Scottie Scheffler & Justin Rose In Contention Early - Masters First Round Reactions

The Mike Francesa Podcast

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Mike Francesa reacts to an exciting & competitive first round of the Masters at Augusta. Justin Rose finished the day as the clubhouse leader, while Scottie Scheffler had a strong early showing as he looks to capture his third green jacket in the last four years. Plus, Mike gives his thoughts on the NFL draft and the options for the Jets and Giants.

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0:00.0	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.
0:04.5	Logan, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast on the Mike Francesa channel,
0:09.3	on BetRivers, on YouTube, on the BetRivers Network. We come to you this evening after round
0:17.4	one of the masters is in the books, and it was a beautiful day at Augusta and one with plenty of action.
0:26.1	Most of it positive.
0:28.5	There were a lot of guys on the par.
0:30.4	As a matter of fact, there were 16 players alone that were minus one, finished up minus one.
0:35.3	And there are 34 players between even and minus three. And a few
0:41.1	above that, led by, of course, Justin Rose, who has a propensity for leading the Masters.
0:49.0	He has led it on numerous occasions. He has led the first round on multiple occasions. He has led a round of the
0:56.6	Masters, or co-led a round of the Masters, nine times in his career, but he's never won the Masters.
1:03.0	So he has done this before. He finished up seven under par, a brilliant round. He actually was
1:09.9	eight under par.
1:16.1	He hit his drive errantly on 17 and escaped with the paw.
1:23.7	He hit his drive more errantly on 18, and he had a punch out and he got a bogey.
1:30.2	So he finished with two bad drives and with one bogey, how that impacts him in round two.
1:40.8	We will see right behind him some very familiar names led by World No. 1 in Scotty Sheffler.
1:43.7	Sheffler hasn't won yet this year. You know he's coming off the injury.
1:46.2	He missed time.
1:47.5	He has taken his time getting back into shape.
1:51.1	He said this week he felt better than he has any time this year and that he felt very, very
1:57.0	comfortable and ready to play well at Augusta and to defend his crown.
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