left field nobody really knows -- but he has a very horrible flawed and he's an incredible -- And and those two combinations long off the tee and a great product. I really really crucial little -- but again weather could be a factor. In the long run so let's wrap up with a prediction. Who's gonna wear that green jacket this year well -- tell you what I wouldn't have said this about a month ago but I I really think dog will walk out. You is it I think if he can get a short began his long game has really come around if the short game is good if you can putt well. In I think he knows that place really well and I tell -- what when he -- by hill. He had that look of confidence and -- thought I haven't seen that look in the -- year.

I don't he was asked do you think you can win. At the masters this year he said absolutely absolutely so we'll see. How tiger -- Robert always great to see we appreciate you being in studio that is it for our masters preview brought you by Tiger Woods PGA tour twelve the masters available now. E. A. SPORTS. It's in the game don't forget foxsports.com has you covered for all your golf needs for Robert and -- I'm ready Sparage. Thanks to look at it.