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Tiger Woods is hanging on in there. From the bushes down the left of 9, he fires a wild, low escape into the gallery on the opposite aspect of the opening. He might have hit some poor patron upside the pinnacle. No additional proof is forthcoming. However he does rise up and down from a good spot. That par follows birdie at 8, and he’s +1 general as he hits the flip. A lot might rely upon whether or not he tires in the direction of the tip of his Friday 23-hole marathon.
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That is getting attritional. Par for Bryson DeChambeau at 3, who stays at -7. His enjoying associate Thorbjorn Olesen, having practically chipped straight by means of the inexperienced from the again, makes a 12-footer from the perimeter on the opposite aspect to avoid wasting his par. He’s +1 after a pricey double bogey on the opening gap. And it’s a bogey for Nicolai Hojgaard at 11; he slips to -4.
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A careless bogey for Cameron Younger at 9. An ideal drive reaps no reward as his strategy solely simply makes it onto the inexperienced. The ball comes toppling 50 yards again off the false entrance and down the green. He can’t rise up and down and within the final 4 holes he’s gone birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey. He’s -4.
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Danny Willett misses the inexperienced at 4 to the left. His chip throughout is a little bit of a clunker, and he’s left with a testing 15-footer for par, however he shifts from the ridiculous to the chic, rolling delicately throughout the inexperienced, utilizing each final drop of power within the ball to topple it into the cup. He stays at -4. No such luck for Taylor Moore within the group forward, who bogeyed the identical gap to slide again to -3.
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Ludvig Aberg has been going the fallacious manner, after bogeys at 5 and 6. He’s bought an amazing probability to seize one of many pictures again at 7, after sending his second from 110 yards to 5 ft, however he pulls the birdie putt. He stays at +2. The reduce is presently projected at +3 however with the situations as they’re, anticipate it to exit by an extra shot at the least.
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DeChambeau rolls in his mild right-to-left slider to avoid wasting par on 2. That’s a advantageous up and down, his second in two holes. The co-leader stays at -7.
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Some trouble for Bryson DeChambeau at 2. A drive onto the pine straw forces him to put up. Shortsided, he tries to get too cute and dumps a chip into the bunker. He solely simply manages to get his splash out as properly, inches away from hitting the face of the entice. However it’s out, and he’ll have an eight-foot have a look at saving par. In the meantime Cameron Younger bounces again from a bogey at 7 with birdie at 8. He’s -5.
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Nicolai Hojgaard is repairing the early injury to his spherical, and in some model. Having simply made birdie at 9, he sends his second at 10 into the guts of the inexperienced, then guides a 30-foot left-to-right downhill swinger delicately into the cup. One other birdie, and he’s again the place he began the second spherical at -5. In the meantime Danny Willett returns to the place he started as we speak as properly, making a textbook birdie on the par-four third.
-7: Homa (7), DeChambeau (1)-6: Scheffler-5: Hojgaard (10)-4: Younger (7), Moore (3), Willett (3)-3: Davis (15), Fox
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Max Homa units himself up with a birdie probability at 7. Pin excessive to 10 ft. However he suffers a rush of the most popular blood to the noggin, racing his putt 4 ft previous. He cools himself down, although, and makes the one coming again to avoid wasting his par. He stays in a share at -7. In the meantime bogey for Tiger Woods, who slips to +2.
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Not a complete lot of low scoring happening, however the windy situations are inflicting actual trouble. The gusts are anticipated to rise to 30mph; on Sky Sports activities, Butch Harmon and Nick Dougherty have been speculating that something a lot increased might feasibly trigger a suspension of play, as balls would start to maneuver on the inexperienced.
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Bryson DeChambeau leaves his strategy wanting the first inexperienced, an enormous mistake from the center of the green. However he will get up and down to avoid wasting his par. In the meantime birdie for Nicolai Hojgaard on 9, as eagle-eyed readers may have already labored out from the chief board. And there’s been one other bogey for Cameron Davis, this time at 13.
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Issues have gone south fairly shortly for Matthieu Pavon. Three bogeys on the bounce, at 5, 6 and seven, ship the French debutant clattering down the standings to -1. In the meantime Collin Morikawa arms a shot again at 4; he’s additionally -1.
