Augusta, Ga. – Rory Mcilroy blew in front of the media pending and headed directly in the parking lot Thursday evening at the Masters.
It was this kind of end in his opening turn.
Apparently in the complete command of his game, McILroy defeated in his last 90 minutes, taking two double bogeys in four holes to light up at a 72 pair-by-filet which left him seven heads.
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It was an astonishing end to what had been a stable and methodical performance, with McILroy who made his way around an increasingly firm national Augusta and to jump to the mark of 4 sous, at the start of second place.
But McILroy put the tee back on the par-5 15thLeaving it more than 230 meters in the green which was recently redone and, commented the players, is one of the strongest on the route. Even with its imposing trajectory, the 4-Fer of McILroy could not maintain the surface of put and delimited on the back, leaving a descent and descent chip towards the water. Although he seemed to cut his third shot well, he practically had no seizure, the ball never checks and never moving to the front of the green and in the pond. After falling on the other side of the water, his land went for too long and then he had two strokes for a Bogey 7.
“It’s already really firm,” said Akshay Bhatia, who pulled 70 alongside McILroy. “It’s a very good risk hole. This is an interesting decision you have to make. ”
Simpler was the second shot from McILroy from the first cup on the 17ththBut he did not properly execute that one either. From 175 meters, his approach sailed almost at the back on the back and bounced 20 meters above the back of the green. He struck another quality step of less than 25 feet, skipped his putt by putt at 6 feet and also missed this one for a double Bogey Sloate.
The peer of McILroy on the last one gave him a 72, and he walked in the face of stone in the rating room.
It was undoubtedly one of the most important cycles of the McILroy season, when he entered the masters – the last step he needs to finish the big career home – in some of the best forms of the start of his career. He has already won twice, at Pebble Beach and TPC Sawgrass, and leads the PGA Tour in the won strokes: Total. He made two preparatory trips to Scout Augusta National in the past three weeks, and he even sat for lunch with the master champion Jack Nicklaus to go with his strategy.
Just twice in 16 previous departures, McILroy started the Masters with a round in the 60s, the twice putting him in a favorable position: in 2011, he opened with a 65 and had an advance of four shots on Sunday before taking place with a fence of 80; And in 2018, he used a hot start to play his way in the final group on Sunday (pulled 74).
Now, recent history suggests that it could be difficult for McILroy to overcome this deficit: 18 of the last 19 winners of the masters were four heads of the head after day 1.
After the shocking arrival, he was already seven years old, with 26 players in front of him.
