Dustin Johnson, No. 1 and headed in the right direction

“I sort of a feel a little bit like what Phil (Mickelson) goes through when he goes to the U.S. Open”, McIlroy said last month, referring to Mickelson being a six-time runner-up in the only major Lefty hasn’t won.

“I think it’s become more instinctive and more intuitive for me to just know where the pins are that I’m going to play a certain way”, explained Mickelson. Thousands of fans headed to the exit at 10 a.m.as a storm approached, and while the gates opened again at 12:30 p.m. for the Par 3 Contest, the fun was suspended an hour later when another storm arrived.

Former Masters champion Mike Weir of Canada fired a hole in one and moved joint top of the leaderboard on three under par after seven holes before organisers brought the players off the course.

In recent years, some of the late starters have barely finished before sundown. “That’s something that I feel like if I putt very well, I’m going to have a chance to win on Sunday”.

Day revealed on Tuesday he will play Augusta, according to Tom Webber of Sporting News, but it’ll be hard to keep complete focus for four full days.

The practice range was reopened at midday, with patrons being readmitted to the course at 12:30pm, the new scheduled time for the start of the Par 3 competition.

He stressed that the honorary invitees still received all their other perks.

“I’m playing some good golf right now. In spite of having a gallery that wasn’t so good to me, he was never – I may have had to fight Arnold’s gallery but I never had to fight him”.

And in his pre-tournament press conference ahead of the Masters, the 27-year-old was asked to explain the difference between the HCEG and President Trump, who made lewd comments about women.

World number one Dustin Johnson and top rivals Rory McIlroy and Jason Day will face brisk winds on a rain-soaked Augusta National layout when the 81st Masters begins Thursday. Really? Goodness. I didn’t know that.

He was too feeble to swing a club, leaving Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player to handle the ceremonial opening tee shots.

“We are building sports facilities at a rapid rate”, Payne said.

‘You look at guys like Bernhard Langer (59) who was in the second to last group past year – I don’t feel as though age is as big a factor as it was decades ago.

There has been no serious discussion about Atlanta making another Olympic bid, especially since the city was roundly criticized for organizational problems and over-commercializing the privately financed games in 1996. I didn’t see it.

LIKE bargain hunters jostling at the January sales, golf’s best all know there’s a Masters green jacket to fit them if they can elbow their rivals aside.

That provides a real sense of motivation to those who are stuck downstairs.

“This place has an interesting and incredible history in my life”, he said.

No one has ever won his first tournament at the Masters, which doesn’t bode well for Roberto Castro or Kevin Chappell.