Thursday, April 5, 2007

Quite a Start...

Well two favourites, Els and Mickelson, are absolutely hacking the course to pieces. Both at +5. As I said yesterday, Els doesn't surprise me, but I'm shocked that Phil has started so poorly. The lead currently sits with Stenson and Rose at -2, but Els and Mickelson must be completely dazed by their starts.

It's clear the front nine, especially the first few holes, is playing extremely hard. Few players, if any, are escaping those early holes unscathed. Aaron Oberholser and DL III both have very impressive rounds going deep into the back nine. Oberholser appears to be over the back injury that put him out of action for the first few months of the season. Last week's top-10 and a good start here show that he's rounding into form at a very good time in the season.

Gotta love Tom Watson at even par through 12. I'd love to see a strong week from Tommy.

The Masters website, www.masters.org is great, but I miss the play-by-play feature of the pgatour.com leaderboard.

Stay tuned...

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