AUGUSTA, Ga. -- On his way to the second tee Thursday at the Masters, Jon Rahm thought of the famous quote from his Spanish idol, Seve Ballesteros, who once four-putted at Augusta and said, "I miss, I miss, I miss, I make."
"If you're going to make a double or four-putt, it might as well be the first hole -- 71 holes to make it up," Rahm said.
That he did.
Rahm opened with a four-putt double bogey, then followed with seven birdies and an eagle to finish at 7-under 65 to join Viktor Hovland and Brooks Koepka atop a leaderboard filled with red numbers and the ominous "weather warning" signs that figure to play a big role this week at the Masters.