Hole 1 – Conners (-7) Reed (-5)
Not vintage stuff from the penultimate group.
Bogeys apiece for Conners and Reed as they fall further behind the two at the top.
Conners missing from no more than 18 inches with his par putt. Yikes!
Hole 1 – McIlroy (-12) DeChambeau (-10)
McIlroy’s drive is down the right side and looks like just falling into the bunker down just off the fairway.
DeChambeau with the draw on his 3-wood but it started left and it’s into the trees down that left side.
Nervy start from both. McIlroy begins his walk off the tee as soon as DeChambeau hit and was quick to point his arm out to the left to signal where it was going.
That would’ve helped him feel better after his drive.
On the first
Here we go then, the big two are on the first tee and this Masters Sunday action can really get going now.
We’ll try to remain impartial of course.
Huge ovations for McIlroy and DeChambeau making the walk here and the crowd are nine deep around to watch.
Hole 2 – Rose (-6) Johnson (-5)
What a bounce back from Zach Johnson, eagle on the second after a bogey opener.
His second shot found the front of the green, just over the greenside bunker and a great 12ft putt to put him into the red for the day.
Rose with just a par on that par 5.