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How about this begin?! Taylor Moore, enjoying in solely his second Masters, and with out having made an excessive amount of of an impression within the majors but, follows birdie at 1 by holing a putt from the perimeter to the aspect of two for eagle! In a blink of an eye fixed, the 30-year-old Texan rises to -4 and a share of fourth.
-7: Homa (6), DeChambeau-6: Scheffler-4: Hojgaard (9), Younger (7), Moore (2)-3: Willett (1), Fox-2: Davis (14), Conners, An, Niemann, Zalatoris
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Tiger had adopted up bogey at 4 with one other at 5 … however he’s simply repaired half of that injury by chipping in from the perimeter on the entrance of 6. The small margins, as a result of his tee shot solely simply bought over the bunker on the entrance. In the meantime Max Homa doesn’t hit his birdie putt, which dies apologetically one flip wanting the cup. He stays in a share with Bryson at -7.
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The primary-round chief Bryson DeChambeau takes to the tee. A assured larrup down the center of the green earns a number of whoops and hollers from the gallery. He’s since been joined on the prime by Max Homa, after all … although they won’t be sharing the lead for an excessive amount of longer, as a result of Homa has simply creamed his tee shot at 6 pin excessive to 14 ft. He’ll have an excellent have a look at birdie and sole possession of the lead from there.
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Up to date at 12.20 EDT
Danny Willett takes his drugs out of the bushes down the left of 1. He wedges his third to 12 ft, and is considerably unfortunate to not get extra backspin, however the ball stubbornly digs its heels in. He tries to salvage par with a tickle down the inexperienced, nevertheless it’s all the time lacking quick and to the left. He faucets in for a gap bogey, however flashes a real smile as he talks to his caddie nonetheless. Appears to be like like he’s having fun with himself. He’s -3.
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Cameron Younger continues to make his under-the-radar transfer. One of many tee pictures of the week on the par-three sixth, to eight ft, earns him his third birdie of his second spherical. Younger completed within the prime ten right here final 12 months, got here a detailed second behind his namesake Cameron Smith on the 2022 Open, and was the runner-up on the world Match Play final 12 months. He’s due an enormous one. He’s -5 general.
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One other a number of main champion who has been quiet thus far … [sucks on cheroot] maybe too quiet … is Collin Morikawa. Like Brooks earlier than him, he closed out his first spherical this morning with birdie. Now he’s made one other, on the 2nd, and out of the blue the erstwhile PGA and Open champion is -2 general. Simply 5 off the lead, which remains to be held collectively by Bryson DeChambeau and Max Homa. The previous is teeing off in a couple of minutes; the latter has simply salvaged par at 5 after taking his drugs, chipping up from the financial institution to the left of the opening, and getting up and down from 150 yards, a wedge to eight ft and a assured putt.
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An absolute shocker for Sahith Theegala on 3. He requires three chips to rise up and over the financial institution on the entrance of the inexperienced, and finally ends up with a triple-bogey seven. He’s out of the blue +5. In the meantime up on 4, Brooks Koepka drains a 40-footer throughout the inexperienced to make it as much as degree par. He’s been quiet thus far this week, however is hanging on in there after closing his opening spherical this morning with a birdie to salvage a 73.
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Danny Willett is coming off the again of a unbelievable 68 yesterday. Not the best begin as we speak, nonetheless, as he sends his tee shot at 1 into the bushes down the left. In the meantime hassle additionally for Max Homa at 5, who additionally sends a drive to the left. Down the underside of a financial institution, he’s pressured to take his drugs and lay up.
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Max Homa joins Bryson DeChambeau on the prime of the chief board! He takes a fairway wooden to search out the par-three 4th, firing in underneath the breeze. He’s left with a 50-footer … and it’s all the time stepping into from the second it leaves the face of his putter! A laser! Tiger can’t rise up and down from the left of the inexperienced, although, and he returns to +1. In the meantime bogey for Matthieu Pavon on 5, who three-putts, admittedly from over 100 ft.
