Danny Willett's chances of winning back-to-back Masters seemed to be over nearly before the 2017 tournament got started. He returned home to Yorkshire, England, a first-time Major champion and a national hero, the first British player to win the Masters since Nick Faldo in 1996.
He said it's been a whirlwind of a year since winning the Green Jacket. Knox holds the course record from the members tees and famously outscored Rory McIlroy when they played together in 2014.
Branden Grace was in danger of missing the cut at six over par with four holes to play, but gave himself some breathing space in style by holing out from 95 yards for the only eagle so far on the 15th. Willett finished his round 11 shots back of co-leaders Charley Hoffman and Sergio Garcia, who are in the clubhouse at -4. "To not have him here, it's going to be a sad week", Willett said. Willet missed the over-six cut by one stroke. From there, it turned into an adventure, one day after recording a double on the same hole. He opens his first round at 12:24 p.m. on Thursday and will tee off at 9:06 a.m. on Friday as he plays with Matt Kuchar and amateur Curtis Luck in the first two rounds.
"You're nearly hoping that you dropped all your shots just in one go, which is what we kind of did", Willett said.
"I feel so fortunate that I have been able to play many majors in a row and given myself a lot of chances".
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Willett then went from playing his third to among patrons gathered around the left side of the green, hitting his fourth off the green and some 50-foot just off the front of the green before walking away with a "fat lady" quadruple bogey eight.
Bjorn is at Augusta, and for a first time without his golf clubs since 2015, as part of the SKY commentary team.
During a practice round Tuesday few were following the defending champion. At least Willett will be back on Sunday to put the green jacket on the new champion. "And obviously how it unfolded with everything like that on Sunday, as well, made it a little bit more dramatic for the guys watching". He is 66/1 to win the tournament or a safer bet is a top 10 finish at 9/2.
Add in an incredibly successful 2016 that saw Day finish as the second-highest earner on the PGA Tour, and you have a man favoured by many to win the entire compeition. The biggest headlines he made was when his brother Peter classified American golf fans as "fat" and "stupid".
His victory at the WGC Match Play tournament previous year was his third title in three starts, continuing a dominating 12-month streak for the American.
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