2017 Masters leaderboard http://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index.html
On a day when the field's average score was 75.21, one guy defied all the odds, holing putt after putt, keeping his approach shots below the holes, controlling his trajectory while playing into the worst of the gusting winds, posting the round of his life, Charley Hoffman shot a brilliant -7 65 to take a 4 shot lead after the first round of the Masters.
Nick Faldo called it the greatest first round considering the conditions, he has ever seen at Augusta. Hoffman birdied all 4 par 3's.
Only 11 players broke par, and for much of the day it was first timer Bill McGirt at -3 who was getting all the plaudits, but Hoffman finishing in a cold wind by Georgia's standards had only 2 bogey's and 9 birdies in his remarkable round.
McGirt is 2nd at -3 69, a great round in of itself, while Lee Westwood birdied 5 of his last 6 to stand 3rd at -2.
Then comes a large group at -1 71 which includes Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose. Evergreen Ernie Els bogeyed the last but still shot a solid E 72.
Rory McIlroy is closing strongly, after 3 bogey's on the front nine he has made 3 birdies since the 12th so is at E playing the last.
Canadian scores : Adam Hadwin +3 75, Mike Weir +4 76, MacKenzie Hughes +7 79
The wind is expected to blow again tomorrow as it did today, so it will be difficult again, with warm calm conditions in the forecast for the weekend. Remember the late starts today are out early tomorrow.
more to follow later tonight
Bryan Angus
No comments:
Post a Comment