Masters 2025: After a rainy Monday at Augusta, the weather forecast for the rest of the week is promising

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Let’s start with the bad news first. The 2025 Masters has gotten off to a wet start, with rain and lightning delaying the opening of patron gates during Monday’s practice round and causing the course at Augusta National to close for the day shortly before 11:30 a.m. It’s a bummer of massive proportions for those with one-day tickets, but the club announced it will issue full refunds to those spectators in May and guarantee the chance to purchase a practice ticket in 2026.

Now for the good news: After Monday, the weather forecast for the remainder of Masters week looks to be fairly good, so long as you don’t mind cool conditions.

While the rain is expected to linger in the Augusta through the early evening Monday night, when the front passes, it will bring with it sunny skies for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. However, temperatures, which were in the high 80s on Saturday and Sunday for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals, will decrease to a high of 68 degrees for the final two practice rounds, with winds expected to blow around 10 to 15 miles per hours Tuesday and 5 to 10 miles per hour Wednesday.

On Thursday, when the ceremonial opening starters kick off the first round at 8 a.m., the forecast calls for warmer conditions, the high forecast around 76 degrees. A few clouds are expected for the afternoon, but winds will remain be in the 7- to 14-mph range.

Masters fans and players aren’t completely out of the woods for more wet weather, however. Friday’s forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of showers in the morning, with the afternoon improving as the winds remain around 7 to 14 mph. The expected high is predicted to be 71 degrees. If the rain causes a delay in play, it will mark the seventh straight year that weather has interrupted play at Augusta National and the 50th time in 89 editions of the Masters.

Saturday looks to bring the last possibility of wet weather, but it's less certain. While expected to be mostly sunny with a high of 67, there is a 20 percent chance of an afternoon shower. Come Sunday, sunny skies are expected with temperatures still only reaching 72 degrees.

So what happens to the golf course after all the rain that fell on Monday? Well, given its history of rain at the Masters, Augusta National has given this thought and is equipped to handle just such a circumstance. Since the late 1990s, the course has had what’s commonly referred to as a “SubAir” system locating under the putting surfaces that literally sucks the moisture from the green complexes to keep them from getting too water-logged.

As David Owen wrote previously for Golf Digest, a network of drainage pipes permanently buried under the putting surfaces acts “like a giant Shop-Vac, hoovering moisture from below.” The excess water is then pushed out to other areas of the property not in play of the course. Over the years, the club has extended the system to other parts of the course, including fairway landing areas.

When the SubAir isn’t sucking up water, it can also be used in reverse: blowing fresh air into the roots of the greens to help provide a better growing environment.

So, while golfers and fans might not be rooting for more rain this week, if it comes, Augusta National will be ready for it.