With a weather delay to break up the action, it was difficult to know what would happen when they returned to Augusta National. As it turns out, Matsuyama loved the break and charged forward with the most gains yesterday. Except for a few 68s, there really was not much action at the top of the leaderboard. The players who we thought were going to make a charge, never really got their engines moving. Matsuyama provide the only real excitement for the millions of viewers……or was he?
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The Top Of The Leaderboard At The 2021 Masters Just Got Tighter
With Justin Rose shooting even par yesterday, he opened the door for the rest of the field to narrow his four stroke lead. It is not as if Rose failed to score well, shooting even par, it just that the other players took advantage of the better scoring conditions. I am actually surprised at how many players actually shot under par (11 on day one); 38 players were in red numbers on day two with Bernd Wiesberger and Tony Finau shooting 66. The conditions must have been very friendly to scoring to have just under half the players shooting under par. Yesterday was atypical and all the movement reminded me of what should happen today – moving day!
Continue readingA Different Kind of Major – The 2020 Masters
With day two sort of in the books, the 2020 Masters is shaping up to be a different kind of Major. I appreciate that the organizers must keep pressing on, but the split rounds really puts a damper on my overall excitement of watching The Masters. How about you?
Continue readingThe Open 2019 – Day 2
Day Two at the Open was filled with some great action. Of the many topics, Rory McIlroy’s race to make the cut was one of the biggest. What a Cinderella story that would have been. However, he is watching this weekend along with many other great players; that is the way of a Major. But fear not, there are many great players creeping their way to the top and Moving Day will be very interesting.
Continue reading2019 PGA Championship – Day Two
What! Koepka has a 7 stroke lead! Woods misses the cut! Spieth is in contention! And Day 2 proved that except for Brooks Koepka, the rest of the field is exactly where the pundits expected. So, why is Keopka crushing the field and extending his lead?
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