Not even quadruple-bogeys in back-to-back Masters rounds or being 10 shots behind after Thursday could keep Jordan Spieth from getting back to a familiar position by Saturday night: in the mix to win another green jacket.
Instead of competing in the Masters this weekend, Dustin Johnson is at home in Florida, and doing “a little better every day”, according to his trainer Joey Diovisalvi.
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.
The first words William McGirt uses to describe his style of play is, “I’m sneaky short.” In golf’s expansive arena of long hitters, this would augur a lifetime of struggle in the game. And mostly, that is what McGirt, a longtime mini-tour grinder, has known.
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