Masters 2022: Thursday results/ Friday leaderboard here.
Friday Tee Times
First the weather. It poured "cats and dogs" overnight according to the great analyst, Ken Brown, and Thursday morning when Jack, Gary and Tom opened proceedings it was sopping wet and foggy.
Weirsy's 8.11 start was delayed, but he soon led the Canadian trio off, with a double at the first after missing a gimme. It seemed to inspire him. As usual Mike combined a crafty short game with long hybrids to finish +2 74 in the varying conditions, T43rd.
"It changed a ton, with the early heavy mist the ball was going nowhere" he said after his opening drive only travelled 225 yards. " It was playing so long for the first 5 or 6 holes. then when the sun came out and cleared off the mist our club selection changed completely."
He was out in +1, had a pair of bogey's and a birdie coming back. "I felt good about my game, it was unfortunate to start like that, but the rest of the way I played fine. I missed a few opportunities with good wedge shots that I didn't convert, some I thought would be tap ins but that's Augusta, a firm bounce can lead you down a slope to the bottom of the green."
He plays at 11.18 on Friday with Paddy Harrington and the amateur Austin Greaser
Mac Hughes was next and he posted +1 73 T31, and had a comical moment with his 3rd at the par 5 15th, when he cold shanked his wedge into a tree leading to a bogey 6. He stood in disbelief for a moment, then doffed his cap and waved to the patrons, with a smile. He had bogey's at 5 and 6 which he recovered with birdies at 12 and 13, before that bogey on 15.
Apart from that he summed his day up like this. It was a solid round, It's very tricky out there with the wind blowing. I felt like I controlled my ball well and kept out of difficult situations. Overall quite a solid day, definitely happy with my round"
Mac plays at 12.35 on Friday with Matthew Wolff and Luke List
Corey Conners is right in contention after his opening -2 70 T7 just 3 behind the Korean leader Sungjae Im -5 67 followed by the brilliant Aussie Cameron Smith -4 68.
In good form, Conners has played well here in the past with 2 top 10's and he told us this post round. "It never plays easy, a very tricky golf course and with the wind blowing, you have to battle hard to keep it as simple as possible, that's about it.
Some holes played easier with the wind, some more difficult, but nothing I haven't seen before, I've had some good experiences around here, I wouldn't say anything surprised me" He only made 1 bogey.
He is off at 8.55am Friday with Lee Westwood and Russell Henley
Tiger Woods is T10 -71. He plays at 1.41pm Friday
WEATHER: Friday more of the same weather is expected, blustery wind SW 16-24kph, sunny 60's however it was very soft on Thursday, and it will dry out and firm up today and more into the weekend so scoring will be at a premium.
Bryan Angus
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