Trevor Immelman

Two problems I see at Torrey: one, fog delays. The marine layer is common, and we could get fogged out in the mornings. Two, slow play. You've got Open rough, a 7,643-yard monster and firm, fast greens. It may take...

A high-stakes event goes dark

For Brandt Snedeker the Masters was a smile-filled walk in the park, until he began to dwell on the process and the people—especially his mother—cheering him on

Was Augusta National just too tough even for the best players or, on Sunday afternoon, did the largely untested contenders simply succumb, lemminglike, to the enormity of the moment?

Until this year, no first-round leader had won the Masters since Ben Crenshaw in 1984, although none have missed the cut. Mike Donald followed his opening 64 with an 82 in 1990, but made the cut by three strokes....