# @playmassgolf on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DW7bp_ME9VI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63192225-playmassgolf-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-09T23:02:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Mass Golf (@playmassgolf) — https://gondola.cc/playmassgolf

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🌺 MASSACHUSETTS AT THE MASTERS 🌺

25 years ago, Brookline's James Driscoll (@charlesrivercc) opened the 2001 Masters with six birdies, good for a 4-under 68, leaving him just three shots off the lead after the first round.

Just 23 at the time, Driscoll earned his place at Augusta by finishing runner-up in the 2000 U.S. Amateur and even played a practice round with Jack Nicklaus earlier that week.

After draining long birdie putts on Nos. 4 and 9, the defining moment came at 16, where he holed out from a bunker, sending the patrons into a roar. As the noise settled, Driscoll later recalled hearing his brother Bill shout “DRISCOLL!” from the crowd, and couldn’t help but laugh.

Playing alongside him that day, two-time Masters champion Tom Watson called it, “the best round I’ve seen played here by an amateur.”

#TheMasters #AugustaNational #MassGolf #Masters #MastersTournament #MAGolf #GolfHistory @james7driscoll

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massgolf, augustanational, masterstournament, golfhistory, magolf, masters, themasters

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