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Now on the tee, playing with Rory McIlroy, a very nervous high schooler - The Washington Post

The Washington Post | Rick Maese

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Published April 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM AST Updated April 11, 2026 at 8:21 AM AST The Washington Post 0 likes 0 comments

Amateurs are a fixture at Augusta. But few have debuted as young as 18-year-old Mason Howell did on Thursday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. The ball had been sitting in Mason Howells room for years, stamped with RORS and tied to a childhood dream. Howell was 10, a kid in the gallery, when he was gifted the ball at a long-ago…

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