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- Jordan Spieth has a 2-stroke lead after the first round at the Masters.
- It was just the 17th round Spieth has played at the Masters and yet it was the ninth time he had at least a share of the lead at the end of the day.
- Spieth’s nine rounds led at the Masters is already as many as Tiger Woods has had in 21 Masters and is tied for the fourth most all time.
After one round of the Masters, Jordan Spieth is a familiar position — on top of the leaderboard.
Spieth used a run of five straight birdies on the back-nine to shoot an opening-round 6-under, 66, to take a two-shot lead over Tony Finau and Matt Kuchar.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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