Romain Langasque, at the British Open

No surprise for the moment in Augusta. At the end of the first two rounds, these are two of the

tournament favorites, Jordan Spieth (1st to 4) and Rory McIlroy (2nd to 3), who occupy the top

of the leaderboard. Dustin Johnson and Jason Day being in ambush, four and four respectively

five headshots. The good surprise came from our two French people engaged in the

first Major of the year. After two failures in previous years, Victor Dubuisson is

finally managed to pass the cut (+5, 47th).

But the real performance was signed by the young amateur of 20 years, Romain Langasque,

invited to Augusta after winning the British amateur last season. For his first

participation in the legends tournament, the Bordelais points in 33rd position (+3) alongside

including Henrik Stenson. A real feat on a course as legendary as it is selective.

Already last year, for his first participation in the British Open, Langasque was the only one of the

five French vying to qualify for the last two rounds. German Bernhard Langer, who

shared his game yesterday, said he was "impressed" by the potential of the young man. " I did not have

never seen a player so young with such a good little game. I can see him go very far ”,

even entrusted the double winner of the Masters in 1985 and 1993.

Among the strong images of these first two laps, we will notably note this succession of

chips missed by the South African Brendon Grace, one of the outsiders of the event. On the slopes

straight from hole # 6, the world # 13 saw his ball fall to his feet three times.

Result: a quadruple bogey synonymous with missed cut.

But it's undoubtedly Ernie Els who will remember his first hole in Augusta all his life. And

U.S. too. The gigantic South African with legendary awards has succumbed to cancer

golfer: the yips, those stress shots at the moment of impact that make small putts miss and have

precipitated the end of many careers. Els thus started his tournament with a sixfold bogey,

missing no less than 5 putts of less than a meter including two… less than 20 cm! Never seen

in the history of the Masters. "Big Easy" as it is nicknamed thus left speechless then

compassionate game partners, including Jason Day, as well as millions of

amateur golfers watching their TV. Which will probably have a little more

scruples to putts less than one meter in their Sunday games ...

Frank Crudo