The Masters 直面するs a first-day WASHOUT with a 嵐／襲撃する の近くにing in on Augusta 国家の and 強い雨 推定する／予想するd throughout Thursday... but 組織者s still 推定する／予想する the tournament to finish on Sunday

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恐れるs of a first-day washout at the Masters are growing ? with a 嵐／襲撃する 無ing in on Augusta 国家の.

強い雨 is 予定 Wednesday night and was 始める，決める to continue for the 残り／休憩（する） of the day while 雷雨s are 推定する／予想するd to roll in just as the first players are 予定 to tee off at 1pm GMT.

重要な 延期するs should not 原因（となる） a 抱擁する problem and, even in the event of no play, the tournament would still be likely to finish on Sunday in its 伝統的な slot.

A 限られた／立憲的な field of players 許すs for 柔軟性, and many may be asked to play two 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs in one day should the need arise.

Augusta famously （軍隊を）展開する，配備するs a ‘Sub-空気／公表する’ system that 許すs them to 支配（する）／統制する moisture levels on surfaces. However, water may 井戸／弁護士席 slow 負かす／撃墜する some of the greens, which some thought may have been the fastest in the tournament’s 88-year history.

The Masters 直面するd a first-day washout with a 嵐／襲撃する の近くにing in on Augusta 国家の?

Rory McIlroy is 予定 at 3.42pm with Americans Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele

ゴルフ legend Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd is competing at The Masters in hopes of getting his sixth green jack et

Rory McIlroy, hoping to break his Masters hoodoo, is 予定 out at 3.42pm in a stellar group with 星／主役にする Americans Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele.?

Wet 天候 was a feature of last year’s Masters, when 延期するs on Friday and Saturday resulted in a マラソン Sunday. The 2019 見解／翻訳／版 was also 衝撃d.

In better news, the 予測（する） for the 残り／休憩（する） of the week is の近くに to perfect. From Friday to Sunday 予報官s 予報する sunny skies with a より小数の than five per cent 雨の確率. Strong 勝利，勝つd on Friday should also help 乾燥した，日照りの out the famous course, should they be needed.

Last year, three pine trees 崩壊（する）d に引き続いて a gust of 勝利，勝つd, sending patrons 猛烈に scurrying for cover. Miraculously nobody was 傷つける. 公式の／役人s have not commented on what, if any, 対策 are in place to 妨げる a repeat this year.

一方／合間, Augusta 国家の chairman Fred Ridley 注ぐd 冷淡な water on the prospect of slots 存在 直接／まっすぐに 配分するd to those who play on the LIV ゴルフ 小旅行する 経由で a new system.

Fred Ridley 解任するd the prospect of slots 存在 直接／まっすぐに 配分するd for those in LIV ゴルフ?

にもかかわらず the 天候 条件s, the tournament is still 推定する／予想するd to end on Sunday?

The number of 反逆者／反逆するs teeing up has 減少（する）d from 18 last year to 13 this year thanks to LIV’s 無（不）能 to receive World 最高位の points.

‘I don't know the answer,’ said Ridley. ‘I think it will be difficult to 設立する any type of point system that had any 関係 to the 残り／休憩（する） of the world of ゴルフ because they're 基本的に, not 全く, but for the most part, a の近くにd shop.’

Ridley 追加するd: ‘I don't think that that 妨げるs us from giving subjective consideration based on talent, based on 業績／成果 to those players. Our goal is to have, to the greatest extent possible, the best field in ゴルフ, the best players in the world. Having said that, we never have had all the best players in the world because of the structure of our tournament. It's an invitational. It's 限られた／立憲的な field, it's a small field.’