2023 Masters Thread

[Uncle Rico]

https://clubproguy.com/blogs/media/inside-augusta-national

One of the better looks at the course itself

[MUBurrow]

Who ya got?

I went stars and scrubs for my DK lineup:
Rory, Scheff, Cam Young, Chris Kirk, Danny Willet, Freddy Couples.  I think it's Rory's year.

[Uncle Rico]

I went stars and scrubs for my DK lineup:
Rory, Scheff, Cam Young, Chris Kirk, Danny Willet, Freddy Couples.  I think it's Rory's year.

Heard Scheffler was battling a slice with his driver lay night

[JWags85]

Rahm opens with a double...still finishes the front -3.  What a freak

[MuggsyB]

Hovvy is off to a quick start.  -7 though 13?

[Uncle Rico]

Chris Kirk was +4 through 5 and is now -3 through 17

[Uncle Rico]

Rahm opens with a double...still finishes the front -3.  What a freak

Indeed

[JWags85]

Open the ESPN app.  Top video and clip

"Tiger gives fist pump after long birdie putt"

Makes sense given El Tigre is a sizzling 9 shots back at +2

Rahm and Hovland tearing it up.  Spieth, Finau, Scheffler, and Morikawa with good starts in the later groups.

[MU82]

Had to score today. Things are about to get more difficult.

If you're + anything after today, you're toast.

[PGsHeroes32]

Lotta golf left

But I had a feeling both Spieth and Koepka would come out the gates playing well.

[MuggsyB]

Scrolling the leaderboard it appears Rory is probably done.  Hard to really put a finger on his struggles there. 

[Uncle Rico]

Scrolling the leaderboard it appears Rory is probably done.  Hard to really put a finger on his struggles there.

Probably intimidated by Tiger

[Herman Cain]

Koepka had momentum coming into tournament nice to end the first day tied for the lead. He is healthy now , so I expect him to be there on Sunday. 

[MuggsyB]

It's gonna be freaking nasty on Saturday assuming they actually play.  A high of 51?

[tower912]

Sounds like what I have been playing in.

[Uncle Rico]

Koepka had momentum coming into tournament nice to end the first day tied for the lead. He is healthy now , so I expect him to be there on Sunday.

So does Corey Conners.  I expect him to be there Sunday

[rocket surgeon]

jordie made some unforced errors but kept his chin up and played thru them which is tough.  koepka, as i said, has a chip on his shoulder the size of a 2 x 4.  shef is in a rare struggle and saw more emotion(bad) outta him than ever.  he's gonna need a couple of viagra cocktails and some good female companionship tonight and he'll come out on fire tomorrow.  mac has some kinks to work out

don't count out keegan for a top 10, harry will hang tough

[PGsHeroes32]

jordie made some unforced errors but kept his chin up and played thru them which is tough.  koepka, as i said, has a chip on his shoulder the size of a 2 x 4.  shef is in a rare struggle and saw more emotion(bad) outta him than ever.  he's gonna need a couple of viagra cocktails and some good female companionship tonight and he'll come out on fire tomorrow.  mac has some kinks to work out

don't count out keegan for a top 10, harry will hang tough

Yeah Shef was shaky for a lot of the day and still went -4 and only 3 back.

Hes got plenty of time to flip this thing.

[MuggsyB]

If Scheffy shot a 68 with his C game look out. 

[JWags85]

Scrolling the leaderboard it appears Rory is probably done.  Hard to really put a finger on his struggles there.

If the leaders come out and shoot sub 69 again tomorrow, probably.  But Rory is more than capable of putting up a -4/-5 tomorrow.  If he's within 5 or 6 going into the weekend, he's more than in it.

[MU82]

Picked Rahm going in (I know - I really went out on a limb), and saw absolutely nothing today that would make me change that pick. In fact, I feel even better about him winning now.

The guy started just about as badly as a good golfer can start at Augusta ... and then went -9 over the last 17 holes. If he had parred #1, he'd have tied the tournament record. Effen stud.

[rocket surgeon]

it will be interesting to see how the weather changes will affect the game going forward

beware of scheff-he's gonna be on a mission & koepka-he's got that swag going

[Herman Cain]

Tiger appeared gassed . Unfortunate.
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tiger-woods-round-1-masters-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_source=040623&utm_campaign=breakingnewspm&utm_content=DM38094&uuid=85f898e378d547f4aa114b5572e1ddc5

[Uncle Rico]

Not surprised to see a LIV player disgrace the Masters

https://twitter.com/troncarternlu/status/1644309842528464898?s=46&t=QSiaGcOIKZrrpw0ciZkI5Q

Brooks should do the honorable thing and call a penalty on himself.

[rocket surgeon]

rain projected to start around 2pm and seemingly continues into tomorrow as the temps drop as well down into 40's with winds 10-15mph

  either throwing darts or scrambling with the elements