-7: Homa (4), DeChambeau-6: Scheffler-4: Younger (4), Willett-3: Davis (12), Hojgaard (6), Pavon (5), Fox
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Up to date at 11.42 EDT
Ludvig Aberg birdies 2 to get himself again to degree par for the event. His enjoying associate Jordan Spieth makes a 4 too, and you may guess your final penny he’s not giving up hope of competing this weekend regardless of his unpromising place at +7. The course is enjoying a shot more durable as we speak, in keeping with Sky, so whereas the reduce is presently projected to be across the +2 mark, it might simply exit by an extra shot or two. Loads of golf but to be performed on a day when it’ll proceed to blow a great outdated puff.
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Birdie for Tiger on the quick par-four third … however he’s at risk of handing the shot straight again on the par-three 4th. He pulls his tee shot large left and he’ll be wedging in over the bunker. Loads of inexperienced to work with at the least. The wind inflicting a variety of issues now.
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Again-to-back bogeys for Nicolai Hojgaard. He follows his egregious mistake at 5 by leaving himself quick on the par-three sixth. His chip isn’t all that, and two putts later he’s again to -3. Issues can shortly go south down south. The wind is whipping round, to be truthful.
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Up to date at 11.18 EDT
Cameron Younger performs the third to perfection. A booming drive down the center, a chip up from the underside of the steep entrance to 3 ft, a putt tidied up. In the meantime Matthieu Pavon takes on the bunker guarding the entrance of the par-three 4th, arrowing straight for the flag, and he makes a birdie as properly. That’s given the highest of the chief board a wee shoogle.
-7: DeChambeau-6: Homa (2), Scheffler-4: Hojgaard (5), Pavon (4), Younger (3), Willett-3: Davis (10), Fox
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You’ll have seen Nicolai Hojgaard dropping to -4. That’s the results of a very careless bogey at 5. He’d pushed right into a fairway bunker, and was pressured to put up, however then from 100 yards screwed a wedge to 18 inches. Par saved, absolutely … however he absent mindedly rushed and yipped the putt. A rookie mistake to imagine something is ever a shoo-in at Augusta. In the meantime Jordan Spieth didn’t exit of bounds along with his opening tee shot, however he was pressured to cut out, and after an uncharacteristically heavy-handed chip, walks off with a bogey he couldn’t actually afford. He’s +8.
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Tiger sends his second at 2 over the again. He chips as much as 12 ft, and appears to have made the right-to-left birdie roller, however the ball stops a dimple quick. His shoulders stoop. The quick begin he was after isn’t materialising. He stays at +1. It’s a par-par begin additionally for Jason Day, minus each dishevelled trews and strident sweater. However nonetheless, the necessary work is already finished. Mind-searing full. BUY MALBON. A two-putt birdie for the third member of the group, Max Homa.
-7: DeChambeau-6: Homa (2), Scheffler-4: Hojgaard (5), Willett-3: Davis (10), Pavon (3), Younger (2)
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Up to date at 10.58 EDT
The early scoring shouldn’t be precisely spectacular. No nice shock. The wind’s nonetheless up, albeit not raging prefer it did yesterday, and with the solar now out, the greens are hardening, the smooth, receptive surfaces of yesterday a factor of the previous. Just a few of the early starters are underneath par for his or her second spherical, however no one by greater than a single shot. It’s unlikely to get any simpler.
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The certainties of youth versus accumulation of scar tissue. Ludvig Aberg (+1) and Sahith Theegala (+2) pelt their drives at 1 down the center; Jordan Spieth (+7), who has a inexperienced jacket on his CV but additionally a meltdown for the ages plus he’s simply change into the primary participant in 20 years to have made 9 on the fifteenth on a couple of event, flays an abysmal slice into the bushes down the suitable. There’s out of bounds over there.
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Tiger’s first second-round gap, or his sixth of as we speak’s 23-hole private marathon, is a gradual par at Tea Olive. In the meantime bogey at 9 for Cameron Davis, punishment for sending his tee shot into the pines down the suitable of the opening. He’s not had a par in 4 holes now, and drops again to -3 once more.
