Round 1 of the Masters ended with Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland sharing the early lead while Cameron Young and Jason Day were two shots back.
It was a brilliant day for U.S. Amateur champion Sam Bennett, who played a bogey-free opening round — the first amateur to do so since 1991 — and is in a cluster at four under that includes defending champion Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele, as well as major winners Shane Lowry and Adam Scott.
Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday in Augusta, Ga. “It’s been incredible,” Bennett said. “Dream come true to be able to tee it up at Augusta playing the Masters. I’m soaking it all in.” An issue that has been percolating for months is the inclusion of LIV Golf players in the field, and Koepka’s strong opening round keeps that story line at center stage. But only six of that upstart league’s 18 players were under par in the opening round.
“We’re still close with these guys, still see them,” Koepka said of his friends still on the PGA Tour. “A lot of them down in Jupiter [Fla.], so you see them quite a bit. I mean, nothing new. Probably about maybe 10 guys I just haven’t seen or communicated with.Withdrawing from the tournament were Will Zalatoris, who suffered two herniated disks in his back last year, and Kevin Na, dealing with an illness.
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