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Haas opens with 68, leads at Augusta
Despite a seemingly benign day at Augusta National, Thursday’s opening round scoring average finished at 74.47, which left Bill Haas as the first round leader of the Masters with a 4-under-par 68.
2013 champion Adam Scott, Jonas Blixt and Miguel Angel Jimenez also reached the 4-under plateau during their rounds, but could not maintain the number to the end. Scott and Jimenez both fell victim to the 155-yard, par-3 12th hole, carding double-bogey fives. The hole played at a 3.42 scoring average for the day, making it the second toughest hole on Thursday. The par-4 11th was first at 4.47.
Haas, 31, opened his fifth career Masters with a bogey, but righted the ship quickly with a birdie on the par-5 2nd hole. The Wake Forest product added birdies on Nos. 4 and 7 to make the turn in 34.
Haas next took advantage of the par-5 13th hole, making his first of two-consecutive birdies and claiming the lead at 4-under with four to play. A bogey on the par-4 17th slid him into a tie for the lead, but Haas finished with a birdie on No. 18 to post a second-nine 34.
It is the first time that Haas will sleep on the lead at a major championship.
Meanwhile, Scott made a valiant attempt to be the first defending champion to lead after the first round since Jose Maria Olazabal in 1995, but settled for a 3-under-par 69 and a three-way tie for second.
A birdie on the par-4 10th earned Scott the solo lead at 4-under-par, but his double two holes later slipped him back to 2-under. He added a birdie on No. 14 and carded pars the rest of the way for this round of 3-under.
Scott is looking to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods as a repeat winner at the Masters.
2012 champion Bubba Watson — who was bogey-free on the day with birdies on Nos. 4, 13, and 15 — and his playoff companion from 2012, Louis Oosthuizen, also finished the day at 3-under-par.
A group of seven competitors, including first timers Jonas Blixt, Kevin Stadler and Jimmy Walker, sit two shots back after opening round 70s. K.J. Choi, Marc Leishman, Brandt Snedeker, and Gary Woodland are also part of that group.
Eight more were able to card under-par first rounds with 71s, including Fred Couples, Rickie Fowler, Jimenez, Rory McIlory and Jordan Spieth.
Webb Simpson birdied his opening three holes to make early noise, quickly fell off pace with a double on the par-4 5th hole, as well as a bogey on the 11th and a double on No. 15.
1988 champion Sandy Lyle also made a brief appearance on the leaderboard by making birdies on Nos. 2, 3 and 4, but he played the rest of his round in 7-over.
A pair of sevens — one on the par-4 7th and one on the par-5 13th — led Phil Mickelson to a 76, tying his highest opening round at the Masters.
Justin Rose also carded a 76, while another surprise was 2013 PGA Championship winner Jason Dufner shooting an opening round 80 after making the turn in even par.
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Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.
The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.
GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ben Taylor – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Paul Barjon – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Joe Sullivan – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Wilson Furr – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Willman – SoTex PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Jimmy Stanger – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Harrison Endycott – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Kevin Chappell – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Christian Bezuidenhout – WITB (mini) – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Scott Gutschewski – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Taylor with new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Swag cover – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Greyson Sigg’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Davis Riley’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Josh Teater’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hzrdus T1100 is back – – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Mark Hubbard testing ported Titleist irons – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Tyson Alexander testing new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Cobra putters – 2024 Valero Texas Open
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Photos from the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
GolfWRX is on site in the Lone Star State this week for the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
General galleries from the putting green and range, WITBs — including Thorbjorn Olesen and Zac Blair — and several pull-out albums await.
As always, we’ll continue to update as more photos flow in. Check out links to all our photos from Houston below.
General Albums
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Thorbjorn Olesen – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ben Silverman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jesse Droemer – SoTX PGA Section POY – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- David Lipsky – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Martin Trainer – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Zac Blair – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Trace Crowe – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Daniel Berger – WITB(very mini) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Chesson Hadley – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Callum McNeill – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Rhein Gibson – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Patrick Fishburn – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Raul Pereda – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Gary Woodland WITB (New driver, iron shafts) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Padraig Harrington WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Pullout Albums
- Tom Hoge’s custom Cameron – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Piretti putters – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ping putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Bettinardi putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Erik Barnes testing an all-black Axis1 putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Tony Finau’s new driver shaft – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
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Photos from the 2024 Players Championship
On the heels of Scottie Scheffler’s dominant victory at Bay Hill, the PGA Tour heads a little farther north in Florida to TPC Sawgrass this week for The Players Championship. And of course, GolfWRX is on site to get a look at what the players are playing.
We’ve already spotted a new Titleist mini driver this week, and there’s plenty more.
Check out our photos below!
Pullout Albums
- New Titleist 2 wood – 2024 The Players Championship
- Cam Young testing Titleist’s new 2-wood – 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship
- Hole Nos. 17 and 18 – 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship
- Toulon Small Batch Texas putter – 2024 The Players Championship
- Swag Golf custom headcovers – 2024 The Players Championship
- New Ping PLD staff bags – 2024 The Players Championship
- SuperStroke St. Patrick’s Day putter grip – 2024 The Players Championship
- Taylor Montgomery using PuttView X training goggles – 2024 The Players Championship
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paul
Apr 10, 2014 at 9:13 pm
Go Scott!
P
Apr 10, 2014 at 10:38 pm
Who?
Len Safhay
Apr 11, 2014 at 8:33 am
You mean the guy with the soon-to-be-illegal equipment?