2021 Masters: Justin Rose puts together dominant opening round

Justin Rose has an amazing track record at Augusta National, evident by his five top-10 finishes and 14 made cuts at The Masters. However, a coveted green jacket has eluded Rose throughout his storied golf career.

Things look a lot more promising for Rose’s quest for a green jacket after his dominant opening round performance on Thursday.

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Things started out slow for the 40-year old Englishman as he opened his round with a bogey on the par-4 first hole.

From then on, it looked like Rose was back to his ever-so-consistent form at Augusta National as he rattled off five straight pars. But a bogey on the par-4 seventh pulled Rose’s score to 2-over par.

Heading to the par-5 eighth hole, Rose sat at 2-over par and was looking for a spark. After a smoked drive, Rose caught a fortuitous bounce from the hill to the left side of the green to put his ball within 10 feet. Rose quickly stepped up and knocked down his eagle putt to get back to even-par.

The eagle on No. 8 was the spark that Rose was looking for.

Rose followed this with a birdie to close out the front nine at 1-under par, seemingly a miracle from where Rose stood just two holes earlier.

After turning the corner, Rose never looked back. He opened his back nine with a birdie on the par-4 tenth.

Rose rolled in five more birdies over the course of the next eight holes, including an incredible birdie from the greenside bunker on No. 15.

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Rose closed out Thursday after going 9-under par through his last 11 holes, which seemed nearly impossible when the tournament teed off.

Rose finished Thursday with a 7-under par 65, four shots ahead of Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama, who both had just one bogey compared to Rose’s two.

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