Under brutal conditions, Charley Hoffman fired a 7-under 65 on Thursday at the Masters to take the opening round lead in the 81st edition of the Masters Tournament. In total on 11 players made it to the red numbers.
Recent Memorial winner William McGirt ended at 3-under for sole 2nd, while Lee Westwood rounded out the top-3 with a 2-under 70. A group of eight players, headlined by Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose, were tied for the fourth spot at 1-under-par.
Twitter Reactions
Spieth’s Quadruple Bogey on 15
Jordan Spieth made another quadruple bogey on the back-nine at Augusta. This time on the 15th hole.
Jordan Spieth went a full 21 holes between quads at Augusta.
— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) April 6, 2017
Death, taxes and Jordan Spieth making birdie after a quadruple-bogey on the back 9 at Augusta. #themasters
— Sports Insights (@SportsInsights) April 6, 2017
Jordan Spieth just made a 9 on 15. It means that in his last 22 holes at Augusta he's made two quadruple bogeys. You cannot be serious.
— Mike Lupica (@MikeLupica) April 6, 2017
DJ’s Withdrawal
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson had to withdraw due to a back injury he suffered in a freak accident on Thursday afternoon.
Was Dustin Johnson the worst bet in history of gambling?
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) April 6, 2017
The only real reason we're all pissed that Dustin Johnson withdrew from the 2017 #TheMasters. Is that we don't get to see Paulina Gretzky.
— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) April 6, 2017
I feel awful for Dustin Johnson. Most shocking golf twist since the time Happy Gilmore got hit by a Volkswagen in the '96 Tour Championship.
— Scott Bell (@ScottBellDMN) April 6, 2017
Charley Hoffman Leads
Charley Hoffman is not considered a marquee name for golf fans, but leads by four after the first round.
Charley Hoffman running away with this after round 1, which means he won't be anywhere to be seen come Sunday afternoon. Remarkable.
— Tweeter Alliss (@TweeterAlliss) April 6, 2017
Is there a better Thursday-Friday PGA player than Charley Hoffman?
— tim sanders (@timbo_okc) April 6, 2017
Charley Hoffman, don't you dare ruin my favorite weekend of the year!
— Jon Weiner (@Stugotz790) April 7, 2017
Wrapping All 3 Storylines Into One Tweet
Just as we all thought, William McGirt & Charley Hoffman your co-leaders @TheMasters. Meantime, World No.1 WDs & World Fave makes 9. @news9
— Dean Blevins (@DeanBlevins) April 6, 2017
Round One Leaderboard
The Masters, Round One
| POS | NAME | TO-PAR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charley Hoffman | -7 |
| 2 | William McGirt | -3 |
| 3 | Lee Westwood | -2 |
| T4 | Sergio Garcia | -1 |
| T4 | Phil Mickelson | -1 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | -1 |
| T4 | Kevin Chappell | -1 |
| T4 | Jason Dufner | -1 |
| T4 | Russell Henley | -1 |
| T4 | Andy Sullivan | -1 |
| T4 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | -1 |
| T12 | Soren Kjeldsen | E |
| T12 | Thomas Pieters | E |
| T12 | Matt Kuchar | E |
| T12 | Rory McIlroy | E |
| T12 | Ernie Els | E |
| T12 | Paul Casey | E |
| T12 | Shane Lowry | E |
| T19 | Rickie Fowler | 1 |
| T19 | Jon Rahm | 1 |
| T19 | Fred Couples | 1 |
| T19 | Marc Leishman | 1 |
| T19 | Justin Thomas | 1 |
| T19 | Scott Piercy | 1 |
| T19 | Danny Willett | 1 |
| T26 | Ryan Moore | 2 |
| T26 | Jason Day | 2 |
| T26 | Charl Schwartzel | 2 |
| T26 | Brendan Steele | 2 |
| T26 | Stewart Hagestad | 2 |
| T26 | Brooks Koepka | 2 |
| T26 | Pat Perez | 2 |
| T26 | Daniel Summerhays | 2 |
| T26 | Kevin Kisner | 2 |
| T26 | Larry Mize | 2 |
| T26 | Yuta Ikeda | 2 |
| T26 | Chris Wood | 2 |
| T26 | Alexander Noren | 2 |
| T26 | Rod Pampling | 2 |
| T26 | Bubba Watson | 2 |
| T41 | Adam Scott | 3 |
| T41 | Bill Haas | 3 |
| T41 | Adam Hadwin | 3 |
| T41 | Jordan Spieth | 3 |
| T41 | Steve Stricker | 3 |
| T41 | Billy Hurley III | 3 |
| T41 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 3 |
| T41 | Brandt Snedeker | 3 |
| T41 | James Hahn | 3 |
| T41 | Webb Simpson | 3 |
| T41 | Bernhard Langer | 3 |
| T41 | Si Woo Kim | 3 |
| T41 | Gary Woodland | 3 |
| T54 | Hideki Matsuyama | 4 |
| T54 | Jimmy Walker | 4 |
| T54 | Byeong-Hun An | 4 |
| T54 | Branden Grace | 4 |
| T54 | Ross Fisher | 4 |
| T54 | Sean O'Hair | 4 |
| T54 | Kevin Na | 4 |
| T54 | Russell Knox | 4 |
| T54 | Patrick Reed | 4 |
| T54 | Ian Woosnam | 4 |
| T54 | Mike Weir | 4 |
| T54 | Hideto Tanihara | 4 |
| T66 | Brian Stuard | 5 |
| T66 | Louis Oosthuizen | 5 |
| T66 | Bernd Wiesberger | 5 |
| T66 | Zach Johnson | 5 |
| T66 | Henrik Stenson | 5 |
| T66 | Daniel Berger | 5 |
| T66 | Jose-Maria Olazabal | 5 |
| T66 | Hudson Swafford | 5 |
| T66 | Sandy Lyle | 5 |
| T75 | Martin Kaymer | 6 |
| T75 | Tommy Fleetwood | 6 |
| T75 | Curtis Luck | 6 |
| T75 | Jim Furyk | 6 |
| T75 | J.B. Holmes | 6 |
| T75 | Francesco Molinari | 6 |
| T75 | Jeunghun Wang | 6 |
| T75 | Brad Dalke | 6 |
| T75 | Vijay Singh | 6 |
| T75 | Jhonattan Vegas | 6 |
| T75 | Mark O'Meara | 6 |
| T86 | Emiliano Grillo | 7 |
| T86 | Angel Cabrera | 7 |
| T86 | Trevor Immelman | 7 |
| T86 | Roberto Castro | 7 |
| T86 | Mackenzie Hughes | 7 |
| T91 | Tyrrell Hatton | 8 |
| T92 | Toto Gana | 9 |
| T93 | Scott Gregory | 10 |
