The former world No. 1 started by yanking his first two
tee shots way left.
That fate was repeated on Sunday when he shanked
his tee shot way right and into Rae's Creek.
Not exact matches
By the time the sellout gallery of 40,000 (the gates were locked before Palmer
teed off) had finally wandered off at the end of the day and left the Augusta National's green acres looking like a dump heap, Palmer stood 10 strokes under par for the tournament — five better than Bruce Devlin, a young Australian who observed, «The
way Arnold is playing, I guess the rest of us are just
shooting for second place.»
His
tee shot on this day was
way left into the pines as well and, though he reloaded, he was able to punch his first ball out into the fairway.
The most uncomfortable
shot may have been the middle
tee ball, which was a cold shank that damn near hit the decorative island with a tree on it
way off to the side.
Rose, the only member of the fivesome who is playing from the championship
tees, must hit his second
shot over the heads of some two dozen members of Jordan's gallery, which has smartly stationed itself across the fairway to be in position to intercept Michael on his
way to the green.
He put his
tee shot on the par - 4 first hole into the fairway after winding up
way left of there yesterday.
Based on how this entire week had gone, and the
way he finished the third round Saturday night, few people could have predicted his three -
shot lead evaporating by the 10th
tee.
He lofted his
tee shot up and over the pin, started shouting at it in Spanish, and then whistled it all the
way back down towards the cup.
On Sunday his
tee shot plugged in the sand, and the ensuing bogey dropped him out of a three -
way tie for the lead.
Unfortunately, his birdie putt slid by the hole, and a one - handed yanked
tee shot flew
way wide right of the eighth fairway into a sandy area, yielding a bogey.
I expect another strong run at Riv with some amazing
shots on the
way to another late Sunday
tee time.
The problem for Spieth happened on his
tee shot — he hit the top of the trees which made it go
way short, a whole 267 yards to the hole.
After a birdie at the par - 5 16th, Garcia seemed poised to overtake the bane of his existence, or at least reprise their Saturday outing in a playoff, after Tiger, leading by two with five holes to play, drenched his own
tee shot on 14 and fell into a four -
way tie at the top.
Unperturbed, legions of fans gathered outside the ropes to the right of the walkway with their sole intention being to rile up the U.S. players as they make their
way to the golf's most epic opening
tee shot.
I loved the
way the lacy straps added a feminine touch to a basic off - the - shoulder sweater or
tee (one of my favorite styles of tops to wear), but picturing myself being, erm, supported by that flimsy fabric seemed like a real long
shot, to say the least.