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Matthieu Pavon gained his ticket to Augusta by successful the Farmers Insurance coverage Open again in January. In doing so, he grew to become the primary French participant to win on the PGA Tour since 1907 (though that’s one thing of a technicality, given Arnaud Massy’s victory on the 1907 Open was solely retrospectively recognised as a PGA Tour victory). Anyway, the 31-year-old from Toulouse, son of Bordeaux Ligue 1 champion footballer Michel, is taking his alternative with each arms. A spherical of 70 accomplished earlier, and now birdie at 2 to maneuver to -3.
-7: DeChambeau-6: Scheffler-5: Hojgaard (3), Homa (1)-4: Davis (8), Willett-3: Pavon (2), Fox
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Cameron Davis continues to trip the rollercoaster. He’s bounced again from his double at 7 with birdie on the par-five eighth. He returns to -4, simply three pictures off Bryson DeChambeau. In the meantime one other bogey for the newbie Neal Shipley, the results of flubbing a wedge right into a greenside bunker at 7. The 2023 US Newbie runner-up does extraordinarily properly to rise up and down from the entice to restrict the injury to a single shot. He’s -1.
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A phrase on the Open champion Brian Harman. He was wanting in advantageous fettle yesterday, enjoying the entrance 9 in 34 strokes. However he’s suffered a root-and-branch collapse this morning. Out in 34, he’s come again in 47 strokes! Bogey at 11 and 12. Double bogey at 13. Triple bogey at 16. Two extra double bogeys to shut at 17 and 18. A misbehaving wedge the chief wrongdoer, as he spins into Rae’s Creek at 13, and blades out of a bunker on the final. He finally ends up signing for a worst-of-round 81. He’s +9. A reminder that this can be a man who gained the Open by six strokes and completed runner-up on the unofficial fifth main, the Gamers, final month. Golf is difficult.
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Up to date at 10.29 EDT
… and right here’s the way it seems now in actual time. A par-par begin to Nicolai Hojgaard’s second spherical. The newbie Neal Shipley dropped a stroke at 4. And Cameron Davis made it as much as -5 after birdie at 6, however has slipped again after making a pig’s ear of seven, driving into the bushes, then dumping a weak chip into the bunkers guarding the entrance of the inexperienced. A double.
-7: DeChambeau-6: Scheffler-5: Hojgaard (2), Homa-4: Willett-3: Davis (7), Fox-2: Shipley -a- (6), Pavon (1), Younger, Conners, An, Niemann, Zalatoris-1: Kitayama (1), Morikawa, Van Rooyen, Moore, Olesen, Glover, Finau, Cantlay, Fitzpatrick, McIlroy, Hovland, Smith
(A reminder that each one the second-round tee occasions will be discovered right here.)
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The ultimate group of the primary spherical is again within the clubhouse. Collin Morikawa rakes in an extended birdie putt to put up a determine in purple: a one-under 71. The 2020 champion Dustin Johnson bogeys and finally ends up with a depressing 78. And at last Tommy Fleetwood, coming off the again of bogey at 17, jabs gingerly at a four-footer and bogeys once more. A level-par 72. No less than he gained’t have too lengthy to sulk over it. Right here’s how the highest of the chief board sorted the first-round scores have been posted …
-7: DeChambeau-6: Scheffler-5: Hojgaard, Homa-4: Willett
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Up to date at 10.14 EDT
As the primary spherical involves an finish, and the majority of the Friday groupings put together for his or her day’s work, it’s time for this hole-by-hole weblog to take a fast break. Again within the time it takes to shine off a pimento cheese.
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67 for Max Homa
Tiger can’t rise up and down from the bunker at 18. Bogey. He indicators for a 73. Max Homa races a hysterical six-foot par effort three ft previous however knocks within the one coming again. A bogey blemish on the finish of a powerful personal-best 67. And bogey additionally for the third member of the group, Jason Day. A 75 and at +3 he’s bought a job on his arms when this group get again out in 47 minutes time.
