85TH MASTERS AT A GLANCE

Dates: Thursday-Sunday

Site: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Ga.

Length: 7,475 yards

Par: 36-36—72

Purse: To be determined ($11.5 million in 2020)

Field: 88 players (3 amateurs)

Cut: Top 50 and ties

Defending champion: Dustin Johnson

Last year: In the first autumn Masters because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dustin Johnson set the scoring record at 20-under 268 for a five-shot victory over Sungjae Im and Cameron Smith. So thorough was this victory that no one had a lower score than Johnson in three of his four rounds, including his 68 on Sunday. This truly was a Masters unlike any other. Along with being held in November, no tickets were sold, the Par 3 Contest was canceled and all four rounds featured a two-tee start because of limited daylight.

Tiger tales: Tiger Woods will not be playing the Masters as he recovers from a serious leg injury in a single-car crash in Los Angeles. This will bethefourthtimeinthe past eight years Woods is not playing the Masters because of injury.

The roars: After not having spectators in November, the Masters sold a limited number of badges for this year. The club did not release how many.

Grand Slam, Act VII: Rory McIlroy tries for the seventh time to win the Masters and complete the career Grand Slam.

Quoteworthy: “It wouldn’t bother me if I only had it for a day.” — Dustin Johnson on whether he feels shortchanged keeping the green jacket for only five months.

Television: ThursdayFriday, noon-4:30 p.m. (ESPN); Saturday, noon4 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (CBS).