Golf
Big Easy and Spieth on fire at Augusta─── 08:49 Fri, 10 Apr 2015
21-Year-old Jordan Spieth of the United States in the mad to catch on day two of the Masters at Augusta after the US Ryder Cup star took the first round lead yesterday.
The Texan at one stage looked in line to become the first player to shoot below 63 in a major, but a poor approach shot to the 15th led to his only bogey and nudged the record out of his grasp and left him on 8 under par 64.
South Africa’s Ernie Els got off to his best ever start at the Masters with a 5 under par 67 to share second.
The Big Easy, playing in his 21st Masters and with two runner-up finishes to his name, rode an eagle on the 15th to record his best score since 2003.
Els said the new shafts he has been using over the past few months helped in his round.
The first round leaderboard at the 2015 Masters
64 - Jordan Spieth (USA)
67 - Charley Hoffman (USA), Justin Rose (ENG), Ernie Els (RSA), Jason Day (AUS)
68 - Sergio Garca (ESP), Russell Henley (USA)
69 - Ryan Palmer (USA), Bill Haas (USA), Webb Simpson (USA), Paul Casey (ENG)
70 - Phil Mickelson (USA), Billy Horschel (USA), Kevin Streelman (USA), Patrick Reed (USA), Dustin Johnson (USA), Noh Seung-Yul (KOR)
71 - Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Anirban Lahiri (IND), John Senden (AUS), Cameron Tringale (USA), Danny Willett (ENG), Tom Watson (USA), Gary Woodland (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Bubba Watson (USA), Stephen Gallacher (SCO), Rory McIlroy (NIR), Graeme McDowell (NIR)
72 - Padraig Harrington (IRL), Angel Cabrera (ARG), Chris Kirk (USA), Matt Kuchar (USA), Zach Johnson (USA), Adam Scott (AUS), Camilo Villegas (COL), Thomas Bjorn (DEN), Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Jonas Blixt (SWE)
73 - Henrik Stenson (SWE), Bernhard Langer (GER), Steve Stricker (USA), Erik Compton (USA), Matt Every (USA), Morgan Hoffmann (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Mark O'Meara (USA), James Hahn (USA), Jimmy Walker (USA), Tiger Woods (USA), Ian Poulter (ENG), Lee Westwood (ENG)
74 - Brooks Koepka (USA), Kevin Na (USA), Jason Dufner (USA), Ryan Moore (USA), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Byron Meth (USA), Ben Martin (USA), Jim Furyk (USA), Victor Dubuisson (FRA), Mikko Ilonen (FIN), Geoff Ogilvy (AUS), Bae Sang-Moon (KOR), Darren Clarke (NIR), Sandy Lyle (SCO), Jamie Donaldson (WAL)
75 - Ian Woosnam (WAL), Shane Lowry (IRL), Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Vijay Singh (FIJ), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT), Branden Grace (RSA), Hunter Mahan (USA), Luke Donald (ENG)
76 - Brian Harman (USA), JB Holmes (USA), Scott Harvey (USA), Trevor Immelman (RSA), Joost Luiten (NED), Matias Dominguez (CHI), Martin Kaymer (GER)
77 - Kevin Stadler (USA)
78 - Larry Mize (USA), Miguel Angel Jimnez (ESP), Antonio Murdaca (AUS), Bradley Neil (SCO)
79 - Jose Mara Olazbal (ESP), Ben Crane (USA), Fred Couples (USA)
80 - Brendon Todd (USA), Robert Streb (USA), Corey Conners (CAN)
82 - Mike Weir (CAN)
85 - Yang Gunn (KOR)
91 - Ben Crenshaw (USA)
Morgan Piek / OFM News
