BESTS
Opening highlights
Shot
Ian Poulter, right, used an 8-iron to ace the 170-yard, par-3 16th hole. It was the 11th ace in Masters history on the hole, the last coming from Trevor Immelman in 2005.
Chip in
Tiger Woods chipped in for eagle from behind the 15th green. It was the only eagle of the day at the 530-yard, par-5 hole.
Aim
Poulter, Jim Furyk and Johnson Wagner hit 16-of-18 greens in regulation. Furyk and Poulter finished with 70s. Wagner, the last man into this year’s field, shot a 72.
Anthony Cotton, The Denver Post; Associated Press
WORSTS
Really down days
Walk around Augusta.
The good news is that
72-year-old Gary Player played in his 51st Masters, a
record. The bad news is that he finished with an 83, highest
score in the 94-player field.
Up-and-down-down-down round.
Playing in his sixth
Masters, but first in the last five years, Steve Lowery
shot an 81. Lowery had three birdies, but negated that
with eight bogeys and two double bogeys.
Blade runners.
Anders Hansen and Hunter Mahan putted
34 times each during the first round. The duo shot 80
and 77, respectively.
Anthony Cotton, The Denver Post
Hole of the day
465-yard, par-4 18th.
Some of the most enduring Masters photos feature the crowds lining both sides of this fairway when the final-round leader tees off. After Thursday, there’s no telling who that might be — or if they will want any part of the hole. No. 18 played at 4.34 strokes in the opening round, the toughest on the course. None of the players in the field made a birdie there.
Anthony Cotton, Denver Post
