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.

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

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.

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