Treacherous masters Hole masters extracts contenders on day 1

Augusta National It is full of complications and diabolical shots that must be played to perfection if you plan to get up and fight for a green jacket.

Tuesday, Victor Hovland described the challenge perfectly The iconic course presents, stressing that if your “technique” is turned off in any respect, you will not have a fun walk. there are countless shots – from access to 11 green to shot to 12 – that determine who survives and who is destroyed in Augusta National.

But during the first round of Thursday of 2025 masters, a treacherous shot claimed several victims: the second in 550 Oborre par-5 15.

With the pin in the front right, the players going to green in two were faced with a hard task to try to keep the reconstructed green, strong with a medium or long iron, knowing that if the ball jumped over the green, they would be left with one hard -off chip This can compete beyond the hole and in the water.

“I had a full 4-hekuri there today, and I pulled it a little, I landed in the middle of the green, and she jumped a good-it was probably a good 10 steps over the green almost,” said Victor Hovland, who shot one, said. “Just really hard. I hit a really beautiful blow, and I was sure to target it really far from the left, away from the pin, because you could easily hit a beautiful step in that green, and it just rolls into the water, which I’m sure many boys did today.

“You don’t have to be away to make a pair or hit it in the water or whatever.”

Hovland played a beautiful chip and was able to make birds.

Others were not so lucky.

Patrick Cantlay arrived at the 15th with one under. He hit his second shot in green; It took a massive and caroming hop 42 yards away from the pin. The Cantlay field from over the back of the green was twice on the doorstep and then rolled through the hole, outside the green and in the water. Cantlay was loaded with load and found the watery tomb again. He left with a triple trick and finished two above.

Some groups later, Rory McilroY arrived at 15 in cruise control. He was four under and had just blined a car down the middle of the road. The second Mcilroy Earth’s Pin of the Earth high, but limited over the green, and its chip received two large jumps and quickly rolled beyond the cup and in the water.

It is an Mcilroy Debale predicted the day before. He knew what was falling at No. 15 in Augusta National.

Rory Mcilroy envisioned his Thursday’s debut in the 2025 masters on Tuesday – at least he knew what was falling at No. 15 in Augusta National.

“I think everyone saw the ladies playing here on Saturday that those greens are always a little stronger, especially 15, for example, seeing the balls that shot in that green,” Mcilroy said during his press conference in front of the tournament.

He made double and finished the day at the same time.

“It is complicated,” said Ludwig Aberg, who shot four under, for the 15th. “Green is new, so it gets a little stronger than some of the other ones. I’ve been lucky to have my driving too far there, so I could hit an iron there. But you are playing with fire when you are confused with that front, especially with a short stake. That chip from long get wedge.

Tyrrell Hatton, who has a the story of 15th dislikeKnown as “Firethorn”, it may disagree with the rating “Good Golf hole” from Aberg.

“The wedge hit is so difficult. I think over the years also that Green has got stronger and stronger. I really want them not to extend it,” Hatton said. “… Jordan (spieth), I think he hit 5-and in today, which is okay, he is hitting an iron, but he lowered it from the pins to green and if it goes two meters further, it is out of the amazing shot, but is just keeping the front. Rain, not to have any hard rain, keep going to your feet.

Right of the forecast, it is a green that is likely to continue to continue to rise while the week continues.

At the time the Sunday rotates, as the contenders decide to attack “Firethorn” can be very well Wrap by deciding who slips Jackets when everything is said and done.