Kevin Kisner makes interesting quote on last year's Masters debutants

Kevin Kisner said he "feels sorry" for those who made their Masters debut in November after the challenging opening round of this year's event.

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Fri, 9 Apr 2021
Kevin Kisner makes interesting quote on last year's Masters debutants

Kevin Kisner made an interesting statement regarding players who made their Masters debut last year, when the iconic major took place at a later date in November due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Last year, Dustin Johnson capitalised on the easier playing conditions to win his first green jacket, with a tournament score of 20-under par.

The score is predicted to be nowhere near as low as Johnson's score in 2020 this year and after watching the opening round on Thursday, you could see why.

Augusta National was showing its teeth yesterday, with the greens playing extremely firm and fast, with some players saying its the hardest the course has played in years.

Only 12 players of the 88-man field managed to shoot under par during the opening round and we witnessed putts rolling so far past the hole that some of them ended up in the water.

 

Kisner, who estimated he has played Augusta National around 100 times, said the course was playing as firm and fast as he'd ever seen it and after Thursday, the American said he "felt sorry" for anyone who made their tournament debut back in November.

"I feel sorry for the guys who played their first Masters in November," he said. "They're walking out there today wondering what the hell is going on."

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Kisner, 37, pieced together a very mixed scorecard that features pars, birdies, bogeys, an eagle and a triple-bogey, resulting in a level par score of 72.

The difficulty of Augusta might have caught some of the players by surprise, but golf fans were extremely pleased to see how challenging some of the best players in the world were finding the course on Thursday.

Friday is expected to be another challenging day, while the weekend could start to ease up slightly, with rain forecasted across Saturday and Sunday, which would soften the greens.

 

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