Day 1 is in the books (sort of) with some surprises and a lot of morning rain. Tiger doubters beware, we have a fun weekend ahead of us.
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Ceremonial Tee Off
Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player kicked off this years festivities with a ceremonial tee off, and quite honestly both looked pretty darn good on the tee box for their age.
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Rain
Dark clouds and 3/4 of an inch of rain rolled in early in the day causing a delay and some interesting conditions on the greens. It certainly allowed players to take some shots they normally wouldn't throughout the remainder of the round.
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Bryson got off to a slow start and was spraying his driver for a while, albeit on some bombs. He got into a little trouble on 13 when he put one into the woods, and then proceeded to hit his next into some bushes.
At the end of the day he wound up -2 and T22 so he's still in the game.
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Tiger
The GOAT posted a first round 68 which is his best first round at the Masters. He probably benefitted from a rainy day one and half the group not finishing, but he looked incredibly confident and in control in a bogey free round.
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Justin Thomas
When play got suspended due to darkness it ended JT's heater. He will kick off the second day by finishing his round that he left at -5 thru 10 holes.
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Paul Casey
Casey finishes day 1 atop the leaderboard with a first round 65 and looked great on the course. We will see if he can keep this up throughout the weekend.
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Nightfall Closes it Early
With the rain delay and and a Fall sunset, there were 44 players still on the course when play was halted. This should mean a lot of movement on the leaderboard for day 2 with the completion of these rounds as well as another.
We will see you for what will surely be an exciting day 2!