I was very excited about the Masters today. Very Excited. And then, I found out that I could watch every single shot thanks to a new feature in the Masters app — which got me more excited — then Tiger started playing well, which sent me to the moon. So, I decided to combine my various passions and rank every single shot of Tiger’s round.
You can re-live Tiger’s entire first round of the 2019 Masters right here.
Enjoy…
70) 6th hole, 2nd shot
Blew a 4-footer 3 feet past
An really poor, unenforced error from Tiger, right after another poor, unenforced error. (More on that one shortly.)
Tiger looked very good today. Shot two under with plenty of missed opportunities, could have easily been a 68 or 67! In good shape after 18 holes #TheMasters pic.twitter.com/qUkCFAlS76
— Golf Monthly (@GolfMonthly) April 11, 2019
69) 5th hole, 4th shot
Missed 5-footer
Come on, Tiger.
68) 14th hole, 1st shot
281-yard drive into the trees.
Another hook off the tee. Not great.
67) 17th hole, 1st shot
257 yards into the trees.
An ugly block. Less of this, please.
66) 17th hole, 4th shot
9-footer, low of the hole.
Watch @TigerWoods' first round 70 in under three minutes. #themasters pic.twitter.com/c3QDJKr4qM
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 11, 2019
65) 15th hole, 3rd shot
28-yard chip short of the green
It’s a tough shot, but he got scared and wimped out. Understandable, but not excusable.
64) 9th hole, 1st shot
3-wood into the trees left
Big ‘ol hook. That’s old Tiger stuff. Got a decent bounce.
63) 7th hole, 2nd shot
168-yard shot into the left bunkers
Yanked.
62) 5th hole, 1st shot
3-wood into bunkers left
61) 3rd hole, 2nd shot
Blind pitch shot long of the green
I know he couldn’t see the green, but he should’ve done better from close range.
60) 18th hole, 1st shot
302 yard 3-wood into a bunker left
Cut 3-wood that didn’t cut
59) 12th hole, 1st shot
159 yards to back fringe
Hit a cut that didn’t cut.
T-48) 1st hole, 4th shot
Tap-in
T-48) 4th hole, 3rd shot
Tap-in
T-48) 5th hole, 5th shot
Tap-in
T-48) 6th hole, 3rd shot
Tap-in
T-48) 17th hole, 5th shot
Tap-in
T-48) 8th hole, 5th shot
Tap-in
T-48) 18th hole, 4th shot
Tap-in
T-48) 10th hole, 4th shot
Tap-in
T-48) 12th hole, 3rd shot
Tap-in
T-48) 13th hole, 4th shot
Tap-in
T-48) 16th hole, 3rd shot
Tap-in
47) 15th hole, 2nd shot
270-yard shot over the green
Over-gassed it, but it was a long shot and his drive didn’t do him any favors.
46) 16th hole, 2nd shot
20-footer comes up 2 inches short
Come on, Tiger. Get it to the hole!
45) 17th hole, 3rd shot
Long, uphill chip to 9 feet.
44) 8th hole, 4th shot
10-footer for birdie burns the edge.
Hit a good putt, but it didn’t break!
43) 15th hole, 1st shot
301-yard drive down the left
Didn’t cut as much as he’d like, left him behind some trees for his next shot.
42) 2nd hole, 3rd shot
28 feet to 2 inches
41) 16th hole, 1st shot
180 yards to 21 feet
Tiger was visibly unhappy with it, but it wasn’t actually that bad.
40) 17th hole, 2nd shot
172 yards into short of left greenside bunker
Had to contend with some trees. About as well as he could’ve done from here.
39) 5th hole, 2nd shot
Fairway bunker short of the green
Not a great shot on paper, but it was a tricky shot. Weird stance, high lip. Not much he could’ve done.
38) 2nd hole, 2nd shot
214 yards into front right bunker
37) 7th hole, 3rd shot
Bunker shot to 5 feet
36) 1st hole, 2nd shot
127 yards to 30 feet
35) 8th hole, 3rd shot
40-yard pitch to 10 feet.
