Instead of faulting himself, Rose was quick to praise Garcia on his performance - especially over the final five holes.
Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open champion, was proud of the way he coped with the pressure-cooker atmosphere, making five birdies and two bogeys in the cauldron of Augusta.
Spieth has played three Masters, winning the Green Jacket once and finishing runner-up twice.
"(Today) is a huge day", Rose said. I felt like I had an opportunity yesterday to shoot something in the mid to high 60s which would have got me closer to the lead today and I didn't quite do that. "That's all you want", Rose said. It would be something that is hard to describe but we still have one day to go. The Hollywood golfer shot four birdies on the way to a -1 round on 71.
In April 1999 was low amateur at the Masters, the same year as compatriot Jose Maria Olazabal won his second Green Jacket. Garcia said after his round. "It really meant a lot". "I got to work on some stuff in my short game".
Justin Rose sounded more like a golf fan planning out his Sunday TV schedule than a co-leader at the Masters prepping for the final round.
Sergio, if you don't know, is the Spanish golfer who's been one of the world's best almost 20 years now.
On the 20th anniversary of Tiger Woods' record-setting victory, which he led by nine shots after three rounds and turned the final round into a formality, this isn't expected to be a runaway.
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Clinton made the remarks at the Women in the World summit in her first public interview since the November election. There will be people who say, it's not our fight, we don't care, what difference does it make, we're not involved.
Not with six players within four shots of the lead, and eight more within five shots.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Justin Rose had a back-nine charge so common at Augusta National. "Guys can either melt down or guys can come from behind and win big".
"It came down to the back nine on Sunday here, which is what this tournament is famous for". In super windy conditions, Charley dominated the competition by FOUR strokes - the biggest lead after the first round of Masters since 1941. This less-than-desired score put him in a tied for first position against Sergio Garcia.
Perhaps the most daunting name at Augusta National is Jordan Spieth, who began this Masters with a quadruple-bogey 9 on the 15th hole of the opening round and was 10 shots out of the lead when he trudged off the course Thursday. The ensuing double bogey dropped him out of the lead and he finished his round at 4-under.
Western Australian amateur Curtis Luck bogeyed the first hole on his way to a 3-over round of 75. "So you know, we are going to go out there and do well again, and you know, just make sure we have a good chance coming into the last five or six holes and see what happens". It's the first time he doesn't hold the 54-hole lead.
His Masters finishes are second, first and second.
This is the fifth and final year of Els' exemption from winning his fourth major at the 2012 British Open. I didn't know going into my first one if I would have five chances in my life. "We made our goal which was to shoot four (under par) which was going to give us a chance tomorrow". It's a good place to be since the victor has come out of that group 21 of the past 26 years. Last year, the Masters was won by Danny Willett. Sergio Garcia finally caught a good break in a major. Couples shot 74 and is tied for 17th at 1-over 217, while Mickelson also shot 74 with a double at the par-4 third and fell into a tie for 21st at 2-over 218. American William McGirt and South Africa's Charl Schwartzel were on two-under.
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