Gary Player’s Augusta playbook for Potgieter and Jarvis: patience, pins, and a South African mindset

As the 2026 Masters begins, Gary Player has offered pointed, old-school guidance to South Africans Aldrich Potgieter and Casey Jarvis—two players arriving with very different Augusta histories but the same need for discipline. Player’s advice lands against the backdrop of his own complicated relationship with a course he once conquered and now believes has changed too much.