2023 Masters - Jon Rahm

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The Masters is on this weekend.
First round starts Thursday morning.
they had the Par 3 round on Wednesday which i watched and was entertaining.
Gary Player who is well into his 80's made a showing during this Par 3 round. he is amazing for his age , wow !

Not many like to win this Par 3 contest, as it seems that they think its a curse to win. If you win the Par 3 play, then you will not win the Masters tournament, or at least no one has. So most of these guys play the Par 3 for the fun of it alone and eventually do something to get their card disqualified. Like Sergio who was tied for the lead, attempted a chip shot and missed badly, he then picked up his ball and tried the same shot again, That got his card disqualified and probably by design for Sergio


Tiger Woods is in the hunt for another Masters.
If he makes the cut, he will have tied the record for 23 straight Masters without missing the cut.
Ties with Gary Player and Nick Faldo , I think.
*scratch Faldo , it was Freddy Couples and Gary Player.


The weekend looks to be cold thou and with electrical strikes in the air, so it seems. This will not play good for Tiger as he will be playing his round when all hell breaks loose which will most likely delay the play till the next day. Which will be tough on the old guy with his injuries and etc... This is what happened to Tiger in the Masters last year. He made the cut even while supporting a bad leg and hip, but come game time the bad weather set in which killed Tiger and his game. I doubt Tiger will be the Masters winner with all this against him. But would be good to see some good golf from the Big Cat this weekend.

Last year's Masters winner has been playing some great golf recently and has a good chance to repeat the championship at this Masters.
Rory is and has been playing great too and has a chance at his 9th try at a Grand Slam, if he wins come Sunday.
Jason Day as well will be one to watch. He has been playing some good golf lately.

MANY others are favorites as well, it's a 'staked' field.
Anyone could win this thing come Sunday

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The article linked below was just posted about an hour ago.
It's an interesting analysis and predictions for this year's Masters.

https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/2023-masters-picks-odds-expert-predictions-betting-favorites-to-win-from-field-at-augusta-national/

[4me2c]

4me's Picks are Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Scottie Scheffler, 1-4...!!!

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After opening with a double bogey on the first hole , John Rahm went on to score a 65 and tied for the lead at -7
What a performance !

Rory is not fairing so well with a bogie and a double bogie.
Hovland who was paired with Tiger, is also sitting at -7 and IN the clubhouse with a score of 65 as well.
Tiger, not so good

Cam Young has been impressive and IN the clubhouse @ -5

Still lots of golf to go for the day with Speith, Day and others now on the back nine.

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Rahm, Hovland and Koepka are tied for the lead @ 7 under.
Young and Day holding fast @ 5 under.

A couple notables are Freddy Couples and Mickelson in @ 1 under par.
Woods finishes @ 2 over par.

Spieth in @ 2 under and Rory @ Even
And our defending Master's Champ Scottie Scheffler in @ 4 under.

Projected cut line @ 1 over par

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Scottie Scheffler missed some putts which he should not have. There were 3 or 4 of them that were within 2 feet which he missed.

I don't think there is a doubt that Scottie will find his putter soon thou. How can he not when at his level?
And when he does, I say look out to the rest of the field

Back to Back Masters has only been done by a two or three players in the history of the tourney.
Tiger done it in 2002 and only Nicholas and Faldo have also done it.

65 is a course record which is now shared by Rahm, Keopka and Hovland !
If only Scottie hadn't of missed those 3 or 4 short putts.
Or Rahm's double bogey at the first.

With all the names on the top of the Leaderboard, it's gonna be a golf game today !
Just looking for Rory to catch up

And will we hear the the roar of the Big Cat this Friday at Augusta !?

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With 2nd round play (cut day), the projected cut is now set @ 2 over Par

Brooks Koepka was one of the first of the leaders to tee off earlier this morning and now @ -12 currently on the 15th hole (shooting 5 under for the day this far).
Jason Day @ -8 on the 12th is the other top score for those out on the course so far today.

Sottie got a Bogey on the 9th

Spieth worked his way from -3 to -5 on his first 5 holes, now @ -4 on the 7th

added:
projected cut is set back up to 1 over Par

Rain and lightening in the air has cancelled the second round with a few players not yet finished their rounds, including Tiger, Rahm and Hovlan. So they will have to finish up early Saturday morning.

Scottie has not yet found his putter
Rory had a score of 77 for the day and will miss the cut.

Koepkla is IN the clubhouse @ -12
Day dropped back from -9 to -5
So did the rest of the field. They all lost a few strokes during their rounds.
Except Phil, who had a double Bogey but finished with 3 or 4 Birdies,

Our low Ammeter Bennet, was hoping to be the low Ammeter in the field, but he has a chance to win this whole thing. Showing a -8 on his scorecard after Friday's round.
Great golf from Bennet these last two rounds. This is Bennet's first appearance at Augusta

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The players that did not finish yesterday's round are out on the course now. And it's raining, with more in the forecast.

A few of the scores thru holes 14 and 15...
Rahm @-10, Havland @-6, Woods @+1, and Young @-7
Lowery IN @ -4

I think the projected cut is now set @ 2 over Par


Koepka (@-12) has not yet teed off for his Saturday's 3rd round.
Rahm who is finishing up his Fridays' round is currently 2 back of the leader, with a possible Birdie chance coming up on the 15th which would put him @-11
Rahm got his Birdie to move within one , but then the 16th gave him a Bogey.

Tiger dropped a shot at the 17th as did Justin Thomas on the 15th, which puts them @+2 and right on the cut line.

Tiger's tee shot on the 18th went left into the trees

Tiger had a long putt to save Par , but missed it by couple feet. A Bogey will put Tiger @+3
The cut line @+2 is still not written in stone yet, but it's almost.

Tiger's only chance now is if one of the two possible players (Thomas or IM) gets a Bogey in their last 2 holes, which would move the cut line to +3

Rahm gets a Birdie on the 17th.
That's 3 Birdies with the one Bogey for Rahm since play started this morning (in the rain).

Thomas Bogeys the 17th !!!
Tiger may be in !

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Thomas Bogeys the 17th !!!
This means the cut line may have moved to +3 and also means that Tiger @+3 may be in !

Kind of ironic cause the rain is really coming down and others are getting Bogeys too.
It only could have been Thomas or IM to make Bogeys to drop that cutline thou, (the others were too far above the cut to change anything)..

The ironic thing is that in last year's Masters play, Tiger lost his game once the weather came in.
While today that weather just very well have saved Tiger.


Sheets of rain coming down. Play is still on with two groupings yet to come IN
No lightening , so they play on... Just an April shower




Saturday's Round 3 Leaderboard ..
(look for the 3rd Round's first group to tee off in 20 minutes time, in the rain)

Brooks Koepka @-12
Jon Rahm @-10
Sam Bennett(A) @-8
Collin Morikawa @-6
Viktor Hovland @-6
Jason Day @-5
Sam Burns @-5
Jordan Spieth @-5
Cameron Young @-5

*Other notables ..
Phil Mickelson @-4
Scottie Scheffler @-1
Fred Couples @+1
Tiger Woods @+3

*Missed Cut ..
Bryson DeChambeau @+4
Mike Weir @+4
Rory McIlroy @+5
Sergio Garcia @+7



Tiger ties with Gary Player and Freddie Couples with 23 consecutive times to make the cut @ The Masters.
Tiger's only time he did not make the cut was as an Ammeter.
The following year as a Pro, he won the Masters, becoming the youngest to do so.

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Lucky #13....?!?