AUGUSTA, Ga. - It's been a good couple of days for Mark O'Meara, Masters champion and soon-to-be Golf Hall of Fame inductee.
O'Meara is so far under the radar that he only showed up in photos this year at the Masters while in the company of Tiger Woods. There's a reason for that: O'Meara hasn't made a cut at Augusta in a decade. He's played every year here with the exception of 2012, but simply didn't come through.
O'Meara is another of those guys who got hot once, exactly at the right time. He has only one top-3 finish and two top-5 finishes, his best being that 1998 win. But in Augusta, one green jacket grants you immortality.
This week, he finished Thursday at 1-over, leaving him in decent position but nothing spectacular. However, he crafted a fine round, birdieing 5 and 6 early, then 12 and 15 late. He finished out the round at three-under, good enough for a tie for fifth at the time he walked off 18. Sure, Jordan Spieth is about three miles ahead of him, but so what? For the first time in a decade, Mo has to free up a weekend to play at Augusta.
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