The phrase is out that Tiger Woods is largely immobilized for multiple weeks until his returned is going via its preliminary recovery section. We additionally realize that he is looking the Masters on TV.
He may be glad he has an excuse to miss this one. A number of favorites struggled on Thursday.
Granted, Bill Haas shot the satisfactory round of his career at Augusta, a sixty eight. Granted, Adam Scott, Louis Oosthuizen, and Bubba Watson -- beyond champions and a "nearly became" -- posted 69s. Granted, a handful of first-timers and seniors managed to shoot 70s and 71s. In all, 19 gamers finished Round 1 underneath par.
But they're the exceptions. As Rory (seventy one) noted, "It changed into a tough setup. I assume that they [Augusta] truly wanted to do this, they did not need the rankings to get too low."
No worries there, mate. Just to name a few casualties... Keegan Bradley shot 75, Mickelson and Rose shot 76, the Johnson boys (Dustin and Zach) shot 77 and 78 respectively, and Jason Dufner shot 80.
Many players have been amazed with the aid of the sudden overdue afternoon winds. Nick Faldo showed some marvel that some Sunday pin positions became up so early inside the tournament, and you may almost listen the gasps from the diverse announcers because the ratings went up.
On Thursday. On what is usually the easiest day of the week.
As picks go, mine didn't do so bad. Although Jason Day shot 75 and, as already mentioned, Mickelson shot 76, my other choices fared better. Scott shot 69 and my first-timers Patrick Reed and Harris English shot an acceptable 73 and 74. Given that the field's average score was nearly 2.5 strokes over par, I'll take it.
We may not clearly recognize how things shake out till the end of present day spherical and we see if both draw were given a bonus over the opposite. But after the primary round there are things I'm moderately sure of:
(1) The absence of the Eisenhower Tree probably might not lower scores very a good deal.
(2) Tiger will have trouble laying nevertheless while he is laughing so tough.
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