1. McILROY'S MYSTERY TOUR. Rory McIlroy, an otherwise great golfer, is remembered for his final-round Masters meltdown in 2011, which included a shot finding its way to the back porch of one of the cabins along the 10th fairway. He found two more unusual landing spots Friday. McIlroy overshot the fourth green, hitting the tee box at No. 5, and had his ball land in the bushes adjacent to a fence behind the green. He chose to re-tee and eventually double bogeyed the hole. He also had a shot hit a sprinkler head on No. 13, bounce 20 feet in the air and land in the azaleas on a hillside, leading to a bogey. McIlroy's amusing observation: "I've seen a lot of this golf course in the last few years." He followed his first-round 71 with a 77, so he barely made the cut at 4-over 148. Can't wait for Saturday's adventures.
2. YOUTH ON THE BOARD. Jordan Spieth, one of 24 first-timers in the Masters, is on the leaderboard at age 20. He has been remarkably consistent, and at 3 under is only four shots behind Bubba Watson (and one ahead of 54-year-old Fred Couples). His calm and consistency was in stark contrast Friday to one of his playing partners: McIlroy.
3. BEN: RETIREMENT ON LINE. Ben Crenshaw is 62 years old, a legend and possibly the nicest person in the universe. But he needs to go. Crenshaw won the Masters in 1984 and 1995, but he has missed 15 of the past 17 cuts in Augusta, and this trip was an embarrassment. First round: 83. Second round: 85. That's 24 over par. Thank you, and good night. Crenshaw's second tee shot hit a woman spectator on the head. She suffered a cut and was treated at the scene. It was the only cut Crenshaw made. Over two days, he accumulated only two birdies, 15 pars, 14 bogeys, three double bogeys and two triple bogeys. But he said he will return next year for at least one more Masters. Question: Why?
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