Augusta National made a point to remind players who’s boss during the first round of the Masters this year.
For the most part, players were struggling all day to cope with the drier, firmer conditions at Augusta compared to the postponed event in November last year.
Very few players managed to come in under par and only 3 broke 70.
While Justin Rose is firmly in the lead after round 1, Jordan Spieth is among the relatively few players who played under par yesterday.
A round of extremes
The 2015 Champion played a triple bogey on the ninth hole in Augusta during the first round.
Spieth, who won his first PGA Tour title last weekend after almost four years, didn’t let it get him down. He shot a birdie directly after on the 10th, and then came his stroke of “luck” on the par 5 15th where he carded an eagle.
“That was very, very lucky,” the 27-year-old said afterwards, ” probably the luckiest break I’ve ever gotten out here, if not anywhere, because that was at least a three-shot break.”
He hit his third shot up on to the green with a six-iron.
“If it didn’t hit the pin, it wasn’t just going in the water. It might have gotten to the middle of the water”.
Luckily for Spieth, the shot went much better than expected and he finsihed yesterday’s round with a commendable 71, 6 shots off the lead.
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