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The 2020 Masters was slated to begin with Thursday’s opening round at mystical and venerable Augusta National.

That plan, of course, was scrapped as the coronavirus crisis heightened last month and the tournament was postponed. On Monday, Masters officials officially announced a move to the week of Nov. 9-15.

Whether the tournament is played in April or November, however, doesn’t change the litany of storylines entering the year’s most anticipated major championship. So, despite the fact that there will be no Masters as originally scheduled, let us daydream as if it were taking place this week.

How could anyone forget the scene on the 18th green at Augusta last April as Tiger Woods won his fifth green jacket, 11 years removed from his last major championship victory and 14 years since his last Masters win?

Could Woods tie Jack Nicklaus’ Masters record by winning a sixth green jacket in 2020?

That was going to be a tall task this week considering Woods, who’s 44, has played only two tournaments in 2020, finishing tied for ninth at the Farmers Insurance Open in January and finishing 68th and last at the Genesis Invitational, the event he hosts, with weekend rounds of 76 and 77 in February.

Woods didn’t play in three events he usually keeps on his schedule — the WGC-Mexico Championship, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship — citing back issues. So, who knows what his physical state would have been this week as he tried to defend his title?

The 30-year-old Northern Irishman has done everything in golf … except win a green jacket.

McIlroy owns the No. 1 world ranking and he’s been on a tear, with five wins in the past three years, top-5 finishes in all six PGA Tour events he’s played in this year and top-10 finishes in 14 of the past 19 tournament he’s played.

He has it all … except a Masters victory, the only thing he’s missing to complete the career Grand Slam, which was been accomplished by only five players.

The fact he so famously threw away a four-shot lead entering the final round in 2011 with an epic collapse that included a 43 on the final nine, has to weigh heavily on McIlroy’s mind at every Masters — and will until he exorcizes those demons.

Another piece of baggage for McIlroy: He hasn’t won a major championship since the 2014 British Open despite having won nine times since.

Brooks Koepka, golf’s Robocop who’s unafraid to speak his mind, is ranked No. 3 in the world and surely is rankled by that. A year ago, he was the most dominant player in the game, having won four majors in a three-year span and ranked No. 1 for 38 consecutive weeks.

Koepka was tied for the Masters lead through 13 holes of last year’s final round and finished runner-up to Woods, one shot back. He was doomed by a double bogey on the 12th when he rinsed his tee shot into Rae’s Creek.

Koepka and McIlroy have developed a tasty little rivalry, with McIlroy having ended Koepka’s 38-week reign at No. 1 in February.

When Koepka was asked last fall about the rivalry between him and McIlroy, he chirped, “I’m not looking at anybody behind me. I’m No. 1 in the world. I’ve got open road in front of me. I’m not looking in the rearview mirror, so I don’t see it as a rivalry.

“I’ve been out here for, what, five years? Rory hasn’t won a major since I’ve been on the PGA Tour.”

Ouch.

He’s had a volatile relationship with Augusta National, finishing runner-up in his first Masters in 2014, winning in 2015, then blowing a five-shot lead with nine holes to play to finish runner-up in 2016.

But Spieth is in the throes of a two-year slump with no wins since winning three times in 2017. Spieth won 11 times by the time he turned 24 and spent 26 weeks ranked No. 1 in the world. Since then, though, his world ranking has tumbled to No. 56 after producing just four top-10 finishes in 23 events in 2019.

Spieth, only 26 and with mostly good vibes at Augusta, is one of those players — like three-time champion Phil Mickelson — whose game can perk up at the mere drive down Magnolia Lane.

The two players, based on their talent, who are most due to win a Masters — or at least a major — are Jon Rahm and Rickie Fowler.

The 31-year-old Fowler has eight career top-5 finishes in majors and 11 in the top 10. In 2014, he finished in the top 5 in all four majors. Overall, he’s played in 44 majors without winning one, and this cannot help but represent a heavy chain around his neck. Fowler was runner-up at Augusta in 2018 and finished tied for ninth last year.

Rahm, just 25, has not been at it as long as Fowler, having played in only 13 majors as a pro. But he’s ranked No. 2 in the world. He finished tied for ninth last year and tied for fourth in 2018.

Is it time for the likes of Collin Morikawa, Matthew Wolff or Viktor Hovland to grace Augusta with a green jacket win for the (young) ages?

Before the 2019 season, all three were still in college. All three already have PGA Tour wins. Only Fuzzy Zoeller, in 1979, has won the Masters in his first try. Any of the above three have the game to win a Masters. Why not this year?