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Els Fires Record Quintuple-Bogey Nine To Open Masters


Champ Kind
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Part-GTY-519625328-1-1-0.jpgFour-time major champion Ernie Els, nicknamed "The Big Easy," took it a bit too easy Thursday on the first hole of the Masters and paid for it in a record-setting humiliation. The 46-year-old South African fired a quintuple-bogey nine, the highest score ever made on the par-4 opening hole at Augusta National, six-putting the green to start his 22nd Masters appearance. A miscount was entirely possible as fast as Els was swatting the ball around the first hole, putts from inside two feet failing to fall time and again, becoming a humbling misery.

 

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