Genuine excitement

Wow. Suddenly, as if from nowhere, the US Masters is back on our TV screens. An event that I have always felt some kind of weird affinity towards and affection for has somehow crept up on me unnoticed and here I sit, genuinely taken by surprise.
I could go into one of my oft-repeated "Time, huh?" rants here, but I'd rather not. We all know that, despite the laws of physics, time speeds up as soon as we hit the first of March and months fly by quicker than a bat flying by your ear at night when you're looking up at the moon dreaming about the fact that there are currently human beings closer to IT than to US; but that's not the point. I think my surprise this year is as a result of me being distracted by other things of personal importance, whereas in the past these annual landmarks felt more significant to me. And maybe my lazy style of Buddhism is bearing fruit a little. If you're keeping life in the current day and focusing on the present moment, it's hard to notice things getting closer on the calendar, right?
Or maybe it's just dementia.
Anyway - I have no clue on the form or recent success of any players, so I'm just going to make a blind prediction and say that Jon Rahm will win. And that's my final decision.
Although Rory McIlroy might retain it...

RC 10-4-26