The Augusta National course does not respect any predictions, any past champion, any reputation, any statistician, any leader or any commentator, and seems to delight in juggling prospective winners around to cause odds makers great anxiety and keep them on their toes. Danny Willett, the 2016 winner blew six shots on the first hole in two days and ruled himself out of the reckoning by missing the cut.
Were expectations and vaulting ambition set too high? Charley Hoffman who played and putted out of his skin on Thursday and started well by going to 8 under early, soon had to