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The 89th playing of the Masters gets underway Thursday morning at the picturesque Augusta National Golf Club.
From CBS Sports
the weekend festivities are kicking off with the first round of play.
From USA Today
“If you happen to do that at Augusta National, they’d take you off the property and you’d never caddie there again,” a longtime tour caddie said.
From The New York Times
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At -4, Scheffler and Conners are currently tied for second as Justin Rose continues to hold at -6 after 11. Tyrrell Hatton, who at one point held the lead, hit a bogey on the 17th and is now in fourth at -3 with one remaining.
It was an exhilarating opening day of action at Augusta National for the 2025 Masters, with plenty of drama at both ends of the leaderboard. Overnight leader Justin Rose enjoyed a stellar round one, with the Englishman sitting seven under after his first 18 holes of golf.
Justin Rose rolled back the years at the Masters to storm into a first-round lead but Rory McIlroy ’s pursuit of the Englishman unravelled in extraordinary fashion with four dropped shots on his final four holes to finish seven off the pace.