Woods finished a whopping 23 shots behind Scheffler, who claimed his first major title.
Hideki Matsuyama scripted a new chapter in Japanese golf history as he became the first player from the country to win the Masters Tournament, which is much revered there
Only 12 out of the entire field were under par which really is the toll the greens, and a little bit of wind, extracted on this testing day. Friday will be worse
There is no tournament like the Masters and players feel that no tournament treats players the way they are treated here
Woods was laid low by a high-speed automobile accident at a treacherous bend in the road and will not be competing in this year's event.
Saturday opened chillier, windier and sunnier than the Friday, promising still drier, harder and faster greens, and consequently higher scores.Some sane advice for the Masters under these conditions: If one misfires on the green from even ten feet, one could drift several feet away presenting a testing return putt, therefore be very careful. It is a given that players will miss greens as their approaches drift in the wind gusts and up and downs will be very difficult; therefore bogeys will come but accept these and don't despair; whatever you do don't take a double. In these conditions, a par 72 is excellent so don't get ahead of yourself and, if you have a couple of successive brilliant holes, don't allow the rush of blood to drive you to aggression: hubris is waiting. Don't try to create high risk opportunities but let opportunities present themselves to you and then take advantage of them. Don't forget that Tom Weiskopf, four times T2 at the Masters, in 1980, on Golden Bell (or Je