Augusta, Ga.-Za last few years, 65 years Fred couples He watched younger players from the tee in Augusta National by 20, 30, 40, and even 50 yards. Yet the 1992 championship champion did not allow him to discourage him from speech and give his best shot.
Two years after they became the oldest player who had ever made a cut on the Masters, the couples opened up 40. Given the shooting of 1-Dod 71-stakes with the second oldest player who shot under the couple in any championship round.
“Today is the hell of a bike. I’m exhausted,” the couples said. “I can play golf. I can play here. If the weather is so hard, I can – if I don’t do crazy things – I can shoot 73 or 4 or 5.
Couples that are only one month younger than ever Tom Watson In 2015 he shot 71, relying on Thursday to know his course along with the right combination of stable and creativity and a little luck.
Outside the tees, the couples were almost automatic and hit 12 out of 14 navigation. But when you diameter only 275 yards from the tees, the access shots are a real challenge, because couples often hit two to three – perhaps four – more clubs than its peers.
During the Thursday round, only seven out of 18 green were hit in regulation.
When he missed the green long green No. 1 and left, the couples faced hard up and down from short grass. Instead of stepping, he grabbed his putter and continued at 48-Naha Birdie Putt.
In No. 9, only 7 feet were left for his second birdie of the day.
On the 14th hole, the 186 yards pairs were out and proceeded to retrieve the 6-hybrid, which landed shortly from the pin and rolled directly into the cup for the eagle. The couples did not see how it went into the hole, but he celebrated as soon as he heard the roar and kissed his club for a good measure.
“I thought I had enough to get there, and then they were crazy,” the couples said. “It was fun.”
He said couples last year when he shot 80-76 in the first two days and missed the cut, was not completely healthy and did not have the right clubs in his bag to play what is now much longer Augusta National at 7,555 yards.
“Last year I had a lot of cortisone shots and I was really – it was the most pain I’ve ever been,” couples said. “If I come here and I can rock the club, I play. It wasn’t terrible. I just couldn’t hit it far enough or hit it well.”
Now couples enjoy their new settings, which include “many headgear” – because he added four rescue hybrids. His first iron in the bag is 7-weighing.
“Now I have a set of clubs that I feel like I can intervene here,” said couples. “If I did it today and tomorrow I will return with 70 or 71, the goal for me is to make a cut. Tomorrow may be different, maybe different shots. But it was fun. It was a very fun day.”
