Conners Set to Tee off at Masters
4/8/2026 1:31:00 PM | Men's Golf
AUGUSTA, Ga. - PGA Tour professional and Kent State alumnus Corey Conners is set to tee off at the 90th Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, on Thursday.
Conners is one of 91 players earning an invitation to the exclusive tournament. He earned the invitation based on his performance at the 2025 Masters, where he finished tied for eighth at 5 under par. He also qualified based on three other criteria: finishing among the top 50 players in the World Golf Rankings on Dec. 31, 2025, and March 30, 2026, and qualifying for the 2025 Tour Championship.
A 2014 Kent State alumnus, Conners won the individual medalist honor at the Mid-American Conference Championship in 2012 and 2014. He finished tied for fourth as an individual at the 2012 NCAA Championships - the best individual finish at the national championship in program history. Conners ranks tied for third in individual career wins, second in individual season wins, seventh in career scoring average and eighth in career top-10s.
Conners earned two All-America honors, three All-District selections, two MAC Golfer of the Year awards, three First Team All-Conference selections, three All-Conference Tournament Team nods, two All-America Scholar citations from the Golf Coaches Association of America, three Academic All-Conference honors and induction into the Varsity "K" Hall of Fame in 2021.
Conners will have fellow Kent State alumnus Danny Sahl caddying for him during the tournament.
The tournament will be played April 9-12 at Augusta National Golf Club.
First-round television coverage begins April 9 at 1 p.m. on Amazon Prime Video before shifting to ESPN at 3 p.m. Second-round coverage follows the same format April 10, with Amazon Prime Video coverage at 1 p.m. and ESPN taking over at 3 p.m. First- and second-round coverage is also available via stream on the ESPN app. Third-round coverage airs April 11 at 3 p.m. on CBS, and fourth-round coverage begins April 12 at 2 p.m. on CBS. Free all-day streaming of featured groups, Amen Corner and holes 4, 5 and 6 is available at Masters.com and through the Masters app.
