by Scottie Scheffler started a threatening start in his offer for a third master’s title in four years after honorary starter Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson Rory McIlroy had supported in order to finally triumph nationally at Augusta.
After Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods, the Backlaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods won, Scheffler aimed to achieve the early clubhouse lead with the Canadas Corey Conners.
Justin Rose’s two -time place set the pace on the pitch, the former US Open Champion raced at 31 a.m. and won his sixth Birdie of the Day on 10th.
Scheffler missed the start of the season due to an operation due to a hand injury suffering from the preparation of Christmas dinner, but became second in the Houston Open at his last start of competition and continued where he stopped on Thursday.
After Scheffler left a long birdie attempt on the first centimeter in front of the hole, after an excellent place he took a shot on the second with Par-Five, and then blazed for Birdie on fourth.
Another birdie on the eighth Par-Five-Dachel brought Scheffler in 33 and although surprisingly, he missed the Par-Five 13. For Par of 40 feet for Birdie on 16 and just eight feet.
The number one in the world was in the exercise range when Nicklaus, Watson and Player sent their annual press conference after he had met ceremonial t -shots on the opening hole to get the first major of the year.
When asked who you would win for a coveted green jacket on Sunday or who you wanted to win, all three nominated Mcilroy world number -zwei
Nicklaus also revealed that he had recently had lunch with McIlroy and gave the Northern Irishman’s shot-after-shot plan to combat Augusta National.
“I think it’s time that Rory won and I sat down with him last week,” said Nicklaus. “I said ‘I know that you have prepared for Augusta, tell me how you will play the golf course.’
“We went through for shot, we finished with the round, I didn’t open my mouth and I said:” I wouldn’t change anything “. That’s exactly how I would try to play the golf course.
“In my opinion, the discipline to do this was missing Rory. He has all the recordings, he has the whole game.
“He is certainly as talented as everyone else in the game, but if they go through his story in recent years, he comes to a place and suddenly seven or eight, and that stops where he has to go where he has to go.”
McIlroy would win all four main titles with Nicklaus, player, Ben Hogan, Gene Saracen and Woods when he is victorious with the Masters, and the player added: “I hope he does it because Golf will give a big boost to have another winner of the Grand Slam.”
McIlroy, who was among the later starters on Thursday, had third and eighth place under Par, a shot behind Ryder Cup teammate Tyrrell Hatton, who had recorded four birdies and a lonely bogey in a 69-year-old.
