Dustin Johnson said on Thursday afternoon at Augusta National that he was “going to give it a try”, despite suffering a freak injury to his lower back during a fall at his rental home a day earlier. He never teed off.
The players who best control distance and spin on their wedge shots do well every week on tour, but it’s an especially important skill when the conditions are like those at Augusta National during the first round.
A shoeless Dustin Johnson falling down a small set of stairs and injuring his back on the eve of the first round of the Masters surely ranks as a freak, unfortunate incident. But how freak and unfortunate was it? Perhaps you need to compare it to other bizarre golf injuries in recent memory to put Read more…
Charley Hoffman prevailed spectacularly over the strong winds that stymied much of the field on Thursday, shooting a seven-under par 65 to take a four-stroke lead in the first round of the Masters.
For the first round of the 2017 Masters the winds are expected to continue to blow north of 30 kilometres per hour for most of the day, leading to the possibility of some high scores. History tells us that likely will end any hopes for a green jacket come Sunday.
On an otherwise dark, damp Wednesday at Augusta National Golf Club, there was a bright side for Masters officials: the forecast offers wind on Thursday and Friday, but little in the way of wet weather for the remainder of the week.
A who’s who of golfers paraded through Augusta National’s new media centre on Masters Tuesday. There were laughs. There were interesting takes. There were great stories. And there were tears. OK, maybe not the last one.
Disregard the knee-jerk response to see when Tiger Woods is playing and there’s still much to digest with the release of the groupings the first two days at Augusta National.