-7: DeChambeau-6: Scheffler-5: Hojgaard, Homa-4: Davis (4), Willett-3: Shipley -a- (3), Fox
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Up to date at 09.31 EDT
Neal Shipley was the one newbie to beat par yesterday. And after posting a extremely spectacular 71, the 23-year-old from Pittsburgh is setting about Augusta with equal vigour as we speak. Birdie at 2, and now he wedges his second at 3 to 3 ft. He tidies as much as transfer to -3, simply 4 off Bryson DeChambeau’s lead!
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Par for Cameron Younger on the final, and he’s signing for a two-under 70. Developing behind, Max Homa, who shoves his strategy into the bunker to the suitable of the inexperienced. Tiger joins him in there.
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Spieth is grouped with the Masters (and certainly major-championship) debutant Ludvig Aberg. The younger Swede was going round properly yesterday, ending his day’s work at -1, however since restarting his spherical, it’s all gone fallacious. Bogey at 14, and now double at 15 after spinning his strategy again into the water. He’s +1.
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Bogey for Tyrrell Hatton on 18, and he’s not in the perfect of moods as he indicators for his level-par 72. Again in 39 strokes. Ooyah. In the meantime the 2015 champion Jordan Spieth is busy making a royal balls of the fifteenth. He sends his third over the again of the inexperienced, then hits a daring chip coming again that trundles by means of the inexperienced, down the slope, threatens to someway cease on the financial institution, however lastly disappears into the drink. He drops the opposite aspect of the lake, however overhits the chip. Behind the inexperienced once more! He decides to putt again on this time, and underhits it. Two extra putts and that’s a quadruple-bogey 9. He’s finished this earlier than, in 2017. He’s +6 and having mounted one thing of a comeback, is extra seemingly than to not miss the weekend now.
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Bogey for Jordan Spieth, who lobs up from the financial institution on 14 to 3 ft, solely to push the par putt. He’s again to +2. Birdie for Cameron Younger at 17; the 26-year-old from New York 4 top-ten finishes in his final seven majors, and may very well be due a breakthrough right here. He’s -2. And his namesake Cameron Davis birdies the 2nd gap of his second spherical to maneuver to -4 general. However the large transfer on the prime is made by Max Homa, who follows up a tickled-in birdie at 16 with a sensational wedge from 156 yards at 17. His ball lands by the flag, takes one hop, and lands on the lip of the cup. He tidies up and strikes right into a share of second. Friday’s already frying! And the primary spherical hasn’t even completed but!
-7: DeChambeau (F)-6: Scheffler (F), Homa (17)-5: Hojgaard (F)-4: Davis (1), Willett (F)
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Gotta say, Jason Day’s clothes contractor is getting good bang for his or her buck this week. His strides having yesterday impressed extra social-media exercise than Atalanta, Fallout and Angela Rayner mixed, he’s wandering round as we speak in a particularly daring tank prime. BUY MALBON. Whether or not he’ll be round for additional advertising and marketing hi-jinks on the weekend is a moot level, as a result of he’s simply run up a double at 16, placing his first ball within the water, then leaving himself a type of large semi-circular breakers you faucet and set off like a rocket. He does extraordinarily properly to roll within the 10-footer he leaves for the double, however he’s again to +2. BUY MALBON.
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“I don’t have the slightest clue the place that ball went.” That’s by no means the best signal, is it? Sure, it’s the ever-entertaining, ever-commentating Jordan Spieth, coming off the again of birdie at 13 as he units about repairing a spherical that began dismally with double bogey at Tea Olive. He’s +1 in the intervening time, however he’s simply despatched his second down the financial institution in the back of 14. Thankfully his caddie was keeping track of the ball, and Spieth has a Seve-esque means to wriggle out of the tightest spots, however that’s going to be a testing up and down. In the meantime Nicolai Hojgaard pars the final and indicators for a 67.
-7: DeChambeau (F)-6: Scheffler (F)-5: Hojgaard (F)-4: Willett (F), Homa (15)
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The second-round pairings have began out. No person within the early matches bothering the higher echelons of the chief board … aside from Cameron Davis, who very practically drains a 30-footer throughout 1 for his birdie. Only a par and the 28-year-old Aussie stays at -3. As for the first-round pairings … “Bit upset within the groupings,” sighs Adam Hirst. “It was so shut. Scheffler and Schauffele had Shipley (A) as a greater possibility. Might have had Fleetwood, Woods and Woodland as properly. Possibilities missed.”
