Patton Kizzire crawls in shrubbery to line up shot after wayward drive during the Masters

Patton Kizzire recovered himself successful a precarious presumption connected the 5th spread during the archetypal circular of the Masters connected Thursday. 

Kizzire, 39, deed a wayward tee changeable into the bushes disconnected the close broadside of the fairway. 

As helium tried to fig retired however helium was going to get retired of the shrubbery, Kizzire crouched down connected each fours to effort and find a model helium could deed his 2nd changeable retired of. 

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Patton Kizzire hits onto the No. 2 greenish during the archetypal circular of the Masters Tournament connected April 10, 2025. (Michael Madrid-Imagn Images)

The expedition into the bushes proved fruitful, arsenic Kizzire recovered a satisfactory spread wrong the branches. He punched his 2nd changeable retired into the mediate of the fairway without immoderate issues.

His 3rd changeable connected the par-4 5th was 152 yards out. He deed his robust changeable to 5 feet and gave himself a accidental to someway prevention par aft his troublesome drive. 

However, Kizzire blasted the five-foot par putt past the spread and had to settee for bogey. 

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Patton Kizzire chips to the greenish connected the 2nd spread during the archetypal circular astatine the Masters play tourney connected Thursday, April 10, 2025 successful Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

At the clip of this writing, Kizzire was 4-over par done 8 holes. 

This is Kizzire’s 3rd Masters commencement and his archetypal since 2019. This is the archetypal large the Montgomery, Alabama, autochthonal has played successful since the 2022 U.S. Open. 

Kizzire played assemblage play astatine Auburn and turned pro successful 2008, and helium earned his PGA Tour paper done the Korn Ferry Tour successful 2015, erstwhile helium won Player of the Year with 2 wins and 12 apical 10 finishes. 

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Patton Kizzire waves aft making a putt connected the 2nd spread during the archetypal circular astatine the Masters play tourney connected Thursday, April 10, 2025 successful Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Kizzire joined the PGA Tour successful 2016 and has 3 vocation circuit wins. He won the 2017 OHL Classic astatine Mayakoba, the 2018 Sony Open successful Hawaii and the 2024 Procore Championship successful September. 

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