Scottie Scheffler was to be near the top of the masters’ ranking after the first round at the Augusta National Golf Club.
But it was Justin Rose, the Englishman playing in his 20th Masters, who entered the clubhouse with an advance of three strokes on the winner of 2024 to 7 under after having published a miraculous first round on Thursday.
Rose, whose only major victory came in 2013 to the US Open, equaled its best tour of Augusta National, which marks its fifth time in the lead after the first round of the tournament.
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Justin Rose reacts on the 18th green in the first round of the Masters. (Michael Madrid / Imagn Images)
The 44 -year -old man spared a departure of 3 sous after stinging the first three holes. After doing the same on the 8 and 9 holes, he finished the first nine at 5 sous. He sorted down 10 before returning to earth with four consecutive pars before finding more red marks on the 15 and 16 holes to sit at 8 sous.
Rose flirted with the best opening tour of the history of the Masters, on the 9th under Greg Norman in 1996. But Rose could not find the fairway on the narrow 18th Fairway, and it ended its round with a Bogey.
However, he was very smiling after his big departure. His best finishes at the Masters occurred in 2015 and 2017, when he finished second and tied for second place, respectively.
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Scottie just behind
There were questions about how Scheffler would get out this week in Augusta because he missed some tournaments to start the year with a hand injury. And he admitted weeks before the tournament that it always affects his game.
However, he pulled 4 sous to prepare for a good week to defend his title of Masters 2024.
And some theaters came with when he emptied a 60-foot Birdie on the fourth hole in 3. He also overthrew a long putt on the 16th par-3 which would be his latest Birdie of the day in a Tour without Bogey to start his tournament.
However, he is not the only one in the clubhouse at 4 sous, three strokes of rose. The Canadian Corey Conners, chosen by some as a black horse candidate to win this week, sorted up three of his last four holes to sit also at 4 under the start of Friday.
Finally, Ludvig Åberg, Sweden, which finished second in last year’s masters behind Scheffler, had a solid second nine with four birdies to finish equally in the second row at 4 sous.
Scottie Scheffler comes out of TEE n ° 5 during the first round of the Masters. (Kyle Terada / Imagn images)
Imparant Rory
It seemed that Rose could have a very close company, if not an equality for the head, because Rory McILroy was navigating in his first round while he is looking for this great self -employed career. He needs a victory for masters to finish this.
He looked super 4 under 14 holes, but an expensive error on the 15th Par-5 derailed what would have been a sparkling start of the tournament.
A beautiful journey started the hole, but after its second blow crossed the green, McILroy had to withdraw towards the hole, which was seated in the front of the green on a downstream slope. It was a similar situation with which Patrick Cantlay was confronted earlier Thursday, and his two attempts rolled green and in the water below for a disastrous event of events.
McILroy’s chip obtained a second hard rebound, and he watched his ball roll in the water. Instead of returning to the same place as Cantlay, he opted for the fall zone and needed to copy again after he bounced right next to the green in the fringe. McILroy finished with a double bogey to fall 2 under the day, and that worsened from there.
He was able to equalize n ° 16, but still found problems with a double bogey out of 17 to pass even the same in circles. This is where McILroy finished, which is not terrible in any case.
However, after such a good start of the day, in particular with all the expectations for him in the week after two victories, McILroy must now start momentum again on Friday instead of getting out of it on Thursday.
Rory McILroy moves away from green n ° 13 during the first round of the Masters. (Images Katie Goodale / Imagn)
Age -free couples
There is a 65 -year -old man on the top 10 in Augusta National, and it was none other than the champion of the 1992 masters, Fred Couples, who posted a first round of 71 on Thursday.
It was a round for masters records. It had been 42 years that he had broken out for the first time at Augusta National in 1983. The longest difference before was Jack Nicklaus, who broke out for the first time in 1960 before his last in 2000, a 40 -year gap.
Tom Watson was also 40 years old between his first and the last, and he and Nicklaus were fees on Thursday.
The couples, with his always soft swing on the right side, exhaust the eagles of the fairway while he made the hole 14 with a hybrid at just under 200 meters. His neon yellow ball perfectly struck the green, and he quickly turned the tide for the couples, who drank two of his last three holes before that to go 1 during the day.
Couples are usually aimed at cutting every year so that he can play on weekends. It was a start to give it this opportunity.
Justin Rose Tees on n ° 5 during the first round of the Masters. (Images Grace Smith / Imagn)
Classification
Here is the top 10 in the Masters ranking after Tour 1:
1. Justin Rose: -7
T2. Corey Conners: -4
T2. Scottie Scheffler: -4
T2. Ludvig Åberg: -4
T5. Tyrell Hatton: -3
T5. Bryson Dechambeau: -3
T7. Aaron Rai: -2
T7. Harris English: -2
T7. Jason Day: -2
T7. Akshay Bhatia: -2
