Welcome back, Weekend Warriors!

This week is elegant, this week is historic, this week is captivating, this week… it is finally The Masters! Although play starts on Thursday, the copious amount of traditions have started, and the golf world is pouring into the tiny slice of Georgia known as Augusta National Country Club. Some say that ANGC and The Masters are frozen in time; they definitely freeze up the airwaves of golf news! Not much else is talked about during this time of the year, and for good reason. With that all said, let’s dive in on some things you need to know.

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Masters Notables

• Bernhard Langer’s last Masters

  • The legendary German golfer has played in 43 Masters, winning twice, and has declared this Masters his last one. I hope we get to see him walk the weekend one last time.

• Tree Troubles

  • This is the first Masters since Hurricane Helene ravaged the South. In true Augusta fashion, they will never let us know the full extent of the damage, but there are some big visual differences off the bat.

• Merger Woes?

  • When LIV first happened, Phil Mickelson famously skipped The Masters even without an official rejection of his invitation. We enter this Masters closer to a merger than ever. How will things shake out on this hollowed ground, three years on?

• Players to watch

  • Russel Henley- won the API, multiple top 10’s, great putter

  • Colin Morikawa- been playing great, very high SG which is historically a good indicator for a great Masters performance

  • Tommy Fleetwood- Still chasing his first major, has been playing well and playing lots of events, always plays well here

Oakley Observations

The Oakley BiSphaera is a reimagined take on the Sphaera model, retaining some elements while tweaking others. The frame is the same base, although sleeker and more akin to a wrap around style. As the name suggests, the large connected lens is split in two, which gives them less weight and more breathability. Although not as overall protective as the Sphaera, the way the lenses are cut and how they sit on the face is extremely comfortable, and gives an impression that the lenses are wider than the sleek cut they are. I have this pair, and cannot play a round of golf without them.

Weekly Advisors

ADVISORY ALERT

Miami people! I advise you heavily to RSVP to the Stay Tranquilo Masters watch party! Happening this Saturday at Bodega in the Grove, it’s sure to be a great place to meet fellow golf die hards, throw back some special edition drinks, and enjoy the Masters in a way only Miami can; in a bar/club! It’s the mixing of traditions, ya tu sabes. With a DJ as well, it’s Masters afternoon done the Miami way.

RSVP here, and the event starts at 3 PM.

Course of the Week

Augusta National, man. For a course that is so hard to access and so locked up in tradition and history, it is probably the most written about course in history, maybe rivaled only by The Old Course. To me, Augusta may not hold the emotional sentiment that it does for the millions who grew up watching The Masters with family and friends, but the historical significance weighs heavy on me. Although I am always immersing myself in this new golf culture, I love to learn about the history of the game. I highly recommend the book “Pro: Frank Beard on the Golf Tour” for an idea of what golf was like in its “Golden Age”. More sophisticated? I don’t think that is the right term. But, it harkens to a time that is more elegant, more emotional, and more human. I am not aware of another golf course that still makes patrons lock up their phones on arrival, especially in today’s world where access is everything. Augusta has made not just a living, but a legend on this refusal of access, and love of control. But, it is not done out of spite, but out of upholding a tradition that is so defined and so beloved that it needs to be done in that way for the tradition to remain at all. There are not many places in this world that remain strongholds of time past that continue to hold the same weight in today’s world. Just another reason why ANGC is so special.

Brand of the Week

This week’s brand, sans interview unfortunately, goes to the very nice people at Khalhon’. Their combination of classic Americana with the European-inspired themes of traditional golfwear allow their collections to exist in a timeless sense. Their use of beiges, blues, and cream colors shows their emphasis on styling and layering, creating entire wardrobes from their collections rather than multiple standout yet unconnected pieces. With each collection getting a stylistic theme as well as a visual one, there is an air of cheekiness they bring to their work, not in an unserious way, but a way that shows how much fun they are having as well. This, paired with their fun visual style and willingness to collaborate, makes Khalhon’ an energetic and enjoyable output of clothes that at one time, may not have represented that feeling.

Check them out here.

Sneak of the Week

The SUN DAY RED Azalea Gold colorways absolutely killed, even though it went a route that I usually am not a fan of at all. There are a lot of cases in Masters season of brands just slapping green and yellow on a white product and calling it a day. Truly, when I look at this shoe, I see hundreds of hours of ideas and experimentation with colorblocking, shading, accenting, and more. On the Magnolia, the decision to focus on green and white, using the goldish-yellow only for accents like the writing and eye holes, is insanely well executed. The all-over green and white allows the yellow-gold to pop even more, its use reserved for only three parts of the shoe. Even the bottom maintains an entirely green and white motif. On the other hand, the Cypress is more of a mix of all three, an all white upper tagged with equal hits of gold and green throughout. It lives well on the top liner, and although I am a fan of the deep brown mid liner in general, I still think it would have looked a lot cooler in the gold, or even a final pop of green to really stick. All in all, SDR is killing it in the shoe game, and their LE models never disappoint.

Pioneer Cypress

Pioneer Magnolia

Stories from the Sticks

“The real way to play golf is to take pleasure not in the score, but in the execution of strokes".”

— Bobby Jones

Bag Boy

With Masters week about to start, one of the famous storylines every year is how Augusta National is secretly an insanely tough walk; yes it’s long, but the hills, dips, and climbs are never shown to their full extent on the TV screen. I tell you what; if I ever got the chance to play that beautiful course, best know that I would be doing it with this bad boy from Bag Boy right here. The Quad Pro Push Cart is a beast, its sleek frame hiding a build of durable, strong materials. The iron plate allows for magnetic attachment of towels, ball markers, range finders, and more, and additional features like a cup and umbrella holder make this thing capable of carrying anything except your ball over Rae’s Creek. It’s foldable design makes it for an easy carry in an out of Butler Cabin, while this beautiful green accented model below harks to the billowing pines of ANGC. With the code WW10, you can even get this guy for 10% off; just thank me later.

Find this and other great options here and enjoy your Masters!

I hope you enjoyed this edition of Weekenders Weekly, I just wanted to sprinkle a little bit of extra flavor into your Masters bowl this year. There are a lot more drops on the way that I will be talking about in more detail soon, so be sure to stay tuned to Instagram and YouTube. Shoutout Shawn for winning the putter grip giveaway! We are moving some really cool things into next week’s newsletter that I can’t wait to show off. It will only enhance the WW experience in terms of information and enjoyability. See you next week, and go play some golf!