Take your “Masters doesn’t begin until the back nine on Sunday” platitude and bury it in the yard. Because Jon Rahm has captured this tournament by Tuesday afternoon.
Augusta National officials have not discussed their plans on holding the tournament since announcing that it had been postponed from its traditional April dates to November 12-15.
Fowler, of course, has yet to don the green jacket, but if he ever rolls up Magnolia Lane on Sunday with the 54-hole-lead in his back pocket, we now know he’ll feel right at home.
The story of the 25-year-old Australian amateur, who was to make his Masters debut this week, begins with his father’s escape from Eastern Europe and includes an engineering degree, studies in St Andrews and a US Mid-Amateur title
In another great installment of the “Great Golf Debates” our American-based senior editor E. Michael Johnson and senior writer Alex Myers tackle the pressing question: Which was the better Masters, 1986 or 2019?