Singh Leads Masters
The Fijian,Vijay Singh leads after Thursday’s first round at Augusta. His 5-under 67
leads Rocco Mediate (say again?) by one shot and Arron Oberholser by 2 shots. Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson are three shots back, Ernie Els is 4 back, and Tiger Woods is lurking 5 shots back of Singh.
Augusta National played dry and fast on Thusday with most of the field comparing its conditions to U.S. Open type conditions. The wind is supposed to blow harder on Friday and if so, look for approach shots to start rolling through the greens. These kind of conditions favor Goosen because his touch on and around the greens is second to none, evident by his U.S. Open win in 2002 at Shinnecock Hills.
Ben Crenshaw brought back a bit of magic on Thursday by shooting a 1-under 71 and finds himself on the leaderboard. The 54-year old former two-time Masters champion knows that Augusta’s new length will eventually eliminate him, he sill had that fire for one round.