{"id":1243084,"date":"2023-04-06T17:49:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T17:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/matthew-mcclean-wanted-screenshot-of-leaderboard-after-flying-start-to-masters\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:54:22","slug":"matthew-mcclean-wanted-screenshot-of-leaderboard-after-flying-start-to-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/matthew-mcclean-wanted-screenshot-of-leaderboard-after-flying-start-to-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McClean wanted screenshot of leaderboard after \u2018flying\u2019 start to Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Irish amateur Matthew McClean admitted he wanted to take a picture of the leaderboard after finding his name on top of it on his Masters debut.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old optometrist, who secured his place at Augusta National by winning the US Mid-Amateur Championship, was in the second group out on Thursday morning and enjoyed a dream start with a birdie on the first.<\/p>\n<p>McClean then parred the second and third before another birdie on the fourth took him to two under par and into a two-shot lead.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I probably deep down would have been happy with the start I had, I was flying there,&rdquo; said McClean, who eventually signed for a 77.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matthew McClean, amateur from Northern Ireland, birdies the par-3 fourth hole to reach two under. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/themasters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#themasters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5zTI79vULn\">pic.twitter.com\/5zTI79vULn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Masters (@TheMasters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMasters\/status\/1643966029364641793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Twitter --><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But to be disappointed with five over in the first round is probably the sign of I actually played pretty well. It was a tough finish out there, but I played much better than that and pretty happy with how I played.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to see the second shot to the first actually. It must have been close (to going in).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was joking after the fourth I would take a screenshot of the leaderboard there, leading the Masters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Obviously I wasn&rsquo;t thinking that I was going to shoot six, seven under, I was just trying to play each hole. But I&rsquo;m sort of happy with how I felt the whole way around.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Image --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"embedded843349684148946047959\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/04\/06\/84b334fe968e41e4894ba604c7959dbd.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Matthew McClean\" data-title=\"Masters Golf\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved\" data-credit=\"Jae C. Hong\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/04\/06\/84b334fe968e41e4894ba604c7959dbd.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/04\/06\/84b334fe968e41e4894ba604c7959dbd.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/04\/06\/84b334fe968e41e4894ba604c7959dbd.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\"><figcaption>Matthew McClean watches his tee shot on the seventh hole during the first round of the 87th Masters (Jae C. Hong\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Image --><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hit my first tee shot about 50 yards right on Monday in the practice round, so to stand up and birdie the first was great. I probably felt a lot better than I expected to, to be honest. It was good day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was a good sort of good stepping stone I think for the rest of the year. I&rsquo;ve got the US Open in June and a few big tournaments throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Have to play well in those to make the Walker Cup and then I&rsquo;ll see where I lie in September as to whether or not I&rsquo;ll do anything further.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 29-year-old  amateur from Northern Ireland led early on but ended up signing for a 77.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1243085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,46],"tags":[268,65,88,9548,89,9051,90,91,495,94],"class_list":["post-1243084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-majors","category-the-masters-news","tag-augusta-national","tag-golf-major","tag-golf-news","tag-matthew-mcclean","tag-news","tag-pa-news","tag-reports","tag-results","tag-the-masters","tag-tournament"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - 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