3-day Masters Weekend for you?

4 men have lead the Masters after round 1 and gone on to win. Justin Rose will look to make it five.

First official day the Suns are eliminated from the playoffs. Coach Budenholzer has 4 years and $40m left on his deal. Wolves get sturdy in Memphis! Ant goes for 44, Randle bags 31. GSW the new 6 seed, Memphis 7 and Minnesota 8.

No news is still news for the NFL. 2025 schedule drops “around May 15th”. Games in Ireland and Spain this year. Speaking of soccer, South America pitches a 64 team World Cup for the 2030 edition. Venezuela is the only South American nation to never qualify.

White Sox call up Chase Meidroth Friday. Assuming he sticks, Thursday was the last day he needed to be on the roster to accrue one year of MLB service time. Sox now control his next 6.99 years in the Bigs. Yikes.

Here’s how it went down Thursday:

I Could Do That (I can’t)

- Nick Dunlap (+18)

Biffed It

- Adam Scott (+5)

- Wyndham Clark (+4)

- John Rahm (+3), was Big Mad the whole day.

- Rory (E), Really? 4 over on the last 4 holes.

Huntin’ the Cut

- DJ, Homa, Zalatoris (+2), Caddie break-up for Homa. Bag man moved to JT.

- Matsuyama, Spieth, Thomas, Schauffele (+1), there’s a T10 in this group.

Get Serious

- Min Woo, Cam Smith (-1), Aussie boys never afraid of a tight lie.

- Akshay (-2), Awk-shaaaaaaay! He can win here.

This Ain’t No Hobby

- Bryson (-3), 7 birdies, 4 bogeys. Busy card.

- Scott Sheff (-4), Steady, steady now.

- Justin Rose (-7), Near perfect day finished with a bogey on 18. Golf.

Rory’s double bogey on 15 captured the day. Two well struck shots leave him with an up and down opportunity for birdie. Fast forward to a 7. It’s not impossible to see low scores at Augusta. It’s the double bogeys that happen here and only here that make it special. Another year of Rory Beating would be tiring. He’s going to make the cut and usually outperforms on the weekend. Scott Van Pelt can’t feel amazing about his tourney pick, but there’s a lot of golf left.