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The pre-tournament second favourite Rory McIlroy has once again been a total non-event at the Masters. Yesterday’s birdie-free round of 77 took the career-slam-seeking superstar completely out of contention, and an opening bogey this morning looked to have set the mood. He steadied the ship at with birdie at 2 – astonishingly, his first at a par-five all week – before trading another bogey at 6 with birdie at 8. Finally, the par fives bearing fruit, but it’s too little, too late. He remains at +4, where he started the day, though having just sent his approach at 10 down the bank to the left of the green, he might not be there for too much longer.
There hasn’t been too much in the way of low scoring by the early starters today. One exception, though, shows there’s a score out there if you’re dialling them in. Luke List, the 39-year-old journeyman from Seattle, has only played in the Masters on two previous occasions. He tied for 33rd in 2005, and missed the cut two years ago. But he’s making a few waves today. Starting out with a birdie, he sent his second at 2 from 227 yards to ten feet, then made the eagle putt. Though there were subsequent bogeys at 6 and 7, he’s made three further birdies, at 8, 13 and now 14, and he’s four under for his round so far. That’s the best performance of the morning, and one that’s whisked him up the standings to +2.
