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“The areas to hit your irons out here are pretty small and they get even smaller when the greens are firm, so there’s definitely some challenge to the golf course today, and I’m sure that’ll continue as the week goes on.”

Two-time champion Bernhard Langer, playing in his 41st and final Masters, shot 74 and was particularly pleased because he was hitting hybrids and long irons into holes where younger players were hitting 8 and 9 irons.

Morikawa, who grew up in La Cañada Flintridge, is outstanding with his irons and that means a lot at Augusta National.

He is extremely accurate with his irons.

When The King was charging down a fairway with his army in tow, the Golden Bear was matching him birdie for birdie a few holes behind, and the Black Knight kept hitting his irons inside five feet, nobody thought golf was boring.