The players in this year’s US Masters had flagged in advance for a more difficult course than usual at Augusta National and the 2017 champion Sergio Garcia, four over par, likened the opening round to going twelve rounds against a professional boxer.
But no one seems to have told Justin Rose. The Englishman admittedly started with a bogey and then needed another six holes before the swing sat as it should and the putts started to roll in.
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