Normally the RBC Heritage serves as a bit of respite for PGA Tour players. A short drive of less than 150 miles to the southeast of Augusta, Ga., Hilton Head Island, S.C. is a gorgeous, coastal, resort town and can be a calming exhale for these players after having gone through the grind of the season’s first major championship, the Masters.

All week long, it feels like Christmas Eve, waiting and waiting, knowing it’s almost here. The Masters gets underway on Thursday, at the tournament’s historic home, Augusta National Golf Club, in Augusta, Ga. While the weather forecast looks a little dicey, the Masters always feels like the birth of spring, a new beginning – and for many, the beginning of a new golf season. The azaleas, the dogwoods. The scents, the sights, the sounds. The flush of excitement never gets old.