Thursday, April 7, 2016

Masters Preview

The Masters starts today, and we will preview it by giving you a list of the top 10 players in the world, according to the World Golf Ranking, along with each of their odds of winning, according to the British betting markets:

1.  Jason Day (AUS):  6 to 1
2.  Jordan Spieth:  8 to 1
3.  Rory McIlroy (NIR):  7 to 1
4.  Bubba Watson:  12 to 1
5.  Rickie Fowler:  12 to 1
6.  Henrik Stenson (SWE):  20 to 1
7.  Adam Scott (AUS):  12 to 1
8.  Dustin Johnson:  20 to 1
9.  Justin Rose (ENG):  16 to 1
10.  Patrick Reed:  80 to 1

It looks like a beautiful day in Augusta.  Any further thoughts will go in the comments.

29 comments:

  1. After seven holes, Jordan Spieth is tied for the lead at 2 under.

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  2. After eight holes, Jordan Spieth has the lead to himself at 3 under.

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  3. After ten holes, Jordan Spieth has the lead to himself at 4 under.

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  4. As of right now, the British betting houses are offering odds of 3 to 1 on Spieth's chances of victory.

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  5. After thirteen holes, Jordan Spieth has the lead to himself at 5 under.

    Rickie Fowler is 5 over through 14, and will not win his first major this weekend.

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  6. One of the patrons on the Guardian, bemused by the presence of so many U.S. golfers with names like "Jordan" and "Bryson," suggested that you could make up your own U.S. golfer name by taking the names of the U.K. Prime Minister and U.S. President from when you were born. That would make me "Wilson Johnson," which is a pretty good U.S. golfer name. SmartGirl would be "Blair Clinton," which is even better.

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  7. Jordan Spieth birdies the last, and posts a 6-under par 66. He has a three-shot lead for now.

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  8. Rickie Fowler shot a 44 on the back nine -- I don't remember ever hearing of such a score at Augusta -- and carded an 80 for the day.

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  9. Jason Day eagles the second, birdies the fifth, birdies the eighth, and birdies the ninth to go out in 31 -- 5 under par. He is one shot behind Spieth.

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  10. Dustin Johnson is in the clubhouse with a 1-over 73.

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  11. Justin Rose, who sounds like a U.S. golfer, but who is not, has posted a 3-under par 69.

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  12. Shane Lowry goes out in 31, and so he is 5-under par, one shot off the lead.

    Jason Day is in third, because he is 4-under through 11 holes.

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  13. Adam Scott cards a 4-over par 76, which is surprisingly bad.

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  14. Through 14, Jason Day is 5 under par.

    Through 11, Rory McIlroy is 1 under par.

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  15. Davis Love III posts a 1-over par 73.

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  16. Jason Day bogeys the 15th hole, makes a triple bogey on 16 (he went into the water), and is at even par heading to 18.

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  17. Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy eagles the 13th to move to 3 under par.

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  18. Danny Lee is in the clubhouse with a 4-under 68.

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  19. Rory birdies the 15th to move to 4-under par.

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  20. Day finishes with an even-par 72. He had back to back 6's on 15 and 16. You don't see back to back 6's on the PGA Tour all that often, especially in even-par rounds.

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  21. Rory bogeys 16, which is causing all sorts of trouble today, and falls back to 3-under.

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  22. Sergio Garcia finishes with a 3-under par 69.

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  23. Notables:

    Bubba Watson shot a 3-over par 75.
    Ernie Els shot an 8-over par 80.
    Ian Woosnam shot a 10-over par 82.

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  24. Shane Lowry finishes with a 4-under par 68.

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  25. J.B. Holmes, of Campbellsville, Kentucky, birdies the last to finish with an even-par 72.

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  26. McIlroy bogeys the last, and finishes with a 2-under par 70.

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