AUGUSTA, Ga. — The legendary John Wooden often said that his team employed “finishers,” not “starters,” on his legendary UCLA Bruin teams — a method that signified the importance of closing out games in the final minutes rather than getting off to solid starts.
For Masters rookie Matt McCarty, this mantra certainly applied to him on Friday at Augusta National. Granted, he did drop a shot on the par-4 18th. But that paled in comparison to what happened earlier. The former Santa Clara standout got off to a nightmare start, making a double bogey at the 1st and a bogey six on the par-5 2nd.
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