Jordan Spieth, who not long ago seemed to have a mastery of Augusta National, shot a 40 on the front nine and finished with a 75, nine shots off the lead. But after Thursday’s first round, there are two striking absences: Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters champ, and Justin Rose, the top-ranked player in the world, who both opened with out-of-character 75s. The challenge now for both, sitting tied for 63rd, isn’t to win the green jacket but to make it to the weekend. One of the most surprising rounds of the day came from Bernhard Langer, the 61-year-old two-time Masters champ from Germany, who shot a 71. His most recent green jacket came in 1993 — five months before DeChambeau was born.

Source: Washington Post April 12, 2019 01:30 UTC