Master Coach from Augusta

As a 21-year-old first-time master’s participant, Jose Luis Ballester faces a daunting task in preparing for the first year of Augusta National. His preparations got even harder when his coach was kicked away from Augusta’s shooter offense: wearing shorts on Monday.

Ballester won his position in the Masters field in 2024 for the American amateur at Hazeltine. Plus the underlying tension is that in the match with the nickname Josele, Ballester paired with two-time Masters champion and World One Scottie Scheffler and two-time PGA champion Justin Thomas on Thursday and Friday.

Josele is under a lot of pressure, mainly working as college golf at Arizona State University this year. To help him prepare for his first competition in the Augusta Nationals, he brought Matt Thurmond’s head coach.

The coach’s big shorts are wrong

Thurmond is also in a strange position in Augusta this week. This is the first time his student has been in the Masters.

Augusta National is known for its strict rules, but some of the rules for customers are different from those of the players in the ropes and their teams.

Thurmond learned that it was a difficult way.

On Monday, Thurmond was close to the championship practice facility, the official name of the Augusta Championship range and practice area. He saw one of his former students hit, so he had a coach’s badge around his neck, which allowed him to enter the practice area and he said hello.

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One question: He is wearing shorts. While customers are allowed to wear shorts during Masters Week, players and their coaches do not.

His stay within range will not last more than a few minutes. Not long after, a tour official or member came and politely “deleted” Thurmond from the area, wearing shorts.

Thurmond shared this weird story through an article on X, mistakenly thinking shorts for “the first bogey of the week.”

Thurmond told golf. “About a shot, a quick hello, they came out and said ‘Sorry, sir, you can’t walk in range with your shorts.'”

Strict rules for Augusta National

Thurmond announced his X post on Monday at 3:49 pm. His later report is due to another rule of Augusta Nationals zero tolerance: The property does not allow cell phones.

While there is room for some players, customers must surrender their phones at the gate unless they leave it behind before entering the court. After Thurmond left, Thurmond left the car and once he left, he fired a shot from the X-pillar.

In other rules for other customers and members, the property is not allowed to operate. If you reach your pace, someone will correct you quickly.

At the clubhouse restaurant, members and guests are required to wear sports jackets and hats are not allowed.

Although customers are allowed to wear shorts, they must wear “golf casual” outfits. This means collar shirts are recommended and jeans and other more casual outfits are not allowed.

Jason Day is banned from sweater

It is not new to people managing clothing in violation of Augusta’s rules. Last year, there was a prominent example of the masters.

Jason Day started the competition at the 2024 Masters on Friday, the White Marbon Sweater (Gaudy Block Blitesing). The sweater quickly became the topic of conversation. Then it disappeared.

It turns out that sometime Friday, tournament officials asked Day to remove the sweater because it wasn’t for the masters.

“Yes, they asked me to take it off – yesterday’s vest…a busy vest,” Dai said at the time. “Respectfully, you do this because it’s all about the game here, I understand. I respect the game. That’s what we have to do here is try to play and win the green jacket.”

As for Thurmond, it is considered a lesson. His student Ballester won his first Masters at 10:15 a.m. Thursday.