Champ Kind Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 * Spieth surges three strokes clear * Els, Day, Rose and Hoffman tied for second * McIlroy opens with a 71, Woods cards a 73 (Updates at end of round) By Mark Lamport-Stokes AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 9 (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods dominated the build-up to this week's Masters but it was exciting American Jordan Spieth who produced the fireworks in a gripping opening round at Augusta National on Thursday. Spieth, the hottest player in the game over the past six months, raised hopes of shooting the first ever 62 at a major championship before he ran out of steam over the closing stretch to fire an eight-under-par 64. "I'm very pleased, it was nice to get off to a good start," said Spieth, who birdied four of his first nine holes on a receptive, rain-softened layout at Augusta National to race to the turn in four-under 32. It was a lot of fun." Spieth finished three shots in front of American Charley Hoffman, 2013 U.S. Open champion Justin Rose of England, four-time major winner Ernie Els of South Africa and Australian Jason Day on a top-notch leaderboard. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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