Not great, not terrible. Just a bit ‘meh’
34) 3rd hole, 2nd shot
3-footer for par
33) 15th hole, 5th shot
3-footer for par
32) 11th hole, 4th shot
4-footer for par
31) 7th hole, 4th shot
5-footer for par
30) 7th hole, 1st shot
280-yard 3-wood down the left side
29) 18th hole, 2nd shot
178 yards from fairway bunker to the back of the green.
Dicey shot, well executed.
28) 11th hole, 2nd shot
197-yard iron to right side of the green
Water left; draw didn’t quite turn and didn’t get on the back tier as a result. A safe, if unspectacular shot.
27) 8th hole, 2nd shot
253 fairway wood right of the green
Decent shot. Tried to hit a draw in there that didn’t quite turn.
26) 18th hole, 3rd shot
33-footer to 3 feet
25) 10th hole, 3rd shot
35-footer to four feet
24) 4th hole, 2nd shot
26-footer to a foot
23) 10th hole, 2nd shot
171-yard iron to 39 feet
A bit ‘meh,’ but gave himself a putt at it.
22) 15th hole, 4th shot
Downhill chip to 3 feet
Helped him make an easy par after a series of sub-standard shots.
21) 13th hole, 1st shot
High draw down the middle.
20) 9th hole, 3rd shot
5-footer for birdie
19) 11th hole, 1st shot
3-wood down the middle
18) 13th hole, 2nd shot
194-yard iron to back of the green
Hit a cut with the ball above his feet. Not a noteworthy outcome, but a trickier shot to shape than it looks.
17) 2nd hole, 4th shot
4-footer for birdie
16) 3rd hole, 3rd shot
Downhill chip to 3 feet
15) 8th hole, 1st shot
311-yard, center-cut 3-wood
14) 3rd hole, 1st shot
305-yard 3-wood down the middle.
13) 5th hole, 3rd shot
77 yards to 5 feet
Good wedge shot here, just when he needed to try to save par.
12) 10th hole, 1st shot
320-yard drive into the fairway
Nice, high-draw 3-wood to start the back nine.
11) 2nd hole, 3rd shot
Bunker shot to 4 feet
Watch @TigerWoods' first round 70 in under three minutes. #themasters pic.twitter.com/c3QDJKr4qM
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 11, 2019
10) 4th hole, 1st shot
235 yards to 25 feet
Made a difficult shot look easy on a testy hole.
9) 9th hole, 2nd shot
116 yards, from the rough, to 5 feet.
Enough to forget about that dicey drive he hit before.
Watch @TigerWoods' first round 70 in under three minutes. #themasters pic.twitter.com/c3QDJKr4qM
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 11, 2019
8) 2nd hole, 1st shot
340-yard drive down the fairway
A high draw over the trees; another brilliant drive to start the day.
7) 12th hole, 2nd shot
Slippery chip to tap-in range.
6) 11th hole, 3rd shot
43-footer to 4 feet
A big, swinging putt that could’ve easily gone wrong.
5) 13th hole, 3rd shot
53-footer to 2 feet
Good downhill lag putt here.
Watch @TigerWoods' first round 70 in under three minutes. #themasters pic.twitter.com/c3QDJKr4qM
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 11, 2019
4) 6th hole, 1st shot
185 yards to 5 feet
3) 1st hole, 1st shot
316 yard drive, fairway
Striped, club twirl. The perfect start to the day and oozing with confidence.
Tiger Woods' 2019 Masters begins with a club twirl.
Watch his round live: https://t.co/rpU5KDKc6b pic.twitter.com/4yOTBHvLaD
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) April 11, 2019
2) 14th hole, 2nd shot
152-yard iron, through trees, onto the green
An extremely good shot from an extremely undesirable position. Shot of the day.
Tiger Woods goes OVER the trees and on to the green from the second cut at the 14th hole. https://t.co/rpU5KDKc6b pic.twitter.com/SuMkRqghi5
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) April 11, 2019
1) 14th hole, 3rd shot
25-footer for birdie
But that approach is only a great shot if you make the putt, right? A downhill, swinging putt, which capitalized on his great recovery.
.@TigerWoods escapes from the trees on No. 14 and converts his 25-foot birdie putt to claim a share of the lead. pic.twitter.com/ub6VGCYxNI
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 11, 2019
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