After Dustin Johnson missed a 10-foot par putt on the par-3 fourth, he showed as much emotion as he has all week. Augusta National will dole out $11.5 million in prize money to professionals playing the tournament, the same sum as last year. Masters rookie Cameron Champ birdied his first three holes to vault onto the first page of the leaderboard, but gave those shots back triple bogeying the fourth. The New York Times spoke to him last month about racial injustice and how he views the Masters, with its Old South roots. “Growing up, you don’t really learn that stuff until you’re older,” Champ said in an interview last month.

Source: New York Times November 15, 2020 13:02 UTC