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Nicolai Højgaard clearly loves this place. A top-20 finish on debut last year, and he’s not letting that aforementioned cold start of bogey, double bogey get him down. He’s followed up his birdie at 3 by landing his tee shot at the 182-yard par-three 4th to six feet, then from trees down the left of 5, sending a draw through a gap from 194 yards to 14 feet, making the putt on both occasions. Three birdies in a row, and having now carded his first par of the round at 6, he’s level again. That’s some response after that horror start to his round.
The two-time champion Bernhard Langer is playing in his final Masters this year. The 1985 and 1993 winner eases his opening drive down the middle of Tea Olive, then finds the centre of the green en route to par. Langer is 67 years old and still looks as young and sprightly as he did in his pomp. The German made the cut here as recently as a 63-year-old in 2020, becoming the oldest player ever to do so. (See below.) “My knees are shot,” he sighed that year, so it’s nice to hear he’ll be chauffeured to and from the course this week in a bespoke Masters-themed Mercedes-Benz with green paint, his own signature on the upholstery, all the trimmings. A living legend who deserves his pimped ride.
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