Hard to watch Big Easy Ernie El’s meltdown at the Masters

Somewhere between Jordan Spieth two-putting the par-5 13 to reach five under and jamming an approach to 5 feet at the 18th to set up one more birdie and a round of 66, the first round of the 80th Masters produced a hole in the pit of your stomach.

Unless, of course, you’re one of those miserable lads who likes seeing grown men — Hall of Fame grown men, no less — take seven putts from about 3 feet and make a sextuple-bogey.

Then you probably leaped for joy at Ernie Els’ heartache.