Short Game vs. Blasting at Masters Golf

The Takeaway

The Masters Golf tournament got underway yesterday at Augusta National Golf Club, and 21-year-old Irishman Roy McIlroy is leading the pack. What he seems to lack in terms of experience, he apparently makes up in confidence. Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin has more on the early favorites. And he says that Tiger Woods “is doing fine and is supremely confident” even as young golfers no longer fear him.

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