FACTS

When: Today through Sunday.

Site: Augusta National Golf Club.

Length: 6,985 yards.

Par: 36-36-72.

Format: 72 holes of stroke play, sudden-death playoff if necessary.

Purse: To be determined ($4 million in 1999).

Field: 95 players, including six amateurs.

Defending champion: Jose Maria Olazabal.

Television (times PDT): Today-Friday, 1-3:30 p.m., USA Network. Saturday, 12:30-3 p.m., CBS. Sunday, 1-4 p.m., CBS

TEE TIMES

All Times Pacific

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TODAY FRI. GROUP 5:00 a.m. Byron Nelson, Sam Snead 5:15 a.m. 7:56 a.m. Doug Ford, Billy Casper 5:26 a.m. 8:07 a.m. Scott Gump, Craig Parry, Brandt Jobe 5:37 a.m. 8:18 a.m. David Toms, Retief Goosen, Rocco Mediate 5:48 a.m. 8:29 a.m. Fuzzy Zoeller, Sung Yoon Kim, Notah Begay III 5:59 a.m. 8:40 a.m. Glen Day, Skip Kendall, Gabriel Hjertstedt 6:10 a.m. 8:51 a.m. Raymond Floyd, Danny Green, Vijay Singh 6:21 a.m. 9:02 a.m. Larry Mize, Hunter Haas, Fred Funk 6:32 a.m. 9:13 a.m. Ben Crenshaw, Ernie Els, Paul Azinger 6:43 a.m. 9:24 a.m. Nick Faldo, Duffy Waldorf, Jumbo Ozaki 6:54 a.m. 9:35 a.m. Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Lee Janzen 7:05 a.m. 9:46 a.m. Craig Stadler, Shigeki Maruyama, Padraig Harrington 7:16 a.m. 9:57 a.m. Tom Watson, Paul Lawrie, Steve Jones 7:27 a.m. 10:08 a.m. Fred Couples, Sergio Garcia, Jeff Maggert 7:38 a.m. 10:19 a.m. Tiger Woods, Aaron Baddeley, Stewart Cink 7:49 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Scott Hoch, Steve Stricker, Angel Cabrera 8:00 a.m. 10:41 a.m. Tommy Aaron, Gay Brewer, Charles Coody 8:11 a.m. 5 a.m. Seve Ballesteros, Brian Watts, Mark Brooks 8:22 a.m. 5:11 a.m. Corey Pavin, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Dennis Paulson 8:33 a.m. 5:22 a.m. Ian Woosman, Jay Haas, Bob Estes 8:44 a.m. 5:33 a.m. Dudley Hart, Thomas Bjorn, Steve Pate 8:55 a.m. 5:44 a.m. Tom Lehman, Ted Tryba, John Huston 9:06 a.m. 5:55 a.m. Bernhard Langer, Jeff Sluman, Justin Leonard 9:17 a.m. 6:06 a.m. Jim Furyk, Darren Clarke, Chris Perry 9:28 a.m. 6:17 a.m. Stuart Appleby, Loren Roberts, Carlos Franco 9:39 a.m. 6:28 a.m. Jose Maria Olazabal, David Gossett, Mike Weir 9:50 a.m. 6:39 a.m. Colin Montgomerie, Tim Herron, Bob Tway 10:01 a.m. 6:50 a.m. Nick Price, Jesper Parnevik, Kirk Triplett 10:12 a.m. 7:01 a.m. Mark O’Meara, Graeme Storm, Brent Geiberger 10:23 a.m. 7:12 a.m. Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player 10:34 a.m. 7:23 a.m. Steve Elkington, Jean Van de Velde, David Duval 10:45 a.m. 7:34 a.m. Hal Sutton, Greg Norman, Davis Love III 10:56 a.m. 7:45 a.m. Sandy Lyle, John Daly, Joe Ozaki

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