US Masters: Augusta shows soft side as leading pack make hay

Just when you thought this November Masters couldn’t get any weirder, a morning deluge left the golf course so soft that the entire field went into attack mode to see how low they could go.

Turned out England’s Paul Casey set the bar at 7-under 65, a 16-shot improvement from his opening 81 in the 2019 Masters – his worst score in 44 career rounds at Augusta National and a performance he bluntly calls “rubbish.” Any explanation for the turnaround? “I have no idea,” said Casey, who finished runner-up in the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park.