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Posted April 6, 2017, 4:12 pm
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Doug Stutsman
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Mize opens Masters Tournament with 74

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    Mize opens Masters Tournament with 74
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    Larry Mize said he was pleased with Thursday’s first round but feels a better score was a realistic possibility. “I’m pleased with (74), but the competitor in you knows I had a few shots get away,” he said. . SARA CORCE/STAFF

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    Larry Mize, who won the green jacket in 1987, is making his 34th Masters appearance. JON-MICHAEL SULLIVAN/STAFF

Larry Mize made his feelings clear after carding an opening round 74 at the 81st Masters Tournament.

“I’m happy I’m done,” he said, laughing.

As wind swirled through Augusta National Golf Club, Mize shot even par on the second nine, highlighted by a birdie on the par-3 16th. For the round, the Augusta native hit 13 of 14 fairways but countered that by hitting only eight of 18 greens in regulation.

When asked how he ranked Thursday’s conditions, Mize said, “They rank up there. In ’88, the year I was defending, we had a really tough first round and I shot 79. This is when this place plays really hard. The wind swirls, club selection is tough and you want to be accurate with your irons into these greens.”

Mize, the 1987 Masters champion, started slow Thursday – carding bogeys on Nos. 1 and 6 before recording nine consecutive pars from holes 7 to 15. On No. 16, despite being in-between clubs, Mize choked down on a 5-iron and holed a 15-foot putt for his only birdie of the round.

“That putt below the hole on 16 breaks hard right to left and I always miss it low,” Mize said. “Today, thank goodness, I didn’t.”

Overall, Mize said he was pleased with Thursday’s round but feels a better score was a realistic possibility.

“I’m pleased with (74), but the competitor in you knows I had a few shots get away,” he said. “My three bogeys, I feel like I could have made pars on those holes.”

Mize, who’s paired with Brian Stuard and Stewart Hagestad, will tee off at 11:40 a.m. Friday.

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Masters Record

Year Place Score Round Earnings
1 2 3 4
2016 T52 +13 76 73 78 74 $ 24,900
2015 T80 +7 78 73     $ 10,000
2014 51 +16 74 72 79 79 $ 22,680
2013 T62 +5 73 76     $ 10,000
2012 T65 +7 76 75     $ 10,000
2011 T82 +6 73 77     $ 10,000
2010 T49 +4 76 72     $ 10,000
2009 T30 -1 67 76 72 72 $ 46,575
2008 91 +14 77 81     $ 10,000
2007 90 +17 83 78     $ 10,000
2006 T42 +8 75 72 77 72 $ 25,900
2005 T74 +9 78 75     $ 5,000
2004 T58 +6 76 74     $ 5,000
2003 T58 +8 78 74     $ 5,000
2002 T46 +4 74 74     $ 5,000
2001 T59 +4 74 74     $ 5,000
2000 T25 +4 78 67 73 74 $ 37,567
1999 23 +2 76 70 72 72 $ 41,600
1998 T58 +8 73 79     $ 5,000
1997 T30 +6 79 69 74 72 $ 17,145
1996 T23 +3 75 71 77 68 $ 25,000
1995 T56 +3 76 71     $ 1,500
1994 3 -6 68 71 72 71 $ 136,000
1993 T20 E 67 74 74 73 $ 17,000
1992 T6 -7 73 69 71 68 $ 43,829
1991 T17 -5 72 71 66 74 $ 18,920
1990 T14 E 70 76 71 71 $ 20,650
1989 T26 +5 72 77 69 75 $ 8,240
1988 T45 +16 78 71 76 79 $ 3,400
1987 1 -3 70 72 72 71 $ 162,000
1986 T16 -2 75 74 72 65 $ 12,000
1985 T47 +10 71 75 76 76 $ 2,115
1984 T11 -4 71 70 71 72 $ 13,200

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