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Tyrrell Hatton sends one other ball into the water. Fortunately this one is simply flung into the pond at 16 in a match of pique, after he misses a six-foot bounceback birdie try then faucets house. However he stays at -1 and is working a little bit scorching. He’s Tyrrell Hatton, after all he’s working a little bit scorching, it’s why we love watching him a lot.
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Solely three gamers have gained the Masters on debut. Horton Smith within the very first event in 1934; properly, somebody needed to. Gene Sarazen within the second Masters the next 12 months, when there was a reasonably good probability one thing like that may occur. After which Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979, when it was a lot much less of a statistical shoo-in. So in contrast to the good trouser debate, we’ve bought loads of knowledge to work with right here: it doesn’t occur too usually. However might it occur this 12 months? Nicolai Hojgaard spent yesterday afternoon firing darts on the par fives, and he’s despatched one other laser iron into 17. He doesn’t fairly make the 15-footer for birdie he leaves himself, but when he retains enjoying like this, he’ll have lots extra probabilities coming his manner. He stays at -5, and whereas there’s an awfully lengthy solution to go, seems to have the sport to prosper round this place.
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TROUSER NEWS: After breaking the web yesterday along with his Nineties dishevelled breeks, Jason Day sports activities a straighter leg as we speak. The 2011 runner-up is degree par by means of 14. Kurt Kitayama favours a extra tapered match, and he’s simply birdied 16 to maneuver to -2. What does this imply? Undecided. Tiger gained the 1997 Masters by a record-breaking 12 strokes in what was successfully a chino. When somebody {couples} their Inexperienced Jacket with jeggings or a tennis skirt, then we’ll have extra knowledge to work with.
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Up to date at 09.25 EDT
Early-morning distress for Tyrrell Hatton as properly. He dumps his strategy at 15 into the briny, and runs up a double-bogey seven because of this. He tumbles down the chief board to -1.
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A chilly begin for Tiger Woods. He batters a advantageous drive down the center of 14, solely to duff a depressing chip 20 yards wanting the inexperienced. His chip up isn’t all that, both, and two putts later he’s strolling off with a bogey, slipping again to degree par.
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There are 27 gamers ending up their opening rounds this morning. Nicolai Hojgaard is the best up the chief board, and he’s opened with par on the par-three sixteenth to stay at -5. He needed to work for it, although, after sending a distinctly common tee shot in to 40 ft. (Loads of gamers went super-close yesterday.) He left his first putt seven ft quick, however made up for it with a steely save.
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The climate did a quantity on Augusta Nationwide yesterday morning, which is why we’re enjoying catch-up now. However patrons needn’t fear! The forecast as we speak is for sunny and dry situations, and we’ll be again on schedule by the tip of the day. The weekend is anticipated to ship excellent Masters climate: loads of solar, with temperatures reaching as excessive as 27°C on Sunday. Probably the most stunning recreation’s most stunning event with climate to match. Candy iced tea all spherical!
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Preamble
… and we’re again. Twelve hours and 6 minutes in the past, the hooter went for shut of play on the finish of a rain-delayed first day at Augusta Nationwide. Now all the lads who weren’t in a position to end their opening spherical are out once more early doorways; in the meantime again on the first tee, we’ll have the beginning of the second spherical. Friday guarantees to be one other Homeric odyssey, but when Tiger could make it round 23 holes in 24 hours so can we, subsequently we’ll be running a blog ♫♪ all day looooooonng♫♪. In the present day’s second-round tee occasions will be discovered by perusing the far right-hand column of this, whereas right here’s how the chief board seems going into the day …
-7: DeChambeau (F)-6: Scheffler (F)-5: Hojgaard (15)-4: Willett (F), Homa (13)-3: Fox (F), Davis (F), Hatton (14)-2: Conners (F), An (F), Niemann (F), Zalatoris (F), Reed (14), Pavon (14), Aberg (11), Fleetwood (10)
It’s on!
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Up to date at 08.00 EDT