Seeing double Danish twins to make Masters history

AUGUSTA, Georgia - Golf fans will be seeing double this week at Augusta National Golf Club with Denmarks Nicolai Hojgaard and slightly younger brother Rasmus set to become the first pair of twins to compete in the same Masters.

If not for their hairstyles -- Rasmus has longer locks while Nicolai sports a more cropped style -- one would have struggled to differentiate between the brothers when they arrived at their pre-tournament news conference on Tuesday dressed identically.

It was completely random, to be fair. Ras left the house a little bit earlier than me this morning, and when I came out here, he was sitting in beige pants and a green jumper, said Nicolai.

We actually thought, its not too bad, actually, make good sense going into the press conference in the same clothes. So it worked out all right.

While the 24-year-old brothers were not trying to cause any added confusion, they conceded it was not exactly out of their nature to pull such a prank.

Back when we went to school, we would switch classes, and everyone in the room, they obviously know that its the wrong one thats here, but the teacher wouldnt know, said Rasmus.

So we would sit there for an hour, and everyone was trying to be serious about the situation. Then the teacher eventually would find out that its Nicolai here and not Ras, and they would just laugh about it.

Rasmus, who beat Rory McIlroy by one stroke to win the Irish Open last September, qualified for the Masters via the top 50 on the 2024 year-end world ranking and is making his Augusta National debut.

Nicolai was inside the top six after each of the first three rounds last year and briefly led on Saturday in his Masters debut before