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Augusta National Will Host A Masters Video Game Tournament

Augusta National is set to host a Masters video game tournament on the Sunday before Masters week starts. And the cool thing is, it’ll be live-streamed for all of us…

Augusta National To Host Masters Video Game Tournament

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 08: A general view of the leaderboard next to the first hole during a practice round prior to The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 08, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

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Augusta National is set to host a Masters video game tournament on the Sunday before Masters week starts. And the cool thing is, it'll be live-streamed for all of us to check out. I think this is really cool, I'm really interested in checking it out. So according to Golf Digest, heres how everything will go down on Sunday April 2nd.

Participants from the sports, entertainment and gaming world will go head to head against each other playing the new EA Sports PGA Tour: Road To The Masters video game. The event will take place in the Augusta National press building and will be from 6-8pm. You'll be able to live stream it on Masters.com

You can also live-stream it on all of the Masters social media platforms, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. For a full list of other places to live-stream the Masters video game tournament, just click here. According to Golf Digest, this is how the tournament will work. Four teams of two players will play alternate-shot format in the new EA Sports game. After nine holes, the top two teams will advance to a three-hole, alternate-shot final round at Amen Corner (holes 11-13 at Augusta National).

EA Sports PGA Tour: Road to the Masters will go on sale Friday, April 7. I'm not a big video game person, but I can't wait to play this. Also I can't wait to check out this live-stream on April 2nd.

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