All eyes are on Augusta Georgia today as the 83rd Masters Tournament is set to begin today.  This is the Superbowl of professional golf and the crown jewel for any golfer.

This is the first of four major championships in the gold season but this is the one every golfer would love to win!  The prize for winning the tournament is the coveted green jacket and oh the 1.8 million dollar huge pay check.

The Masters tournament is the best 90 to 100 golfers in the world all trying to vault themselves into superstar status.

Last year, England born Danny Willett won the tournament by three strokes and put on his first green jacket.  If your wondering who has won the most Masters titles, it is Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer.  Each golfer has won four green jackets.

There will be massive TV coverage for the Masters.  Today, first round coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. on ESPN and will run through ^:30 p.m. tonight.  The same coverage will repeat on Friday.

Then this weekend, CBS will take over the coverage On Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 p.m. through 6:30 p.m.

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