Sunday, April 14^th, capped off the 88^th annual Masters Golf tournament held in Augusta, Georgia. A familiar face ended up winning it all on Sunday evening. With a final score of 11 under par, Scottie Scheffler won the biggest golf tournament for the second time in three years. He donned the green jacket with pride at the end of an eventful weekend.

The historic golf tournament took place over four days, with the final round being played on Sunday. Scheffler maintained a solid lead throughout the tournament, but American-born golfer Collin Morikawa kept close behind throughout.

Although Tiger Woods finished at the bottom of the golfers in this tournament with a score of +16, he still managed to make the cut for the 24^th straight Masters tournament. Woods has now broken the record for the most time in Masters History — it’s great to see Tiger Woods still setting records to add to his legacy.

With this tournament being a four-day event, I had a chance to enjoy some pretty tasty cigars while I watched.

Let’s dive into a day-by-day breakdown of what we smoked while watching the 2024 Masters Golf Tournament.

The first three days of the tournament started at 8:00 a.m., however, the television broadcast was from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each day. With long viewing hours, I was able to enjoy a few cigars on the first three days.

I started with an H. Upmann Toro by AJ Fernandez. This collaboration between Altadis USA and H. Upmann is a classic for aficionados, and the perfect cigar to begin your cigar journey with as a novice. Each puff provided me with delicious notes of dark roast coffee, cedar, and spice.

I took an hour between cigars before I lit up a stronger one to round out the first day of the tournament. While the broadcast was showing holes 15 and 16 towards the end of the day, I lit up Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro. This Nicaraguan blend features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and is a perfect nightcap to wind down the first day of the Masters without killing the palate.

For the second day of the Masters, I decided to light up a longer, heartier cigar in the middle of the tournament with the hope it would last until the end of the match play.

I dug into my humidor and lit up the 7.50 x 52 Ashton Churchill. After smoking two cigars back-to-back yesterday, I decided to go with a more mellow cigar in strength, but something that would be good for a four-hour watch.

Cloaked in a Connecticut Shade wrapper, the Ashton Churchill is bound and filled with tobacco from the Dominican Republic. Cocoa, cedar, leather, and floral notes were detectable throughout my two-and-a-half-hour smoking session of the Ashton Churchill, delivering an array of enjoyment.

With day three of the Masters being on a Saturday, the coverage started a little bit earlier than 3:00 p.m. Going in, I knew this would be a two-cigar type of day.

The first cigar I chose on Saturday morning was the La Gloria Cubana Serie R Esteli. This full-bodied Nicaraguan puro paired perfectly with my morning coffee and breakfast. It’s an enjoyable 6.25 x 64 smoke that’s handcrafted at General Cigar Co. and has a delicious flavor profile with notes of coffee, leather, nuts, and floral tones.

While the third day was winding down at the Masters, I decided to enjoy a cigar on the more mellow to medium side that paired perfectly with an iced cold beer. As of late, I’ve been on a Camacho kick, so I decided to go with the Camacho Connecticut in the 5 x 50 Robusto size

The hints of zest and cedar that hit your palate while you puff on this smoke are attributed to the Honduran tobacco featured in the wrapper, binder, and filler. This gem was a perfect way to close out an intense third day of the Masters Tournament.

For the final day of the Masters Tournament, I lit up a 7 x 54 Perdomo Reserve 10^th Anniversary Churchill to round out a long weekend of golf. It’s a celebratory cigar crafted by the Perdomo family themselves, making it particularly apt for the final day of the Masters.

Blended with aged Cuban-seed filler tobacco, the Perdomo 10^th Anniversary Reserve is cloaked in a Connecticut Champagne wrapper that glows with perfection.

Although the final day took about five hours to wrap up the 88^th annual tournament, the Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary was the right choice to enjoy throughout two and a half hours!