Hear country music storyteller Thomas Rhett’s cover of “Georgia on My Mind” recorded for ESPN and the Masters

Each and every April, Georgia returns to the minds of sports fans everywhere, who descend upon Augusta National from near and far—physically and virtually—for the annual playing of the Masters. For country singer-songwriter and Valdosta, Ga. native Thomas Rhett, however, his home state never strays far from his thoughts.

So it’s only fitting that Rhett is the voice of ESPN’s new Masters ad campaign, set to debut this week featuring the chasrt-topping star’s smooth-as-whiskey cover of the Hoagy Carmichael-penned, Ray Charles-popularized classic. Take a moment and let the classic tune transport you to the gates of Magnolia Lane.

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