The Champions Tour at the Masters amid the young guns
Justin Rose and first-timer Brett Wetterich are leading the Masters at -3 after Day 1. Justin Rose has been in this position before in 2004, until he shot an 81 in the third round.
The biggest props have to go out to Craig Stadler and Fuzzy Zoeller, both of whom shot +2 in very difficult conditions. (So did another past Masters winner Jose Maria Olazabal, but that’s no surprise for Ollie who did well last year and he doesn’t play the Champions Tour.) Other Champions tour notables: Tom Watson is at +3, and Ben Crenshaw, at +4.
It’s pretty amazing that the “over 55” crowd of Stadler, Zoeller, and Watson all beat Phil Mickelson, Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els, and many other young PGA players.
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