Iron man Bryson DeChambeau gets off to solid start with a 72

Bryson DeChambeau was not short of friends as he played the opening round of his Masters debut at Augusta National yesterday. 

There was Jimmy, Harvey, and King, for starters, Herman and Jackie too, as the amateur star made his way onto the early leaderboards.

Remarkably, there were all the same height, unlike those accompanying playing partners Jordan Spieth and Paul Casey. For Jimmy, Harvey, and the gang are the Masters-inspired names DeChambeau has given his irons, and uniquely they are built to the exact same specification, roughly equating to the length and weight of a seven-iron. DeChambeau, 22, is a rare bird in these parts, an amateur with a Ben Hogan-style flat cap tipped for great things around Augusta National this week and whom would not surprise Graeme McDowell if he was in the mix on Sunday afternoon.