Golf-All calm on LIV front but Masters bracing for storm

Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 5, 2023 Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. celebrates hitting a hole in one with South Korea's Tom Kim and Sam Burns of the U.S. on the ninth hole during the par 3 tournament REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Dark clouds are gathering at Augusta National and it has nothing to do with the LIV Golf and PGA Tour feud, as wild weather rolls in threatening to wreak havoc at the Masters where play gets underway on Thursday.

The dispute between the established PGA Tour and the Saudi-bankrolled LIV was expected to be the storm enveloping the year's first major but all was calm on that front turning over the spotlight to Mother Nature.